Commercial Developments


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.


Additional £47m sought for Stoke-on-Trent Regeneration

Posted on 11 February, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

Council leaders in Stoke-on-Trent are seeking an additional £47m to fund the ongoing regeneration of the city. The proposed borrowing will contribute to improvements to highways, the Etruria Valley development and a new central business district (CBD)... Read More

Clyde Gateway devalues its Assets by £45m

Posted on 10 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Less than three months after it received more than £8m in extra funding, the Clyde Gateway agency — Scotland’s biggest and most ambitious regeneration programme — has written off £45m from its property assets. In November the agency, which has... Read More

Key Funding in Place for Abbey Wood Development

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Canada Life has agreed to invest more than £38m in the first phase of London’s Abbey Wood regeneration project. Secured after a joint approach by Berkshire Investment Capital and Development Securities the money will be dedicated to the Cross Quarter area... Read More

Search begins for Developer to restart £200m Teesside Regeneration Project

Posted on 7 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Three years after a £200m dockland regeneration scheme ground to a halt the Homes and Community Agency has confirmed it is searching for a new partner to restart the Middlehaven project. Middlesbrough College campus at Middlehaven A master plan for... Read More

Edinburgh Caltongate Development gets the Go-Ahead as City is named Second only to London for Job Creation

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Economy

Thirteen years after it was originally submitted Edinburgh planners have approved a reworked application to redevelop the city’s Caltongate area. The controversial £150m scheme, like its old town site, has survived a troubled history. The original... Read More

Prologis signs Second UK Distribution Property Deal

Posted on 6 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

Prologis — which recently posted a fourth-quarter profit of $61m — has confirmed its second UK industrial development in as many weeks. In January the San Francisco-based company announced it was adding an extra 262,500sq ft of logistics... Read More

Silicon Valley and Bay Area Developers optimistic about Office and Industrial Market Outlook

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

A unique long range survey of Californian building trends has rated Silicon Valley as the most “optimistic” for office development. The twice-yearly report — compiled by law firm Allen Matkins and the University of California Los Angeles —... Read More

Southbank Centre Redevelopment in Jeopardy as Planning Application is put on hold

Posted on 5 February, 2014 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

Board face ‘massive challenge’ without commercial element concedes chairman The long-running Southbank Centre redevelopment saga took another – possibly final – twist today, when the arts venue announced it was putting its planning application on... Read More

Development Opportunities open up for Expo 2020

Posted on by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments, Worldwide Property News

Dubai’s Tourism and Commerce Marketing agency has confirmed the cost of staging the World Expo 2020 event is expected to be at least £6.45bn. Planning work for the exposition — whose theme is “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future” — is already... Read More

Government Cash Boost for Gosport Enterprise Zone

Posted on 3 February, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Commercial Developments

The government’s enterprise zone funding is going to good use in Hampshire where a £7m infrastructure grant has underpinned the redevelopment of a former Royal Navy air station. The money — awarded by the Department for Communities and Local Government... Read More

Learn more about our Commercial Developments category

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.