Auction life before and after Covid-19
Property Week assembled some of the UK’s leading auctioneers to talk about the challenges and opportunities created by the Covid pandemic – and how soon we will see the return of ballroom sales
Why investors are snapping up shopping centres at auction
Shopping centre owners are unloading assets at auction for rock-bottom prices. Jessica Newman finds out about the new generation of investors snapping them up
Celebrate excellence at the Property Awards 2021
Drum roll, please… The Property Awards are now open for nominations. Enter now and join us for the most exciting and important Awards yet.
From Covid tunnel to net zero funnel
The race to COP26 is on. A year and a half after Property Week and UKGBC first launched the Climate Crisis Challenge campaign, the much-anticipated – and long-delayed – conference is finally visible on the horizon.
View from the top: James Hamilton, Costa Coffee’s property & store development director
Costa’s property and store development director talks to Property Week about the secrets of the coffee chain’s longevity – it celebrates its 50th birthday this year – and plans for further expansion.
View from the top: Jamie Ritblat, founder of Delancey
A decade on from buying the Olympic Village site, the Delancey founder recalls the challenges overcome and compares them with those faced now at the mammoth Earls Court site.
View from the top: Keith Breslauer, managing director of Patron Capital
The managing director of Patron Capital tells Property Week why he thinks working from home ‘is a joke’, what was behind the launch of the world’s first gender-lens property fund and why the firm still backs offices.
Expert Comment
Propertyshe Perspectives: The future of hybrid working, Common to bring their co-living concept to the UK, PERE Global Summit tech panel, immersive Monopoly, IPSX finally launches
Boris Johnson has signalled that the current work from home guidance for England is to be lifted next month, if Covid-19 cases continue to drop, raising the prospect of an imminent return to pre-pandemic workplaces.
Land scarcity sparks costs surge
Things couldn’t get rosier for the housebuilders, it would seem. Sales volumes and prices are up, irrespective of dwindling government support.
Why we must support the end of moratoriums
When the history of Covid-19 comes to be written, how people behaved will be remembered.
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Time to reimagine the high street
Property Week recently hosted its first ’In Conversation with Dentons’ exploring the reimagining of the high street, which has been on its knees even before the Covid-19 pandemic. On the flip side, online retail has enjoyed a purple patch – the only factor constraining its exponential growth has been the ...
Point of Impact: interview with Robert Whitton and Nick Shattock
Impact duo Robert Whitton and Nick Shattock tell Property Week about their ambitious plans for Rom Valley Gardens, a 1,010-home scheme with a strong focus on sustainability and intergenerational living in Essex
JP Morgan snaps up €540m logistics portfolio from Mountpark
J.P Morgan Global Alternatives has acquired a €540m (£465m) logistics portfolio from Mountpark Logistics EU Sarl, in a deal that is thought to be one of Europe’s largest logistics transactions in the last 12 months.
A plastic solution to a concrete problem
Natasha Boulding and her partners at Sphera have come up with a carbon-neutral alternative to standard concrete building blocks – which also addresses the problem of plastic pollution.
Q&A: Strettons’ Andrew Brown on the future of the ballroom
Alistair Elliott on his proudest deals and retirement plans
Matterport EMEA MD on imminent merger: ‘We are really at the beginning of this journey’
Sean Tompkins speaks out on the crisis at RICS
Chairman discusses Bruntwood SciTech’s golden opportunity
Cuomo’s Penn Station plans spark debate
When it comes to forecasting New York City’s future, none of the conventional market analysis tools seem worth a damn.
Focus on…Paris’s retail market
In the next part of Property Week’ s Focus on series, we take a deep dive into Paris’ retail market, looking at the main trends and challenges facing the sector.
