The recent publication of specific Government advice on planning for disabled and older people is welcome as is the recognition that...

We are all becoming more aware of environmental matters, and it seems that the real estate sector is no exception.  Businesses are...

The announcement that the Swedes (in the form of the BoKlok joint venture between Ikea and Skanska) are to deliver affordable housing in...

Reduce, reuse, recycle is a long-standing mantra, encouraging us to be more responsible in the way we deal with waste. We have become...

Oh dear, another TV personality ends up in the newspapers for the wrong reason and an expensive one too. 

Legal cases are public and...

The British Standards Institution (BSI) have this month published new standards on daylight for new buildings. 

The old BSI standards...

Spelthorne Borough Council, one of the most high profile local authorities to invest in commercial property, recently published outturn...

One impact of Brexit is its effect on commercial contracts. In particular those contacts entered into prior to 23 June 2016, which are...

Earlier today Retail Gazette quoted that CVAs have resulted in almost 1000 store closures since 2017, with the numbers of CVAs doubling...

Less than two weeks to go until I moderate the panel discussion at Maples Teesdale’s Repurposing Retail seminar with a fantastic line up...

An interesting article in Real Estate Capital on the senior living sector and how real estate lenders are viewing the opportunity....

Real Estate Capital recently highlighted that, whilst it has been the non-bank lenders who have, so far, been more focussed on the...

This report is a summary of a very recent decision where the law relating to business rate relief during redevelopment has been clarified...

This article highlights the discrepancies between planning approval rates across London.  On the one hand it will prove essential...

It is worrying to see that one of the country's largest regeneration schemes is being hampered by short term cash shortages.   Of...

As far as landlords are concerned BT Group's proposal to consolidate its 300-plus office estate down to around 30 (its ‘Better Workplace...

It seems that a Conservative Government can no longer be automatically assumed to understand the market.  

I come to this conclusion...

A new report from JLL and online flexible workspace platform Hubble predicts that flexible offices will grow from a 6.3% (14.7m sq ft)...

Interesting to attend the BPF Futures/U&I/Office for Government Property panel debate entitled "Partnering for change: bringing life...

Andy Street (ex-John Lewis boss) calls for more tax on online retailers and suggests revitalising town centres by creating free-trade...