All Property Week articles in 20 August 2021 – Page 5
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Insight
Is resi ready for a data revolution?
The ebb and flow of urban dynamics is changing how we live, work and play in the built environment. Smart home technology and digital systems are layering new functionality into residential spaces, with pandemic-driven need accelerating our acceptance of digitalisation.
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News
Soaring housebuilding costs are set to be the key talking point at RESI Convention
The soaring cost of housebuilding and decarbonising the housing sector are among the big issues set to be hotly debated at Property Week’s hybrid ‘Age of Responsibility’-themed RESI Convention at Celtic Manor in Wales on 8-9 September.
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Insight
Skills crisis looms in construction
With much talk about the challenges in securing construction materials, some may overlook the risk to labour costs looming around the corner. This comes as the pressure to design and create the next generation of high-quality, safe, London Plan-compliant zero carbon buildings mounts.
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News
Government urged to heed ‘code red’ report on climate
Property and construction sectors must shoulder responsibility for cutting carbon emissions, add experts.
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Insight
Climate crisis: closer collaboration is key
Editor: The IPCC’s report, released last week, is a shocking reminder of the urgent action needed to address the climate crisis – and underlines the huge challenge facing the property sector (‘UKGBC: IPCC report “should be a massive wake-up call”).
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Professional
Wellness must take centre stage in return to the office
Increased focus on staff wellbeing will help people relearn what it means to be together in the workplace.
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News
Cadogan CEO slams removal of tax-free shopping as ‘regressive’
Cadogan Estates chief executive Hugh Seaborn has said he is “very concerned” about the impact of the government’s withdrawal of tax-free shopping for international visitors, particularly in London’s prime retail spots.
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Insight
What’s next for the build-to-rent (BTR) sector?
Still a relatively young sector, BTR is poised for another growth spurt as single-family housing and new entrants make their mark.
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Single family is the next BTR frontier
Single-family housing is one of the fastest-growing asset classes in the UK and forms a key part of the continued evolution of the living sectors.
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Professional
Wellbeing is no longer a ‘bolt-on’
Over the past year, health and wellbeing has been very much at the forefront of the public agenda. The London Plan, published in March, has references to the health and wellbeing of Londoners throughout, seeking to ensure that this sits at the forefront of planning decisions.
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News
New joint venture plans the north’s biggest modular resi scheme
The Tees Valley scheme with Beyond Housing will be the north’s biggest modular resi project.
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Big interview with Mark Quinn, founder of Quinn Estates
Quinn Estates founder Mark Quinn talks to Property Week about the firm’s big break, plans for its biggest scheme to date and what lies ahead for Quinn Homes.
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Markets
The big shift from road to rail
SEGRO’s Strategic Rail Freight Interchange could be a game-changer.
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View from the top: David Partridge, Argent Related chairman and BPF president
The Argent Related chairman and BPF president talks to Sebastian McCarthy about how the Brent Cross Town scheme is shaping up, the big industry challenges and how to accelerate the move towards net zero.
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News
Amount of industrial space due to complete plunges
The amount of UK industrial space forecast to be completed this year has fallen significantly and is expected to fall further as the materials shortage hits both speculative and built-to-suit warehouse development.
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We must all take ESG seriously
With great neighbourhoods comes great responsibility. Moda Living is determined to change the way that people live. To do this, we need to step up and take charge of the way that the rental market treats its residents and the shift towards a healthier, more sustainable way of living.
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Facing the ‘age of responsibility’
The strapline for this year’s RESI conference is ‘The Age of Responsibility’. It’s quite rightly weighty and sobering. One imagines those attending in person will consciously choose the family electric runabout to park at Celtic Manor and that Merlins Bar will be uncharacteristically quiet after about 11pm on 8 September.
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News
Q&A: HSPG's Guy Horne on solving the affordability crisis
HSPG chief executive says retail-to-resi conversions could offer one solution.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Dan Green, associate director, acquisitions, at Firethorn Trust
Dan Green, associate director, acquisitions, at Firethorn Trust, on how he got started in property. He also shares some cultural recommendations and reveals which celebrity he’d most like to spend an hour with.
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Insight
It is ‘accidental beauty’ that makes places intriguing
Editor: I read with interest the recent revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework and the government’s “widespread planning changes” to build beautiful places.