Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

LREF 2017: Can Ealing be the Copenhagen of London?

 

Where are the next phases of opportunity in Ealing? With lots of PRS coming up currently, what else needs to come into the mix in the future to keep supporting growth? What are plans around the future of retail and employment? What is the ‘Heathrow factor’ on these issues? An LREF panel discusses.

The panel:

Lucy Taylor, ‎Director of Regeneration and Planning, LB Ealing

Catherine Staniland, Director, NLA (Chair)

Justin Kenworthy, Director, Barton Willmore

James Pargeter, Projects Director, Greystar

 

LREF 2017: How can the industry solve its skills and diversity issues?

The industry is struggling with a chronic shortage of skills with Brexit forecast to make it even worse.  The lack of diversity remains a challenge.  An LREF panel looks at ways to solve these connected problems.

The panel:

Matthew Patten, Chief Executive, Mayor's Fund for London

Anthony Impey, Founder & CEO, Optimity

Shinaide Cameron, Senior Events Coordinator, Teach First

 

LREF 2017: Where in London should population growth be accommodated?

With London’s population projected to reach 10 million by 2030, experts on an LREF panel explore how this growth should be accommodated in terms of housing, employment and amenity space.

How can it remain affordable enough to allow those on a range of incomes to stay in London? How should London planners densify and where? Should the industry build up or out? What should the role of the suburbs, and even the Green Belt be, and how does this fit into the wider South East?

The panel:

Neeraj Dixit, Senior Director- Planning, CBRE

Paul Finch, Editorial Director, Architects’ Journal (Chair)

Ben Derbyshire, Chair, HTA Design LLP and President Elect, RIBA 

Charlie Adan, Chief Executive, RB Kingston

Martin Scholar, Head of Planning, Barratt London

Tony Brown, Chief Investment Officer, M&G Real Estate

 

LREF 2017: What does the future hold for alternative asset classes?

Speaking on an LREF panel, experts explore the rising trend in investment across the alternative assets sector, focusing on Build to Rent, retirement living/care homes and student accommodation. They discuss the opportunities and challenges for this sector going forward.

The panel:

Michael Anderson, Partner - Corporate Finance, Berwin Leighton Paisner (Chair)

Deepa Deb-Rattray, Partner - Real Estate, Berwin Leighton Paisner

Nigel Welby, Executive Chairman, Retirement Villages

Graeme Alfille-Cook, Head of Developers - Commercial Real Estate, Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets

 

LREF 2017: How can innovation and infrastructure unlock development?

Experts on an LREF panel discuss how transport and infrastructure is an enabler to unlocking huge development and regeneration potential across London. Increasingly the government is looking to the private sector for innovative ways to fund infrastructure projects, with the expectation that these projects will bring value uplift to their areas to justify the private investment.

Both the public and private sectors are looking to maximize the development potential of land around infrastructure and transport hubs. What is the role of the different stakeholders involved and how do they work together to maximize development potential?

The panel:

Pierre Nicoli, Head of Energy and Infrastructure, CBRE Capital Advisors

Graeme Craig, Commercial Development Director, Transport for London

Bridget Rosewell, Founder, Volterra and Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission (Chair)

Gary Yardley, Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Capco

 

LREF 2017: Oxford Street needs a new vision to maintain investor interest

Westminster City Council needs to promote a new and compelling vision for Oxford street, W1, if it is to continue to improve and attract investment.

One of the greatest changes on the street over the past decade has been new ownership and international investment.

In order to maintain future growth for retailers then landlords should create more stores on the street, and create more facias as well as more tenant diversification, according to experts speaking on a panel at LREF  on the future of London’s busiest street.

The panel:

Sam Foyle, Oxford Street Retail, Savills (Chair)

Anthony Selwyn, Head of Central London Retail, Savills

Sue West, Operations Directior, Selfridges and Oxford Street and Chair, New West End

Cllr Robert Davis MBE DL, Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Business, Culture and Heritage, Westminster City Council

Kam Lee, Kam Lee Associates

 

For more LREF coverage visit http://www.egi.co.uk/news/?topic=news-topic-lref

LREF 2017: To what extent does culture define a place and how do you create it?

Is culture and creativity essential for successful long-term places to thrive and flourish, or is it just a ‘nice-to-have’? How does space for creativity and culture add to a place, both for new pieces of city or existing ones? And what do we really mean today by ‘culture’ in the context of placemaking? How can cultural strategies be fully embedded into regeneration projects to ensure the best approach to placemaking is there from the start? How do we measure its value? Experts at LREF debate.

The panel:

Hugo Greenhalgh, Wealth Correspondent, Financial Times (Chair)

Adriana Marques, Head of Cultural Strategy for Thamesmead, Peabody

Anthea Harries, Portfolio Manager - St James's, Crown Estate

Lucy Musgrave, Founder, Publica

Phil Coffey, Director, Coffey Architects

Juliette Morgan, Head of Campus - Regent's Place, British Land

 

For more LREF coverage visit http://www.egi.co.uk/news/?topic=news-topic-lref

LREF 2017: Can property values in Old Street and Shoreditch be sustained?

Old Street and Shoreditch have seen significant increase in values for both commercial and residential property over the past five years, driven largely by the tech and creative sectors that have clustered around Old Street station and its proximity to key central London markets. Can these values be sustained? Will the rush to capitalise on the attractiveness of this location with new office development and high-end residential ruin the unique character of this area? Experts at LREF discuss the outlook for this area over the next few years.

The panel:

Simon Silver, Director, Derwent London

Simon Rowley, Leasing Manager, Great Portland Estates plc

Sandra Jones, Director of Dataloft and Research Partner, Ramidus Consulting Ltd

Oliver Rippier, Development Executive, Helical

Peter Murray, Chairman, NLA (Chair)

 

LREF 2017: Housing delivery in London progress update

One year on from London mayor Sadiq Khan’s appointment what is the role of modular housing in the delivery of new homes for London? What more can we do about the construction skills crisis? What impact will the new government and Brexit have on London? Experts discuss.

 The panel:

Jamie Ratcliff, Assistant Director - Programme, Policy and Services (Housing and Land), GLA

Geoff Pearce, Executive Director of Regeneration and Development, Swan Housing

Richard Meier, Partner, Argent Related

Katherine Rodgers, Director of Development - Urban Neighbourhoods, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

Cllr Rachael Robathan, Cabinet Member for Housing, Westminster City Council

Lisa Taylor, Chief Executive, Future of London

More LREF coverage at http://www.egi.co.uk/news/?topic=news-topic-lref

LREF 2017: Westminster council leader Nickie Aiken says “speculators” who build for “oligarchs” not welcome

Westminster City Council leader Nickie Aiken said “speculators” who want to “make a fast buck” by building homes only for oligarchs and overseas investors are not welcome in the borough.

Affordable housing needs to be at the front and centre of the property industry’s thinking, she told an audience at the opening ceremony of the London Real Estate Forum.

See mroe LREF coverage at http://www.egi.co.uk/news/?topic=news-topic-lref