Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Ben Green and Steve Windsor give the background on the launch of Supermarket Income REIT

Ben Green and Steve Windsor of Atrato Capital give the background on the launch of Supermarket Income REIT and explain what's driving the sector at the moment. 

LREF 2017: Need to provide flexible space "paramount"

Real estate is a tech industry with a “paramount” obligation to serve a flexible occupier base, a London Real Estate Forum panel argued.

Hear the full debate with experts including:

Toby Ogden, International Partner, Cushman & Wakefield

Charlie Green, Co-CEO, The Office Group

Hugo Greenhalgh, Wealth Correspondent, Financial Times (Chair)

Riya Pabari, Digital Strategy Consultant, Founders Intelligence

 

 See more LREF 2017 coverage at http://www.egi.co.uk/news/?topic=news-topic-lref

LREF 2017: Brexit and hung parliament has increased investor appetite in London's West End

Brexit has increased overseas investors' appetite for the West End due to price adjustment, and the hung parliament and a hit in the currency markets have only made it more appealing, according to an expert panel at the London Real Estate Forum.

Panellists were

Darren Rogers, Partner, Ashurst

Marcus Geddes, Head of Property, LandSec

Cllr Daniel Astaire, Cabinet Member for Planning & Public Realm, Westminster City Council

Anna Bond, Director of Development, London Estate Development, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

Jace Tyrrell, CEO, New West End Company

Rosemarie Jones, Deputy Surveyor, Church Commissioners and Chair, WPA Housing Committee (Chair)

 

GoBoat Interview: European Land chief exec on "connecting people with the water" at Merchant Square

European Land chief executive Andrew Scrivener took EG on a ride of Paddington's Grand Union Canal, where the developer has launched a series of initiatives to connect office workers and the public with the water around its 11-acre Merchant Square neighbourhood. 

 

 

LREF 2017: keynote debate on the London economy

The prospective arrangement between the Conservative minority government and the DUP gives a “glimmer of hope” for greater freedom of movement and a softer Brexit according a panel speaking at LREF’s Financial Times keynote session on the London economy.

Hear the full debate with:

Angus Knowles-Cutler, Vice Chairman, Deloitte

Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Executive Director of Development, Enterprise and Environment, GLA

Jo Negrini, CEO, LB Croydon

Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Times

John Mulryan, Managing Director - UK, Ballymore Group

Peter Murray, Chairman, NLA (Chair)

 

 

LREF 2017: Community groups enter the tent for the first time

"Listening to Londoners" was a programme of talks put on by the New London Architecture to open up LREF to community groups.

EG asked attendees why they wanted to get involved and how property can engage better with the public. 

Smart buildings and data protection

Tim Allen and Hannah Crowther of Bristows discuss smart buildings and the data being collected by them. They answer questions such as who can claim ownership of that data and what data protection restrictions apply to its use, as well as discussing the potential impact of the General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force in early 2018. 

Redefining town centres and finding the zeitgeist at the £4bn Brent Cross Cricklewood regen

It’s a £4bn regeneration, 370 acre project that will see Brent Cross Shopping Centre double in size, a new town centre on the south side of the North Circular, 7,500 homes, 4m sq ft of offices, a new Thameslink train station and four new schools.

David Partridge joint CEO of Argent Related one of the joint venture partners for the project talks about the challenges of getting such a huge project off the ground and engaging with the community.

“[Challenge is] Trying to find the zeitgeist of the place and to turn it into a place where people aren’t going to use it as a dormitory and jump on the train and rush straight into town or aren’t going to see it as a quasi out of town Chiswick Park type office place that empties out at the weekend.

“We want to create a town centre and try to rediscover the genre of what people want in a town centre.”

LREF 2017: Westminster's response to Grenfell Tower blaze

In the wake of yesterday's Grenfell Tower fire, Westminster's cabinet member for housing has underlined the importance of fire safety as London rushes to build more units to solve the housing crisis.

LREF 2017: Planning, scale and edcutation - Michela Hancock and Alex Notay talk BTR

Alex Notay at Places for People and Greystar's Michela Hancock explain where their respective organisations have got to, and what else the sector needs.