Good morning, and welcome to your Friday round-up of news, views and interviews from EG, plus some real estate-relevant stories from the papers.
In this week’s big interview we hear from GPE about the ways in which it has built sustainability and material re-use into schemes across the capital.
“It’s a very different conversation now. There’s more evidence that sustainability is an employee retention issue and that people want to work for an employer that takes these things seriously,” GPE’s director of projects, Helen Hare, tells EG.
Click here for the investor-developer’s views on how a focus on the circular economy has shifted the way it works with customers and competitors alike – as well as colleagues within its own business.
All the news from EG, plus a selection of headlines from the nationals:
GPE’s plan for property and the circular economy takes shape
Former Almacantar chief operating officer joins Birchwood
Government agency Ofqual signs up for Coventry’s One Friargate
Abrdn real estate boss takes over as AREF chair
A third of England councils ‘remain unprepared’ for senior housing
Science and the city: the rise of urban labs
Aldgate’s One Portsoken on the block for £130m
Knight Frank IM to offload trio of Midlands sheds
Thumbs up for 336-acre resi-led Skegness Gateway scheme
In pictures: Brookfield reveals new vision for 99 Bishopsgate
New real estate boss lands at CDPQ
NewRiver REIT appoints next chair
Bank of England leaves interest rates at 5.25% but signals future cuts
Labour ‘will resurrect part of HS2 northern leg’ (£)
Waitrose puts hundreds of jobs at risk as it prepares to shut warehouse (£)
It’s time to be honest about America’s commercial real estate hangover (£)
‘Keep your filthy hands off Trump Tower!’: Trump begs fans to pay his $464m bond
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