All articles by Andrew Hillier
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InsightGreat ambition: Big interview with AECOM’s Richard Whitehead
Construction and engineering firm AECOM is involved in some of the largest projects in the built environment. Richard Whitehead, chief executive of global buildings and places, tells Property Week how it is weathering the storms battering the sector.
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InsightOld Broadmoor’s new treatment
The former site of the high-security mental health hospital is being offered for sale as a rare development opportunity. Property Week finds out more about its possible future uses.
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MarketsRegional focus: Thames Valley
While average UK house prices have fallen for the first time in a decade, some parts of the Thames Valley are continuing to see uplifts.
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NewsTowering ambition: big interview with the founder of Tide Construction
Tide Construction has taken volumetric modular development to new heights with the construction of the 50-storey co-living scheme Enclave. Founder and chair John Fleming tells Property Week about the firm’s latest developments and its plans for the future.
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Insight‘We’re well set up and ready to grow’: big interview with upmarket specialist John D Wood & Co
At a time when many estate agencies are closing branches, upmarket specialist John D Wood & Co is expanding. Managing director Polly Ogden Duffy tells Property Week what is driving the growth.
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InsightI&L take-up falls by almost half in 2023
Speculative development in the sector has also taken a hit, holding back the take-up figures even further.
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OnlineThe time has come to turn to timber
Industrial and logistics developers have made impressive progress on sustainability in recent years. Where once they were only too happy to throw up poorly insulated structures at breakneck speed, now careful consideration is given to a building’s energy efficiency and overall environmental performance.
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MarketsRoadmap to climate resilience
As extreme weather conditions hit the UK more often, PW’s Andy Hillier reports on the sector’s response.
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NewsBTR360 Conference: Investor appetite strong despite difficult headwinds
Investor confidence in the build-to-rent (BTR) market has been dented by rising costs and higher interest rates but appetite in the market remains strong, delegates were told at Property Week’s BTR360 conference yesterday (10 October).
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NewsUKGBC’s McWhirter slams ‘brutal’ dissolution of Energy Efficiency Taskforce
The UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) deputy chief executive Simon McWhirter has criticised the government’s decision to disband the Energy Efficiency Taskforce only six months on from its launch, and just days after it scrapped Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for residential landlords.
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OnlineRESi360: Zoopla head predicts further tricky two or three years for housing market
The UK housing market faces at least two more challenging years, Zoopla executive director Richard Donnell told delegates at Property Week’s RESi360 conference this morning (13 September).
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NewsPW Student Accommodation Awards finalists revealed
Purpose-built student accommodation provider (PBSA) Abodus Living leads the nominations at this year’s Student Accommodation Awards, shortlisted in eight categories.
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InsightWhy international investors should look to invest in Ukraine’s property market
Sergii Pylypenko, chief executive of Ukrainian developer Kovalska Group, tells Andy Hillier why, despite the ongoing conflict, international investors should be looking seriously at the country’s property market.
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MarketsTesting times for the student sector
Andy Hillier reports on the double whammy of rising demand for and falling supply of properties.
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InsightA winning start: PW speaks to six former Women in Property National Student Awards finalists
Women in Property’s National Student Awards have helped more than a thousand female graduates on the road to success. Property Week talks to former finalists about the importance of the programme.
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NewsShortlist revealed for inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards
More than 170 individuals and teams from across the sector have been shortlisted for Property Week’s inaugural Inspiring Women in Property Awards.
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Insight‘A hell of a portfolio’
Lynda Shillaw, chief executive of development giant Harworth Group, tells Property Week about its plans to deliver 35m sq ft of I&L space.
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InsightLogistics firms set to boost shed footprint
Demand for European warehouse space shows no sign of abating despite a turbulent economic backdrop.
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InsightTesting the future of net zero homes
Barratt’s energy-efficient eHome2 is undergoing months of testing to help the housebuilder understand more about how to successfully build low-carbon and net zero housing at scale.
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NewsBuilding safety still a concern
Six years ago this week, the nation awoke to the horrific news that a fire had broken out in the night at Grenfell Tower, a residential block in west London. The tragedy ultimately cost 72 lives, with many residents trapped in their homes unable to escape the smoke and flames.
