All Insight articles – Page 4
-
Insight
What will be the driving force behind a digitally built Britain?
The first target date for building information modelling (BIM) being a mandatory requirement was back in 2016.
-
Insight
What does First Homes policy mean for developers?
The main transition period for First Homes ended on 28 March 2022.
-
Professional
Q&A: Five minutes with Hannah Grievson, property director at Sloane Stanley
Hannah Grievson, property director at Sloane Stanley, on how she got started in property, her favourite book and podcast, her best and worst purchases and the historical figure she’d most like to befriend.
-
News
Has retail turned the corner?
Property Week asks what the post-Covid future of this continuously evolving market holds.
-
Insight
LCR Property CEO discusses post-Covid life and future plans
Peter Hawthorne is CEO of LCR Property, which brings forward land near railways for redevelopment. He tells Property Week how he plans to unlock and de-risk a pipeline of 300 sites across England and Wales.
-
Insight
Why hybrid working means a brighter, more sustainable future
It’s not always true that every cloud has a silver lining. But it’s certainly fair to say there was one for the environment when it came to the Covid-19 pandemic, brought about by the sudden dramatic impact it had on the numbers of people across the world making the daily ...
-
News
SFR: the rising star of residential
Residential real estate is the world’s largest asset class by value, and arguably one of the, if not the, oldest.
-
News
A manifesto for London’s recovery
Heart of London Business Alliance was recently re-elected the West End’s local Business Improvement District in a ballot of more than 600 businesses and property owners.
-
News
Mind the valuation ‘practice gap’
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but ‘backwards and in high heels’, which is how we see equity markets trying to decipher commercial property valuations.
-
News
It’s time to close the gender pay gap
The pledges from top UK commercial real estate agencies to close gender pay gaps in the commercial property sector are promising, but they highlight that an industry-wide cultural shift is integral to real change to gender representation in our stubbornly male-dominated industry (p7, 08.04.22).
-
News
Time to un-trap blighted blocks
It may seem churlish to ask Michael Gove to execute two further initiatives in favour of leaseholders trapped in blighted blocks. After all, look below at what the housing secretary has accomplished this month.
-
News
London exodus will benefit north
At least according to the government, we should all by now be happily back behind our desks, doing our bit for the country by returning to the office.
-
Online
The carrot and the stick
The race to net zero emissions is on, and decarbonising the built environment - responsible for 37% of the world’s CO₂ output - is critical if corporates and policymakers are to align with the Paris Agreement on climate change by 2050.
-
News
M&S refurbishment row: experts say demolition decisions need to be about more than just carbon
In the latest episode of PropCast, Asif Din, Anna Clare Harper, and Patrick Brown speak to Blackstock Consulting’s Andrew Teacher about the recent row that has erupted around the planned demolition of Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store.
-
Insight
The impact of Croydon LBC v Kalonga on fixed-termed tenancies
In March, the Supreme Court handed down a judgment in Croydon LBC v Kalonga [2022] UKSC 7. This will have a significant impact on fixed-term secure tenancies, of which there are around 30,000 in England.Sarah HEa
-
Insight
Why acting as an RMC director carries some risk
Many apartment buildings have established resident management companies (RMCs), which are owned by leaseholders themselves to deal with their management and maintenance.
-
News
Why WeWork’s strategy is a risky one
Editor: With the news that Currys is vacating its head offices in London and asking its corporate workforce to use WeWork offices across the country instead, we seem to be witnessing the beginning of a profound shift in preference – from fixed office space to flexible workspace.
-
Insight
What’s next for the retail sector?
The retail sector is at a crossroads: on the one hand, there has been a resurgence of confidence in the retail sector as Covid restrictions have been lifted, but on the other hand, there is now a host of fresh challenges including inflation, labour shortages and the ending of the ...
-
Insight
Hub-and-spoke model for offices
It’s Monday morning and I’m sat at my desk at home. My kids have gone to school. My wife is out. I have the house to myself – I have nobody to distract me. So, why the lack of motivation?
-
Insight
Welcoming refugees is not enough
Given the groundswell of support for the government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme, a steady stream of refugees will soon be arriving on our shores.