Flexible workspace could be a useful weapon for British Land
The concept of a traditional property company launching a flexible workspace brand isn’t entirely new.
View ArticleManchester witnesses resi construction boom
Residential units under construction in Manchester city centre have increased by 400% over the past two years, according to new research seen by Property Week.
View ArticleAre we doing enough to stop the terrorists?
We all expected it, we all dreaded it and this week we all discovered that despite recent attacks at Westminster and in multiple locations across Europe, we have not yet become desensitised to the...
View Article‘More to follow’ JP Morgan’s Brexit-related Dublin move
JP Morgan’s acquisition last week of 200 Capital Dock was the first concrete example of a major company expanding in Ireland because of Brexit.
View ArticleCushman & Wakefield: two years on
It was two years ago this month that DTZ revealed its $2bn deal to buy rival Cushman & Wakefield from Exor, the investment company of Italy’s billionaire Agnelli family, to produce a new group to...
View ArticleLettings from America: Tom Atchison interview
Tom Atchison greets Property Week with a firm handshake and a broad grin that reveals a set of perfect teeth.
View ArticleAmenities: work and some play in logistics
For developers of new offices in London and other major cities, the provision of amenity space for occupiers’ employees is increasingly the done thing.
View ArticleCambridge markets forge ahead with record take-up figures
The latest business space research from Bidwells reveals that Cambridge is powering ahead, with record-breaking figures for the office, laboratory and industrial markets.
View ArticleLondon office development fears could be overstated
The negative view of the central London office market is that new supply is set to flood the market over the next few years and that demand will fall away as the impact of Brexit on the economy starts...
View ArticleWhen property meets politics
The gloves are off, the manifestos are out and in a week’s time we will discover if Theresa May’s gamble to call a snap general election paid off or spectacularly backfired. Ahead of the nation...
View ArticleWill June prove inauspicious for May?
I keep looking across the pond in an attempt to console myself that the political landscape is more chaotic over there than it could ever be here… and then something jaw-dropping happens here that...
View ArticleOld Oak scheme tests investor appetite for co-living assets
The Collective’s scheme at Old Oak has become the first substantial co-living development to hit the investment market. It has emerged that the 323-flat property is officially up for sale through JLL...
View ArticleFailure to act is not an option
So today’s the day we find out what the electorate wants. As Property Week went to press ahead of yesterday’s snap general election, the major parties were understandably focusing on security above all...
View ArticleDepartment stores: trouble in store?
If you want a clue as to the current state of the UK department store sector, consider this: of the four chief executives at the helm of John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Debenhams and House of Fraser...
View ArticleNew benchmark set as global firms compete for office space in Leeds
With rents on grade-A city centre office space slowly nudging northwards since 2014, Leeds office agents have been waiting with bated breath to see a new benchmark set for headline rents in the city.
View ArticleLower build cost inflation could present opportunities
Development costs in some sectors of the commercial property market are starting to plateau, according to the latest edition of Savills’ Programme and Cost Sentiment Survey (SPECS).
View ArticleDoes new directive signal the death of the long lease?
It seems that a week doesn’t go by without another significant announcement involving the serviced office sector.
View ArticleSurvey: industry braces itself for worst following election
Last week’s shock general election result is expected to have a broadly negative impact on all sectors of the real estate industry, a snap survey of Property Week’s readers reveals
View ArticleSo many questions after Grenfell Tower tragedy
What an awful quirk of fate that just as Borough Market was observing a minute’s silence in memory of those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack 10 days earlier firefighters in another part of...
View ArticleWhat must be done to stop another Grenfell happening?
As the causes of the fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington last week begin to become clearer, government bodies and the property industry are asking themselves some searching questions about how...
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