Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

RICs What's hitting commercial and residential market sentiment?

The RIC's Simon Rubinsohn explains the mood in the residential and commercial property markets in the run up to Christmas. 

TECHTALK RADIO: Finalists, flights and frights

In this week’s episode of TechTalk Radio, hosts Emily Wright and Samantha McClary list the six finalists shortlisted to battle it out at EG’s TechTalk Academy on 15 November for as much as £150,000 of investment from PiLabs, Floored founder Dave Eisenberg talks about the transition to working for CBRE and what he will be grilling the Academy pitches on, and special projects editor and host of EG’s Tomorrow’s Leaders podcast Rebecca Kent joins us in the studio to share some valuable insights from her interview with Skyscanner’s Mark Logan.

And we set a Halloween challenge for TechTalk’s avid listeners.

How to be a better restaurant agent. Tips from London restaurateurs with an eye on the property market

Restaurant agents could improve their service to operators by taking more care to match their concepts with the right property, according to Steven Tozer, one of the founders of popular London eatery Le Bab.

 

Redefine: Interest rates rise and inflation will be key

Redefine’s Mike Watters and Stephen Oakenfull explain what’s on the horizon for income focused REITs.

Inside Bloomberg’s new City headquarters

Founder Michael Bloomberg and architect Norman Foster explain how Bloomberg Place was conceived at a New York diner, why occupiers are better clients than developers and what Bloomberg thinks about the future of London post-Brexit.

TECHTALK RADIO: Meet Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief technology officer

In this episode of TechTalk Radio, Emily Wright and Samantha McClary sit down with CBRE’s chief technology officer Chandra Dhandapani to talk all things tech and data.

With a global role at the world’s biggest broker, Dhandapani has a massive job on her hands. But with a firm that has already shown its willingness to invest, build and partner when it comes to technology and a background in digitally transforming one of the US’s biggest banks, Dhandapani is more than up for the job.

Listen in as we talk of the role data will play in the transformation of the agent, where in Europe is exciting CBRE for tech development, Dhandapani’s key priorities for the business, and why you need to be searching her name in the Kindle store soon.

Why football fans will visit Tottenham Hotspur's new north London stadium and their jaws will hit the ground

Wifi, lamb flatbreads, Spurs-branded gin and leisure and entertainment facilities at every turn will be some of the key features of the new £850m Tottenham Hotspur Football Club stadium, at the centre of a vast regeneration area in Tottenham, N1. Speaking from MIPIM UK, Tony Davison, commercial manager, said: "It's going to be like nothing anyone has ever seen before. It is going to deliver an amazing customer experience and will also help us put more money in the bank which ultimately ends up on the pitch, so Harry Kane can keep scoring goals for us."

 

 

MIPIM UK: Space exploration comes to Bedfordshire as RAF site earmarked for world's deepest commercial commercial diving pool for astronaut training

Hugh Keir, of Blue Abyss talks through plans to build the world's deepest and largest commercial diving pool for astronaut training, in Bedfordshire, as space exploration becomes more accessible thanks to the likes of Elon Musk's SpaceX and Amazon founder Jef Bezos.

MIPIM UK: Can you see into the future? Tim Harford on the perils of economic forecasting, the role of AI in predicting events, and why he is sceptical about crypto currency

Economist, writer and broadcaster Tim Harford examines, in front of a MIPIM UK audience, the future of economic forecasting.

MIPIM UK: Collaboration is key, says the first metro mayor for the West of England

Working together is the key to delivery of new homes and commercial space, says Tim Bowles the first metro mayor for the West of England.

Elected in May, alongside five other metro mayors across England, the former business development manager will preside over a £1bn budget. This will be drip fed over 30 years for transport, housing, planning and education for the Greater Bristol region, incorporating Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire councils.

Speaking at MIPIM UK about the combined authority he said: “We are working together both with our joint spatial plan and our joint transport strategy and studies to make sure we are identifying opportunities for new homes.

“We are making sure we are providing transport and other infrastructure to make those sites viable and deliverable.”