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Act now to tackle homelessness
Last autumn’s Budget and spending review were notable for many reasons, not least the significant increase in funding allocated by the government to tackle the current surge in rough sleeping and homelessness.
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Hogan Lovells completes 266,000 sq ft pre-let for London HQ
Hogan Lovells has completed a deal to pre-let 266,000 sq ft of office space in Holborn for its new London HQ – as tipped by Property Week four months ago.
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Gove vague on plans to hold foreign firms to account over cladding
Housing secretary Michael Gove has refused to explain how the government will make foreign companies pay to remediate unsafe cladding on high rise buildings.
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The Scalpel to be sold in £820m deal
The Scalpel office tower in the City of London is in the final stages of being acquired by a Singaporean investor for around £820m – 16 months after Property Week revealed the building had been put up for sale.
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Fair funding, education and social value generation: can the levelling-up agenda be achieved?
The long-awaited Levelling Up White Paper has finally been revealed, outlining the government’s 12 key ‘missions’ to rebalance the opportunities across the UK and reverse the decline being observed in certain areas.
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The rise of the market towns
After two years of Covid-induced lockdowns, it is evident that we are all yearning to get out and about.
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Take the Property Week/UKGBC Climate Crisis Challenge Survey 2022
This week, Property Week and UKGBC kick off the third year of our Climate Crisis Challenge, supported by founding partners, Argent and Mishcon de Reya, leading partners Barclays and Deepki and supporting partners chapmanbdsp and Octopus Real Estate.
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Time for industrial intensification
Industrial intensification has been a topic of discussion for a number of years in London, as planning policy and supply-and-demand dynamics have moved the market in this direction.
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Green from the get-go
At Magna Park MK, GLP has focused on sustainability since day one. Adam Branson finds out how and why it adopted this strategy.
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Time to move further and faster
Much has changed since we first joined forces with Property Week on the Climate Crisis Challenge. As we begin year three of our partnership, it’s important to reflect on progress made to date, and highlight where action is still urgently required.
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The year of radical collaboration
The time for climate action has come as Property Week and UKGBC kick off year three of the Climate Crisis Challenge campaign, focusing on performance, planning and proof.
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The big-box boom
Following another record year of industrial take-up in the UK last year, with more than 55m sq ft of take-up in the big-box space alone (100,000 sq ft-plus units) according to data from Savills, the overall vacancy rate is at an all-time low of 2.9%.
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Five minutes with… Andrew Pilsworth, SEGRO’s managing director
SEGRO’s managing director, national logistics, on diversity, the ESG challenge and his love of travel.
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An American Invasion in the UK logistics market
They may be late to the UK logistics party, but three US-backed industrial developers are making a name for themselves in the market.
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There are positive signs for the year ahead
Last year was a strong one for industrial land values. While they have been on an upward trajectory for some time, in the past six months we have seen a considerable surge, with values matching – and in some cases exceeding – residential figures, as well as other commercial sectors.
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What’s in store for industrial in 2022?
Property Week, Savills, Tritax Symmetry and Analytiqa brought together some of the biggest names in logistics to look at the record-breaking surge in take-up and investment over the last few years, the factors driving the trend, the success of Amazon’s model and what the future holds for this booming sector.
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More is required from the Levelling Up White Paper
The government’s long-awaiting Levelling Up White Paper has arrived, and while there are some encouraging steps, more will be required to deal with what is a complex problem.
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London ends rental drought
London rental levels have finally shaken off the curse of George Osborne, with agents now foreseeing residential rents in the capital rising faster than the rest of the country for the first time since the ex-chancellor’s 2015 Budget put the kibosh on the sector for close on seven years.
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Setting a course for regen success
Lasting improvements in behaviour and the built environment go hand in hand. They take a long time to complete, but the symbolic laying of foundation stones can announce in the near term a determined and deliberate commitment to follow a course to success.
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Get smarter on BTR amenities
This year marks a decade since the arrival of the UK’s first BTR home. The role of amenities and how they are perceived by renters has changed a lot during that period, while the industry’s response has been mixed. There is still room to get smarter.