All Property Week articles in 3 June 2022 – Page 5
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News
The office flight to quality continues
Editor: I read with interest your coverage of Deloitte’s latest London Office Crane survey (‘Crane survey shows ESG front of mind as London office upgrades dominate’).
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News
Q&A: Five minutes with Oona Collins, founder and director of Potential Plus International
Oona Collins, founder and director of Potential Plus International, on working with entrepreneurial people, the need for female role models in property, her cultural recommendations and why travel beats material possessions.
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Insight
Elizabeth line keeps City on track
Following the uncertainty created by the pandemic and the UK’s departure from the EU, I am delighted to kick off my term as planning and transportation chairman at the City of London Corporation with positive news for the Square Mile and the capital.
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News
CIT’s life-sciences-led scheme at Vinegar Yard gets go-ahead
Mixed-use, 20-storey development by London Bridge was designed in close collaboration with an NHS trust.
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Professional
Rising to retrofitting challenge
Retrofitting homes and buildings is fundamental to achieving the government’s net zero commitment, something we give extra thought to on World Environment Day on 5 June.
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News
London mayor calls for measures on overseas owners
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has called for ministers to raise the empty homes premium for overseas owners and increase capital gains tax from 28% to 40% in a bid to fund affordable homes in the capital.
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Professional
How can property buyers get a handle on cryptocurrency deals?
Cryptocurrency can feel complex. The data, jargon, and pace at which the sector evolves all add to a perception that it is not just difficult to understand, but nigh-on impenetrable unless you’ve majored in computer science.
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News
Tighter deadline for Help to Buy under fire
Home Builders Federation director says bringing forward deadline ‘defies logic’.
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Insight
Iconic buildings of the Queen’s reign
As we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, Property Week looks at eight of the best buildings constructed over the past 70 years.
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News
Q&A: New UKAA CEO on the future of BTR
UK Apartment Association head on challenges and opportunites for BTR sector.
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News
Tax breaks for older downsizers miss the point
Editor: Rumours are circulating that tax breaks are on the table for older downsizers, in a bid to free up family homes. This might encourage some movement, but in reality it misses the point. The crux of the issue is simply that there aren’t enough housing options available for people ...
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Insight
Reap the benefit of experience
In the UK, we are hopefully moving into the post-Covid-19 era, and it feels like businesses across all sectors are racing to implement the lessons learned from the pandemic.
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Markets
Garden village begins to bloom
A new development in Knowsley is looking to history for inspiration.
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Professional
What factors have been driving the leap in company insolvencies?
The UK is set to reach pre-pandemic levels of corporate insolvencies this year. April figures for England and Wales showed that company insolvencies had more than doubled year on year.
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Insight
Sixth Avenue leads New York’s revival
Manhattan’s Q1 2022 office vacancy rate stood at a record 22%. Yet, newly released data show that one major commercial corridor, under-sung Midtown Sixth Avenue, weathered the pandemic with a vacancy rate of between 12.6% (according to CBRE) and 14.6% (as per Cushman & Wakefield). How did this happen?
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Professional
More questions than answers in Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
Experts bemoan lack of clarity on new infrastructure levy and ‘naivety’ of government’s rental auction idea.
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News
Morrisons rescue deal helps Allsop shift two McColl’s lots
Lots investors would have previously considered to be ‘worth nothing’ sell at above guide prices after May sale.
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Agent P: jubilation
Friday 3 June 10.30am: Still under duvet. Bored. Is there anything worse than a street party? I don’t even live in a damn street. Yet a bunch of lonely losers from the lower floors are attempting to assemble a gazebo in the car park fronting our block.
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News
Dept Agency takes two floors of Derwent’s Featherstone Building
Derwent London has let the top two floors of its Featherstone Building in Old Street, east London to Dept Agency at a rent of £90/sq ft, Property Week can reveal.
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Birmingham BTR boom as investment soars 40% to £553m
Birmingham ranks as the second most attractive UK build-to-rent (BTR) market, behind central London, due to an acute undersupply of housing, according to research released this month by Gerald Eve.