All articles by Mia Hunt – Page 9
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Sheds and the race for space
Industrial and logistics was one of the worst-hit property sectors in the depths of the recession.
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Progressive workplace design meets Sky’s high standards
A move to a new office is a headache for any occupier. But what if that move involves relocating 3,500 staff to a purpose-built office so long it is effectively a 31-storey skyscraper on its side, and helping those staff transition to an activity-based working environment?
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Southern train strikes putting commercial development at risk
Southern Railway did not have a great reputation for reliability to begin with, but the long-running dispute with the RMT and ASLEF unions over the roles of conductors and drivers has shredded what little reputation it had.
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Shopping centres and technology rev up the car showroom
Most of us contemplate any dealings with a car salesman with a sense of dread. Sure, you get a car at the end of it, but first you have to endure an over-enthusiastic dealer, hell-bent on expounding the merits of heated car seats whether your budget allows it or not. ...
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Q&A: Bestselling author Alain de Botton on the future of living space
The bestselling author Alain de Botton has a passion for architecture that compelled him, in 2010, to found Living Architecture.
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Collaboration is key to the future of corporate real estate
It is no longer a case of ‘build it and they will come’, particularly in the office sector where the key driver for occupiers is to win, or at least compete in, the war for talent.
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Future is bright for sheds but challenges lie in wait
It has been a broadly positive picture for the industrial and logistics market in 2016.
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Tales of the Hood: L’Estrange interview
Tom Horne and William Green, founders of start-up menswear brand L’Estrange, are holed up in Mayfair’s Arts Club with one of their key supporters, Sheila King.
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Sussex landscape sketch makes for a positive picture for Hargreaves
The Hargreaves Group is a privately owned, Sussex-based investor and developer specialising in residential and commercial properties across South East England.
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Brighton’s British Airways i360 rises above conflicting views
Built at a cost of £46m and resembling a spaceship impaled on a giant pole, the British Airways i360 was bound to ruffle a few feathers, even in a city as open-minded as Brighton.
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Tech-tonic shift: new technology is transforming the retail experience
Many of the technologies currently being trialled and rolled out by retailers were unthinkable 10 years ago.
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Say hi to hi-tech concept stores
No sector has moved on quite as much in the past 10 years as retail. The rise of the smartphone and with it online shopping have totally transformed the way we shop - online, anyway.
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Footloose London firms favour non-traditional office locations
Research by CBRE suggests that office occupiers in London are increasingly footloose and willing to relocate to locations other than those typically associated with their sector.
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Office rents in Hertfordshire towns lag behind those in prime M25 spots
Offices in Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Watford and Welwyn Garden City are poor relations of other key towns around the M25 when it comes to rents, and that income gap is widening.
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Paddington comes of age as an office location
Paddington has long been an unloved and underutilised district of central London, but now it is finally coming of age as a major office hub.
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Leading ladies: Women in Property
It is rare to look around the room at a property event and see more women than men - unless you’re at an event hosted by the Association of Women in Property (WiP), that is.
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Give and take: Brexit's impact on regional cities
It has been a turbulent year for the regions - not least because, as ever, the politicians giveth and the politicians taketh away.
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Retail shed vacancy rates fall
Overall retail warehousing vacancy rates may have fallen consistently since mid-2013, but the national picture masks rising vacancy rates in some regions, according to research by Trevor Wood Associates, publisher of the Definitive Guide to Retail Leisure Parks.
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Out-of-town: Glamourising the 'giant car park'
The retail park has never been the most glamorous of shopping destinations. It hasn’t needed to be. Its purpose historically has been purely to be accessible and convenient; somewhere shoppers can drive to, load up their new washing machine and drive out again.
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The Massage Company: massaging the masses
Having a massage is a rare treat for most of us Brits. Only 8% of us have them regularly, well below the 14% of continental Europeans and 20% of Americans.