All Insight articles
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InsightWhat can be done to save the high street?
Experts from Smith & Williamson discuss how reforming business taxes, encouraging people back to town centres and allowing entrepreneurs to revitalise their local areas could help save the struggling high street.
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News
Young professionals seek climate-conscious careers
Editor: My generation has grown up listening to leaders talk about the climate crisis. But we are still on track for disastrous levels of global heating far in excess of the limits in the Paris climate agreement.
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News
Great news for the care home sector
Editor: I was pleased to read that Fortwell Capital has lent more than £450m to purpose-built care home and retirement living developers, creating more than £850m of value within the senior living sector.
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What lies ahead for the later living sector?
Property Week and Dentons brought together an expert panel from across the later-living sector to discuss the opportunities for growth and what is holding the sector back from expanding at the level other countries are.
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Can new arbitration process solve Covid rent arrears disputes?
On 9 November 2021, the government introduced The Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill to parliament with the intention of establishing a legally binding arbitration process for commercial landlords and tenants who have not already reached an agreement to sit outside the court process.
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Rail is a key route to level up UK
Storms in the Midlands ahead of COP26 felled trees and cancelled rail services, forcing some delegates to seek alternatives such as flying or hiring a car. The incident brought into focus not only the impacts of climate change, but the importance of a resilient public transport network.
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Planet Property is turning green
The age-old development model rests on the bedrock of being able to build back better – and the bigger the better. But this assumption is being undermined by climate change concerns, amplified by COP26 this month.
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Insight
Factor social good into equation
Property has had a largely dismal time in the past 18 months. Some of the UK’s biggest REITs reported £7bn of losses for the year to 31 March, several open-ended funds threw in the towel and there was the realisation that government was on the side of the tenant, not ...
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The great design challenge: Farrells
With a strong focus on energy sustainability and circularity, the reimagined Queensmere shopping mall incorporates a combination of natural and artificial components for the community of Slough.
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The great design challenge: Fathom
The Urban Fellowship concept embraces intergenerational living and prioritises sustainability, wellbeing, shared activities and long-term community relationships.
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The great design challenge: MAWD
The Experience Driven High Street vision incorporates renewed leisure, residential and office space alongside boutique retail and hospitality, creating a place where people want to live, work and visit.
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The great design challenge: MoreySmith
Sensorium reimagines the shopping centre as a place to reconnect with body, mind and earth. The concept is designed to allow visitors to take time, enjoy new experiences and reconnect with nature.
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The great design challenge: Sheppard Robson
Sheppard Robson’s reinvigorated centre features a mix of retail, F&B, workspace and leisure and is designed to be the social glue that brings the community together.
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The great design challenge: centre forward
Property Week set nine architects and design experts the task of reimagining a tired shopping centre in a secondary location.
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The great design challenge: Benoy
Benoy’s vision is to reconnect the shopping centre with the surrounding community. Thinking beyond retail, it has transformed the space into a green, flexible and engaging place designed to suit everyone.
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Placemaking can save the arts
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, London’s cultural scene is more at risk than ever. Museums, theatres and art galleries were forced to close their doors for nearly 18 months, creating extreme uncertainty for the industry and those whose livelihoods depended on it.
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The great design challenge: Chris Dyson Architects
Eschewing the current trajectory towards an all-digital shopping experience, CDA repurposes a brutalist gem and embraces the skills of independent small traders.
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The great design challenge: Bell Phillips Architects
Recognising the importance of open, green space in our towns and cities, BPA proposes transforming redundant shopping centres into rewilded gardens of remembrance.
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Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Alex Gibbs, co-founder and director of Built Asset Management (BAM)
Alex Gibbs, co-founder and director of Built Asset Management (BAM), on how he got started in property, his top film and book recommendations, his best and worst purchases and his favourite travel destinations.
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The great design challenge: AFK
The acceleration of online shopping and new ways of working have led AFK to reimagine the mall as a ‘one-size-fits-all’ workplace incorporating quiet areas for concentration and space for collaboration.
