Nick Hughes
- Insight
Will the supermarket sweep continue?
The UK’s grocery real estate sector has boomed during the coronavirus pandemic, but will investors still be piling into the sector once Covid restrictions are lifted?
- Markets
Why the car park market is thriving
Investors target sites offering long-term income and redevelopment potential.
- Markets
The growing appeal of alternative assets
Investors have been increasingly drawn to sectors such as care homes and student accommodation.
- Markets
Agents versus flexible operators
Do the agents have what it takes to compete with established flexible operators?
- News
Are blended living schemes a viable model for UK retirement housing?
Could blended living schemes support the wellbeing of an ageing population?
- Markets
Birchwood Park capitalises on its prime location
With a catchment area unrivalled outside the M25 and motorway links to Liverpool and Manchester, Birchwood Park is capitalising on its prime location with a big expansion of its industrial space.
- Markets
Regen projects face fallout of loan hike
News that the cost of borrowing from the PWLB is set to increase has sparked fears councils may scrap vital capital projects.
- Markets
Rise of unmanned self-storage
Nick Hughes asks whether the UK will follow the likes of Sweden and embrace full automation
- Markets
Iceland discount brand has big expansion plan
The food WAREHOUSE is one of the fastest-growing retail park outlets. But can it take on Aldi and Lidl?
- Markets
Can Welsh regeneration projects survive without EU funding?
Nick Hughes asks how future projects will be funded following the UK’s departure from the EU.
- Insight
Why microbreweries are taking large warehouse space
As consumer interest in craft beer rises, microbrewers are increasingly opting to move out of their small homes and into modern industrial sites that will boost their growth.
- Insight
Time to end apathy on the climate crisis
Some big investors are backing moves to limit the industrial sector’s carbon footprint, but can the rest of the sector be convinced of the financial benefits?
- Insight
Is proptech the next bubble market?
With money pouring into the proptech sector thanks to the likes of flexible office giant WeWork and venture capital firm Fifth Wall, Nick Hughes asks what risk there is of a new bubble forming.
- Markets
Is scheme combining car dealership and homes a new mixed-use model?
Lookers’ car dealership boasts flats above – is it a one-off or a new mixed-use template?
- Markets
Manchester’s forgotten island set to return to former glory
Nick Hughes reports on the transformation of Pomona Island
- Markets
Trade brands buck retail slump
Investors target trade counters as tenant demand grows and supply is squeezed.
- Insight
Belfast's Tribeca scheme set to regenerate city centre
Castlebrooke’s £500m Belfast city centre regeneration project is one of the most ambitious schemes ever attempted in the Northern Irish capital.
- Markets
Permission to sleep on the job
Firms are increasingly installing recharge rooms. Nick Hughes asks if they are the new breakout spaces
- Insight
Manchester's Strangeways earmarked for a complete makeover
The wave of development Manchester has witnessed over the past few years is about to reach the Strangeways area, which the council has earmarked for a complete makeover.
- Insight
Electric avenue: local authority investments
Councils are attempting to cut pollution levels by encouraging businesses to use electric vehicles. Nick Hughes considers what this could mean for logistics companies