Thames Valley developers hope Crossrail will bring occupiers from far and wide
M&G Real Estate made headlines last week when it confirmed one of the biggest lettings in the Thames Valley market for a decade, with British energy company SSE leasing the entire 186,000 sq ft...
View ArticleCorbyn will be bad for UK property industry
It really doesn’t matter who now tells the Labour party that electing Jeremy Corbyn as leader is committing electoral suicide; he has already won.
View ArticleTime to loosen the green belt a notch or two
Seems I’m not the only one fed up with the whole ‘don’t build on the green belt because you’ll destroy our lovely countryside’ spiel.
View ArticleInterview: Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash
Urban Splash was the iconic regeneration developer. Then came the crash. Tom Bloxham explains about the fight-back and why he thinks modular housing could play a key role in solving the UK’s housing...
View ArticlePrioritise infrastructure projects and watch the housing building rate rise
It is no surprise that the ability to develop housing is affected by the provision of fit-for-purpose infrastructure and transport connections.
View ArticleImagine the impact of no affordable housing on an area
You may have noticed that there are to be shifts ahead in the provision of affordable housing.
View ArticleDevolution needs to be clear, coherent and confident
Two things have come to define the landscape for property and growth over the past year: the rebalancing of the UK economy; and the rolling back of a regional structure towards a complicated web of...
View ArticleDon’t tar and feather all foreign investment
Fifty years after gaining independence, during which time it has become a role model for Far Eastern economic powerhouses, Singapore celebrated its golden anniversary this year. But many were surprised...
View ArticlePeople Moves: Savills, Landmark Estates, GL Hearn, Crest Nicholson etc
All the latest moves and appointments from across the property industry.
View ArticleStephen Gleave set to join Turley as a board director
Turley has hired Stephen Gleave as a director on its board with a particular responsibility for development of the company’s ‘place-making’ agenda.
View ArticleRESI 2015 was a rousing affair
The great and the good of the residential world gathered at Celtic Manor in south Wales this week for what was a real corker of a RESI Conference.
View ArticleHot Housing Index 2015
Location specialist CACI has drawn up an exclusive list of the country’s hottest housing locations for Property Week. So which towns came where and why?
View ArticleWe must unite to build quality homes nation needs
Britain badly needs more quality homes. On the surface, everyone wants to make this happen - the public, government, housing associations, landowners, developers and housebuilders, construction firms...
View ArticleCityscape Dubai turns the spotlight on the Middle East’s love affair with London
I spent last Wednesday handing out ice creams, with the temperature hovering around 40°C outside. Not because I’ve had a dramatic change of profession, but because I was in Dubai.
View ArticleWhat lies beneath: Why developers’ attitudes towards archaeological...
Why they are now seen as less of a hindrance and more of an opportunity?
View ArticleInterview: David and Allan Lockhart of NewRiver Retail
Last week, NewRiver Retail hit the magic £1bn milestone in terms of assets under management. David and Allan Lockhart talk about its ambitious plans to double in size by 2020.
View ArticleFrom the regional to the world stage
Some people just want more, don’t they? During the British Council of Shopping Centres conference in the ‘northern powerhouse’ of Manchester, I found myself chairing a panel on the political issue du...
View ArticleBeware the consequences of Corbyn’s housing agenda
I’m indebted to Jeremy Corbyn for one thing: I might get less grief from my wife next time I wear socks with sandals. But the Labour leader’s fashion faux pas could also presage a return to the ‘beards...
View ArticleThe joy of variety – with no strings attached
Brompton Bicycle, Thunderbirdsand the NHS - it is only in industrial and distribution property that you could have been working alongside such unique brands as these in the past few weeks.
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