All Market Features articles – Page 10
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MarketsIs property finally embracing the tech revolution?
In a world of circuit boards, megabytes and algorithms, the property sector remains resolutely paper heavy.
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MarketsThe Riverside scheme set to revive Rochdale's fortunes
Rochdale is a prime example of a struggling northern town. In the news for all the wrong reasons and with an ailing town centre, the council and local stakeholders will have their work cut out if they are to turn its fortunes around.
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MarketsHS3 - the strongest link?
Euston station’s closure at the end of the summer was a visible reminder to UK rail travellers of the progress of HS2, the high-speed, high-cost line that will better connect London and the north of England.
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MarketsCultural regeneration fund set to benefit local communities
Investment in culture has been thin on the ground in the UK in recent years as the cash-strapped government focuses on more pressing priorities.
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MarketsWorthington puts wellbeing at heart of Deansgate scheme
Plenty of large office schemes have come out of the ground in Manchester in recent years, but not so many small ones - and certainly not so many with wellbeing at their heart.
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MarketsConvenience culture fuels demand for forecourt shopping
In May, the vice-president of BP’s European retail division, Alex Jensen, made a very telling statement. In the UK, she said, half of BP’s customers don’t even buy petrol when they visit a filling station. “Fifteen years ago it was just fuel,” she said. Now people are there to shop ...
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MarketsQ&A: Andy Bruce on how the car dealership is changing
Real estate is so interconnected with the political and economic framework that even small fluctuations and wobbles can be felt. So when a major destabilising change such as the Brexit vote happens, followed by this year’s ambiguous general election result, it can mean big changes for industries and their property ...
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MarketsIs the tide turning for Swansea
Swansea Bay could be the site of the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant. Expected to cost £1.3bn and act as a catalyst for wider regeneration, the vast energy project is primed for construction. There is, however, an ‘if’ hanging over its future.
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MarketsHow will the Welsh economy fare without EU funds?
Go for a drive in the Welsh countryside and you’ll start to notice something on the road signs - clusters of yellow stars in orderly circles.
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MarketsLlanelli wellness village could bring prosperity to the Valleys
When Emlyn Dole took over as leader of Carmarthenshire council in 2015 he had one word on his mind - regeneration. The county and the region needed a boost to break out of a vicious cycle of job losses, brain drain and underinvestment. Development was going to be key.
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MarketsRetail rent gap between the winners and losers widens
This year, UK retail sales fell at the fastest rate in seven years. Rising prices caused by the Brexit vote are thought to be to blame, although there is more to the retail sector’s well-documented woes than just inflation.
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MarketsShed-to-bed conversions win few fans as PDR approaches
Living on an industrial estate might not sound appealing, but building residential units on former manufacturing sites is exactly what is being proposed to help to alleviate the housing crisis.
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MarketsQ&A: Mark Dickinson on Anthology’s fresh approach
Since former military man Mark Dickinson founded Anthology four years ago, the company has built up an impressive portfolio across London by building homes for sale on relatively complex land sites.
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MarketsWill North East fall behind in powerhouse stakes?
The lack of a regional voice is something that deeply troubles property professionals in the North East. While in the past year a host of UK city regions have been established and elected mayors to fight their corners, Newcastle and its hinterlands saw its devolution deal implode.
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MarketsScience Central brings jobs and renewed confidence to Newcastle
Last summer Newcastle received its biggest vote of confidence in years when Legal General Capital (LGC) announced that it would invest at least £65m in Science Central, a science and technology hub in the city’s centre.
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MarketsLarge industrial deals dry up as a result of Brexit effect
Take-up of logistics and industrial units over 50,000 sq ft across the North East totalled 755,582 sq ft in the first half of this year, down 5% on the previous half year but 33% up on the same period last year, according to Knight Frank.
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MarketsLong-stalled project comes closer with plans for a boutique hotel
One of the most prominent - and longest-stalled - regeneration schemes in the North East took a step forward earlier in the summer when the Reuben brothers-owned Motcomb Estates announced plans for a boutique hotel.
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MarketsWill £15m ‘embedded’ dementia village planned for Canterbury set a trend for housing schemes?
Canterbury is set to be the first place in the UK to host a ‘dementia village’, after Corinthian unveiled plans for £15m specialist accommodation within its 4,000 home Mount Field Park scheme.
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InsightFingernails2Go: hitting the nail on the head
The trend for elaborate nail art has grown rapidly over the past few years.
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MarketsLarge firms increasingly turning to flexible space providers
Back in April, shared workspace provider WeWork made headlines in New York when it announced that it had signed up IBM - one of the world’s biggest corporations - to take the entirety of 88 University Place in Greenwich Village.
