Big interviews
Big interview with the Vita Group COO: ‘We’re a consumer-focused brand’
Vita Group chief operating officer Max Bielby tells Andy Hillier how focusing on quality and lifting the customer experience have helped to set the student specialist apart in a fast-growing market
Making a northern powerhouse
Andrew Coombs, chief executive of Sirius Real Estate, tells Andy Hillier why the business park operator has its gaze fixed on the north after the purchase of BizSpace.
Big interview with Julie Hirigoyen: ‘We need urgent climate action’
Julie Hirigoyen, chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, tells Ifeoluwa Taiwo about its new 2025 strategy for the property sector and reveals what the government needs to do to close the policy gap.
Kajima: The quiet giant is not just big in Japan
Kajima’s European property arm has kept a low profile despite building a portfolio spanning many countries and sectors. Managing director John Harcourt tells Property Week why the business likes to fly under the radar.
Big interview with the founder of flex office start-up infinitSpace
Wybo Wijnbergen, founder of flex office start-up infinitSpace, tells Property Week how the lessons he learned at WeWork helped inform his white-label flex space service for landlords.
LCR Property CEO discusses post-Covid life and future plans
Peter Hawthorne is CEO of LCR Property, which brings forward land near railways for redevelopment. He tells Property Week how he plans to unlock and de-risk a pipeline of 300 sites across England and Wales.
Legal & General homes in on modular housebuilding
It got off to a slow start, but Legal & General’s modular housebuilding arm is now motoring ahead. Its CEO gives Property Week a tour of the factory and reveals how it will disrupt the way the industry works.
Big interview with Interim Spaces founder
Interim Spaces founder Dan Simon tells Property Week how a decade of squatting in central London inspired a charity that transforms vacant property into temporary workspace for tenants in the creative industries.
The birth of a logistics giant
GLP Europe’s Daan van den Hoven and Nick Cook reveal to Property Week how the business has transformed itself into one of the biggest logistics developers in Europe.
Five minutes with
Q&A: Five minutes with Kevin Duffy, centre director at centre:mk
Kevin Duffy, centre director at centre:mk, discusses his time in the property industry and tells us his cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Maggie Milosavljevic, commercial director at investment company LabTech London
Maggie Milosavljevic is commercial director at investment company LabTech London, owner of Camden Market. She reflects on her background, her proudest moments and the challenges that she has overcome.
Q&A: Five minutes with Kally Kang-Kersey, chief people officer at essensys
Kally Kang-Kersey, chief people officer at essensys, gives her views on the property industry and shares her cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Monika Newton, partner at Workman
Monika Newton, partner at Workman, tells Property Week about her time in the industry and shares her cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Lynda Shillaw, CEO at Harworth
Harworth’s CEO Lynda Shillaw on her route into property, the people she most admires and her cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Marcus Moufarrige, founder and chief executive of ility
Marcus Moufarrige, founder and chief executive of proptech firm ility, on how he got started in property and his cultural recommendations.
Q&A: Five minutes with Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group
Kamal Pankhania, CEO of development company Westcombe Group, on how he got started in property and gives us his cultural recommendations.
Q&A five minutes with Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why
Rupert Dean, co-founder and chief executive of flexible workspace specialist x+why, on his entry into property and his cultural recommendations
Q&A: Five minutes with Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes
Christopher Heath, managing director of Cube Homes, discusses his experiences in the property industry and gives his cultural recommendations, including favourite book and the celebrity he would like to spend an hour with.
Q&A: Five minutes with Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis
Roland Verniers, director and head of Netherlands and Germany at consultancy Hollis, on how he got started in property, the historical figure he would like to meet and his number-one travel destination
