EG Property Podcasts

EG Like Sunday Morning: Sustainability, life sciences and the office ”greenium”

In the latest weekly round-up, Jess Harrold is joined by news reporters Chanté Bohitige and Evelina Grecenko, and head of special content, Emily Wright.

As Wright makes her first EGLSM appearance after maternity leave, she shares her insights into how the real estate sector has changed in her time away, plus details from her sustainability discussion with Sarah Ratcliffe, new chair of a revamped Green Property Alliance.

Grecenko offers an update on the ever-busy life sciences field, including her EG Interview with the dedicated Life Sciences REIT, about its efforts to meet changing tenant requirements and keep ahead of the competition.

In another volatile week for the office market, Bohitige discusses industry reaction to Meta handing back the keys to its London offices at Triton Square, and the analysts at investment bank Jefferies offering a glum forecast.

Plus, the success of Liverpool One, a major deal involving a US university, the rise of the "greenium" - and DJ Chanté adds another track to the EG Certified Bangers playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ

EG Like Monday Morning: Tackling retention of women in real estate with the Empower Equity campaign

In a special Monday morning episode of the weekly podcast, Jess Harrold is joined by Nina Zeilerbauer, co-founder of real estate recruiter Madison Berkeley, and Adina David, executive director at MGT and founder of the networking organisation Ladies in Real Estate, to discuss the Empower Equity campaign launching today.

Zeilerbauer and David discuss the continuing problems that impact on female representation in senior leadership,  and how their week-long initiative seeks to encourage greater retention.

As part of the Empower Equity 2023, they will be publishing a new 30-minute reverse mentoring audio interview each day in the week of 25th September 2023 on the Madison Berkeley and LIRE websites. Each interview features a junior female in real estate putting questions to a senior figure in the industry.

Listen to Zeilerbauer and David share their insights, then dive into the Empower Equity recordings at https://www.madisonberkeley.com/news/ and https://www.ladiesinrealestate.co.uk

 

EG’s Office Politics meets Andy Street

On the latest episode of the politics and property podcast, EG senior writer Piers Wehner and former housing minister Mark Prisk meet West Midlands Mayor Andy Street.

Street tells the team why a mayor has to be a good storyteller, why a career at John Lewis proved a perfect route into regional politics and why Liz Truss may still be right. In part. Sort of. 

 

Bricks & Mortar: The Land Collective’s Sarah Hayford discusses the launch of its Black Girls in Property programme

Sarah Hayford, founder of the Land Collective – a youth-focused organisation that encourages those from underrepresented groups to engage with the built environment sector – is this week’s guest on Bricks & Mortar.

She joins Sarah Jackman to discuss a new initiative – Black Girls in Property – a week-long internship run in August and open to female year 11 students of black or mixed-black heritage, based in London. They touch on the inspiration for the programme, its structure and what’s next to help highlight the opportunities in the sector to participants.

They round off by looking at the Land Collective’s upcoming initiatives, including the ESG launchpad and virtual internship programmes.

EG Like Sunday Morning: Let’s talk about IPSX (plus WeWork and Birmingham)

In the latest weekly round-up, Jess Harrold is joined by Tim Burke, Chanté Bohitige and Akanksha Soni to discuss the latest news.

With the announcement that the real estate focused stock exchange IPSX is being wound down, Burke outlines how the ambitious plan was supposed to work and what went wrong.

Bohitige tackles WeWork as it begins the mammoth task of renegotiating its leases around the world.

Soni was in place in Birmingham to assess reactions to the news that its City Council is facing bankruptcy, and shares what she learned from her EG Interview with Pocket Living chief exec Marc Vlessing.

And, with Burke and Bohitige together on the podcast, that means two brand new jams added to the EGLSM Certified Bangers playlist - why not give it a listen on your Sunday afternoon at: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0pBand693O5IhhaScVM6uZ

In on the Act: The role of the Law Commission in legislative change

Jess Harrold is joined by Jonathan Gaunt KC, barrister at Falcon Chambers, to discuss the work of the Law Commission and its role in recommending reform, with specific reference to property-related matters.

As well as the Law Commission's forthcoming review of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, and its extensive recent recommendations in relation to leasehold, commonhold and enfranchisement, Gaunt explains the intricacies of the Commission's work by reference to two major projects that have yet to lead to legislative change: its reports on easements in 2011 and on rights to light in 2014. 

Gaunt - co-author of the leading text, Gale on Easements - offers his views on the Commission's outstanding recommendations in these areas, and the reforms he still hopes may one day find their way onto the statute book.

EG Like Sunday Morning: Starting out in real estate

EG's weekly podcast round-up returns after a summer break, and Jess Harrold is joined by senior writers Julia Cahill and Piers Wehner, and legal & professional editor Sarah Jackman, for a bumper episode.

Cahill recounts insights on the future of the office from her EG Interview with Sir Stuart Lipton, and Wehner brings to life the boundless possibilities that generative AI can offer the real estate sector.

Then, Jackman explains why EG is giving the sector the gift of the Starting Out in Real Estate supplement, an informative guide for young people about the career paths and opportunities available. Read - and share - the SOIRE special at: https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&edid=9e29e9f5-079d-4cec-b3ff-d2ee44e6933f

Crown Estate CEO, Dan Labbad, on his career in real estate and effecting positive change

As part of EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication, Blessings Doherty, land economy undergraduate at the University of Cambridge speaks to the Crown Estate CEO, Dan Labbad, about his journey in the sector.

The pair discuss his enduring passion for real estate and its ability to drive social change, sustainability and placemaking; the breadth of opportunity that exists for careers in the sector now compared to 30 years ago; and the ways in which young people can help to change the world for the better.

They also reflect on the power of diversity, the responsibility that comes with leadership and why it’s okay to be vulnerable.

Unlocking value in data: It’s what you do with it that counts

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is talking all things data.

She sits down with Thalia Baldwin, chief executive of the Geospatial Commission, and Alex Notay, who as well as being placemaking and investment director at PfP Capital is a non-executive independent commissioner at the Geospatial Commission, to delve at little deeper into their recent Building Better Decision Making report.

The report calls for greater use of location data in the real estate sector to unlock innovation and enable the industry to function better, more efficiently and more effectively.

But greater use alone is not enough. Collaboration across public and private sectors, a wider lens on the types of data that might be useful for better decision making and an understanding that just collecting it isn't enough - it's what you do with it that counts - form part of the asks during this 35-minute conversation.

Whether you're a data nerd or someone who just wants to build a better place, this listen will have plenty for you to get your teeth into.

And if you want to read some of the reports discussed in the recording, you can access them all here:
Building Better Decision Making
Finding Common Ground
The RED Foundation

Bricks & Mortar: DWS’s head of UK, Jessica Hardman, discusses her journey in real estate

In this special edition of Bricks & Mortar, EG’s Sarah Jackman speaks to DWS’s head of UK, Jessica Hardman, as part of EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication.

Jessica assumed the head of UK role in June 2023 following a career in real estate investment management, most recently as DWS’s head of European portfolio management and head of UK real estate group – a role that she retains.

The pair discuss her journey into real estate and how her career has evolved since, including what first ignited her interest in the sector, the education and professional choices she made to support a career in it and how those choices led her to a career in investment management. She reflects on how her career has evolved since, the things that are important to her as a leader, as well as sharing plenty of advice for those considering a career in real estate.