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InsightSmart tech will power up the home of the future
Developers need to meet post-pandemic demand for smart homes with easily controlled tech features.
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Insight
Master the art of resident satisfaction with proptech
The use of technology not only helps BTR residents to socialise – it also streamlines their living experience.
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News
Roku takes 120,000 sq ft at Cambridge Science Park
TV streaming platform Roku has taken 120,000 sq ft of office space at Building 2, Cambridge Science Park, in the largest letting deal in the city in the past five years.
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Markets
Automation drives sector growth
The adoption of tech and creation of unmanned sites could open up new locations.
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Markets
Sun is shining on solar panels
Falling costs and rising efficiency have boosted take-up of solar technology.
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Insight
Seamless tech connects tenants
It was great to be back meeting colleagues from across the sector and sharing experiences of the past 18 months at last week’s RESI Convention, but also more importantly to look ahead.
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Insight
Tech will back the green office premium
Editor: Investing in technology will be critical to achieving green building standards and boosting rent returns in CRE (‘Green London office buildings could achieve 12.3% rental premium’). And with sustainability rapidly rising up tenants’ agenda, these objectives should go hand in hand.
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Online
David Hardman to step down as Bruntwood SciTech managing director
David Hardman will step down as managing director of Bruntwood SciTech in Birmingham at the end of 2021.
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News
LXi REIT goes on £80m spending spree
LXi REIT has shaken up its real estate portfolio with £80m in acquisitions, including a biotech campus that has helped the government tackle Covid.
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Online
Why SmartRent is the smart solution
US-based SmartRent – which launched in the UK early last year – offers next-generation technology designed to both enhance the residential experience and boost operators’ and developers’ bottom line.
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News
Plans approved for Leeds life sciences hub at Drapers Yard
Officer’s have approved CEG’s planning application to revitalise Drapers Yard on Marshall Street in Leeds into a life sciences hub for diagnostics and drug development company Labcorp.
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Online
Kadans adds to European science park portfolio
Kadans has added two further buildings at Abingdon Science Park, Oxfordshire to its pan-European science park portfolio.
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Professional
Technology will drive city accessibility
According to the World Bank, about 15% of the world’s population live with some form of disability – 285 million are visually impaired and 466 million are deaf or hard of hearing. But in spite of these varying needs, there is often a one-size-fits-all approach to designing the world around ...
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News
Bruntwood SciTech creates new director of life sciences role
Bruntwood SciTech has appointed Dr Kath Mackay, managing director of Alderley Park, as its director of life sciences – a new role established as the business expands in the life sciences sector.
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Online
Henry Boot forms tech joint venture for Cheltenham development
Henry Boot and international tech campus developer Factory have formed a joint venture to target the UK tech sector.
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Online
HBD X Factory chosen for £1bn first phase of Cheltenham scheme
Cheltenham Borough Council has picked HBD X Factory as development partner on the first phase of its £1bn cyber and digital Cheltenham scheme.
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News
Zero availability for lab space in Cambridge due to demand
Lack of spec development along with booming demand for life sciences has resulted in squeeze on space.
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Online
TusPark gets £55m injection for Cambridge Science Park
TusPark Holdings UK has secured a £55m investment loan from pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank for its ownership holdings in Cambridge Science Park.
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Online
How to ride the wave of investment into life sciences
A source of global hope during the pandemic has been the life sciences sector, which has moved with incredible speed to produce vaccines. The sector’s ways of working and its real estate requirements are changing just as swiftly, with a number of existing trends in life sciences now being accelerated ...
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News
L&G and Oxford University to expand Begbroke Science Park
Legal General (L G) has agreed to fund and develop a new life sciences district for Oxford University that will extend the existing Begbroke Science Park.
