An entrepreneur, an army man & a philanthropist: Duke of Westminster obituary
It is almost 10 years to the day that I walked into one of London’s most imposing pieces of real estate to meet the Duke of Westminster.
View ArticleWhy off-site will be firmly on the agenda at RESI
What a difference some nice weather makes… oh and the outstanding performance of Team GB at the Olympics.
View ArticlePlaying with a big Lego kit: Nigel Hugill interview
For most of us, transforming a 1,400-acre former Cold War airfield - complete with nuclear bunker - into a new settlement where people can live and take their children to school sounds like a daunting...
View ArticleFrench connection: will Paris benefit from Brexit?
The French government wasted little time after the EU referendum result was known in presenting a plan designed to tempt businesses away from London to France.
View ArticleFrench connection: will Paris benefit from Brexit?
The French government wasted little time after the EU referendum result was known in presenting a plan designed to tempt businesses away from London to France.
View ArticleBrexit anxiety slows London office market
Central London office take-up fell 21% in the second quarter of this year as the prospect of the EU referendum cast a shadow over the market.
View ArticleFinancing: lower down the risk curve
The housing market is steering into calmer conditions, where hitherto unforeseen opportunities await alternative lenders.
View ArticleGovernment cranks up volume at house party
If anyone was in any doubt that the government wants to tackle the housing crisis - or at least be seen to be tackling it - they are not now.
View ArticleLofty ambitions: Harry Handelsman interview
Manhattan Loft Corporation founder Harry Handelsman has a knack for identifying up-and-coming areas in London.
View ArticleWest End retail market: what goes up...
All you have to do is put the search terms “record rent retail London” into Property Week’s website and you will see dozens of articles pop up hailing a record rent here and a record rent there.
View ArticleLondon supplement September 2016
A focus on Brexit’s impact on London with features covering retail, resi, offices and hotels as well as a look at Woodberry Wetlands and Croydon Boxpark
View ArticleGotcha! The lure of Pokémon
It was downloaded more than 100 million times in less than a month after it was launched in the US.
View ArticleBack to school, back to the big Brexit debate
The kids do not go back to school until next week, but Theresa May’s cabinet had no such luxury.
View ArticleStudent accommodation: will Brexit impact on overseas student numbers?
It’s a numbers game. In recent years, one of the most successful submarkets in the UK has been student housing, which even weathered the global financial crisis pretty well.
View ArticleHot Housing Index 2016 - the UK's top places to live
Making a decision on where to live involves a huge number of variables - calculating against these location specialist CACI ranks the country’s hottest housing locations.
View ArticleIndustry fears Brexit vote could slow housebuilding
The result of the Brexit vote could prompt a fall in housebuilding levels and exacerbate the housing crisis, reveals a survey undertaken by Property Week.
View ArticleRESI: we know the housing questions...now for the answers
There’s nothing like a vote to leave the EU to add a bit of spice to a residential conference - and so it has proved with this year’s RESI Conference in Wales.
View ArticleBerkeley Homes: urban house masters
If you tap the word ‘urban’ into Google, ‘Urban House Berkeley Homes’ is fourth in the list after ‘urban’ itself, ‘urban dictionary’ and ‘Urban Outfitters’ - quite an achievement when you consider the...
View ArticleOpen Plan: catching the eyes of young people
The property industry has made positive steps towards building a more diverse workforce. But new research reveals it needs to do far more to catch the eyes of young people before they are tempted by...
View ArticleDigital score draw: WiredScore interview
Fundamentally, office occupier requirements have barely changed in decades. Cost and location are still the two overriding factors that determine a company’s decision.
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