Estates Gazette Property Podcasts

Sarah Jackman talks to real estate dispute resolution partner Mike Scott about being elected senior partner at the firm he trained at: Cripps Pemberton Greenish.

Scott discusses his immediate priorities, navigating the last twelve months, the landlord and tenant relationship, law reform and his passion for technology.

Read the interview on www.egi.co.uk/news

Investing in technology infrastructure is crucial to the future of the office. But what is the future of the office post-pandemic, what is its purpose, what will it look like and how will businesses and people use it?Technology will play a crucial role in the future of the office. But which ones will be key in the transformation of the office and what impact will it have on people and their workspace experiences?

In the third and final episode in our three part On the Case series on recent retail and leisure restructuring cases, Julie Gattegno, partner at CMS, looks at the High Court decision in respect of the Regis hairdressing group company voluntary arrangement.

Gattegno explains why the court took the rare step of ordering a revocation of the already terminated CVA, and puts the Regis decision in context with the same judge's ruling on the New Look CVA.

In addition, she offers her thoughts on what those two cases - plus the decision in the Virgin Active restructuring plan challenge - mean for landlords, and their advisers, going forward.

Roger Cohen, senior counsel at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, and business rates specialist, Blake Penfold, analyse the Supreme Court decision in the combined cases of Rossendale Borough Council v Hurstwood Properties (A) Ltd and Wigan Council v Property Alliance Group Ltd.

Cohen and Penfold explain the empty property rates avoidance strategy employed by property owners in the case, address the court's findings on its effectiveness and consider the significant implications of this decision .

In addition, they look at the wider problems of rating for the owners of vacant properties, what other strategies for avoidance remain available, and the possibilities for reform.

The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined the strength of the prime residential market as an investment class, says Uma Rajah, chief executive of lender CapitalRise.

 

"Historically it is the most resilient part of the UK property market," she says. "After each down turn that has been recorded it bounces back incredibly fast... and the pandemic has just proved its resilience again."

 

In this podcast, Rajah joins EG deputy editor Tim Burke and fellow guests Vanessa Hale from BNP Paribas Real Estate's Strutt & Parker and George Brooksbank of Fairway Capital to discuss what the pandemic has revealed about the sector and how changing homeowner demands are reflected in the investment and development markets.

In this episode of EG’s TechTalk radio, EG editor Samantha McClary is talking with Mike Gordon, the relatively newly installed chief executive of Altus Group.

The 31-minute discussion takes a look into the firm’s recent acquisition of Finance Active and how tech and data is enabling real estate to better manage debt.

Gordon also shares his aspirations for the company and his views on the spate of SPACS being launched with a focus on real estate tech and data-enabled businesses.

Demand for industrial properties in Warwickshire, both to occupiers and investors, is red hot at the moment but growth is being held back by the region’s focus on residential development, according to Bromwich Hardy partner James Brookes.

Bromwich Hardy has transacted more than 250,000 sq ft of space across 18 deals so far this year, making it by far and away Warwickshire’s market leader among Radius agents. The vast majority of this space has been for logistics units, although smaller industrial units are also being snapped up as soon as they go onto the market.

Brookes believes the county’s central location and strong road network make it an ideal choice of location for the logistics market but the government’s focus on building houses, coupled with the pandemic slowing down decision-making within planning authorities, is holding back the development of commercial space and employment opportunities for the people living in those houses.

Although the logistics market has benefited hugely from the switch to online shopping, Brookes believes the future for the High Street is a happy one so long as developers and planners are bold enough. He sees a future of smaller independent shops with residential units above, providing town centres with permanent footfall and stronger night-time economies.

The senior professional route to chartered surveyor status has been available for some time, but is one of the lesser known routes to MRICS qualification, according to Rachel Saint, co-founder and partner of Property Elite.

Saint, who coaches people globally seeking professional qualification on this route, explains that there are a variety of reasons why people decide to do it and, as with APC, there are a number of pathways that can be chosen.

During this 14-minute Bricks & Mortar podcast, Saint also explains to host Sarah Jackman how the vetting and assessment processes work and why she gets a lot back from coaching people on this route.

Residential editor Emma Rosser shares details from her extensive build to rent supplement in this week's EG, highlighting the scale of investment in the booming BTR sector.

Rosser offers a taste of what readers can expect from the BTR coverage in the print magazine and online. But, with her hands full on that front, how prepared is she to take on the quiz of the week?

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is finding out what every investor, developer and agent wants to know. What are occupiers thinking and what impact is that going to have on their real estate footprint.

Joining her to share insights from more than 400 global occupiers is Knight Frank’s Lee Elliott. Elliott discusses his latest (Y)OUR SPACE report and what it has revealed about occupiers’ thought processes when it comes to their offices.

Most consider real estate a strategic priority. And, unlike some of the headlines you may have read of late, more are planning to grow or stabilise their office portfolios in the coming years than reduce them.

Listen in to hear the inner workings of the occupiers’ mind.