17 Jul, 2024 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...
11 Mar, 2024 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...
04 Mar, 2024 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...
31 Jan, 2024 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...
27 Apr, 2023 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...
08 Mar, 2023 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...
24 Jan, 2023 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...
07 Oct, 2022 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...
22 Mar, 2022 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...
27 Feb, 2020 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...
09 Aug, 2019 Wrenbridge’s Annual World Cup Football Day By Chris Xitsas Raising money for Send a Cow Maples Teesdale took part in Wrenbridge’s annual World Cup Football Day in Linton, Cambridgeshire in the...
17 Jun, 2019 Is the rating system responsible for CVAs doubling since 2017? By Chris Xitsas Earlier today Retail Gazette quoted that CVAs have resulted in almost 1000 store closures since 2017, with the numbers of CVAs doubling...