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.


Walsall College Reveals Plans for Business and Sports Hub

Posted on 26 October, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Commercial Developments

Walsall College has unveiled details of the proposed Walsall Business and Sports Hub it plans to develop. The planned site for the new Hub is next to its Wisemore Campus on Littleton Street West, on unused land the college is obtaining from Walsall... Read More

Creative SMEs Find Space to Grow at MediaCityUK

Posted on 24 October, 2013 by Neil Bird under Business News, Commercial Developments

Manchester’s MediaCityUK is proving a popular location for SMEs, statistics collected by Gather Digital reveal. The company, which is based at the Greenhouse on the site, began the data collection to learn more about their fellow tenants, but made the... Read More

Top Architect Chosen for Third Phase of Battersea Development

Posted on 23 October, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments

World renowned architect Frank Gehry has been chosen to design the third phase of the Battersea Power Station development. Gehry, whose best known building is the Guggenheim Museum in the Spanish city of Bilbao, will work alongside Lord Foster on what will be... Read More

UK Nuclear Power Station given Go Ahead

Posted on 22 October, 2013 by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

The government yesterday gave the go ahead for the UK’s first nuclear power station in a generation to be constructed in Somerset. The £16 billion Hinkley Point C scheme will be largely financed by France’s EDF, along with a consortium of investors from... Read More

Derby’s new £200 million business park generates 8000 jobs

Posted on 19 October, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Commercial Developments

Infinity Park has been revealed as the new name of a business park in Derby that will create up to 8,000 jobs. The new identity of the 250-acre commercial park between Chellaston and Sinfin, next to Rolls-Royce's civil aerospace division, was announced by... Read More

Rising Office Take-Up Underlines South Bank Transformation

Posted on 14 October, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Top Properties

The position of London’s South Bank as a prime business location is underlined by data showing that office take-up in the area is at its highest level since 2007. Approximately 872,000 sq ft was let between July and September bringing the total for the year... Read More

Budget Hotel Travelodge seeks Council Partnerships

Posted on 12 October, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Business News, Commercial Developments

Hotel chain Travelodge has written to 124 local councils seeking to work together to finance the construction of new budget hotels. The move follows partnership deals struck with local authorities for hotels in Eastleigh and Aylesbury. The chain... Read More

East London Could Become Fashion Seekers Dream

Posted on 11 October, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Commercial Developments

When you think of fashion you tend to think of the West End not the East End. Instead East London may make you think more along the lines of Eastenders with its market stalls and sometimes wild fashion tastes – if you are not from around there. But... Read More

Will Enterprise Zone Cash Injection boost Commercial Development?

Posted on 9 October, 2013 by Neil Bird under Commercial Developments, Industry News

This week’s announcement that the government is putting an extra £100 million on the table to speed up the growth of Enterprise Zones has been welcomed by business groups and local authorities. Eric Pickles MP The cash injection is intended to fund... Read More

Sheffield Council takes on Ambitious Retail Scheme

Posted on by Kirsten Kennedy under Commercial Developments

Sheffield Council has parted with the original developer behind the city’s Sevenstone scheme and now plans to “go it alone” without entering into a new partnership. The decision follows four years of delays by property firm Hammerson, with financial... 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.