Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

A month after the Building Safety Levy came into force, Estates Gazette’s Jess Harrold is joined by Walker Morris’s Alex Jones and Seumas Cram to unpack which residential schemes are caught, what the levy will really cost, how developers are responding and why those who leave it to the bottom of the spreadsheet risk being caught out.

Chair: Tim Burke, editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Leah Stuart, director, Civic

Recorded at REGEN 2026 Manchester, brought to you by Estates Gazette and in partnership with Civic. This episode explores the value of system thinking in regeneration – looking at places as connected systems rather than a collection of individual projects.

Chair: Evelina Grecenko, senior reporter, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Kimberley Grieveson, principal, Avison Young

Recorded at REGEN 2026 Manchester, brought to you by Estates Gazette and in partnership with Avison Young. In this conversation, Kimberley Grieveson of Avison Young explores what it means to build resilience into regeneration across the North-West. Drawing on two decades of experience, she considers how decisions about employment space, skills, infrastructure and housing can be made together and early enough to influence delivery.

Chair: Evelina Grecenko, senior reporter, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Garry Bridges, leader, Manchester City Council

In this conversation, councillor Garry Bridges, leader of Manchester City Council, explores the city’s regeneration priorities and how public leadership can connect investment with better outcomes for residents. Recorded at REGEN 2026 in Manchester, brought to you by Estates Gazette.

Chair: Evelina Grecenko, senior reporter, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Mark Robinson, senior development director, Kier Property

Recorded at REGEN 2026 Manchester, brought to you by Estates Gazette and in partnership with Kier Property, this episode will use Kier Property's Pall Mall scheme as a practical case study in how public and private partners can work together to unlock development that the market cannot deliver alone. It will explore the importance of political alignment, shared objectives and a funding package that recognises both the public value and commercial risk involved.

Chair: Jess Harrold, legal & professional editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Rory Weal, head of New Homes Accelerator London, GLA

Head of New Homes Accelerator London at GLA discusses with Jess Harrold the scheme it launched six months ago tasked with driving housing delivery in London with a focus on schemes that can complete this parliament.

Chair: Jess Harrold, legal & professional editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Councillor Tim Barnes, City of Westminster Council

Tim Barnes from the City of Westminster sits down with Jess Harrold at the London Real Estate Forum to unveil the economic growth statement launched at the event, outlining the five priority growth sectors that build on the city’s strengths.

Chair: Jess Harold, legal & professional editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Hannah Noble, director - place advisory, Avison Young

Recorded at the London Real Estate Forum in partnership with Avison Young, this episode brings together Hannah Noble at Avison Young and Estates Gazette's Jess Harrold to examine how London can move from viability to delivery, exploring the challenges holding development back and the action needed to turn ambition into tangible progress.

Chair: Jess Harrold, legal & professional editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: Richard Watson, director – London and South East, BTG Eddisons Property Auctions

Recorded at the London Real Estate Forum in partnership with BTG Eddisons Property Auctions, this episode examines the market conditions increasingly driving both professional and non-professional sellers towards auction sales.

Chair: Tim Burke, editor, Estates Gazette

Speaker: John Woodger, head of central London capital markets, JLL and Alistair Meadows, head of international capital for UK capital markets, JLL