All Professional articles – Page 10
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ProfessionalCo-creation can empower us all
Loosening environmental protections. Scrapping affordable housing requirements. Fast-tracking development. It is fair to say the government’s strategy for growth, centred on new Investment Zones, seemed a little slim on measures that outwardly respond to local community priorities.
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ProfessionalLet them eat cake…
…before they decide whether to buy one of Allison’s new Somerton homes
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ProfessionalKew Gardens project aims to boost residential biodiversity
Five-year venture with Mount Anvil will study how to help developers create better habitats for pollinators.
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ProfessionalAgent P: Spreadsheets
Friday 21 October, 9am, Titanic Room: A white-faced Sporty Girl slides copies of a development appraisal for 60 flats in north London around the table. The spreadsheet, for a Beirut-based client of GBH, shows a GDV of £32m, including the usual 20% developer margin.
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ProfessionalThis week in… 2018
London mayor Sadiq Khan revealed plans for 11,154 new council homes at social rent levels after agreeing deals worth £1bn with 26 London boroughs.
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ProfessionalThe market should set mast rents
How much is your local cricket pitch, church roof or bowling green worth to you? Or your children, grandparents or neighbours?
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ProfessionalA slap on the wrist for Waitrose could ease the pain for landowners
On 2 September, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) slapped Waitrose with a letter saying that some of its compliance procedures were subject to shortcomings in respect of breaches of the 2010 Groceries Market Investigation (Controlled Land) Order (CLO).
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Ilyas Aslam, chief operating officer at Quadrum Global
Ilyas Aslam, chief operating officer at Quadrum Global, on how he got started in property, his top TV and book recommendations, the celebrity he’d most like to meet and how he would spend a million pounds.
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ProfessionalWhat would make public spaces more accessible and inclusive?
As a wheelchair user who travels widely for business, I have first-hand experience of how difficult it is to find accessible accommodation.
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ProfessionalPlanning needs less red tape
Having adaptable space and a business nimble enough to change quickly is paramount in the post-pandemic environment. However, adapting properties is no small – or quick – undertaking and there are significant administrative hurdles to overcome.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Victoria Manston, senior development manager at HUB
Victoria Manston, senior development manager at residential developer HUB, on how she got started in property, her top TV and music picks, her best and worst purchases and the celebrity she’d most like to meet.
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ProfessionalEconomic woes slam brakes on the drive for development
Rising building and borrowing costs look set to derail planning reforms intended to speed up development
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ProfessionalThe private sector can aid councils
A summer of discontent for local planning authorities (LPAs) saw officers at Portsmouth and Bournemouth councils self-imposing ‘lockdowns’ to tackle planning application backlogs.
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ProfessionalLet’s look to the next generation
‘The future of the industry is in good hands’ has become the standard response from the judging panel for the Women in Property National Student Awards.
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ProfessionalKeep it in the family
Poll reveals family feuds over inheritance of Baby Boomers’ wealth
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ProfessionalEnergy costs and rental markets
Residential rents, currently at record-high levels, are predicted to increase.
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ProfessionalQ&A: Five minutes with Krishma Kapoor, property and development consultant at SLC Property
Krishma Kapoor, property and development consultant at property management company SLC Property, on how she got started in property, the superpower she’d like to have and her number-one travel destination.
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ProfessionalWhat role can planning play in the delivery of net zero carbon?
For those of us who have studied the Brundtland Report 1987, we know that the heart of sustainable development is real estate and the planning system.
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ProfessionalAgent P: economic crisis
Friday 7 October, 8.15am, Teutonic Room: Full house this morning! Not only are all of Team P present and correct, I’ve not seen so many folks in the office on a Friday since the GBH Christmas party in December 2019, when Those Upstairs paraded the floors in silly Santa jumpers ...
