Big interviews
Interview with Maarten Jamin: ‘I’m not worried about competition’
Maarten Jamin, IWG chief design officer and founder of design agency bs;bp, talks to Adam Branson about IWG’s two new office concepts, its quick flex-workspace rollout and the impact of the new WFH directive
The time for the built environment sector to act on sustainability is now
Newly elected UKGBC chair Sunand Prasad says time is running out for the built environment sector to act on sustainability, but remains ‘obstinately optimistic’ about the future.
The Mancunian candidate
OBI Property’s Will Lewis tells Property Week how the Manchester-based agency has grown in 10 years from a two-man band to a business handling around 40% of the city’s office lettings.
Helping retail to turn over a new leaf
Turnover-based rents will be vital for retailers to survive. Property Week talks to the founders of a new consultancy formed to help implement the new model.
DHL ready to handle the fallout from Covid-19
Logistics operator DHL is well placed to handle the extremes that Covid-19 has created for the commercial property market. Property Week finds out why.
Prologis - the developer of business 'Parklife' talks to Property Week
Prologis’s Robin Woodbridge talks to Property Week about its decision to sell the Platform portfolio, its last-mile logistics strategy and the sector’s growing importance to the economy
Is American Dream the future of retail?
Triple Five recently launched one of the world’s biggest retail and leisure schemes. The firm’s leasing vice-president tells Property Week why experiential retail is key to survival for malls in America and beyond.
‘We never wanted to grow too quickly’: interview with Huckletree co-founder
Huckletree co-founder Andrew Lynch talks to Emma Shone about the co-working firm’s community-based offering, the benefits of its Places model and his reimagining of the sector in a post-Covid world
Building the tower of Babel
Dutch international footballer Ryan Babel tells Property Week why he thinks investing in residential property is cooler and sexier than splashing out on expensive watches and fast cars.
View from the top
View from the top: James Caan, former Dragons’ Den star and entrepreneur
The former Dragons’ Den star tells Property Week why he’s backing new property stock exchange IPSX, how he foresees the pandemic affecting offices and what advice he would give new businesses.
View from the top: Lars Windhorst, German businessman and financier
The German businessman and financier tells Property Week why he is backing a multi-million-dollar skyscraper development in New York and has a bullish outlook for London’s property market too.
View from the top: Brian Bickell, chief executive of Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury’s chief executive tells Property Week how the West End landlord is trying to take the long view on recovery and why it does not want to be a ‘fair-weather friend’ to its struggling F&B tenants.
Five minutes with
Q&A: Five minutes with Lerato Marema, senior planner at Deloitte
Lerato Marema, senior planner at Deloitte, talks about how she got started in property, the challenges she has overcome and her advice for young people. She also shares some cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Design Career Consulting founder Simon Hamilton
Design Career Consulting founder Simon Hamilton talks to Property Week about how he got started in property, the challenges he has overcome and his advice for young people. He also shares some of his cultural recommendations.
Five minutes with Richard Sullivan
Savills’ UK head of industrial & logistics discusses his likes – and dislikes – about the industry.
Five minutes with Richard Bains
Managing director of Chancerygate on cycling in China, career highs and his inspirational heroes.
Five minutes with Caroline Baker
Head of Cushman & Wakefield in Manchester on family, building more homes and embracing change
Five minutes with Andy Harding
JLL’s industrial and logistics lead director on snakes, ornithology and diversity
