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By the way: Peter Bill on Julian Richer’s book on fixing the housing crisis
A signed copy of Julian Richer’s ‘Our Housing Disaster – And What We Can Do About It’ plops through the letterbox, the envelope addressed by the man himself.
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How to measure social value
While progress has been made in the understanding of social impact, there is still a long journey ahead to help businesses gain the most insight from the data that they collect.
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Swansea pioneers a green model
A £4bn green energy, transport hub and port development should be a blueprint for other major cities.
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More clarity on MEES is essential
Government must outline its plans for energy efficiency regulations to help industry hit net zero targets.
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Smashing the glass ceiling
Promoting and retaining women to enable them to reach a senior level is an ongoing challenge for the industry. Ceri Moyers explains how Mentoring Circle is helping to foster inclusion and tackle the gender biases hampering progress.
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All generations need levelling up
Regeneration projects should offer a range of housing and amenity options for people at all stages of life.
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By the way: Peter Bill on Grainger, BTR and Adam Neumann
Helen Gordon needs to whoop things up.
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Jefferies’ managing director Prew on REITs hiding their true values
Net asset values are no longer an accurate reflection of REITs’ performance and their relative worth.
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Forsters’ partner Du Croz on the slow path to planning reform
Government has hiked fees and proposed local authorities return money when they underperform.
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Hammerson chief executive Gagné on creating a vibrant sense of place
Tailored placemaking can bring forth 24/7 urban ‘living spaces’ that have a significant social impact.
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Moorfield Group’s Sadie Malim on investing in rental solutions
Growing demand for a wide spectrum of affordable housing is creating opportunities for investors.
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Town Moor could be so much more
Vacant land around Newcastle United FC stadium is chronically underused and could be vastly improved.
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The untapped potential of UK BTR
Despite the shift towards build to rent, institutional investment in the sector has so far been very limited.
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We need supply-side reform now
The UK’s technocracy must be overhauled to liberate business and allow public servants to do their jobs.
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Uncertainty reigns on the high street
The Body Shop’s situation has forced landlords to consider how administrations would affect them.
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By the way: Peter Bill on David Maxwell and RAD London
One of the jockeys competing in Saturday’s Grand National is developer David Maxwell.
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Mini towns unlock nuclear future
Modern methods of construction can help house the big workforces needed to build nuclear plants.
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Time to cure this heritage mania
Backlash against plans to build above historic Birmingham hospital reflects skewed view of value.
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AI will drive evolution of property
Technology is transforming practices in planning, development and management of the built environment.
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Peter Bill on Landsec and BL management fees
Landsec and British Land are medium-sized companies at best, respectively employing 385 and 356 direct staff in the year to March 2023. Yet Landsec is in the FTSE 100, British Land not far outside.