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In January, Mishcon de Reya and Opportunity London co-hosted a fascinating panel event drilling down into the opportunities and challenges for London life sciences. With Oxford Properties and Pioneer converting [...]

Liz Peace recently delivered an excellent Chapman Barrigan memorial lecture. As a former British Property Federation (BPF) chief executive, whose current roles include chairmanship of Real Estate Balance and the [...]

The new year brought sad news of the passing of property icon Godfrey Bradman, best known for his 1980s partnership with Sir Stuart Lipton's Stanhope to develop the City of [...]

As a Londoner concerned for the future of our wonderful city, I leapt at the chance to interview local government expert Professor Tony Travers for my podcast. London has weathered [...]

During lockdown, we endlessly debated how the pandemic would affect office working, but were we on the right track? In October 2020, I moderated a lively panel for our Mishcon [...]

tokens (NFTs). To buy, you need a digital wallet stacked with cryptocurrency. Investment comes with many caveats, as the digital market is untested, unregulated and speculative. Is it even clear [...]

Incredibly, this year is the 30th anniversary of Mipim, the international real estate convention in Cannes. For those of us who have attended from the start, tactfully described by the [...]

My recording studio locked down in March, so the Propertyshe podcast series continued digitally My aim is to capture the thoughts and aspirations of key influences, Each guest has been [...]

The pandemic, or modern plague as it is now being referred to, has handed us a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvent our cities and urban landscape and to set us on [...]

The new year brought fires and flooding and the realisation that the climate crisis was something the real estate sector had to shoulder some responsibility for. With the built environment [...]

With technology's potential to revolutionise every aspect of the built environment now centre stage, I was delighted to be asked to sit on the judging panel for this year's RESI [...]

A recent Movers and Shakers breakfast presentation by the LSE's Tony Travers highlighted the huge competitive advantage London gains in the global market from its great estates, including The Crown [...]

If you were asked to name real estate's most dynamic disruptors, Brendan Wallace, co-founder of California-based real estate tech venture capital fund Fifth Wall Ventures, and Ross Bailey, founder of [...]

While WeWork has triggered much speculation on the future of co-working, the consensus is that the shift in the way people work won't be reversed. As Dror Poleg highlights in [...]

As we count down to RESI 2019, it's useful to reflect that a lot can happen in housing in a year. It comes as no surprise that we have yet [...]

The blurring boundaries between work and home used to be about balance. Now 'the merge' is a more apt description of how our work and social lives melt into one. [...]

SINCE JOINING LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL'S governing body in 1990, Sir John Ritblat's involvement has increased and he is now in his second term as chairman. Under his stewardship, the school [...]

MUCH HAS BEEN MADE RECENTLY OF THE PRESSURE from the government to dispose of Ministry of Defence land holdings and how much this might raise for the Treasury. I tracked [...]

Editor: In your 12 September issue, Anne Kavanagh's column looked at the way London's rail schemes will shape and are already shaping its development (12.09.14, p21). She is right to [...]

Between 1997 and 2012 the £385bn UK commercial property market was remodelled by globalisation and reshaped by the biggest boom and bust in modern history. Peter Bill saw the drama [...]

The 2008 financial crisis brought world leaders together in an unprecedented attempt to avoid economic meltdown. But five years on, their actions are seen as a 'quick fix' that left [...]

Capital & Counties' Earls Court redevelopment presents a rare opportunity to create a new, fit-for-purpose high street. With endless debate around the survival of the high street, developers have the [...]

The passing of legendary property lawyer David Brecher last month marked the end of an era. He touched many people, as evidenced by the hundreds of family members, friends, clients [...]

This column is directed at those readers who still roll their eyes when Twitter is mentioned and can't see how social media can benefit their businesses. I was a disbeliever. [...]

Urban development guru Peter Bishop, former design director of the London Development Agency, and writer and sculptor Lesley Williams have co-written The Temporary City, which makes for a hugely inspiring [...]

The government could introduce quotas to force companies to take on female board members. Susan Freeman asks how we reached this point With corporate governance failures held partly to blame [...]

For the first time, the UK is country of honour at MIPIM this year, putting the spotlight firmly on the UK property sector and all it has to offer. This [...]

The Bribery Act 2010, due to come into force in April, is causing concern in property circles, especially around the new offence that makes directors personally liable for improper payments [...]

Incredibly, it is nine years since I completed the Sloan MBA programme at London Business School. It was this that prompted my mission to build bridges between the school and [...]

Many will be mourning the loss of Angela Hooper, a long-standing and much-loved councillor in Westminster, who passed away on 20 March. Angela was an exceptional person and I wanted [...]

Increased industry consolidation was always on the cards this year. But the merger of Deloitte and Drivers Jonas in January was a surprise. The multidisciplinary merger is making waves in [...]

MIPIM THIS YEAR WILL BE A less flamboyant affair than usual. As one pragmatist has said: 'Villas will be smaller, facing the hills, not the water, and people will be [...]

MY FAVOURITE DEFINITION OF BRAND IS: 'THE MOST valuable real estate in the world; a corner of the consumer's mind.' If this is true, why has UK real estate been [...]

MIPIM--WHATEVER DO THOSE INITIALS STAND FOR?--is firmly established as a global property industry marketplace. But with, at best, a cautious outlook for 2008, how will this year's event be affected [...]

AS SHADOW CHANCELLOR GEORGE OSBORNE TOOK the stage at the Norwood Property Lunch on 5 June at Grosvenor House, my neighbour asked me, sotto vote, whether Norwood president Richard Desmond, [...]

WE HAVE REACHED THE 'TIPPING POINT' IN THE sustainability agenda, which is gaining ground with astonishing speed. Global warming and a raft of new legislation are changing attitudes. But have [...]

HAVING SEEN THE COMPETITIVE FRENZY AMONG THE record-breaking crowds of foreign visitors at this year's Expo Real conference in Munich in October, I quizzed some veteran investors about the pitfalls [...]

SIR JOHN RITBLAT'S APPOINTMENT IN MARCH as chairman of the London Business School governing body provides a wonderful opportunity to build some much-needed bridges between the business school community and [...]

MY FIRM AND THE CENTRAL LONDON PARTNERSHIP (CLP), a body that builds links between the public and private sectors, recently assembled some key public and private sector figures to consider [...]

AS PROPERTY DERIVATIVES MAKE HEADLINE NEWS amid promises that the UK could be the first into this revolutionary multibillion-pound business, it is remarkable how many of the property industry's leading [...]

ENGLISH HERITAGE'S NEW APPROACH TO THE ROLE of balancing conservation and change has been welcomed, but is it helping developers? The heritage conservation body has taken over the administration of [...]

THE RECENT HUNTING BAN AND RIGHT-TO-ROAM legislation could be precursors to further measures destined to adversely affect country sports, rural property owners and the property industry. The Hunting Act is [...]

IT IS UNUSUAL FOR A PROPERTY STALWART to write one, let alone two, novels. The Sunday Express, awarding a four-star rating, describes Daniel Peltz's second novel Out of the Blue, [...]

AS MAPIC, THE INTERNATIONAL GATHERING OF 6,000 retail property figures in Cannes, draws to a close this week, the relentless growth of cross-border retail is the predominant theme. Some brands [...]

ALTHOUGH AN OFFICE MOVE IS OFTEN KEY TO A business's development, presenting an opportunity to embrace new working practices, property is rarely recognised for its pivotal role. With developers seen [...]

THE LAST THING THE PROPERTY INDUSTRY WANTS OR needs is legislation undermining the much-loved institutional lease that underpins the UK investment market. But the threat of legislation could, in the [...]

AS THIS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY MIPIM WINDS DOWN, it has certainly been bigger and busier than ever before. A reported 18,000 people flocked to Cannes as prospects for the property industry [...]

EVEN WITHOUT A CRYSTAL BALL, THE FLURRY OF ACTIVITY at the end of 2003 gives an indication of the key themes likely to preoccupy the property sector and the legal [...]

AUSTRALIA HAS SEVEN STATES AND TERRITORIES, EACH with different state legislation. Overseas investors should be aware that the Australian government, through its Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB), regulates the sale [...]

I WAS INITIALLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S refusal to include property owners within the new business improvement district (BID) legislation (news and leading article, 4 July). Yet evidence from countries [...]