All Expert comment articles – Page 14
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Make most of old industrial land
Industrial towns across the country were once the centre of Britain’s car-building might. But after successive years of decline, we are starting to look at how former car manufacturing land can be brought back into use, bringing the towns that the manufacturing giants left behind back to life.
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Learnings from the Marchioness disaster: post-Grenfell recommendations cannot be ignored
In the early hours of 20 August 1989, the 47-ton pleasure steamer Marchioness , packed with 130 partygoers, sank in just 30 seconds after being hit by the 1,475-ton dredger Bowbelle on the River Thames in London.
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Shared victory for social housing
For property people, it doesn’t get much better than winning the Stirling Prize. It’s the new-building equivalent of the Booker Prize for literature or the Turner Prize for art. Past winners have included the glitzy and glamorous – perhaps none more so than last year’s £1.3bn Foster-designed Bloomberg HQ.
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No need to turn back on Europe
Amid all the political wrangling over Brexit in the last few months, you might have missed a report from the European Systemic Risk Board, Europe’s economic watchdog, that commercial and residential property across Europe has been overvalued.
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How to solve the skills gap crisis
To get a glimpse into how we are taking practical steps to bridge the skills gap needed to respond to the UK’s housing needs, you just have to witness the apprentices who have come through a new fast-track scheme that we’re backing expertly laying rows of bricks on one of ...
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Feet of clay cannot keep walking
REITs’ share prices rebounded 5% in a Brexit relief bounce as the receding risk of no deal drove up the value of sterling against the US dollar.
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Nimby policies to attract voters
Plop: the first general election leaflet hit the doormat last Saturday. A tightly targeted anti-development screed from Helen Grant, MP for Maidstone and The Weald. The loyalist successor to batty Ann Widdecombe is clearly not a deux with the Conservative target of building 300,000 homes a year.
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Change is good
While Camden is synonymous with the history of its music culture, world-famous markets and international appeal to tourists, the area is changing.
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What is at the heart of a destination?
This question is informing many of our decisions at Shaftesbury as we strategically evolve our dynamic London West End neighbourhoods. While people may come to an area for one reason, it can be something very different that prompts them to stay and spend more time.
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We need to step up and do more
I have just returned from a fascinating trip walking in Napoleon’s footsteps. Those who know me might think I have an unhealthy obsession with this diminutive leader, but I have always taken an interest in how people can succeed despite not fitting normal perceptions – in Napoleon’s case, of a ...
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Brexit chaos hits housebuilders
The Muppets, sorry, members of parliament have connived against leaving the EU by today and the chaos our self-serving representatives have visited upon the land is already evident in a slew of profit warnings from some of the housing sector’s hitherto most dependable operators.
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Hotels must learn from Airbnb
From early next year, visitors to New York will have the chance to stay at one of the city’s most iconic locations, 75 Rockefeller Plaza.
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Ensuring safety: residential property managers should learn from commercial sector
It is fair to say that the Grenfell Tower disaster has had a major impact on the residents of all property in the UK. But this awareness of health and safety issues is starting to permeate other stakeholders.
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Boris Johnson and tax – what to expect?
It might seem all-consuming but negotiating Brexit is not the only major challenge confronting Boris Johnson in the opening months of his tenure as prime minister.
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How can tax-efficient schemes support property developers?
Looking at the skylines of the UK’s main cities, one cannot help but be amazed by the volume of residential and commercial construction currently under way.
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Design vital to housing delivery
If developers learn one thing from this year’s Stirling Prize winner, it is that they should invest time and energy in pursuing good-quality architecture in residential schemes – but this does not have to mean higher costs.
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Spotlight on asset management
WeWork’s travails have thrown the spotlight on the UK property world’s asset management expertise.
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Lenders still have appetite for alternative sectors
Editor: Your article, ‘ Lenders reveal extent of fears about retail property and WeWork ’, rightly highlights some of the fears and scepticism from lenders following recent events, as illustrated by the upturn in yields.
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Why institutional funders are increasingly attracted to non-bank lenders
There is nothing new about non-bank lenders focusing on the real estate sector. They have been around for a while and the trend has been exacerbated by the ongoing inability and unwillingness of more traditional forms of finance to evolve.
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