Property event news
Student Accommodation Awards 2019 shortlist party
The finalists of this year’s Student Accommodation Awards celebrated their success at an exclusive event in London last week.
Stars of the show: PWMA awards
Outstanding property managers were saluted last week at the Property Week Management All-Stars awards
Retirement Living 2019: key takeaways for maturing sector
New business models, residents’ needs and future challenges for the sector were among event’s key topics
Join us at Workspace to debate flex, wellbeing and space as a service
Wellbeing and mental health have really come to the fore in the past year, nowhere more so than in the office sector.
From mixed-use to modular: the key takeaways from RESI
The burning issues debated by the residential sector’s great and good at the Celtic Manor Resort last week
Esther McVey focuses on home ownership in her first speech
Housing minister prioritises push for shared ownership and modular housing in address to RESI Convention
The full transcript of McVey’s speech
Read the full transcript of Esther McVey’s speech from the RESI convention, including the Q&A with Mark Easton.
RESIcast: Patrizia, Barclays and Apache discuss micro-market targeting and build to rent
Listen to our latest property podcast with Apache Capital, Barclays and Patrizia to find out more about how understanding markets at their micro-level is crucial for investors
Housing minister’s ‘housework’ joke gets cool reception at RESI 2019
Esther McVey didn’t get off to the best start with her much-anticipated first speech as housing minister at Property Week’s RESI Convention.
RESI – Day 2 round-up
Housing minister Esther McVey’s first housing industry address fell flat among many RESI delegates as she promoted home ownership above all other types of housing.
Housing minister Esther McVey makes her first public address at RESI 2019
Minister for housing Esther McVey made clear her intention to prioritise home ownership in her first public address to the residential sector.
RESI – Day 1 round-up
Focused around the theme of ‘A Brave New Mixed-up World’, this year’s RESI is all about understanding how residential blends into real estate’s broader universe.
RESIcast: Diversity isn’t about “us versus them”, say leading real estate disruptors
The property industry is working hard to shake off perceptions about it being synonymous with white men in blue suits. Discussing the gender, ethnicity and class divides, our property podcast brings together UK chair of the Urban Land Institute Vanessa Hale, Arcadis consultant Ayrton Dhillon and Greystar director Adina David ...
When times are bad, do good
Picked your jaw up from the floor yet? No, me neither. The image of the week has to be rebel Tory MP Phillip Lee crossing the floor to take his seat on the opposition benches as PM Boris Johnson addressed the House of Commons.
It’s time to showcase good work
Newcore Capital and Property Week are launching The Pro Bono Challenge at RESI this month.
LIV Consult and REalyse launch BTR-specific insight platform
Build-to-rent (BTR) development consultancy LIV Consult has partnered with residential data platform REalyse to launch a new service offering insight into the UK’s blossoming BTR market.
RESIcast: Grosvenor’s Craig McWilliam: Places you develop belong to the people who use them
A year ahead of stepping up to lead its global business, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland’s chief executive Craig McWilliam discusses the future of the West End and the challenges of fighting climate change and rebuilding trust in planning in our latest RESIcast.<
RESIcast: Responsible investment increasingly important for residential
Investing in a responsible manner has become the norm across many industries and sectors recently, including residential and real estate. Listen to Philip Nell, head of real return assets at LaSalle Investment Management and Mervyn Howard, executive chairman at Apache Capital Partners, discuss the challenges and opportunities surrounding responsible resi ...
Resi rises to Malthouse challenge
As we count down to RESI 2019, it’s useful to reflect that a lot can happen in housing in a year.
Harrison Street goes for European growth
Managing director Daniel Gorzawski talks about the investor’s approach to alternative residential assets