Damian Wild
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Minor surgery for the Howard de Walden Estate
It’s barely eight months since Andrew Hynard took over the running of one of London’s most beautiful landholdings. As chief executive of the Howard de Walden Estate, stewardship of 92…
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There are big buts, I cannot lie
COMMENT Deciphering market sentiment and direction is a difficult business in times of change, but here goes…
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Embrace the era of expectation overdrive
EDITOR’S COMMENT You may have embraced proptech and seized upon modern methods of construction, but are you ready for the far-reaching effects of consumer-driven disruption?
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Lessons from the top of the BT Tower
EDITOR’S COMMENT: If, in the dark of the night, these uncertain times cause you to fear for London, and by extension the UK, I have a solution. Not a spell…
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Time to change attitudes towards mental health
EDITOR’S COMMENT: Mental ill-health is the leading cause of sickness absence in the UK. The property industry should join a national pledge to help end mental health discrimination.
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Cluttons’ openness over pension fund deficit was refreshing
EDITOR’S COMMENT: Cluttons is not the only business to have been defeated by a pension fund deficit in recent years. Nevertheless, to see a 250-year-old business submit is especially sad
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Middle Eastern investors ready to scale at speed
MIDDLE EAST REAL ESTATE FORUM With Dubai’s Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group in exclusive talks to buy 2&3 Bankside, SE1 for around £400m, eyes turn again this week to the…
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Editor’s comment: Quantifying the Amazon effect
A sobering distillation of the Amazon effect on retail was offered by economist Paul Krugman this week.
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Size matters in uncertain times
EDITOR’S COMMENT: More so than in previous cycles, many investors are taking decisions based on scale already achieved rather than promised.
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Leslau goes from proptech dinosaur to investing dynamo
EDITOR’S COMMENT: “The dinosaurs disappeared because they could not adapt to their changing environment,” science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke once said. “We shall disappear if we cannot adapt.” Well,…
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Sir Howard Bernstein: wisdom, hard work and unreasonable vision
In a powerful, personal address to more than 200 people crammed into the Manchester stand, Bruntwood chief executive Chris Oglesby paid tribute to a brilliant, hard-working and unreasonable visionary
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Editor’s comment: Neil Thompson’s career aspirations
GPE’s Neil Thompson is moving the the world’s largest owner of real estate