All Expert comment articles – Page 32
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NewsHow to ease the cost-of-living crisis
The cost-of-living crisis is now really starting to bite hard following huge surges in energy, transport and food prices.
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NewsPlateauing of tall-building pipeline may be on cards
Last week, Knight Frank and New London Architecture launched the annual Tall Buildings Survey, which provided an excellent snapshot of London’s evolving skyline of 20-storey-plus buildings.
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NewsBTR has a key role in levelling up
Levelling up will be a major theme for real estate in the next decade, whichever government is in power.
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InsightReal estate is most fertile in times of change
A 2012 article in The New Yorker by American author, neuroscience expert and Rhodes scholar Jonah Lehrer recently caught my attention.
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InsightSale-and-leasebacks hit logistics limelight
As we slowly enter into a post-pandemic world, we observe a logistics sector that has fundamentally transformed.
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InsightNFTs could revolutionise real estate
As digital technology continues to advance, Firethorn Trust recognises the need to move towards digitising the built world through a process that could be transformative for the way we interact with physical real estate.
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InsightBigger isn’t always better
ESG concerns have dominated rhetoric in real estate for the past few years, and the conversation continues to build momentum.
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NewsHybrid future is more sustainable
It’s not always true that every cloud has a silver lining. But it’s certainly fair to say there was one for the environment when it came to the Covid-19 pandemic, brought about by the sudden dramatic impact it had on the numbers of people across the world making the daily ...
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NewsGreen fit-outs key to future-proofing
Construction material costs hit an all-time high earlier in the month, propelled by demand and inflationary pressures across the sector.
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NewsWe must invest in our employees
In a recent leader column, Liz Hamson wrote: “May we live in less interesting times.” All I can add is: “Please?”
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NewsHow to meet lab space demand
This spring marks the five-year anniversary of the opening of the Francis Crick Institute at King’s Cross, commonly referred to as a ‘cathedral for science’. It continues to set the benchmark on a global level for the Research and Development Community.
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NewsThe co-living sector is here to stay
The demise of The Collective was big news, but just as WeWork’s fall from grace didn’t spell the end of co-working, neither will The Collective’s collapse see the end of co-living.
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NewsExperts bemoan Tories’ plan for vacant high street units
Labour-esque plan to force landlords to let commercial properties seen by industry as ‘a little bit political’.
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NewsIt’s on us to encourage greener approach to property
The more the world learns about climate change, the more we realise we all have a part to play in halting it – and that extends to how we live and particularly our housing.
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NewsGove is a serious change agent
In my next life, I want to come back as a government sign writer. Politicians (and yes, I confess, I was one) appear to believe that changing the name somehow of itself solves perennial challenges.
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InsightWhat do developers need to know about cladding policy?
Recently, some of the UK’s largest housebuilders signed Michael Gove’s Building Safety Pledge, with pledges made now nearing £2bn.
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InsightWhat will be the driving force behind a digitally built Britain?
The first target date for building information modelling (BIM) being a mandatory requirement was back in 2016.
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InsightWhat does First Homes policy mean for developers?
The main transition period for First Homes ended on 28 March 2022.
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InsightWhy hybrid working means a brighter, more sustainable future
It’s not always true that every cloud has a silver lining. But it’s certainly fair to say there was one for the environment when it came to the Covid-19 pandemic, brought about by the sudden dramatic impact it had on the numbers of people across the world making the daily ...
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NewsSFR: the rising star of residential
Residential real estate is the world’s largest asset class by value, and arguably one of the, if not the, oldest.
