All Feedback articles – Page 19
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InsightThe UK must step up on net-zero carbon
Editor: I read with interest last week that less than half of real estate professionals feel equipped to address the climate crisis.
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InsightThere’s a key role for tech in post-Covid offices
Editor: Your article ‘ Canary Wharf sets out back-to-work plan’ highlighted the often default view that as lockdown is relaxed, we will all return to offices just as before.
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InsightTime for MMC to come to the fore across the UK
Editor: For some time, the UK government has been promoting greater adoption of modern methods of construction through both its housing and industrial strategy policies. So I was encouraged to read ‘Homes England launches years-long study to support MMC uptake’ as it looks to tap into MMC’s “enormous potential” ...
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InsightHelp for reopened housing market is long overdue
Editor: In reopening the housing market the government has introduced a number of new measures that will support development that arguably should have been in place anyway.
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InsightPut employees first in the return to work
Editor: Savills’ Richard Rees is right to emphasise that planning properly for the return to work is crucial, with health and wellbeing a top priority.
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InsightTime to serve up new restaurant leasing models
Editor: While it is an uncertain time for restaurant operators to think of acquisitions, this climate might prove a new dawn for trialling new approaches to leasing.
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InsightCovid-19 will speed up rise of robots
Editor: In response to SEGRO CEO Andy Gulliford’s comment on the warehouse sector’s response to Covid-19 , it will quickly become evident that the pandemic will propel the use of so-called ‘Industry 4.0’ philosophies across factory floors.
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InsightFlexible workspace has a key role to play
Editor: After weeks of government advice to stay at home and protect lives by working remotely, many workers are understandably apprehensive about a return to the office.
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InsightTech is crucial for better office health
Editor: Your article ‘Eight million office workers unable to return to offices’ suggested how workplaces may need to adapt in the immediate term when we exit from lockdown.
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InsightWho will pick up the bill in the restaurants sector?
Editor: What lies ahead for the mainstream restaurant sector? The bottom line is that lower occupancy will be the new norm until the perceived risk subsides.
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InsightThe demand for agile living is set to grow
Editor: As the nation continues to live under lockdown and many of us get used to working from home, residents of apartments with poor facilities are finding out the hard way how vital it is to live in a property where you can work, live and play.
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InsightRates revaluation threatens recovery
Editor: For new rating lists to start next April, at a time when large scale physical changes may still be taking place, or at least bedding-in, just doesn’t make economic sense.
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InsightSale-and-leaseback of limited value
Editor: Sale-and-leasebacks are sometimes a good idea, but it depends on who the retailer is . The upside is that it’s a very quick way to raise capital and retailers are meant to be operational businesses rather than property companies, so it’s quite normal to operate from a leasehold estate. ...
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InsightFundamentals of PRS remain strong
Editor: The recent roundtable discussion on the future of the residential property sector was all the timelier given the economic impact of Covid-19 and the increasing uncertainty now faced by a market only recently buoyed by the election and greater clarity around Brexit.
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InsightBTR operators need to go digital to mitigate impact
Editor: The Covid-19 pandemic is putting a strain on build-to-rent operations .
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InsightProperty has huge role to play in crisis
Editor: The news that CBRE has secured thousands of beds and car parking spaces near NHS hospitals for use by health service staff battling Covid-19 is truly impressive .
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InsightJenrick was right to challenge mayor’s London plan
Editor: Given the difficult situation we are in, secretary of state for housing Robert Jenrick’s intervention to prevent mayor Sadiq Khan from publishing the London Plan until requested changes have been made may have slipped through largely unnoticed.
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InsightHousing: it’s time to reassess density
Editor: While the concept of social distancing has stalled the majority of the country’s housebuilding projects , it has also raised the question of whether today’s new homes and developments can handle future pandemics.
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InsightMany factors affect wellbeing of office employees
Editor: In his article, Simon Creasey correctly noted the importance of air quality in offices to the wellbeing of staff .
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InsightPurpose of valuation has been lost
Editor: As a retired chartered valuation surveyor with more than 40 years’ experience, I fear that the current debate about valuation models suggests that the profession has lost sight of the fundamental nature and purpose of valuation .
