09/09/2020  |  article

Real-time virtual collaboration – how digital technology is changing the way we design and collaborate in the built environment

Realtime simulation of projects can help optimise their designs and foster better collaboration across the industry, allowing stakeholders to test and optimise virtually before a single brick is laid. 
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20/07/2020  |  article

The Quarter

A quick compendium of the more important stories affecting London development over the last few months.
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13/07/2020  |  article

Market Essay. London – Getting back to business

Greg Mansell, head of UK research and insight, Cushman & Wakefield takes a look at an unprecedented time for London and its markets At the end of March, the London property market bore no resemblance to a few months earlier, with its empty streets and closed businesses symbolic of London under lockdown. ‘The market was …
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28/05/2020  |  article

NLA is 15, from the team: Emma Jefferson, business development director, remembers her first LREF

Once upon a time in Marbella 2007 a Belgian Beach Club owner called Tops coined a phrase which has stuck with me for many years. In conversation I naively asked Tops if he’d owned a beach club before. Picture the Belgian accent if you please “Ha” he replied. ‘Zees ain’t my first BBQ”
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26/06/2019  |  article

LREF Roundtable | Housing Alternatives

New London Quarterly Editor David Taylor writes up the LREF 2019 Roundtable on the alternatives sector. Historically, different corners of the alternatives sector have operated in ‘silos’ – with student housing, co-living and retirement living all attracting considerable investment over recent years. With continuing pressures to diversify to manage risk, find returns in a tough …
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26/06/2019  |  article

LREF Roundtable | Space as a Service

New London Quarterly Editor David Taylor writes up the latest LREF Roundtable discussion on Space as a service The commercial property landscape for both tenants and landlords is evolving.  There is a growing call for more flexibility of the leasing model, including flexibility of space, locations and contracts. The way in which tenants interact with …
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