Get real on rates, London: you’ve got off lightly for years
There may be no winners in the government’s business rates revamp, but Jeez, there seem to be plenty of sore losers.
View ArticleFrom care homes to aspirational lifestyle: is retirement living coming of age?
With equity-rich, cash-poor baby boomers entering retirement age, they are increasingly looking to move into housing that is better suited to their changing lifestyles. However, in reality, few are...
View ArticleRegional city centre office take-up dips
Office take-up in regional city centres plummeted to its lowest level since 2012 in the third quarter because of concerns about Brexit, according to Bilfinger GVA’s Big Nine report.
View ArticleHUBba bubba!: Steve Sanham and Robert Sloss interview
“Why not?” is a question residential developer Hub’s newly promoted managing director, Steve Sanham, likes to ask a lot - and why not if you are one half of a double-act that prides itself on providing...
View ArticleRestaurant leases: time to turnover a new lease?
The rise of Deliveroo and other delivery apps, including recent arrivals to the UK Amazon Restaurants and UberEATS, has changed our restaurant industry forever.
View ArticleModernise or die? More like modernise or pay
It’s all very well Mark Farmer warning in his review of the UK construction labour model that the construction industry needs to “modernise or die” - but should he really be putting the onus on...
View ArticleHousebuilders rally after Brexit vote but clouds loom
Housebuilders’ shares took a battering on the markets following the EU referendum, with the sector tanking 36% in value in two days’ trading, but shares have since rallied following a series of...
View ArticleSainsbury’s: supermarket of the future?
This month saw the opening of London’s latest department store. But this wasn’t the latest offering from John Lewis or House of Fraser. This was the latest venture from ‘big four’ grocery chain...
View ArticleBrace yourself for fight-or-flight response to Heathrow
Twenty-six years. That’s how long it took from conception to delivery of Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 in 2008.
View ArticleCitizen Cain: Jonathan Goldstein interview
There are plenty of football fans in the property industry - and plenty of Spurs fans in particular. Not many attempt to buy the club they support, though. Then again, not many are like Cain Hoy’s...
View ArticleCycas claims Staybridge Suites Newcastle
Cycas Hospitality has acquired Staybridge Suites Newcastle through Christie & Co at auction.
View ArticleHousebuilders rally after Brexit vote but clouds loom
Housebuilders’ shares took a battering on the markets following the EU referendum, with the sector tanking 36% in value in two days’ trading, but shares have since rallied following a series of...
View ArticleHousebuilders face grilling over failure to boost supply
When MPs met bosses of the UK’s three biggest housebuilders in Westminster on Monday, they didn’t shy away from asking tough questions.
View ArticleWorkplace Solutions Supplement - 4 November 2016
‘Toxic offices’ - Terrorist threat - Big data - Healthy buildings
View ArticleWho will deliver the final blow in this dirtiest of fights?
I won’t be around for the next couple of weeks because I’m going on holiday. Guess where I’m going? I’m not sure how this happened, but I’ve cunningly decided to pick the week of the US presidential...
View ArticleCity of angles: Chris Hayward interview
Banks abandoning London, financial services firms moving staff abroad, falling occupier and investor demand and dwindling rents… while many of the fears expressed immediately after the Brexit vote have...
View ArticleUS election: Who will deliver the final blow in this dirtiest of fights?
I won’t be around for the next couple of weeks because I’m going on holiday. Guess where I’m going? I’m not sure how this happened, but I’ve cunningly decided to pick the week of the US presidential...
View ArticleHot 100 Retail Locations: 1) Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes tops the 2016 Hot 100 due to the size of the catchment area, the population growth expected over the next 10 years and the headroom for potential new retail and leisure space.
View ArticleHot 100 Retail Locations 2016
Where in the UK can investors find the best retail and leisure opportunities? We report on the towns and cities that have made the cut in this year’s list of the UK’s hottest retail locations.
View ArticleTales of the Hood: L’Estrange interview
Tom Horne and William Green, founders of start-up menswear brand L’Estrange, are holed up in Mayfair’s Arts Club with one of their key supporters, Sheila King.
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