2/11/2025 7:55:25 AM Roadblocks along the Gateways: How delays are holding back high-rise development By Chris Xitsas Delays at the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) are creating significant challenges for high-rise residential development. Under the...
12/4/2024 10:58:37 AM The 2025 investment outlook for the UK Life Sciences sector By Chris Xitsas In front of a very busy auditorium at the British Library on the morning of 3rd December 2024, while the rest of London’s Knowledge...
7/17/2024 7:57:40 AM Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner... By Chris Xitsas In the UK's quest to become a science and technology superpower by 2030, the capital is leading the charge with a “quickly growing life...
3/11/2024 8:06:39 AM There goes SDLT Multiple Dwellings Relief By Chris Xitsas One of the surprise (and less talked about) announcements from the Spring Budget this week was the abolition of SDLT Multiple Dwellings...
3/4/2024 10:47:44 AM The future of Co-Living in London is here... By Chris Xitsas Two years after its initial guidance, having taken quite a bit of flak for it, the Greater London Authority issued a revised London Plan...
1/31/2024 9:41:18 AM Responsible, even if not at fault - Remediation Contribution Orders under the BSA2022 By Chris Xitsas Last week, Get Living was ordered to contribute £18m to remediate fire safety issues at the Olympic Village in East London. The...
4/27/2023 10:33:08 AM ALT/RESI UK - Invest tribe: “Getting creative in the living sectors during uncertain times” By Chris Xitsas After a good run post-COVID, market uncertainty has impacted transaction volumes in the living sector. The key challenges over the 9-12...
3/8/2023 5:21:00 PM UK Life Sciences – 2023 Annual Conference By Chris Xitsas It was thrilling to attend last week’s Bisnow UK #LifeSciences conference co-hosted by Stanhope, Cadillac Fairview and Imperial College...
1/24/2023 1:57:23 PM The Knowledge Arc - resilient and boyant By Chris Xitsas Savills commented last week that total investment volumes for life sciences related real estate across the "Knowledge Arc" of Oxford and...
10/7/2022 5:29:00 PM How countercyclical can the student housing sector prove to be? By Chris Xitsas Commercial real estate has certainly come up against strong headwinds in the last couple of weeks. The announcement of the new...
3/22/2022 7:14:27 PM BTR Update (Birmingham) 2022 By Chris Xitsas Another great Bisnow event this morning, providing an update on the BTR sector (with a regional focus on Birmingham) and some excellent...
2/27/2020 9:14:25 PM Several stars have aligned for "Competitive Socialising" By Chris Xitsas It was a real pleasure to attend today's inaugural (and sold out) Competitive Socialising event - some fascinating insights were...