Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Fifth Wall Appearing Here with first European investment

LA-based proptech fund Fifth Wall has made its first European investment since launching in May into pop-up company Appear Here. 

 

This will be the first investment that the fund, which was launched by former Blackstone associates Brendan Wallace and Brad Greiwe with a $212m raise and backing from major property players including CBRE, Hines and Prologis, has made outside North America.

New York Real Estate Tech Week: Nick Katz on honey bears, coconuts and Inspector Gadget. Plus why he will never run his business out of an office

Nick Katz joined EG on a rainy day in New York for a hipster coffee and a chat about all things proptech. Find out why he will never operate his business out of an office, why he compares Americans to peaches and Europeans to coconuts and, most importantly, what is in a honey bear latte.

New York Real Estate Tech Week: are we falling victim to the rise of the 'technocrats'?

NYC RE Tech Week kicked off yesterday with a morning dedicated to the future of the workspace.

Glenn Hicks, east coast coordinator, of workforce-centric software platform iOFFICE spoke to EG about the future of tech innovation in the workplace being scuppered by the emergence of 'technocrats' as everyone and no one tries to take responsibility for rolling out digital transformation in global businesses.

Group chairman Alistair Elliot explains Knight Frank accounts

Senior partner and group chairman Alistair Elliot explains what drove Knight Franks results in the year to March 2017. 

Expo Real: London values must correct 15%-20% for UK buyers

Prices in London need to correct by “15%-20%” to be viable for UK buyers, according to David Skinner, chief investment officer – global real estate at Aviva Investors.

He was speaking on an EG panel at EXPO REAL which examined why international investors were so drawn to London's Trophy towers, as well as the investment prospects for the rest of the UK.

The panel included:

David Skinner, Chief Investment Officer – Global Real Estate, Aviva Investors

Stuart Black, Director of Development & Infrastructure, The Highland Council

Alastair Hilton, Partner and Head of Investment, Farebrother

Neil Robinson, Director of Global Communications, ABP London

Chaired by: Damian Wild, Editor, EG

 Listen here to a recording of the full debate.

Quintain's new executive director: "we can double in size"

Former Stanhope development director Jason Margrave has joined Quintain as an executive director in charge of replenishing the company's development pipeline. He speaks to EG about with this means for the company.

EXPO 2017: How M&G RE will continue to invest in Europe

M&G Real Estate's head of investment for Continental Europe Olivier Vellay explains what the investor will be targeting over the next 12 months. 

10 minutes with RBS head of UK real estate finance Paul Coates

Paul Coates, RBS managing director, UK real estate finance, shares his thoughts on where we are in the cycle, how lending has changed since the global financial crisis, and what we can expect for the sector next year. 

 

 

Future-proofing real estate and the importance of connectivity

BELFAST QUESTION TIME: Damian Mitchell, property director at Causeway Asset Management, on how to future-proof your buildings and what opportunities there are for Belfast to improve its real estate offering and retain its educated workforce.

Belfast QT: Why are occupiers turning to Northern Ireland?

Citi's Roland Shaw explains why the firm has taken an aggressive expansion strategy in Belfast and why Brexit has sped that up.