All articles by Mia Hunt – Page 8
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MarketsHow building prefab residential pods above car parks could help alleviate the housing crisis
It’s no secret that the housing crisis blighting this small, overpopulated island of ours is caused primarily by scarcity of land. But what if you could put up houses without land?
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InsightSilver bullet: James Silver interview
It is rare for the development director of a property company to admit to “over-speccing” offices, but Landid’s James Silver does just that when we meet at the developer’s HQ off Carnaby Street to discuss its joint venture with Brockton Capital in the Thames Valley.
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InsightRetail landlords and the art of curation
The word ‘curation’ is usually associated with art galleries, museums or trendy music festivals. However, it is rapidly gaining currency among retail landlords. Where once they talked about ‘active asset management’ or ‘improving the tenant mix’ of a scheme, today many landlords consider themselves ‘retail curators’.
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InsightCreative endeavours in retail and leisure
The retail and leisure sector is nothing if not inventive.
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InsightLob-6: the zero-gravity experience
An engineer is working to create the first zero-gravity experience on Earth, but does the idea have weight?
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MarketsSecondary retail assets present ‘golden opportunity’, says Savills
A lack of investment assets in the West Midlands means there is a large weight of money chasing any stock that does become available, according to research from Savills.
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InsightGreen giant: how Ireland went from boom to bust to boom again
Optimism is in the air in Ireland.
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InsightIreland housing market: coming less like a ghost town
When the global financial crisis hit, few countries fell harder than Ireland. Boom turned to bust and the Emerald Isle lost its simmer.
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InsightGuinness Storehouse: brewing up black magic
The transformation of the Guinness Storehouse turned a derelict building into one of Europe’s top visitor attractions.
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MarketsLincoln city centre’s retail facelift will not trample over tradition
New retail space in Lincoln is hard to come by: the city’s historic buildings and strict planning restrictions make development expensive and risky. Against the odds, however, Lincolnshire Co-operative is set to bring forward new retail space in the city for the first time in years.
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MarketsHammerson makes a statement with dedicated leisure complex
The long-running conflict between Southampton and Portsmouth rumbles on. No doubt each of the Hampshire neighbours would claim their retail and leisure provision is better than the other’s, but with the opening of Westquay Watermark, Southampton might just have pipped its rival.
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InsightWaterloo sunrise: Leake Street Arches
Locals are aware of the hidden gem that is the area around Waterloo station, but for the majority of people who pass through it en route to and from the South Bank, it consists of a series of seemingly impenetrable underpasses and roundabouts surrounding the station and little else.
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InsightNew order: North West powers up
Sir Howard Bernstein’s shoes will not be easy to fill. In his near-20-year tenure as chief executive of Manchester City Council, he has co-ordinated the regeneration of the city core following the IRA bomb blast of 1996 and been hugely successful in attracting investors to what is now the beating ...
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InsightSocial housing enterprise: home is where the heart is
Think of Liverpool’s residential stock and the unfortunate picture that comes to mind is row after row of derelict red-brick terraced houses with boarded-up windows.
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InsightNew trailblazers: YN Property Awards Dinner
The 11th YN Property Awards Dinner saw the industry’s brightest and best gather to celebrate the most outstanding work from the past year and raise money for a worthy cause.
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MarketsBath snatches office rental crown from Bristol, but can it hold on to it?
Here’s a question: which city in the West Country commands the highest rents? Wrong. The correct answer is Bath.
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MarketsAfter an eight-year wait, aerospace site finally gets a new lease of life
As home to prestigious occupiers including Airbus, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce, Filton in South Gloucestershire will always be associated with the aerospace industry.
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InsightHey big spenders: ageing population is reshaping retail
Millennials are a fascinating tribe for retailers and retail landlords. Born at the beginning of the tech revolution and now young adults at a time of great political and societal change, they are reshaping retail.
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InsightMore than fifty shades of grey: retailers capitalise on the grey pound
The stereotypical image of an old-age pensioner is a grey-haired, armchair-bound granny or grandad wearing carpet slippers with a blanket draped over their knees.
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MarketsFrom ticket tout to restaurateur: the rise of Tony Kitous
Tony Kitous came to London on holiday from Algeria in 1988 at the age of 18 with just £70 in his pocket and nowhere to stay. He never left.
