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GPA heads on plans for estate overhaul
GPA chief executive Steven Boyd and chair Pat Ritchie outline their plans for the government’s vast property estate to Anviksha Patel and reveal how they have changed as a result of Covid and sustainability concerns.
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It’s time to embed ESG in our DNA
Real estate is arguably the world’s most visible industry, impacting the way we live, work and travel, and the way we interact with each other. As a result, our sector is uniquely positioned to create long-term environmental and social value, assimilated alongside creating shareholder value (its traditional purpose).
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Thamesmead revisited: 50 years on from A Clockwork Orange
Thomas Hobbs tours the south-east London estate 50 years after it provided the backdrop to dystopian classic A Clockwork Orange to see how it is being redeveloped.
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Marylebone: priorities for 2022
While not without its challenges, 2021 was an exciting year. As the world’s focus moved away from the digital back to the physical again, we saw our streets in Marylebone fill with residents, commuters, shoppers and diners once more.
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Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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A real stand-up Guy: interview with Guy Grainger
Exactly a year after becoming JLL’s EMEA global head of sustainability services and ESG, Guy Grainger took over on 1 January 2022 from David Partridge as president of the BPF. He sets out his stall to Liz Hamson.
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Emulate the durable warehouses of old
Think of historic warehouse buildings from the Victorian era and big resolute structures spring to mind, with uniform windows and durable materials; the model of robust, solid architecture.
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Raise your game by using lift data
With countries continuing to grapple with repeated episodes of lockdown, and physical distancing requirements reshaping urban environments, many cities are expanding the use of smart city technology.
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What is cladding levy rationale?
There is a similar sense of politicians grasping at straws when you compare Australia’s attempts to deport Novak Djokovic and Michael Gove’s threat to make developers pay £4bn for recladding mid-rise housing blocks. Maybe the housing secretary formulated some of the policy while stuck in a BBC lift for half ...
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The green office bottleneck
If asked in a job interview where you thought you’d be in five years’ time and you replied holed up in my flat on Zoom calls, living on takeouts and waiting for a global pandemic to pass, you probably wouldn’t have got the job.
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Will Covid benefit the student sector?
As another slightly unusual year begins, all of us, with the possible exception of shareholders in companies producing LFT and PCR tests, yearn for the end of the pandemic and a return to normality, but no group perhaps more so than university students.
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Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.
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Insight
Predictions for 2022: Brace yourself…
Industry leaders predict another rollercoaster year for real estate in our 2022 forecast.