All Insight articles
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InsightProptech has a social role to play
The human element is one of the most fundamental factors at the heart of real estate, whether it be understanding how occupiers utilise a space, how residents choose a home or how office space attracts and retains talent.
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Tenant trust is a powerful issue
Power outages can strike at any time. More than one million people across England and Wales were affected by a catastrophic power failure in August this year, which paralysed transport services, sent traffic lights down and plunged businesses into chaos.
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May the finger-biting now be over
By the time you read this I hope you’ll have done your duty and voted.
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Interview with Sir Stuart Lipton: ‘Social is my driving factor’
As 22 Bishopsgate nears completion, Sir Stuart Lipton tells Adam Branson how the landmark scheme reflects his broader vision of development as a force for social good.
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Oxford-Cambridge Arc requires joined-up thinking
Editor: David Jackson is right to call for a strategic framework for the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. It’s important that political parties recognise more needs to be done – and soon.
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Winners and losers in flex space race
Editor: Adam Branson’s article shone a light on the recent trials and tribulations of some flexible workspace operators, including The Clubhouse, which I founded in 2012. While it is right to question the long-term viability of any rapidly expanding sector, Rome wasn’t built in a day.
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Why we should welcome business rates review: seeing the opportunity in voids
Packed with predictable ‘get Brexit done’ messaging and steadfast in its endeavour to not rock the boat, it’s no real surprise that the Conservative manifesto has been widely criticised as bland.
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PWLB rate rise risk to regeneration
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard a lot of bluster about housing targets and new homes revolutions, but simmering in the background is a policy change that threatens to derail the very regeneration and housing projects the politicians are trying to kickstart.
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Getting the culture right is an art
We have all seen cases where an attempt to include culture in a real estate development doesn’t feel right: where a project’s cultural offering looks copied from somewhere else, where it seems to be the result of a box-ticking exercise or where it appears insincere and disingenuous.
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Interview with Art-Invest Real Estate’s Ali Abbas
Art-Invest entered the UK market at a time of Brexit-related political chaos. Emanuele Midolo asks managing partner Ali Abbas why – and what’s next.
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The prospects for student accommodation in 2020
Last year, to coincide with Property Week ’s Student Accommodation Conference, we challenged developers and investors to question the status quo by looking to extend the lifecycle of their beds-for-rent portfolios – a theme that was picked up in the Future Living Report published by Investec earlier this year.
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Investors on parade: why more and more shops are going under the hammer
On the face of it, parades of local shops in secondary locations might not seem attractive investments but they are becoming increasingly popular with buyers in the auction room.
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Mixed-use goes to the next level
How we work and how we live are evolving at a faster pace than ever before. In major cities across the world – including London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong – flexible working, innovative office spaces, top-class amenities and competitive socialising between residents are creating more effective and diverse ...
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Social sustainability is the future
Last week, I mentioned to my 14-year-old daughter that I was writing this column.
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Interview with Urban & Civic’s Nigel Hugill and Robin Butler
To mark Urban Civic’s 10th anniversary, Nigel Hugill and Robin Butler show Liz Hamson around their crowning glories in Alconbury and Rugby
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Property’s key values for 2020s
The blend of how we live, work and spend our leisure time continues to change at pace and as we move towards a new decade, this will only accelerate.
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MPs and their financial links to the property industry
With the general election less than a week away, Property Week reveals the MPs with the biggest financial links to the industry.
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Why we’re all Sneetches at heart
The Sneetches by Dr Seuss is a parody of prejudice and diversity – both current property sector preoccupations.
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UK agencies thrive despite uncertain climate
Over the past 12 months, the UK agency sector has remained resilient despite the uncertainty caused by Brexit.
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P2P could be in for a bumpy ride
With historically low interest rates, a decreased appetite by high street lenders to lend to SMEs following the financial crisis and an opportunity to use technology to gain an advantage over traditional processes, the rise of peer-to-peer (P2P) platforms has not been surprising.
