Commercial Property and Development

Practical, jargon-free legal advice for every stage of your property project.

Commercial property and developments are complex and high-value, and you need a dedicated legal team that understands both the legal and the commercial picture. At Salehs, we support developers, landlords and investors across Manchester from site evaluation through to delivery.

Support across the whole property and development lifecycle

Whether you are acquiring, disposing of, leasing, refinancing or developing commercial property, our experienced team can assist with every aspect of your transaction. We handle all stages of development and redevelopment, from site evaluation and assembly through planning, funding and construction, to sales, lettings and management.

We act for many developers building multi-user schemes of houses, apartments, offices, shops, retail units, car parks and more. Whatever your investment and development needs, we provide proactive advice from concept through implementation to delivery.

Commercial property can give rise to highly complex legal issues, whether retail, industrial, office or leisure, large portfolios or single units, freehold or leasehold. A legal team that knows how to deal with these gives you peace of mind, and a result achieved at a realistic cost.

We can help, for example

• When you are acquiring or disposing of commercial property and want it handled cleanly.
• When you are leasing property, as landlord or tenant, and need the terms right.
• When you are refinancing and need the property and funding sides to work together.
• When you are developing a site, from evaluation and assembly through planning, funding and construction.
• When you are delivering a multi-user scheme of houses, apartments, offices, shops or retail units.
• When you are managing a portfolio and need ongoing sales, lettings and management support.

Why work with Salehs

• Partner-led, personal service: You work directly with an experienced, partner-level lawyer who stays close to your project.
• Full-project experience: We handle every aspect, from site assembly and planning through funding, construction, sales, lettings and management.
• Handles any size: We act on projects from smaller residential and commercial schemes to large multi-million-pound, multi-user developments.
• Established trust since 1987: Developers and investors across the area have relied on us for nearly four decades.
• Commercial and cost-aware: We aim to achieve your goals efficiently, at a realistic cost that gives you full value.

How we work

1. Get in touch. Tell us about the property or development and what stage you’re at.
2. We assess your options. You get clear, commercial advice on the approach, the cost and the timescales, up front.
3. We handle it through to completion. We manage the legal work across the project and report to you regularly at every stage.

Why choose our team

Our commercial property and development work is led by Alan Berry, Partner and Head of Commercial Property and Development, with a team of solicitors and an apprentice solicitor. The team builds close working relationships with clients and their other advisers, and reports regularly throughout a project.