Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Savills: The outlook for the prime markets

Lucian Cook, head of UK Residential Research at Savills explains what will sway the prime residential market.

Kier's Tom Gilman: What should Burnham's priorities be?

Tom Gilman, managing director, Kier Property North, responds to Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham at EG's Question Time in Manchester. 

What next for the Greater Manchester Pension Fund?

Cllr Kieran Quinn, leader of Tameside Borough Council and chair of the GMPF explains the fund's investment priorities going forward.

 

Boxpark opening in Wembley ahead of expansion drive

 Pop-up mall concept Boxpark is opening in Wembley next year ahead of a country wide expansion.

The creators of the shipping-container inspired venue have agreed a deal with Quintain to open at the developer’s scheme Wembley Park.

Boxpark also has aggressive plans to expand the concept nationwide, as well as internationally. It is looking to open around 30 new locations over the next five years. It requires around an acre for a site, but as it builds its own malls, its requirements can be flexible.

It will be targeting the top fifteen cities in the UK and will look to be as close to town centres as possible with a particular focus on Bristol, Manchester and Liverpool first.

Question Time: Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham defends "radical rewrite" of masterplan

The first elected mayor of Greater Mancheser, Andy Burnham featured on the panel at EG's Manchester Question Time. Speaking to a 200-strong audience, he defended his decision to overhaul the Greater Manchester Spacial Framework, and said: "I felt it would lead to decaying town centres surrounded by urban sprawl and ever congested roads. I didn’t think it had all been thought-through enough, and therefore I couldn’t put my name to it.”

He was on the panel alongisde Tom Gilman, Managing Director, Kier Property North; Jeremy Hinds, Head of Planning, North, Savills; Darren Hughes, Partner, Gateley Plc; Shelagh McNerney, Head of Development, Salford City Council; Kieran Quinn, Executive Leader, Tameside Borough Council and Chair, Greater Manchester Pension Fund.

The debate was chaired by Damian Wild, editor, EG, and held at Manchester Town Hall.

 

Former Amazon logistics guru on the future of multi-channel retailing

Amazon’s former head of European real estate, Raimund Paetzmann, has joined German ecommerce company Zolando as corporate vice president of real estate.

EG spoke to him about his new role, and how his previous experience being at the helm of the world's largest e-tailer had given him insight into the future of multi-channel retailing.

The Agenda: AI, blockchain and what proptech really means to the property industry

Listen to the first in a new EG Legal series podcast, The Agenda, in which barrister and EG columnist Jonathan Seitler QC of Wilberforce Chambers puts forward his agenda to other legal practitioners for debate. This week, he is going up against Alison Hardy, national head of the property litigation team at Squire Patton Boggs and current chair of the Property Litigation Association. The episode focuses on AI, blockchain and what proptech really means for the industry.

"Investment is fundamentally about the occupier": CMS on the necessity of understanding occupiers

What is the most important thing developers and landlords need to understand about their building? Occupiers. What occupiers expect from buildings is changing, and the industry has not underestood some of that change. Ciaran Carvalho, head of real estate at CMS, and Clare Thomas, a partner at the firm, discuss some of the major occupier trends they found in their latest UK Real Estate Report.

Gavin Bridge explains how the scale has tipped in Bristol for office schemes

Cubex director Gavin Bridge explains how the scale has tipped in Bristol for office schemes as Finzels Reach secures a 13,326 sq ft pre-let

Oxford Question Time - "Oxford needs to decide what it wants to market itself as"