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UK shopping centres and the sustainability agenda: Are retailers buying?
Posted on: 6 June 2013
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This new research paper examines how UK property companies and their retailers are responding to the green agenda. This paper looks at current practices in the UK shopping centre industry in relation to sustainable asset management and attitudes to green leases, and seeks to provide new answers to the question “How are UK property companies and their retailers responding to the sustainability agenda?”
The future of London’s town centres
Posted on: 4 June 2013
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This report from the London Assembly’s Planning Committee explores the future role of town centres in London and considers and comments on the Mayor’s draft supplementary planning guidance (SPG) on town centres, published in January 2013. It also makes additional recommendations to the Mayor on how he could further support and improve London’s town centres. The report says that town centres must change from being primarily shopping destinations to dynamic and mixed centres for communities offering a range of retail, leisure, public services and housing. A report of evidence received by the Committee is also available.
Building London, Building Britain: The economic impact of Central London office construction
Posted on: 4 June 2013
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This report from London First analyses the economic impact of construction activity within central London on the wider UK. It found that construction work in central London generates twice the economic benefits, and supports almost twice as many jobs outside London as it does in the capital. The study, carried out by PwC, measured the national and regional output and employment generated by Central London office developments through construction expenditure, supply chain impacts and employee spending. The study also examined the extent to which development expenditure is lost from the UK, and explored the wider qualitative impacts of London developments on the local community, the construction sector’s supply chain, and as a catalyst to economic regeneration.
Why invest in Paris? 2013
Posted on: 30 May 2013
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This reference manual is designed for those investors who are new to the Paris market. It provides an overview of the Paris region’s economy and principal real estate sub-markets before looking in closer detail at the legal and fiscal aspects of property investing in France.
Retail
Posted on: 30 May 2013
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This supplement from Estates Gazette looks at the retail property market.
REAL CORP 2013. Rome, Italy, 20-23 May 2013
Posted on: 29 May 2013
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REAL CORP conferences have been held annually since 1996. About 500 experts from around the world from the fields of urban planning, transport planning, information and communication technologies, architecture, social and environmental sciences, real estate, GIS, surveying, remote sensing and more meet to discuss current tasks and topics on urban planning, regional development and information society in an international and extremely interdisciplinary conference. The 2013 conference explored the relationship between time and space, and how the planning practise and theory relates itself to this complex synergy. Time and space work on different scales, dimensions and topics, and confront us with questions such as: How to plan taking into account time, both past history and future development? How to integrate monitoring within the planning decision processes, such as in the case of natural disasters? How to handle time that cannot be planned, such as long decision processes or real time decisions? A large number of papers are available online under the following themes: adapting cities for future challenges; fragile cities; smart cities; memory and imagination; monitoring to plan; governing green networks across borders; improving energy in urban areas; public participation; abandoned churches; cities for all; improving daily resilience of our cities; density and public space; data and planning; social housing; the role of real estate towards a sustainable future of cities; and climate change assessment.
Housebuilding Report 2013
Posted on: 28 May 2013
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Knight Frank’s annual report on the house building sector involves a survey of 100 senior executives from house builders and developers, looking at issues concerning the house building industry. The survey was carried out shortly after the chancellor announced the help to buy scheme in the Budget in March 2013. It suggests help to buy could aid price growth and boost development volumes but only if lenders and buyers engage with the scheme. It points out the take-up of newbuy, a pre-cursor to help to buy, was relatively modest in the first year.
Stamping on aspiration: The real cost of stamp duty
Posted on: 28 May 2013
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The impact of stamp duty on homeowners and the housing market is revealed by a new report by the HomeOwners Alliance.
Retail futures 2018
Posted on: 28 May 2013
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Failed retail units should be turned into new homes, offices and leisure and entertainment venues, according to a new report from the Centre for Retail Research.
Valuation of historic buildings in the UK
Posted on: 22 May 2013
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The RICS has published a draft information paper which examines the principles of valuation as they apply to historic properties and, in particular, provides an overview of the issues facing valuers appraising such assets. The key aims are to: outline the key factors to be considered when undertaking the valuation of historic properties and assets and their potential effect on value; consider the relationship between the principal methodologies and the valuation of historic properties; and identify and signpost sources of information and guidance relevant for the valuation of historic properties or assets. Comments are requested by 17 June 2013.
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