Graham Lanktree
Graham writes the Intelligence page and handles data analysis and data visualisations for Property Week.
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- graham.lanktree@propertyweek.com
InsightBrexit’s winners – and losers – city by city
UK cities with strong tech and life science sectors such as Cambridge will continue to outperform those with economies based on agriculture and manufacturing in the months following Brexit – but their growth is likely to slow significantly, predicts a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr).
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Proptech firm MRI Software buys Thesaurus Technology
Global proptech firm MRI Software has acquired Thesaurus Technology which specializes in cloud-based software for residential sales and lettings agents.
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Foreign matter: London embassy ownership
The embassy landscape is changing – and with it the owners. Emanuele Midolo and Graham Lanktree investigate who owns what and where, and ask how desirable overseas governments really are as tenants.
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Food markets and fitness classes top staff wish list
Amazon deliveries, fitness classes, food markets and regular massages top the list of services office workers want at their place of work, revealed a survey of UK office employees working in properties run by property management and proptech firm Equiem.
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Proptech firm VTS plans tool to put entire deal-making process online
Property technology firm VTS plans to launch an end-to-end commercial real estate platform next year where landlords and agents can run the leasing process entirely online.
- Markets
Raft of Glasgow projects set for launch on the Clyde
Buchanan Wharf leads wave of projects set to revive Glasgow’s previously underdeveloped Clyde waterfront.
- Markets
Edinburgh feels ‘St James effect’ as scheme starts to take shape
Major new retail scheme is ushering in a wave of regeneration projects across the Scottish capital.
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Investment in Scottish commercial property soars
Investment in Scotland has risen by almost half compared with last year‘s figures, with the largest growth coming in hotels, offices and industrial property, exclusive data from JLL shows.
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Office subletting levels remain high in central London
The level of subletting activity in the central London office market has remained high this year as occupiers continue to relocate to prime space in a bid to attract talent, exclusive data from Gerald Eve shows.
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Spec shed development reaches new heights
Speculative development in the UK’s industrial and logistics sector has rocketed to heights not seen since before the financial crisis and new stock is being absorbed at a rapid rate.
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UK hotel rental growth slows as supply of rooms increases
Rental growth in the UK hotel sector has slowed this year as a result of an increase in the supply of new hotel rooms, research from GVA and STR reveals.
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Industrial portfolio sales soar but total volumes set to slide
Industrial portfolio investment is growing at more than four times the rate of alternatives, but despite the strong performance from both sectors, overall portfolio investment for 2018 is expected to fall short of 2017 levels.
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Flexible office competition heats up in regional cities
Co-working and serviced office providers are on course to take up more office space in the regions this year than they did in 2017 – in contrast to central London where take-up looks set to be lower.
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Retail park vacancy rate passes 6% as CVAs start to bite
Retail park vacancy rates have risen significantly over the past six months in the wake of the recent spate of high-profile retailer collapses.
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Proptech fund Goldacre announces six startups for RElab business accelerator
Property technology investment fund Goldacre has announced the inaugural cohort of proptech startups it is bringing into its 12-week business accelerator RElab.
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CXP to take space at Glasgow’s Empire House
Customer services firm Customer Experience People (CXP) has agreed on a new lease for the first floor of Empire House in central Glasgow.
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Europe hit by property investment slowdown
Total European investment volumes fell 7% year on year in Q2, with industrial slowing particularly sharply.
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Proptech: investor insight
A growing number of venture capital investors are willing to back proptech start-ups and some have set up sector-specific funds.
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Kensington hotel redevelopment plans rejected
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council planning committee voted last night against plans submitted by Queensgate Investment and development partner Rockwell to redevelop the Holiday Inn Kensington Forum hotel.
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Retail loses out as investor appetite for logistics grows
The seismic impact online shopping has had on bricks-and-mortar real estate is highlighted in a new report by international law firm CMS, shared exclusively with Property Week.
