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This much I know after 40 years
After four decades in the business, property remains a wonderful career, writes Harvey Soning, chairman, James Andrew International
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Opportunity in PRS revolution
The number of private rented households in England and Wales will increase by more than 1.2m over the next five years, so that by the end of 2019 more than…
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Critical projects clouded by politics
Anybody in property knows the importance of infrastructure, whether it is to bring unfashionable and rundown parts of cities into commercial use, make out-of-town developments viable or bring new housing…
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Peter Bill: New towns and railways are needed – and so is a new way to bring landowners on side
A three-step programme to coax affected landowners into hailing rather than shunning new towns or railways came idly to mind while chairing a debate on strategic land issues at lawyers…
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Editor’s comment – 15 November 2014
Here’s another reason to cast a covetous eye at the runaway West End office market: every single new letting this year has been secured at a higher rent
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Localism must be embraced by all
As MPs continue to take part in the devolution debate across the UK following Scotland’s referendum, now is the time to consider what has been achieved on the government’s quest…
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In a New York estate of mind
There are noteworthy differences between the way business is conducted in the US – particularly New York City – and everywhere else
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Plan now for population growth
That forecast increase in population needs to be matched by the required infrastructure upgrades
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Peter BIll: All aboard for Ebbsfleet HS1 opportunities; Canary Wharf sings praises of a living wage
A recent meeting with the promoter of the £2bn London Paramount Entertainment Resort on the Swanscombe peninsula in Kent helped to suppress thoughts that proposals for the enormous resort north…
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Landlords can’t take a leisurely approach
Landlords and developers need to approach leisure with a strategic view
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It could be a spectacular year for London office take-up
Could London office take-up in 2014 sit alongside the peak years of 2007 and 2010?
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Office space, but not as we know it
We might have changed our office configurations to be open-plan (the 1990s “office of the future”), but we aren’t really meeting the needs of our staff any more