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Landlords and occupiers don’t see eye to eye on the decarbonisation of European real estate

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Progress on the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios is being held back by a lack of understanding and collaboration between property owners and occupiers, according to a new report from the Urban Land Institute C Change programme.

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Projects from Portugal, Belgium and France winners of the 2023 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence   

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The awards set out to recognise outstanding built environment projects in the private, public, and non-profit sectors, celebrating excellence in land use practice across the entire development process, from planning and construction to economics, management, sustainability and resiliency, community impact, and architecture and design.

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Manchester Airport City plan reinvented as £ 1 billion science and tech hub

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Construction has already started on the scheme, which is scheduled for completion in 2026 and will contain 131,000 sq ft of laboratory and office space across six floors. This included a large campus for THG, a troubled retail and branding company, that ultimately never materialised.

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From Vacant to Vibrant: Activating Office Space at The Ground Plane

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Good and impactful urban design can draw people off the street, pique the interest of passersby and create a new human energy that adds value to the real estate and the community. Retail environments have suffered from overbuilding/oversupply and competition from ecommerce.

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Firms should focus on people in the drive for long term growth

Workplace Insight

The retail, media and IT and financial industries will perform best in the workplace of the future, whilst the construction and real estate industries will struggle. Magnetic workplaces can leverage flexible work options to provide employees with more autonomy, but also to access more diverse talent.

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The business case for the retrofit of existing buildings keeps getting stronger

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On this score, the claims by the retailer and the council to be environmentally friendly while planning for a new building have been challenged by campaigners and commentators. And it’s a global trend. Fit for the future The proponents of a retrofit-first approach even include some property firms.

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Investment in real estate upgrades stalls in face of economic and business challenges

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Research by ULI and PwC claims that nearly half of Europe’s real estate leaders are concerned about buildings becoming obsolete in the next five years in the face of long-term upheavals in demographics, climate change, technology and lifestyles. The industry is uncertain about when obsolescence will start to show in values.