Insight and comment
Why Gove’s proposed ground rent plan is nuts
The phrase ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’ doesn’t quite measure up when it comes to the overblown solutions that housing secretary Michael Gove is weighing up to fix problems with residential ground rent.
Alastair Stewart on why quantity surveyors are survivors
Blessed are the quantity surveyors, to paraphrase St Matthew, for they shall inherit the Earth. Just like the cockroaches. That’s not to denigrate QSs. Nor cockroaches.
Jo Cowen Architects’ Jo Cowen on creative repurposing of buildings
The creative repurposing of older, underused buildings has major environmental, social and economic benefits, particularly in the living sectors. But it also has its challenges.
@peterproperty on the future of shopping malls
Landsec boss Mark Allan last week signalled a desire to spend up to £1bn on retail. Half may go on Liverpool One.
Potter Space’s Rob Barker on why collaboration is key to development growth
With competition for space across all sectors at an all-time high, industries need to find a way to work together.
Scottish Cities Alliance’s Councillor Alexander on supporting inward investment ambitions
A number of projects across Scotland are helping to create the conditions necessary to attract inward investment.
Local Village Network’s Rachael Box on shifting attitudes to property as a career
Local Village Network (LVN) is a grass-roots charity that supports young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to develop new skills and identify employment pathways. In 2023, it partnered with 12 companies from the property and construction sector to support over 300 young people as part of the Mayor of London’s Design ...
The Supreme Court’s carbon conundrum
The notion that a single courtroom verdict might throw the entire planning system into chaos does provoke a cynical question: how would we tell?
@PeterProperty on the why Savills’ results might be the canary in the coalmine
Expect losses in America and on the continent. Expect profit way down on the £153m in 2022.
BPF’s Melanie Leech on the consequences of leasehold reform
With a general election on the horizon this year, the Conservative and Labour parties are focusing on how to harness private capital to drive economic growth, and tackle huge social challenges such as the housing crisis and levelling up.
Court of Appeal delivers blow to Adler’s €6bn debt restructuring plan
Lower court’s approval for restructuring to save German property group from insolvency is overruled
Vatican court sentences cardinal to five years in prison over London real estate scandal
A Vatican criminal court has sentenced Cardinal Angelo Becciu to over five years in prison after he was convicted of embezzlement and fraud in relation to a London real estate deal.
Completion of £300m justice quarter ‘at risk’ of rights of light injunction
Completion of the £300m ‘justice quarter’ development on Fleet Street is under threat of an injunction served by its neighbours under rights of light laws.
