Simon Creasey
Simon leads on the features desk co-ordinating and writing the Insight section. He rejoined the magazine in 2014 having previously worked for Property Week from 2000 to 2004.
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- simon.creasey@propertyweek.com
InsightThe big shed shift from box to cube
It is not just the average footprint of a warehouse that continues to grow. The height has shot up too.
- Markets
The retail industry is braced for more CVAs
Further retail proposals are expected from some significant high street names.
- Insight
Freeths think tank: will tech change the way we work?
Earlier this summer, Property Week in association with Freeths hosted a virtual roundtable to discuss the findings of the fourth annual Power of Proptech survey and look at the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the digital transformation of the property industry.
- News
Gerald Eve given mandate to look after UCL’s property portfolio
UCL has selected Gerald Eve to oversee the university’s real estate portfolio following a tendering process. In addition to its main campus in Bloomsbury, UCL’s estate encompasses 270 properties totalling more than 1.4m sq ft.
- Insight
They bet big, but will councils lose big?
Local authority investment in property has soared in recent years. Property Week asks what now as values and rental income crash.
- Insight
View from the top: Michael Ingall, CEO of Allied London
The Allied London CEO talks to Property Week about Covid-19 construction delays, seismic shifts in the perception of property caused by the pandemic and the critical importance of a diverse portfolio
- Insight
View from the top: Matt Crompton, managing director of Muse
Muse managing director Matt Crompton reveals to Property Week how the developer kept its schemes ticking over during lockdown and why he thinks it is well-placed to seize the post-pandemic opportunities.
- Insight
Power of Proptech 2020: lockdown fuels take-up of tech
Property Week’s fourth annual Power of Proptech survey, supported by Freeths and carried out during lockdown, shows the impact of Covid-19 on the property industry with technology such as video conferencing and digital meeting tools expected to have a lasting role to play post-pandemic.
- Insight
Yardi digital think tank: adapting BTR to a post-Covid-19 world
Yardi and Property Week recently invited experts from across the build-to-rent sector to take part in a digital debate on the key issues facing the market in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The consensus was that despite the challenges posed by the outbreak, there is also an opportunity for ...
- Insight
Flexible office space done the Spacemade way
As companies pursue flexible leasing options in response to the pandemic, service provider Spacemade is capitalising by creating bespoke brands for landlords. Property Week meets its co-founders to find out more.
- Markets
York is set to see the return of new office space
A raft of schemes is set to address the shortage of office space in the city.
- Insight
A built-in problem
When it comes to slashing property’s carbon footprint, it’s easy to develop new builds that fit the bill. As Property Week reports, the real challenge is embodied carbon in existing buildings.
- Insight
Virtually foolproof?
Office agents have turned to virtual viewings during the lockdown. Is it a passing fad, or will physical viewings soon be a thing of the past?
- Markets
‘It’s a change in mentality’
St Modwen managing director Rupert Joseland talks to Property Week about the developer’s specialist I&L arm
- Markets
Working FLEXI time
SEGRO director Alan Holland outlines the strategy for the company’s new flexible space brand.
- Markets
On top of sustainability
The industrial and logistics sector may not shout about its environmental achievements but that doesn’t mean it is a laggard.
- Insight
A rapid road to recovery
As China returns to work after the Covid-19 lockdown, Property Week finds out what the ‘new normal’ looks like in the pandemic’s ground zero and what it might look like here.
- Insight
Yardi digital think tank: how will Covid-19 impact offices?
Yardi brought together a panel of experts to discuss how the current coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures will affect the flexible workspace sector, how office landlords and tenants will respond to remote working trends, how design and occupier requirements could change and the role of technology.
- Markets
Lessons from a retail veteran
KLM Retail co-founder Ian Kitchen is surprisingly upbeat about retail’s future.
