MONTAGU EVANS TALKS...

As part of our Towns of Tomorrow campaign, this mini series delves into the heart of the future of our town and city centres. This episode explores the multifaceted landscape of Later Living.

As part of our Towns of Tomorrow campaign, this mini series delves into the heart of the future of our town and city centres. This episode dives into the dynamic area of Build to Rent.

In this series, tied to our City of Tomorrow campaign, we give the real estate and property experts of the future the opportunity to hear directly from current industry leaders on their views of the City of Tomorrow and how it will impact their future place to live, work and play. We’ll be hearing their unique perspectives and experiences as we explore the fundamental shifts in the built environment and the range of opportunities and threats this creates.

Our guests today are Tom Rose and Jimmy Boyd-Phillips of LaSalle Investment Management, the leading real estate investment management firm whose clients trust to deliver competitive investment performance through economic and property market cycles.  Tom is the newly appointed Head of Custom Accounts in Europe, and Jimmy is the Head of Central London Workspace.

In this episode we discuss a wide range of topics including how London currently fares as an investment centre when compared with the rest of Europe, the future of retail space in the capital, as well as the sustainability challenges that the industry currently faces and how LaSalle are tackling them.

In this series, tied to our City of Tomorrow campaign, we give the real estate and property experts of the future the opportunity to hear directly from current industry leaders on their views of the City of Tomorrow and how it will impact their future place to live, work and play. We’ll be hearing their unique perspectives and experiences as we explore the fundamental shifts in the built environment and the range of opportunities and threats this creates. 

Our guest today is Michael Meadows, the Head of Planning at British Land where we discuss the role of the office post-pandemic, planning policy requirements needed for the future and ongoing discussion around net zero and retrofit vs newbuild. 

Montagu Evans Talks… The NextGen Leaders Series.  The podcast that hears directly from Property and Real Estate Leaders on their expectations for London as the city of tomorrow.

This is the second of a two part conversation with Lyn Garner, Chief Executive of London Legacy Development Corporation.

In this second episode, picking up from where we left off, today we delve further into the recommendations of the Kerslake review and in particular the affordable housing needs of London. We discuss how the GLA family are planning to meet their targets of 50% affordable housing across the group, as well as the challenges they face around viability, land assembly and net zero.

Montagu Evans Talks… The NextGen Leaders Series.  The podcast that hears directly from Property and Real Estate Leaders on their expectations for London as the city of tomorrow.

This is the first of a two part conversation with Lyn Garner, Chief Executive of London Legacy Development Corporation.

In this first episode we look further into Lyn’s view on the rapid changes her and her team have seen in London as a result of the pandemic, including touching on the impact of flexible working, the importance of open space and the how we are using our homes in different ways.  We also begin to look at affordable housing needs in London and the good growth agenda.

In this series, tied to our City of Tomorrow campaign, we give the real estate and property experts of the future the opportunity to hear directly from current industry leaders on their views of the City of Tomorrow and how it will impact their future place to live, work and play. We’ll be hearing their unique perspectives and experiences as we explore the fundamental shifts in the built environment and the range of opportunities and threats this creates. Our guest today is Mark Allan, the Chief Executive Officer of Landsec.  

An initial, philosophical discussion, about the concept of affordable workspace in London and its value to a functioning, coherent economy and community.  

In this episode we’re discussing the question ‘when is it ok to demolish an office’? And the ongoing debate on whether to demolish and rebuild, versus retaining and repurposing. Today we’ll be looking at this from a sustainability perspective, with future episodes touching on other factors - like viability and heritage – that come into the decision.

We are joined by Gary Elliott, the founder and chief executive of ElliottWood. ElliottWood are a renowned structural and civil engineering firm with a commitment to engineering a better society, and our very own Gareth Fox, a Partner in our Planning team here at Montagu Evans.