Over the past two decades, the sustainability of buildings has grown in importance as part of a strategy of carbon reduction. However, the impetus for change has created a significant gap between the environmental performance of existing and newly built stock. New stock meets stringent building...

Forecasting returns for particular sectors and markets is perforce an exercise in generalities. Forecasting models use historical relationships between returns and their drivers to estimate likely future returns for an office market, for example. The risk to that forecast is defined in terms of...

Increased levels of personal technology have made some types of work much more mobile than ever before. This creates a potential dichotomy between mobile, flexible personal workspace and static, inflexible, inelastic workplaces. As occupiers of property struggle to balance demand with the...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), far from being a recent phenomenon, has a long history. However it has grown from the individually inspired philanthropy of the Cadburys, Titus Salt and Robert Gordon, for example, to become part of the corporate offer addressing all the stakeholders in a...

In the early 1980s there was a sea change in the attitude of the UK government towards manufacturing industry. Subsidies were withdrawn, interest rates were allowed to rise to rates consistent with the inflationary environment and rigid labour laws were dismantled to allow greater flexibility in...

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On the back of sustained double digit growth in passengers and freight, investment in airports is booming. Similarly, occupational demand for airport-related property has seldom been stronger and active requests for investment product abound. Industry forecasts for continued strong growth in...

The New Economy, founded on Information and Communications Technology (ICT), is a cornerstone of technology-driven frameworks for economic growth, and can not only potentially recombine existing physical spaces to produce new urban forms, but also impact on real estate, in terms of space...

"From a commercial standpoint, airports are seen as vital strategic infrastructure, facilitating the flow of goods and people. Property in and around hub airports is valued highly and, with restricted supply and burgeoning demand, looks to retain that status. However, not everything in the...