Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Town Centre Securities on where to find regional success and worries around Scottish rents

Town Centre Securities, which reported a small rise in NAV and a growing pipeline of developments in its full year results this morning, talks to EG about where to find value in the regions and what it hopes to achieve in the coming year.

How does M&G Real Estate plan to invest more in affordable housing?

M&G Real Estate chief executive Alex Jeffrey talks to EG about the investor's plans for the sector at the EG Finance & Investment Summit. 

Orion's Aref Lanham on disruptive tech and why logistics isn't such a sure bet

At today's Finance & Investment Summit at the British Museum in London, Aref Lanham, managing director at Orion Capital Management, explained to EG how commercial landlords were at risk due to the quickening nature of technological disruption in offices and logistics.

BCO research chairman Bill Page explains what is driving office to residential conversions

L&G's Bill Page, chair of the British Council for Offices Research committee, explains the key findings from its latest report into office to residential conversions. 

TECHTALK RADIO: How tech can turn you into a superhero

In this week’s episode of TechTalk Radio, hosted by Emily Wright and Samantha McClary, we talk to Vik Tara and Adam Blaxter of Technology Blueprint about how tech in real estate has changed over the last 20 years, why people need to stop talking about VR and just do it and how tech can turn us all into superheroes.

Asaf Navot, founder of online lettings agency Home Made, drops into the TechTalk Radio studio to talk about his business post fund-raising and how he plans to take on the most-established and bigger online portals.

And while listening to TechTalk Radio is great, coming along to one of our TechTalk events is even better.

Tickets are still available for our TechTalk Live event on 15 September, which features keynotes and debates from some of the biggest names in tech investment from the UK and US, and can be purchased HERE.

If you are a start-up, looking for investment, mentoring and money-can’t-buy exposure, why not enter the EG TechTalk Academy, in partnership with Pi Labs and CBRE, HERE.

The WMCA has the perfect opportunity to attract more national housebuilders

The West Midlands Combined Authority has the perfect opportunity to attract more national housebuilders away from London says Terence O'Rourke's Faraz Baber.   

GVA's Ian Stringer explains what the advantages are of the WMCA for property

Ian Stringer, regional senior director of GVA's Birmingham Office, explains whats the West Midlands Combined Authority has been doing for the property sector.

Stella Manzie explains why housing is a key priority for the WMCA

Chief executive of Birmingham City Council Stella Manzie explains how the WMCA can use housing to show its competence to national government. 

Derwent's Simon Silver: 10 years in the making, White Collar Factory is now open

Ahead of the opening party this evening, Derwent London founding director Simon Silver joined EG on the top floor of the company's White Collar Factory, the much-hyped office building that has now officially launched.

TECHTALK RADIO: Why only Google should do Google, and the horror of communal BBQs

There is no more powerful driver of tech advancement than the expectations of the end user.

 

In this week’s Tech Talk Radio, we heard from major players in two different sectors linked by the same overarching theme; meeting increased occupier demand.

 

First, workplace guru and Cushman & Wakefield’s new head of global occupier services Despina Katsikakis talked about the changing demands of modern corporate occupiers. Speaking exclusively to EG, Katsikakis said: “The expectation is that I link the real estate world to the corporate occupier world and bring them into a closer, iterative relationship.

 

“The war for talent is shifting the priorities for corporate occupiers from short-term cost reduction to long term business value, primarily around attraction, retention and engagement. That’s why I think this role is very opportune.”

 

She added that chief executives should increasingly be viewing successful workplaces as business resources: “Traditionally, real estate has been rewarded for delivering cost savings to the business. So people who have made the decisions about taking on space have focussed on short term cost. That is changing as everyone is fighting for talent.”

 

The Guy Nixon and Shaun Prime, chief executive and chief operating officer respectively of Go Native talked about the ever-changing challenges of providing what the end user wants in the PRS. That and the horror of forced socialising and communal BBQs.