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    Dudley transformed

    2022-11-03T00:00:00Z

    The West Midlands town has taken an alternative approach to urban regeneration. Andy Hillier asks whether it could offer a blueprint for other town centres struggling with a legacy of redundant buildings.

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    Child’s play: a look into the importance of residential play areas

    2022-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Housing developments often overlook the needs of young people. But creating high-quality spaces for kids can improve neighbourhoods for all residents. Charlotte Goddard reports.

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    Calling the shots: Chickenshed fundraiser 2022

    2022-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Teams from across the industry got trigger-happy last week in aid of Chickenshed.

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    Why wellbeing at work is more important than ever

    2022-10-06T00:00:00Z

    With World Mental Health Day taking place on 10 October, Claire Robson asks what steps property companies are taking to improve the wellbeing of both their own staff and tenants.

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    Battersea Power Station: in pictures

    2022-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Ahead of the grand opening of the fully refurbished Battersea Power Station a week from now, Lem Bingley takes a tour of the highly anticipated mixed-use scheme.

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    We can work it out

    2022-09-29T00:00:00Z

    After the scandal and huge losses of recent years, Samit Chopra, WeWork International’s president and chief operating officer, tells Property Week how the flexible office space provider plans to turn a profit this year.

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    Future-proofing the flicks

    2022-09-22T00:00:00Z

    Times have been tough for cinema operators, but will new experiential models and central locations help them to ride out the storm? Claire Robson asks what the future holds for big-screen venues.

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    Property industry must have diverse aspirations

    2022-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Two years ago, the Black Lives Matter protests sharpened many companies’ focus on diversity, equity and inclusion. Kate Parker asks whether genuine progress has been made across the property industry

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    Giving more power to the people

    2022-08-31T00:00:00Z

    There has been a rapid rise in the number of companies becoming employee-owned in recent years. Saxon East finds out how the transition worked for a number of property businesses

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    The force of nature

    2022-08-24T00:00:00Z

    As biophilic office design comes back into fashion, thanks in no small part to Covid-19, Adam Branson considers the benefits of bringing the outside in.

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    All out retro: how retrofitting is transforming industrial property

    2022-07-29T00:00:00Z

    Upgrading older warehouse and industrial units is often far more environmentally friendly than knocking them down and starting over. Noella Pio Kivlehan looks at how the industrial sector is embracing retrofitting.

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    London 2012: Games Changer

    2022-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Ten years on from the 2012 London Olympics, Noella Pio Kivlehan asks to what extent the games delivered the transformational property, social and environmental legacy promised for East London.

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    Making a northern powerhouse

    2022-07-19T23:00:00Z

    Andrew Coombs, chief executive of Sirius Real Estate, tells Andy Hillier why the business park operator has its gaze fixed on the north after the purchase of BizSpace.

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    Retail rejuvenated

    2022-07-13T00:00:00Z

    LGIM’s Kingland Crescent scheme in Poole has breathed life into a rundown parade of shops, but is its bold rent-free retail experiment a blueprint for the reinvention of other towns?

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    ESG is critical for business

    2022-07-06T08:00:00Z

    Last month, Property Week held a Climate Crisis Challenge Campaign webinar on why environmental, social and governance criteria are now critical for property, what new reporting requirements mean for the sector and how the industry can effect change in an era of climate change and rising energy prices.

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    British seaside now a Premier location

    2022-07-06T08:00:00Z

    Boosted by the staycation trend, Whitbread is targeting coastal and leisure locations to expand its Premier Inn chain. Acquisitions manager Louise Woodruff reveals to Andy Hillier what kind of sites it is seeking. 

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    Grosvenor gets retrofit for the future

    2022-06-29T23:00:00Z

    Andy Creamer, Grosvenor’s head of service performance, tells Andy Hillier how the landlord is rising to the challenge of adapting its historic London estate to meet modern energy performance standards.

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    Is the future of industrial still bright?

    2022-06-23T22:03:00Z

    Dentons and Property Week recently brought together a panel of experts to discuss what the future holds for the industrial and logistics sector as warehouse take-up reaches an all-time high and vacancy rates hit rock bottom.

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    What next for Oxford Street’s sticky sweet-shop problem?

    2022-06-22T23:00:00Z

    The rise of US-themed candy stores, some selling counterfeit items, has led to calls for landlords to take action.

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    Retailers turn developers to diversify their income stream

    2022-06-22T23:00:00Z

    John Lewis is among the brands planning to redevelop their stores to include residential and office space