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NewsWatching brief: people to keep an eye on in 2023
A run-down of the organisations, projects, people, places, deals and legal cases to keep a close eye on this year.
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NewsPolitics, prices and property: 2022 in review
We look back at the biggest events and most-read stories of the year.
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InsightCambridge’s new course
An ambitious scheme in north-east Cambridge will convert a wastewater treatment plant into a new 5,600-home development. Andy Hillier reports.
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InsightThe Climate Crusade: big interview with Grosvenor Property's James Raynor
Grosvenor Property UK chief executive James Raynor warns that short-term, cyclical upheavals should not mean we abandon long-term thinking about sustainability.
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InsightDudley transformed
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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InsightChild’s play: a look into the importance of residential play areas
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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InsightCalling the shots: Chickenshed fundraiser 2022
Teams from across the industry got trigger-happy last week in aid of Chickenshed.
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InsightWhy wellbeing at work is more important than ever
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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InsightBattersea Power Station: in pictures
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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InsightWe can work it out
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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InsightFuture-proofing the flicks
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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OnlineProperty industry must have diverse aspirations
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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InsightGiving more power to the people
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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InsightThe force of nature
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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OnlineAll out retro: how retrofitting is transforming industrial property
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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InsightLondon 2012: Games Changer
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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InsightMaking a northern powerhouse
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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InsightRetail rejuvenated
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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InsightESG is critical for business
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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InsightBritish seaside now a Premier location
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.
