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Joint Hansteen chief executives Ian Watson and Morgan Jones talk about the future of the company following the sale of its €1.3bn Dutch and German portfolio

Joint Hansteen chief executives Ian Watson and Morgan Jones talk about the future of the company following the sale of its €1.3bn Dutch and German portfolio

Syrian refugee launches London pop-up with Appear Here

Imad Alarnab was a succesful restauranteaur in Damascus, Syria before he was forced to flee in July 2015. After a 64-day journey through ten countries including a day in the back of an estate car with seven other refugees he made it to the UK.

Now, with the help of Appear Here and Unicef, Imad has been given the space to start again with a tiny pop-up on Columbia Road, E2.

Here he tells his story.

John Rodgers: The drivers of portfolio investment

Gerald Eve's John Rodgers explains the drivers behind portfolio invetsment in 2016. 

Fund manager Dan Batterton explains L&G's rental strategy

Fund manager Dan Batterton talks to EG about the fund's residential strategy. 

Highlights of MIPIM 2017

MIPIM, Europe’s largest property conference, saw industry figures gather from around the globe to discuss everything property. EG captured the conference’s highlights in the below podcast with topics such as Proptech and Freddie Flintoff’s involvement in the commercial real estate industry.

MIPIM 2017: The Midlands – The UK’s engine for digital growth?

The digital economy is a worldwide phenomenon, and in the UK, the Digital Economy Bill reflects an ambition to stay ahead of the curve. However, the prospects for what this sector can continue to deliver are there for the taking on a regional level as much as a national one. What then is the Midlands’ strategy to benefit from the innovation, competitiveness and growth that technology can power? Experts discuss the region’s track record so far, and how it plans to take it to another level?

Panellists:

Stacey Meadwell, Regions and Sector Editor, EG - chairing

Cllr Nick McDonald, Cabinet Member for Growth and Transport, Nottingham City Council

Monica Fogarty, Joint Managing Director, Warwickshire County Council

Nigel Turner - Executive Director, Developments and Property Services, Kier GROUP

Ardavan Amini, Professor of Enterprise Systems, Birmingham City University

MIPIM 2017: Deutsche in aggresive drive back to the UK

MIPIM 2017: Deutsche Asset Management expects to begin an aggressive drive back into the UK later this year having dramatically reduced its exposure in 2015.

Georg Allendorf, head of real estate in Europe for the fund manager said: “At the moment we are relatively under allocated to the UK. That was mainly driven by us going underweighted on the UK early in 2015 when we had predicted that there would be rise in yields although we did not predict Brexit of course. We believe late in in 2017 as well as in 2018 and 2019 we might see a rebounding of interest in the UK market.”

MIPIM 2017: The market is “late cycle” says TH Real Estate

MIPIM 2017: The market is “late cycle” Chris McGibbon, head of Americas at TH Real Estate and as a result the fund manager is going to focus further on defensive debt investing.

In an interview with Mike Sales, head of Europe and Asia McGibbon said:

“Clearly it feels like we are late in the cycle. When you look at the North American market, to be six years in a row producing a double digit total return in a core property market, you’d say we’re pretty late in the game.

"Modular housing isn't new" - Alan Shingler, Sheppard Robson

Alan Shingler talks to Shekha Vyas about the common misconceptions of modern methods of construction 

Lisburn & Castlereagh open for business

Lisburn & Castlereagh council has announced 1,000 acres of development opportunities in the Northern Irish city.