All articles by Adam Branson – Page 18
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PW Power 100: 21-30
Among the big hitters in this section of the list are the top men and women at industry heavyweights Cushman Wakefield, Amazon, Peel and Quintain
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Cities should commercialise their assets to compensate for shortfall in funding
At the end of June, think tank Centre for Cities released its latest research report, ‘Delivering change: how city partnerships make the most of public assets’, in partnership with building consultancy Turner Townsend.
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Incoming ULI UK chair Choa to bang the drum for cities
AECOM’s director of cities and urban development, Chris Choa, has been named the new chairman of the UK branch of the influential Urban Land Institute (ULI), Property Week can reveal.
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Growth 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.
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Agency 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 2016, according to Property Week ’s Agency 2017 survey .
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Tower upgrade bill set to top £12bn
The cost of making the nation’s social housing tower blocks safe in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy could top £12bn, exclusive research has revealed - and that figure could rise exponentially if the deadly cladding is also found to be in widespread use on privately owned high-rise developments. ...
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New minority government puts business rates reform on the back burner
Last week’s Queen’s speech failed to mention the Local Government Finance Bill (2017) in a move that effectively kicked business rates reform into the long grass.
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Touch of magic: Darius Ziatabari interview
Darius Ziatabari is standing at a kitchen counter in Surrey, merrily spraying playing cards into the air for the benefit of Property Week ’s photographer.
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Property’s Shazam: Savannah de Savary interview
Imagine having a tool at your disposal that instantly provides information about the building you are looking at - the agents leasing it, the architect who designed it, the contractor that built it - a ‘Shazam for the built environment’, if you like.
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Perspectives - Summer 2017
It is no surprise that housing - or rather the lack of it - features strongly in the sixth edition of Perspectives, Property Week ’s series of thought leadership essays from key industry figures.
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Q&A: Will Brexit bring out the best in public sector procurement?
The public procurement process comes in for a lot of criticism, especially for the time it takes to bid and the amount of money it can cost, with most large-scale development projects in particular having to go through the full OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) process.
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Property provides 37% of Tory corporate donations
Property companies provided more than a third of the corporate donations made to the Conservative Party since the start of the year, research by Property Week has revealed.
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Ruskin Square lined up for BTR by Stanhope
Veteran commercial and mixed-use developer Stanhope has also signalled its intention to enter the BTR market.
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A new Stanhope: David Camp interview
Few developers make their name with a single project. But that is exactly what Stanhope did when in 1986 it embarked on the development of 4m sq ft of commercial property on 29 acres of land at Broadgate, just north of Liverpool Street station in the City of London.
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Intu aims to Accelerate development of retail and leisure
Shopping centre owner and operator intu has launched a tech incubator programme aimed at supporting ideas that will support the development of the retail and leisure markets.
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Lettings from America: Tom Atchison interview
Tom Atchison greets Property Week with a firm handshake and a broad grin that reveals a set of perfect teeth.
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All eyes on the home straight: housing white paper roundtable
A group of leading housing experts gathered at Howard Kennedy’s London Bridge offices last month to discuss the recent housing white paper and the wider issues facing supply in the residential market. Co-sponsored by Savills, the debate included contributions from both the public and private sectors.
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Eyes on the prize: 2017 RESI Awards winners gallery
The great and the good of the housing industry gathered at London’s Grosvenor House hotel last week for the RESI Awards 2017. Hosted by comedian Paul Chowdhry, the evening was a celebration of the very best the residential sector has to offer. We reveal what made the winners stand out ...
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Supreme Court rules on importance of ability to demonstrate a five-year housing supply
Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment that will have profound implications for the development of green-belt land.
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Q&A: Dr Torolf Hamm and Edward Brown on how the real estate industry is tackling climate risk
Last month, a major new report on climate risk by insurance broker Willis Towers Watson called for tougher stress testing, among other measures, in order to tackle what it called the growing global climate resilience gap.