All Big Interviews articles – Page 14
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OnlineBig interview: Tim Henman serves up property investments
Tim Henman, new ambassador for property investment fund The Hideaways Club, tells Property Week about his first flat and his love of bricks and mortar.
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InsightBig interview: Brundage lays out BPF plans
You would not expect a Canadian expat to love the quintessentially British sport of rugby, but the British Property Federation’s new president Paul Brundage does - in no small part because the game shares so many characteristics with business.
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InsightBy the riverside: Martin Liptrot interview
For far too long, Wirral has lived in the shadow of the city of Liverpool, which sits ‘over the water’.
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InsightTouch 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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InsightProperty’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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InsightA 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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InsightLettings 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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InsightSpeculate to accumulate: Paul Crosbie interview
Finding suitable investment opportunities in the industrial sector isn’t easy at the moment, according to M G’s head of logistics and industrial, Paul Crosbie.
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InsightLondon’s called: John Burbage interview
Burbage Realty has been one of the best-performing industrial agencies through good times and bad. Now it is on a growth push, looking to capitalise on the strong market fundamentals in the industrial and logistics sector.
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InsightSilver bullet: James Silver interview
It is rare for the development director of a property company to admit to “over-speccing” offices, but Landid’s James Silver does just that when we meet at the developer’s HQ off Carnaby Street to discuss its joint venture with Brockton Capital in the Thames Valley.
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InsightPlatform_ soul: Jean-Marc Vandevivere interview
Jean-Marc Vandevivere looks down on his former employer. His stance is literal rather than attitudinal. From Platform_’s boardroom, he has a view out over the offices of British Land, where until the end of last year he was head of residential.
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InsightThe man with a 20-year plan: Craig McWilliam interview
Grosvenor Britain Ireland’s chief executive Craig McWilliam is looking to inject some hustle and bustle into genteel Mayfair and Belgravia. In his first interview since taking the role, he explains how.
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InsightAll under one roof: David Lloyd and Martin Helme interview
A new venture from health club pioneer David Lloyd and Martin Helme of Holmes Investment Properties looks to shake up the leisure market with family-focused multi-activity centres.
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InsightSpace man: Cal Lee interview
Workthere has all the usual attributes associated with a proptech company - a cool-looking website, hip young staff and a funky name that would not sound out of place in Silicon Valley. But Workthere is not your average VC-investor-backed start-up. It is the brainchild of Savills.
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InsightConflict interest: Eyal Weizman interview
If you constructed a Venn diagram representing architecture, investigative journalism, acoustic engineering, human rights law and psychology, you would find a tiny area of intersection in the middle.
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InsightBring on Brexit: Kevin Nowlan interview
Whatever opportunities the UK’s exit from the EU throws up for the Dublin office market, Hibernia chief executive Kevin Nowlan plans to capitalise.
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InsightEstate of mind: Richard Cherry interview
Political interest in estate regeneration comes and goes, depending on the fiscal position the government of the day finds itself in and, crucially, the personalities involved.
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InsightA man on the UPP: Andrew Percival interview
Andrew Percival has every right to feel nervous. It is his first major interview since being appointed managing director of UPP Projects last July and he now leads a company that has been responsible for the development of a portfolio of 36,500 student accommodation rooms, not to mention a further ...
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InsightA northern soul: Eamonn Boylan interview
In 1979, Eamonn Boylan came to Manchester to study English and American literature. And but for a brief sojourn across the Pennines, Cumbria-born Boylan has stayed in the city that has become his spiritual home ever since.
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InsightInstant results: Tim Rodber and Matt Dawson interview
The word ‘disruptor’ characterised the whole playing career of former England rugby international back row Tim Rodber.
