There’s no method in this madness
Still reeling from the Grenfell Tower tragedy - and where it wasn’t before, the word ‘reeling’ is now apt - we have this week woken up first to the news of another terror attack and then just days...
View ArticleMayor of London: Khan’s first year report
Of the files waiting for Sadiq Khan when he took over as London mayor just over a year ago, the problem of housing, or the lack thereof, would have been jostling for position at the top of the pile...
View ArticleSouth East office rental growth is set to outperform
BNP Paribas Real Estate is predicting that average rents will grow faster in the South East office market over the next two years than in both London and the rest of the UK.
View ArticleGap between London and regional office costs shrinks
The gap between office occupancy costs in London and the UK’s regional cities has narrowed slightly from last year’s record highs, according to Lambert Smith Hampton’s Total Office Cost Survey (TOCS).
View ArticleBTR pipeline sees sharp growth in Q2
The number of build-to-rent (BTR) homes under construction or in planning shot up by a fifth in the second quarter, analysis from the British Property Federation (BPF) has shown.
View ArticleAgency 2017: Stellar CBRE and JLL results distort overall picture
On the face of it, the agency world has had another robust year. Total revenue among the 40 biggest agents has risen by 16.2% since 2016, from £3.68bn to £4.28bn, compared with 13% between 2015 and...
View ArticleGrowth of the mega agents doesn’t tell the full story
This year’s agency survey reveals a sector of striking contrasts. Put crudely, there are the biggest beasts in the jungle and then there is the rest of the food chain.
View ArticleFlexibility key to prosperity for King’s Cross regeneration
Mention King’s Cross to a Londoner a decade ago and it would have probably conjured up some less than savoury images.
View ArticleCapital values rise 2.5% across H1 2017
UK commercial property capital values increased 0.6% overall in June 2017 to leave capital value growth at 2.5% for H1, according to the latest CBRE Monthly Index.
View ArticleVideo: Phillip Arnold on selling probate properties at auction
Phillip Arnold tells Property Week why selling by public auction is the best method of sale for probate properties.
View ArticlePW Power 100: Number 1 - Nick Leslau
Prestbury Investments chairman Nick Leslau has had a phenomenal year by anyone’s standards. Secure Income REIT was the strongest performing REIT of 2016, he has been extremely bullish over Brexit and...
View ArticleUniversity of Manchester challenge
Academic projects don’t get much bigger than the University of Manchester’s 10-year masterplan to revive its campus - which costs a cool £1bn.
View ArticleMost housebuilders sceptical about long-term supply levels
The supply of new housing hit the 200,000 mark in England in the year to April 2017 - but the majority of respondents to Knight Frank’s annual housebuilder survey do not believe supply can be...
View ArticleFrom houses to northern powerhouses
Have we hit the top of the housing market? That is certainly what the doom-mongers would have us believe and the figures don’t exactly paint a pretty picture.
View ArticleBig interview: Brundage lays out BPF plans
You would not expect a Canadian expat to love the quintessentially British sport of rugby, but the British Property Federation’s new president Paul Brundage does - in no small part because the game...
View ArticlePreston's office market A-game
Plans for a £100m office scheme could put the city back on the map - if an occupier bites.
View ArticleModular pioneers turn to mobile factories
Pioneers of modular construction are already setting their sights on the next big thing - mobile factories.
View ArticleLocation and amenities key to GPU New Waverley pre-let
The UK government made waves in the Edinburgh office market last week when it announced a 190,000 sq ft pre-let at Artisan Real Estate Investors’ New Waverley scheme - the city’s largest letting in 20...
View ArticlePW Power 100: power people party
On 6 July, the crème de la crème of property gathered at 1 Fleet Place in the City to find out who had made the cut in Property Week’s Power 100, sponsored by host Dentons and Malcolm Hollis.
View ArticleDepartment stores must innovate to survive
Department stores are having to get creative. Store sales are under pressure because of the shift to online retail, the rise of Amazon and our increasing preference for spending money on experiences...
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