All Big Interviews articles
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NewsQ&A: Strettons’ Andrew Brown on the future of the ballroom
The director and auctioneer reflects on a year of remote bidding and what the future holds for the market
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Alistair Elliott on his proudest deals and retirement plans
After nearly four decades at Knight Frank, Alistair Elliott is set to retire, with William Beardmore-Gray succeeding Elliott as the firm’s senior partner group chairman from 1 April 2022 .
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Matterport EMEA MD on imminent merger: ‘We are really at the beginning of this journey’
Matterport EMEA MD James Morris-Manuel sat down with Property Week following the news of its merger with publicly listed Gores Holdings to discuss its future plans for digital real estate.
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Sean Tompkins speaks out on the crisis at RICS
Sean Tompkins, the chief executive of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), is facing the biggest governance crisis of his 11-year reign.
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Chairman discusses Bruntwood SciTech’s golden opportunity
Chris Oglesby, executive chairman of the Bruntwood/Legal General JV, tells Property Week about the partnership’s plans for Melbourn Science Park and why he thinks we need to return to the office before June.
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The pair making film studios cool again
Jeremy Rainbird and Piers Read tell Property Week about their crusade to professionalise the UK film production industry and what it’s like to play with ‘the ultimate train set’ – the iconic Twickenham Studios.
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Fired up for expansion in industrial development
Firethorn Trust is new to the industrial development scene, but has already closed a string of deals. Property Week talks to founders Peter Mather and Chris Webb
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Land of opportunity: interview with LandTech founders
About seven years ago, Andrew Moist did something that would change his life: he tweeted.
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How OakNorth Bank and Hayfield Homes have navigated the pandemic
When the lockdown hit the real estate sector last year, relationships between lenders and housebuilders were in danger of fraying. Some lenders pulled their funding completely, unsure of how the pandemic would affect the industry. Others saw their funding lines frozen and were unable to provide financing that had already ...
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Re-Leased into the data market
Tom Wallace, founder of property management platform Re-Leased, tells Simon Creasey how he built the data software business and why he believes it has come into its own during the pandemic
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The super-prime resi agents who are primetime viewing
Jason and Brett Oppenheim, reality TV stars and heads of ultra-prime LA resi agency Oppenheim Group, talk to Property Week about the drama and rewards of selling homes to the super-rich.
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Meet the new local heroes
Brunswick Property Partners co-founders David Turner and Will Amies tell Property Week about their new London workspace venture Akoya and their ambitions for a £1bn portfolio.
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Interview with duo bringing big US player to UK
Industrial real estate developer BRIDGE is a fixture in the US but a relative unknown here. That could be about to change. Simon Creasey talks to the two men heading its newly opened UK office
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The book of Adam: the rise and fall of Adam Neumann
US journalist Reeves Wiedeman, author of a new book on WeWork, talks to Propety Week about the rise and fall of the flex workspace giant’s messianic co-founder Adam Neumann.
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Interview with Maarten Jamin: ‘I’m not worried about competition’
Maarten Jamin, IWG chief design officer and founder of design agency bs;bp, talks to Adam Branson about IWG’s two new office concepts, its quick flex-workspace rollout and the impact of the new WFH directive
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The time for the built environment sector to act on sustainability is now
Newly elected UKGBC chair Sunand Prasad says time is running out for the built environment sector to act on sustainability, but remains ‘obstinately optimistic’ about the future.
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The Mancunian candidate
OBI Property’s Will Lewis tells Property Week how the Manchester-based agency has grown in 10 years from a two-man band to a business handling around 40% of the city’s office lettings.
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Helping retail to turn over a new leaf
Turnover-based rents will be vital for retailers to survive. Property Week talks to the founders of a new consultancy formed to help implement the new model.
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Prologis - the developer of business 'Parklife' talks to Property Week
Prologis’s Robin Woodbridge talks to Property Week about its decision to sell the Platform portfolio, its last-mile logistics strategy and the sector’s growing importance to the economy
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DHL ready to handle the fallout from Covid-19
Logistics operator DHL is well placed to handle the extremes that Covid-19 has created for the commercial property market. Property Week finds out why.
