January, 2008

Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, is putting his weight behind plans to regenerate Salford.

CPC and Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment have completed the purchase of the Chelsea Barracks.

German fund manager Hansa Invest is set to flow money into the London commercial sector after registering its interest in One London Wall.

Tenant demand for commercial property dipped in the last quarter of 2007, new research has revealed.

A London council has rejected plans for a huge US-style church to be built in close proximity to the 2012 Olympics site.

The Manchester commercial property market is set to retain buoyant in 2008, experts have claimed.

Cathedral has been chosen as the preferred developers of a major regeneration scheme in Clapham.

Inditex will lease a large section of the new Liverpool One development with a number of its leading stores taking residence in the shopping complex.

Tiger Developments has been granted permission for an ambitious redevelopment of a section of the London Docklands.

Valad Property Group is preparing a £500 million assault on the devalued business real estate sector.

Property firm Helical Bar have been tempted back into commercial investment by the current downturn in the sector.

Land Securities is working in tandem with Kodak to redevelop the latter's plant in Harrow.

English Partnerships and Slough Borough Council have unveiled plans for a massive £400 million overhaul of the town.

A new luxury hotel is set to be opened in the Snowhill area of Birmingham.

An Israel based consortium has been given the go-ahead for a major development on London's South Bank.

Property firm Colliers CRE has enjoyed a share boost after announcing that profits would meet predictions for 2007.

Investors have been urged to be patient before attempting any new activity in the commercial property market.

Wilson Bowden Developments are preparing the blueprint for an ambitious redevelopment of a site in Chesterfield.

National storage company Safestore is set to defy the current downturn in the commercial property sector by expanding into a series of new locations.

Two new tenants have agreed to lease sections of Pinewood Shepperton's Media Park in Buckinghamshire.

Hammerson and Land Securities have secured ten more tenants for Bristol's Cabot Circus development.

Demand for UK commercial property remains "firm", the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has claimed.

Property company Schroders are poised to launch a £1 billion property fund in an effort to take advantage of the devalued commercial sector.

Resolution property is set to take advantage of the devalued commercial property sector by preparing a £3 billion assault on the market.

Property funds suffered a downturn in fortunes in the final quarter of 2007, new research has revealed.

A number of property companies have enjoyed a rise in share prices over the past few days, with further increases expected.

The butchers of the Smithfield Market have reacted angrily to English Heritage's criticism of plans to regenerate a section of the old market site.

Countryside Properties have been chosen as the preferred developer for a multi-million scheme in Chatham.

The Jerde Partnership is on the brink of becoming the architect for a huge £1 billion redevelopment of Coventry city centre.

Despite the commercial property problems around England and Wales, Bradford has enjoyed a period of strong sector growth, experts have revealed.

The commercial property sector suffered a decline in returns in December, new research has revealed.

Property construction firm Balfour Beatty has claimed that it has remained reasonably unaffected by the recent dip in the commercial property sector.

Plans to regenerate Macclesfield town centre moved a step closer after Wilson Bowden agreed to become the developers for the scheme.

A number of commercial property occupiers are hoping to expand their property holdings in the coming months, new research has revealed.

Property investment firm Laxey Partners has launched a £1 billion commercial property share purchase fund in a move which could revitalise the ailing sector.

Property developers Derwent London have been granted planning permission for a new mixed-use scheme near Paddington station.

Protego Real Estate Investors have completed the multi-million pound purchase of a commercial property site in York.

The plight of the commercial property sector took another negative turn as prices dipped last month, new research has shown.

Barratt Developments is set for a multi-million pound redevelopment of Birmingham's Shard End Crescent area.

The number of commercial property developments fell in December, new research has revealed.

A multi-million pound regeneration of a site in Walthamstow has been given the green light by Waltham Forest Council.

The demand for luxury office space in the centre of Leeds is continuing to grow, experts have claimed.

English Heritage has criticised Thornfield Properties' ambitious plans to regenerate Smithfield market.

Test Valley Borough Council has granted planning permission for a new business park on the outskirts of Southampton.

Blackburn and Darwen Borough Councils have selected Maple Grove Developments as its developer for a large-scale local regeneration scheme.

The commercial property sector is not set for a collapse similar to the one experienced in the 1990s, experts have claimed.

A range of new commercial property investors may flock to the sector if the market regains some stability, experts have claimed.

Infinity Asset Management is preparing a multi-million pound property fund to tackle a range of commercial property developments.

Liverpool has become one of the UK's most lucrative commercial property cities - thanks to being named 'Capital of Culture' for 2008.

Plans for an ambitious mixed-use scheme in the centre of Swansea have moved a step closer after regional authorities picked their preferred developers.