In the Commercial Developments category you can read about UK commercial property either in the planning stage, under construction or newly completed. This includes reports on office and serviced office space, retail developments and much more.
The Crossrail factor is boosting property demand in the areas set to benefit, with east London in particular reaping the rewards as investors seek to get into the game ahead of the improved transport link’s arrival. Fund management firm Clearbell... Read More
Realis Estates has offered reassurances that the City Sentral scheme will go ahead following reports that the developer is heavily in debt. The multi million pound retail and leisure development was due to open in 2015 but a lack of progress has led to... Read More
ABP chairman Xu Weiping has expressed his confidence in the Chinese company’s Royal Docks development which, he believes, will become a global business park. Despite the fact that work is yet to begin in earnest, 57 companies have already registered... Read More
Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group’s 20 Fenchurch Street is now almost 90 per cent let or under offer, with the first tenants due to move into the property in April. The opening of the City tower – popularly known as the Walkie-Talkie - will be marked... Read More
Marketed as Scotland’s only “business hotel” the developers behind the Skypark campus have been given permission to add a second office block to the Glasgow complex. Although construction work will not start without a substantial pre-let, the... Read More
Manchester Science Park will get a jumpstart on its expansion plans with a 60,000 sq. ft. block. The building will be funded in part with a £2.5m loan from the Greater Manchester Investment Fund. The amount has been conditionally agreed. Expansion... Read More
Clearance work has started on a 400 acre former Essex oil refinery site prior to it being opened up to a variety of occupiers. Another immediately available 110 acres, situated adjacent to London Gateway, is already attracting interest. The Thames... Read More
Planners have approved a scheme to build an £18m technology park adjacent to the M5 in Worcester as part of the county’s “Game Changer” development blueprint. Despite suffering a major blow last September when Worcester Bosch pulled out as the... Read More
Construction work is expected to start this summer on a £250m office complex on the site of Jack the Ripper’s only murder within the City of London. Notoriously known as the Whitechapel Murders, all but one of the Victorian serial killer’s victims... Read More
Aberdeen’s “booming” economy is reflected in new figures from city planners which show a seven-fold increase in approved office space in just 12 months. Demand for office space rocketed in 2013 compared to the previous year, with a high level of... Read More
Over recent years urban regeneration projects throughout the UK have resulted in a huge expansion of commercial property developments. Many of these are ongoing and will continue to deliver new business space in the future.
In addition many towns and cities have seen an expansion of out-of-town projects resulting in new business parks, shopping centres and leisure developments.
You will find stories about all of these here together with news regarding new industrial, healthcare and warehouse property. So if you want to read about the latest Grade A office space in London’s financial district or improvements to Sheffield’s retail quarter, the Commercial Development category is for you.
