Giles Barrie
Giles Barrie was editor of Property Week from 2003 to 2013. Before working for Property Week he was news editor and deputy editor of the title’s sister magazine Building. Prior to that he was news editor at the architects’ newspaper Building Design. Giles started as a reporter at Property Week’s forerunner Estates Times in 1989, having graduated in English & History from Leeds University. He led Property Week to the PPA Weekly Magazine of the Year title in 2007 and 2009, and was named PPA Editor of the Year in 2009, too. He was short listed for the BSME Business Editor of the Year category in 2006 and 2007, and Highly Commended in 2008. Giles left Property Week in 2013 to join PR firm, FTI. Follow @GilesBarrie
Insight50 not out: Martin Myers' half-century in property
After a half-century in property, riding four booms and busts, Martin Myers is diversifying — just as he predicts the start of a new cycle. Giles Barrie reports. Photography by David Vintiner
InsightObtuse authorities must be open to conversion
Communities secretary Eric Pickles’ promise to ease office-to-residential conversion last month has become one of the biggest property talking points of the year.
InsightRecruitment frenzy signals new cycle
Another week, another agency team on the move. BNP Paribas Real Estate’s recruitment of five retail experts from Deloitte Real Estate isn’t big news in isolation, but it becomes a big story as part of the merry-go-round of people moves so far this year.
InsightGoogle and geeks put buzz back into London
Google’s agreement to buy a 1m sq ft building at London’s King’s Cross is the UK property deal of the 21st century so far
InsightTime retail was dragged Intu 21st century
You don’t wear the clothes you wore in the early 1990s, so why should property brands from that era also remain the same?
NewsArrowcroft regroups under Hai after Faircroft merger
Founder’s lieutenant becomes chairman, Burchell becomes chief executive
Online'Showrooming' hits high street
Shoppers who visit bookshops and stationers and then decide to make purchases online are contributing to `critical’ issues facing 140 retailers, according to research published today.
OnlineRedefine grows in Germany
Quoted property company Redefine International has paid E11.6m (£9.5m) for a German retail property through its jointly controlled vehicle RI Menora German Holdings.
OnlineChinese vie for £800m Chiswick Park
China’s sovereign wealth fund is among a host of global investors vying to buy Blackstone’s Chiswick Park office campus for up to £800m, the Financial Times reported today.
InsightHomes, Olympics and retail were at heart of property in 2012
Last week we reviewed Property Week’s predictions for 2012. In today’s bonus iPad edition, we analyse the three biggest themes of the year.
NewsBig gun exits Drivers Jonas Deloitte
Nick Shepherd, the face of Drivers Jonas between 2001 and 2011, is to leave its owner Deloitte next year.
InsightGoodbye to 2012 — when the grind carried on
Today we review our predictions for 2012 made on 6 January — and bid farewell to a great friend.
OnlineAll change at Drivers Jonas Deloitte
Giant consultancy Deloitte is to drop the Drivers Jonas name from its real estate operation as part of the creation of a new division, two and a half years after buying the 285-year old surveying firm.
BlogsMAPIC 2012: Giles Barrie's 10 hot topics
Last year’s MAPIC in the midst of the Eurozone crisis was one of the bleakest events I have attended – this year the mood was brighter as retail property basked in the Cannes sun.
OnlineMAPIC 2012: McArthurGlen on Canada, Turkey and the threat of online retail
Editor-in-chief Giles Barrie talks to Gary Bond, managing director of development at McArthurGlen at MAPIC 2012.
OnlineMAPIC 2012: John Strachan on a happier MAPIC and the Main Streets Across The World report
Editor-in-chief, Giles Barrie speaks to John Strachan, global head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield on the publication day of its Main Streets Across The World Report.
OnlineMAPIC 2012: McArthurGlen on Canada, Turkey and the threat of online retail
Editor-in-chief Giles Barrie talks to Gary Bond, managing director of development at McArthurGlen at MAPIC 2012.
OnlineMAPIC 2012: John Strachan on a happier MAPIC and the Main Streets Across The World report
Editor-in-chief, Giles Barrie speaks to John Strachan, global head of retail at Cushman & Wakefield on the publication day of its Main Streets Across The World Report.
OnlineMAPIC 2012: Welcome to Cannes
The editor-in-chief of Property Week welcomes viewers to MAPIC 2012, in sunny Cannes.
