All Expert comment articles – Page 16
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Schroders Capital’s Sophie van Oosterom on survival of the fittest investors
It’s an interesting time for real estate investors, one we may look back at as Darwinian – in some ways comparable to the survival of the fittest. Choices made today with respect to sustainability investments, tenant relationships and viable operating models will be critical to how the industry evolves and ...
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Housing ‘crisis’ is political creation
When Russian harvests failed to meet production targets in the 1930s, former Russian premier Joseph Stalin simply increased the target for the next year. He was doing his bit; why couldn’t the farmers do theirs?
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SELLAR’s Meredith Davey on why investment in rail is a green choice for cities
With the climate crisis affecting every organisation and sector, how we do business and how we live need to change. Encouraging the use of rail as one of the lowest-carbon forms of medium- to long-distance travel should tick a big green box.
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Clearbell’s Manish Chande and Rob West on unlocking life science growth beyond the ‘golden triangle’
There is some concern that the UK life science market may have peaked following significant recent activity.
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MTVH’s Geeta Nanda on why the government must listen to the housing sector on planning reform
The lack of any mention of housing in the recent Budget was as clear an indicator as any that it is up to the housebuilding sector to come up with its own solutions to work towards fixing the housing crisis.
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Primera Corporation’s Ruth Duston on why partnerships and investment are key to unlocking London’s potential
As always, Mipim was a hive of activity and the novelty of in-person events hasn’t worn off post-pandemic, so there was a great energy about the place. It was encouraging to hear so much support and enthusiasm for business improvement districts (BIDs) and the effectiveness of partnerships in driving investment.
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Over-store homes risk JLP’s soul
Cleverness is one thing; common sense another. Watching chair Dame Sharon White impair the John Lewis brands is saddening.
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Untold Living’s Russell Jewell on why mid-market matters for UK later living sector
If forecasts are to be believed, the slow and steady march of Britain’s later-living sector is to give way to a stampede in the delivery of new, cutting-edge retirement communities.
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Legal & General Capital’s John Alker on moving on from monetisation when measuring social impact
It currently feels like we’re in an omni-crisis, battling a range of economic, social and environmental problems.
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Wyld Motion’s Youri Michel on how to make the most of unused land
The holding period between planning approval and shovels going into the ground can take up to five years for most large-scale development, which is one of the reasons why our cities are plagued with a large number of empty spaces, devoid of purpose. .
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Soho Estates’ Steve Norris on Sunak’s chances of winning the next General Election
Over the past few weeks, our new prime minister has rightly won many new admirers, probably most significantly, following his breakthrough on Northern Ireland. Is the outcome perfect? Arguably not. But that old saying that you should never let perfect be the enemy of good was never more appropriate.
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Workspace Group’s Sonal Jain on why property must focus on operational performance to reach net zero
Decarbonising any industry requires a strong collective effort and the right policy incentives to ensure that all industry players, big and small, are motivated to act. The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) regulations specifying a minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating have certainly created the right imperative to act, but ...
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Burges Salmon’s Jack Mitchell on the rise of sustainable finance in the hotel sector
Given the built environment’s contribution both to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change, lenders that fund real estate projects have found themselves under pressure from governing bodies to show evidence that they are paving the way to a sustainable way of living.
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Real Estate Balance’s Liz Peace on restoring the property industry’s reputation
In a month’s time, I shall be enjoying the singular privilege of delivering the Chapman Barrigan Lecture in memory of two remarkable women in the property industry: Honor Chapman, who died in 2009 after a successful career at JLL; and Trish Barrigan, who was a leading light in the fund ...
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Leading RE’s Tasos Stavrou on opportunities for savvy investors
Rents and demand for US industrial real estate continued to rise last year, but the sector’s sales boom appears to be slowing. Industrial transactions dropped, with interest rates and economic uncertainty the main reasons for a decrease in activity.
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Nokkel’s Roland Whyte on cutting through valuation chaos with data clarity
With everything changing so quickly in the property market, it can be tricky for buyers and sellers to feel in control, which is why now is the right time to refocus on the factors that they can influence.
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Equities analyst and consultant, Alastair Stewart, on the number of architects in the industry
There is a scientifically unreliable but effective way of inversely gauging architects’ workload – and, thus, the outlook for the wider property market: how much time designers spend on social media. It seems to have soared, but they appear more exercised about saving the planet than saving their jobs.
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Allsop’s Aoife Broderick on why appealing 2017 rateable values means winning in 2026
When it comes to business rates, eyes tend to glaze over. Many property investors take the view that nothing is certain in life but death and taxes; they shrug their shoulders and pass on the bill to their accounts team to pay and file it.
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Krolls’ John Slade on whether the UK’s real estate market is back on the up
We will hopefully begin to see a level of stability return to the UK this year. Geopolitical tensions, lasting impacts from the pandemic and Brexit, and interest rates, which are still relatively high compared with the record-breaking low rates of years gone by, have all had an impact on consumer ...
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Knight Frank’s Anthony Duggan on committing to ambitious, measurable and fluid ESG targets
In my nearly 25 years of being part of the real estate sector I have never seen a topic move at such pace and with such impact as ESG.