All Insight articles – Page 29
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Logistics sector outlook
Last month, delegates at the sixth annual Logistics Spotlight Event hosted by event partners Tritax Symmetry, Savills, Analytiqa and Property Week met to discuss the sector’s ambitious ESG goals, rising costs and political uncertainty.
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MIPIM Day 1: blog by Susan Freeman
It’s good to be back in Cannes for another Mipim, although the city is still undergoing a major facelift, with one side of the Croisette excavated and closed to traffic and barricades preventing direct access to some of the beach restaurant venues.
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Ascendix’s Wes Snow on which proptech trends will bring returns in 2023
While 2023 does not look like a perfect time to invest in real estate, the volatile macro-economic environment could hold attractive opportunities for proptech investors – if they look in the right direction.
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Good data is key to decarbonisation
Reading your story on the British Property Federation and JLL’s Towards Net Zero report, it’s clear the industry wants to deliver on climate goals, but this is currently reliant on individual efforts. More government incentivisation and greater regulation are needed to accelerate change.
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Peter Bill on planner gains and competition authority pain
Should planning consultants get overage? An essentially moral question, one which came up when confronted with the slightly shocking news two weeks ago that a few in the profession are so confident in their warm relationship with Local Planning Authority officers that they boast of being able to get more ...
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After the storm: interview with RICS chair, Martin Samworth
Industry veteran Martin Samworth tells Andy Hillier why he decided to take on the chair role at RICS and how the organisation plans to move forward after a turbulent few years.
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Time for a crackdown on rogue rating advisers
It is time the government stepped in to regulate the rating surveying profession to protect customers from cowboy ‘rating advisers‘ that take advantage of vulnerable businesses.
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Mipim: Avison Young’s Stephen Cowperthwaite on ‘Better places, greater impact, stronger business’.
As the property industry travels en masse to Cannes to attend Mipim, Avison Young’s Stephen Cowperthwaite offers his views on the conference theme ‘Better places, greater impact, stronger business’.
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Ringley’s Kate Robinson the regulatory maze which could leave leaseholders out of pocket
Section 4 of the Building Safety Act requires an appointed person to ensure fire and structural safety for all buildings deemed high-risk. The government’s consultation proposes that resident management companies (RMCs) and right-to-manage companies (RTMs) appoint building safety directors in place of volunteers, if unable to designate someone that can ...
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Heart of London Business Alliance’s Ros Morgan gives her 10 reasons to be happy three years on from Covid
Almost three years since Covid-19 shut much of the world down, there are green shoots of hope among the West End’s businesses.
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Jefferies Mike Prew on how policy is switching to defusing inflation
The REIT index has rebounded 25% from an October low point after the Trussonomics Budget, when we saw 50% discounts to net asset value (NAV) reminiscent of the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC).
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The bottom line for diversity
I am writing this on Wednesday, International Women’s Day, which serves as an annual reminder that everyone in a position of any kind of power needs to consider gender equality every day, not just once a year.
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New York Post’s Steve Cuozzo on the dimming allure of South Florida’s property
The Sunshine State property-buying juggernaut that was powerfully accelerated by the pandemic continues its merry way. The trend applies to both residential and commercial real estate in South Florida, a region that consists of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties – home to 6.7 million people within 6,000 square miles.
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The outlook for UK later living
Property Week and Dentons brought together an expert panel from across the later-living sector to discuss the need to educate investors, occupiers and council planning teams about the sector’s key role.
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NPPF reforms will hit the economy
Editor: Proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will not only lead to fewer homes being built, they will also destroy the UK’s plan-led approach to development and deliver a significant hit to the economy (‘BPF warns of “clear contradictions” in NPPF consultation’).
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Time for property owners to take action on ESG
Editor: Commenting on the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) set to come into force on 1 April, the inner London analysis from BNP Paribas concludes that up to 8% of commercial stock is unlettable under new EPC rules.
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Future of Leicester BTR scheme unclear after Highcross receivership
Plans for a 300-plus home build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Leicester have been thrown into doubt after Hammerson and Norinchukin’s 1.1m sq ft Highcross shopping centre in Leicester was placed into receivership this week.
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BentallGreenOak completes £1.433bn funding round
Real estate investment management advisor BentallGreenOak (BGO) has completed its third UK secured lending fund, with a total of £1.433bn in commitments from over 25 global institutional investors.
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M Core acquires Solihull shopping centre
Privately held commercial property portfolio M Core has acquired Chelmsley Wood shopping centre in Solihull, one of the main retail centres in the West Midlands town.
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CBRE’s Georgina Fraser and Richard Holberton on getting happy with hybrid
Many major corporates are facing the challenge of introducing or refining new working policies that must fulfil multiple objectives. These might include raising office occupancy, ensuring sufficient interpersonal contact and collaboration, and protecting company culture.