Big interviews
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.
Flexible office space done the Spacemade way
As companies pursue flexible leasing options in response to the pandemic, service provider Spacemade is capitalising by creating bespoke brands for landlords. Property Week meets its co-founders to find out more.
Get Living gets living
Chief executive Rick de Blaby talks to Property Week about its upcoming projects, the importance of ‘neighbourhood living’ and the impact of Covid-19 and changing residential demographics on its business.
Q&A: Neil Young on relaunching start-up incubator business
The former Get Living chief executive talks to Property Week about his past successes, current challenges and future plans.
The Irish plan
Quintain Ireland’s Eddie Byrne tells Property Week how Covid-19 is affecting business and what it all means for its plans to become one of the republic’s biggest housebuilders.
Whitbread and wisdom
Whitbread head of property Mark Anderson tells Property Week how the hospitality company has approached managing its hotel and food-and-drink arms amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
David and the industrial Goliath
As SEGRO turns 100, chief executive David Sleath talks to Property Week about how it became an industrial powerhouse, the challenges Covid-19 poses and what the business plans to do next.
View from the top
View from the top: Nelson Mills, CEO of Columbia Property Trust
The CEO of Columbia Property Trust chats to Property Week about the growing impetus to reduce office density, overcoming the psychological barriers to returning to work and the widening ‘bid-ask spread’.
View from the top: Matthew Howell, RICS UK managing director
RICS UK managing director talks to Anviksha Patel about the challenges facing the institution as it grapples with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic – and the major changes it has made in response
View from the top: Michael Ingall, CEO of Allied London
The Allied London CEO talks to Property Week about Covid-19 construction delays, seismic shifts in the perception of property caused by the pandemic and the critical importance of a diverse portfolio
View from the top: Matt Crompton, managing director of Muse
Muse managing director Matt Crompton reveals to Property Week how the developer kept its schemes ticking over during lockdown and why he thinks it is well-placed to seize the post-pandemic opportunities.
View from the top: Mark Robinson, chair of High Street Task Force
The new chair of the government-led High Streets Task Force tells Property Week about the problems facing UK retail, his ambitions for the initiative and the importance of a sense of place.
View from the top: Mark Ridley, group CEO of Savills
Savills’ global boss talks to Property Week about the real estate winners and losers in the aftermath of Covid-19, what lies ahead for offices and his anticipation of a ‘swoosh’-shaped recovery
View from the top: Roger Wade, founder of Boxpark
The charismatic Boxpark founder tells Property Week why he believes the retail and hospitality sectors face Armageddon if landlords, tenants and the government cannot work together to resolve the rent crisis.
Five minutes with
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
Five minutes with Johnny Hawkins
Knight Frank’s capital markets partner on building trust, younger generations and gender equality
