Property event news
Property Week’s Editor’s Dinner: Examining the property menu
A cross-section of industry leaders and veterans gathered in central London on 9 March for Property Week’s annual Editor’s Dinner.
RESI Awards 2023 shortlist revealed
The transformation of grade II-listed Battersea Power Station into a mixed-used development is among the schemes shortlisted for Property Week’s 2023 RESI Awards.
Student conference hears ESG is prime concern in PBSA sector
Speakers at Property Week event agree sustainability will be key priority for the student market next year.
Student accommodation awards: winners announced
Find out who lifted this year’s trophies when Property Week celebrated the sector’s winners, innovators and rising stars at a glittering ceremony in London last week.
Student Accommodation Awards 2022 winners
The much-anticipated winners of this year’s Student Accommodation Awards have been revealed.
Student Accommodation awards 2022: Hall of Fame winners
David Tymms and Mark Allen inducted into Property Week’s Student Accommodation Awards Hall of Fame.
Student Accommodation Conference: Campuses must adapt to ‘hybrid’ teaching
The future of higher education will need to feature the “best of both worlds” in terms of online and remote learning attendees of the Student Accommodation Conference heard yesterday (6 December).
Student Accommodation Conference: ESG must be a ‘primary consideration’ for PBSA market
ESG is “no longer the thing you stick on the last slide of a presentation”, and PBSA market investors must consider ESG requirements on new developments, according to Andrew Smith, head of student accommodation at Cushman & Wakefield.
Office providers need to be flexible or face a tough future
Delegates at Property Week’s WorkSpace event said businesses must tailor spaces to the needs of their staff.
WorkSpace: Landsec ‘committed’ to significant flexible office portfolio
Landsec has reiterated its commitment to converting a “significant percentage” of its office portfolio into flexible workspace, amid discussions of a fast-changing office market.
A rollercoaster year for the UK student housing market
At the start of 2022, the Bank of England base rate was 0.25%, inflation stood at just 5.5% and Matt Hancock was merely a former health secretary in the wilderness of the back benches.
Flex space offers a hybrid solution
Flexible workspaces have been the solution for a huge number of companies during the turbulent Covid-19 times, and this will only increase into 2023.
Property Week’s WorkSpace Conference rearranged for 21 November
Property Week’s WorkSpace Conference & Showcase will now take place on Monday 21 November to avoid planned rail and tube strikes.
Expert Comments
Facing the ‘age of responsibility’
The strapline for this year’s RESI conference is ‘The Age of Responsibility’. It’s quite rightly weighty and sobering. One imagines those attending in person will consciously choose the family electric runabout to park at Celtic Manor and that Merlins Bar will be uncharacteristically quiet after about 11pm on 8 September.
