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Smart tech on the park
Emma Frost, Director of Innovation, Sustainability and Community at the London Legacy Development Corporation, highlights the value of using the Olympic Park to pilot smart technologies that deliver solutions for better urban futures.Read More
Be green, think smart
Tomáš Jurdák, Head of Real Estate at MiddleCap, argues that the most efficient way to deliver greater sustainability that benefits wider society is via the use of smart buildings.Read More
London – a global testbed for urban innovation
Lucette Demets, Head of Urban, London & Partners, endorses London as the perfect ecosystem for smart, urban innovation.Read More
What if…London’s town centres were more sustainable?
Associate Director at Gardiner & Theobald Jessica Pennell, discusses how the use of mass timber could help address the UK’s climate emergency, helping to support a sustainable and polycentric London.Read More
Greater London: a leisurely return to its polycentric origins?
Partner at Trowers & Hamlins, Julien Allen explores how the leisure sector and hospitality industry will respond to the up-and-coming polycentres around outer and central London.Read More
Polycentric cities
Rosanna Sterry, Principal Commercial Planner at Transport for London, discusses the importance of developing around transport nodes in the city unlocking new opportunities for town centres across London, supporting the 15-minute neighbourhood concept.Read More
A new centre in the making
John Forrester, President of Cushman & Wakefield, spotlights Brent Cross Town as a new ‘centre’ in the making.Read More
Will the pandemic create a more diffused urban landscape?
Partner at Deloitte Real Estate, Simon Bedford explores the impact of the pandemic on our urban landscape.Read More
How can we transform our high streets?
Sophie Bowerman, Associate Partner at Axiom Architects, reflects on the priorities needed to achieve sustainable and multipurpose network of neighbourhoods.Read More
Serving the population of the future
At JLL, we are confident that our city centres will remain the engine of growth. The urbanisation of recent decades will not reverse, but there will be significant changes, and we will see winners and losers emerge.Read More
Investment Summit: State of the Market
“Social distancing is the antithesis of city life!” proclaimed Tony Travers, our modern-day Dr Johnson and staunch defender of all that is great about London even in these strained pandemic times, calling for a range of post-COVID ‘welcome back’ events incorporating the arts and public spaces.Read More
Boroughs drive investment through regeneration and partnership
Hard-hit boroughs across London are digging deep to unlock investment to drive growth, powered by a new zest for collaboration and partnerships with the private and voluntary sectors they forged during lockdown. So said local authority politicians including Waltham Forest council leader Cllr Clare Coghill at London: driving growth, the final session in this year’s …Continue reading "Boroughs drive investment through regeneration and partnership"
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London set for ‘very strong’ bounce back
London is set to bounce back ‘very, very strongly’ in the third quarter of this year but should plan recovery events to lure back its temporarily dwindled population, avoid knee-jerk planning responses to its ailing high streets and instead treat them like ‘market stalls’ that are able to respond and adapt at pace.Read More
Creating places people want to be: key questions investors and landlords should be asking themselves
Beth Ambrose, Director, Upstream Sustainability Consultancy Team at JLL, explores what new practices and design measures will need to be integrated into the workplace to support wellbeing and productivity in the long-term.Read More
How to create a healthy office building? it is much more than just design.
Charlie Russell-Jones, Leasing Manager at HB Reavis, discusses the importance of a people-first approach to design when creating healthy office spaces, spotlighting their Bloom Clerkenwell Project.Read More