An insight into the changing nature of the industrial and business space property market and how business space development schemes can be initiated and implemented to revitalise urban areas.

The purpose of this book is to assess the changing nature of the industrial and business space property market which has developed out of the recession of the early 1980s. It also shows how business space development schemes can be implemented to revitalize urban areas. It covers the investment and development market, how schemes are financed and the different techniques used to appraise their financial viability, the layout and design characteristics of industrial workshop and business space developments of all sizes, the influences of central government's economic fiscal and planning policy, local authority iniatives to revitalize inner urban areas and the variety of methods used to implement new development including partnerships and negotiated solution.