Place Podcast
By Place North
Place PodcastOct 07, 2020
Why revenue matters more than ever | The Subplot
Welcome to May, a month where the Northern property market is focussed on revenue as the half-year approaches. Place North analysis editor David Thame looks into why revenue is dominating investor mindsets. Plus: mayoral elections and Liverpool entertainment.
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Slaying real estate dragons | The Subplot
A fortune awaits the bold and the brave who are ready to face the monsters endangering the property market. Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into where the opportunity lies - and what pitfalls face our heroes. Plus: a look at Northern economies and Sunderland's high streets.
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Gigafactories are out, data centres are in | The Subplot
Blackstone's mega data centre has risen from the ashes of BritishVolt's Northumberland dreams. Place North analysis editor David Thame explores the stalling EV revolution and what that means for the push for data centres. Plus: good news all around for Leeds offices and Newcastle BTR.
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Regional offices suddenly make sense - here's why | The Subplot
An early doors plan for 530,000 sq ft of offices in Preston hints at a wider change in attitudes around investing in regional workspace. Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into the matter. Plus: skyscraper dreams in Liverpool and speedy progress on York Central.
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Why solar farmers are heading North | The Subplot
Despite the weather, the region has become a target for solar energy generation. Place North analysis editor David Thame looks at the North's bright power future. Plus: good news for supermarkets and Doncaster Sheffield Airport. Subscribe for FREE: placenorth.co.uk
Is the property market's 'long Covid' finally over?
The built environment has hit a turning point and the sharks of private debt are circling. In this podcast, David Thame explains why financiers think now is the time to up their real estate game. Plus: a supermarket's decision in Blackburn has wide-ranging repercussions.
Rich graduates are dictating the future of property. Here's why | The Subplot
New data from the Office for National Statistics shows the power twentysomethings have on Northern cities. Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into what this means for offices and homes. Plus: a snapshot of the industrial market.
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Big money can't get enough of big sheds | The Subplot
The warehouse sector is more appealing than ever to those with seriously deep pockets. Place North analysis editor David Thame looks at investor appetites. Plus: Planning fast lanes and Leeds' bright future.
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Who is driving Northern transport policy? | The Subplot
Is it government? The city region mayors? Transport for the North? Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into why regional transport policy is plagued by inertia. Plus: Have any of the government's regeneration programmes been effective?
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Examining UK housing's biggest enemy - land supply | The Subplot
Place North analysis editor David Thame explains why the Competition and Markets Authority getting tough with housebuilders won't change England's residential problem. Plus: a look at agency profits and debt. Get The Subplot each week for free direct to your inbox when you subscribe to Place North: placenorth.co.uk
How war could change the Northern property scene | The Subplot
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What the Tyne Bridge tell us about Northern infrastructure | The Subplot
Why does it seem so difficult to build infrastructure in the North? Place North analysis editor David Thame gets to the heart of the matter. Plus: a noisy legal affair and planning tweaks.
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Inside the dark art of office market predictions | The Subplot
City councils are crafting plans around how much office space they'll need 15 years down the line - but does their math stack up? Plus, Place North analysis editor David Thame gives the BTR market a health check while also reporting some good news for Newcastle. Read and subscribe for FREE at placenorth.co.uk
Should councils put their £23bn property portfolios on sale? | The Subplot
Are multi-billion-pound local authority asset sales moving closer? Place North analysis editor David Thame examines whether selling - or holding out - is the better move for councils. Plus: the next chapter in the Teesworks' drama and the latest on beds and sheds.
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The devolution bonus that could spell billions for regeneration | The Subplot
Hear us out - business rates retention is about to transform the North. Here's why. Plus, Place North analysis editor David Thame takes a look at the Northern shed scene and whether co-living is on the up or down... For the latest on the built environment across the North, visit placenorth.co.uk and subscribe for free.
Are UK universities at risk of bankruptcy? | The Subplot
Place North's David Thame digs into why university financial woes are problematic for the property business. Plus: a look at politics and planning - and some good news for the retail sector. Receive The Subplot directly into your inbox every week for FREE. Subscribe at placenorth.co.uk
HS2 - is the dream of a Northern leg really dead? | The Subplot
Place North analysis editor David Thame breaks down whether or not there's any merit in rumours that Labour may resurrect the old HS2 plan. Plus: is Hull set to be the next Hollywood of the North?
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Councils in crisis, hotels, student housing | The Subplot
Town Halls face a difficult 2024, one the property industry cannot ignore. Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into how the situation got so bad and what this means for the future. Plus: student beds and Leeds hotels are on the up.
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How do residential investors view Manchester? | Place North West Podcast
From high rates of graduate retention to a lack of green space, experts on this podcast brought to you by Alliance Investments explore the city’s strengths and weaknesses in the eyes of people looking to plough their money into property.
Arik Agamian, sales director at Alliance Investments, and Louise Emmott, managing director at Kingsdene, sat down with Place North West senior reporter Dan Whelan to discuss what Manchester has going for it and what it must improve on.
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Can one piece of tech save developers weeks of toil? | Place Podcast
Accelerating the delivery of buildings of all shapes and sizes is imperative if our towns and cities are to thrive and a piece of software developed by VU.CITY is doing just that.
Claire Locke, commercial director at VU.CITY, sat down with Place North West senior reporter Dan Whelan to explain how Site Solve, the firm’s generative design tool, works.
They were joined by Dave Lee, director at Clarion Housing Group, who talked about how the tool is helping the housing association’s development arm Latimer streamline its processes.
Find out more about VU.CITY here.
Marketing best practices for the property industry | Place North Podcast
What are the dos and don'ts of crafting the perfect business development strategy? The latest Place North podcast digs into all things marketing within the built environment, with the help of Civic Engineers' Katrina Davis and our own Dino Moutsopoulos.
Hosted by Julia Hatmaker, editor of Place North West.
A snapshot of the Northern property scene | Place North Podcast
From Sheffield to Teesside, Place North’s Neil Tague and Louise Hall discuss the big projects and the big names dominating headlines in Yorkshire and the North East in this podcast episode.
How to build more homes in uncertain times | Place Podcast
Constant tinkering with the planning system and a volatile economic landscape are two of the biggest issues contributing to the housing crisis. That was the view of Winkworth Sherwood partners Colette McCormack and Lindsay Garrett, who discussed the sector’s challenges during Housing 2023.
McCormack and Garrett were joined by Jackie Sadek, director at Urban Strategy and a former government advisor, to reflect on a frank and honest discussion with industry leaders that law firm Winckworth Sherwood hosted during the Chartered Institute for Housing’s annual conference.
On this episode of the Place North West podcast, hosted by senior reporter Dan Whelan, the participants discussed the industry’s biggest gripes, why the planning system should be left alone, and what the future of housing delivery might look like.
Find out more about Winckworth Sherwood: wslaw.co.uk
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Homes of the future: how do we build sustainable communities? | Place Podcast
Place North West editor Julia Hatmaker is joined by Onward Homes executive director of property, Sandy Livingstone, and Manchester City Council executive member for housing and development, Cllr Gavin White, to discuss how best to achieve high-quality, affordable homes for all and tackle what many are calling a housing crisis.
What next for housing in Cumbria? | Place Podcast
Genesis Homes chief executive Nicky Gordon sat down with Place North West to discuss what being a housebuilder in Cumbria is really like, the potential implications of the recent local government reorganisation, and why Barrow is a place to watch.
The demand for reliable energy | Place Podcast
Place Editor Julia Hatmaker hosted this podcast with Leah Holmes, Utilities Specialist within Smart Energy and Sustainability at Hydrock, and Carol Culley, Deputy Chief Executive at Manchester City Council to discuss the demand and supply of reliable energy in Manchester.
What policy reform could mean for affordable housing | Place Podcast
Replacing Section 106 contributions with a single community infrastructure levy could severely impact the delivery of discounted homes, according to Rob Loughenbury, director of strategy at Onward Homes.
Hosted by Place North West senior reporter Dan Whelan, this podcast delves into the implications of scrapping S106, and the continued politicisation of the planning system, and offers up solutions that might better support the affordable housing sector.
Find out more about Onward Homes: onward.co.uk
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Delivering innovative smart buildings, featuring MiddleCap's Miloš Halečka | PlaceTech Podcast
Having completed one of London’s smartest office buildings in recent years, MiddleCap’s innovations director Miloš Halečka dives into how his team puts tech at the heart of development.
Southworks, MiddleCap’s first development in the UK, completed in 2021, bringing 70,000 sq ft of tech-enabled, BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ office space to the market. Now, the developer is looking ahead to its second UK project – Seal House – which aims to push the boundaries of tech even further.
Want to learn more about innovation in property? Visit placetech.net, the sister publication of Place North West.
Savills' Jeremy Hinds + applied research consultant Paul Sayers | PlaceTech Podcast
Paul Unger is joined by Savills' director Jeremy Hinds and applied research consultant Paul Sayers to discuss climate change and how the rise in water levels could affect planning and property.
Sharry + LinkedIn on workplace experience | PlaceTech podcast
Sharry's country manager for the US and Canada, Kevin Wilhelm and LinkedIn's senior director & head of global design and build, Victor Sanchez, join Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, to discuss... What do we mean by workplace experience?
Kevin, Victor and Paul delve into the trends, what clients want and how software can support the workplace experience.
For more information, visit: sharry.tech
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ESG comms advice from the experts at Social | PlaceTech Podcast
A comms masterclass this week with three directors of Social, a leading ESG and tech PR agency – join Sara Donnelly, Andy Cameron-Smith and Luke Cross sharing their wisdom with PlaceTech editor Paul Unger.
Questions answered- Why does ESG matter in corporate communications?
- How can tech enable businesses to meet green targets?
- How can companies cut through the noise and be heard on climate messages?
- What role does technology play in the decarbonisation of the property sector?
- Given the growth of the Greentech sector, how can communications enable tech companies to compete?
- How to approach ESG reporting and narrative development
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Savills’ Jeremy Hinds + applied futurist Tom Cheesewright | PlaceTech Podcast
Paul Unger is joined by Jeremy Hinds, planning director at Savills, and Tom Cheesewright to explore the reasons holding back real estate from taking the radical steps needed to challenge climate change.
Takeaways- There is a lack of a consensus framework in which to discuss the problems and how to address them
- Without sufficient policy responses individuals will increasingly put forward radical ideas which prompt counter responses and only delay the forming of a consensus
- Requirements to do something about climate change are very challenging – this puts people off
- As timeframes to act become shorter, the responses needed become more radical
- Short-term outlooks of voter-obsessed politicians obstruct the consensus and avoid difficult solutions
- Climate policy should be outsourced and made independent and objective in same way as countries’ central banks often are
In conversation with Gecina’s Antoine Geoffroy, head of R&D and innovation | PlaceTech Podcast
Gecina is a French real estate company which owns and operates €20bn of real estate assets, 97% of which are located in the Paris region.
Takeaways
- ‘When we are at the beginning of the journey the most difficult part is spreading the innovation mindset, framework, and skills across the organisation’
- ‘The challenge is to deploy innovation at scale through our portfolio in operation where it makes sense’
- ‘Data management is the next big revolution for real estate. If you look at other industries and benchmarks you can easily realise that real estate is quite behind on this transformation’
- ‘The problem is not about technology, which is already available. The difficulty is the upskilling we have to do to be able to produce value with data’
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Innovative ways to maximise asset potential | Place Podcast
Ever thought about growing leafy greens in your basement? On this episode of the Place North West podcast, Chris Bowie-Hill of Hydrock and Chris Lloyd of Glenbrook discuss new and interesting ways to generate income from retail assets.
From dark kitchens and last mile logistics to battery storage and EV charging, there are countless ways in which surplus space in a single building or entire shopping park can be used to increase a property’s money-making potential.
As retail declines and the high street continues to change, landlords are looking at how they can maximise their assets in a way that responds to societal and environmental shifts.
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Time to lead, not to follow - NAR talks proptech investing | PlaceTech Podcast
Get inside the US National Association of Realtors’s property tech ventures with Dan Weisman, director of emerging tech trends; Natasha Terinova, director of accelerator programme Reach UK; and Tyler Thompson, managing partner of its investment fund Second Century Ventures.
With 1.3m members, the NAR is the largest trade organisation in the US. On this episode you can hear how a 100-year-old organisation got into digital transformation and its significant progress to date.
Takeaways- NAR venture fund Second Century Ventures was an early investor in DocuSign
- SCV and its accelerator arm Reach are fully funded from returns on past investments
- Cream will rise to top as economic downturn bites over next 18-24 months
- Priority areas to watch
- Tyler wants SDCV to help tackles affordability, how can tech solve the global housing crisis and help renters move towards owning property
- Property companies can take advantage of AI, using data and today’s sizable computer power to produce clear data points that are critical to success
- Dan says NAR wants to lead and not be reactive when it comes t spottinbg tech efficiencies in real estate
- Natasha’s companies to watch include Fyma – ‘unlocking data from video feeds’ – and Mökki – ‘logistics hubs for the circular economy’
Reasons to be optimistic about property + climate | PlaceTech Podcast
One of the leading players in ESG data for real estate globally, Matt Ellis was a sustainability adviser at CBRE before he set up Measurabl in 2013.
He is also a fine writer and his ‘From Green to ESG’ book sets a compelling argument for transparency in markets and casts doubt on the objectivity of green building certificates.
Mike sat down with Paul Unger to look beyond the doom and gloom that often surrounds climate crisis conversations and to focus instead on reasons to be cheerful.
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Grosvenor Innovation Director, Craig O'Donnell | PlaceTech Podcast
Craig O’Donnell, group innovation director of the global property developer, talks to Paul Unger about future-proofing businesses and testing out new ideas.
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Exploring the approach to backing the right tech solutions, ft. Hazelview | PlaceTech podcast
Hear invaluable insight from directors Michael Tsourounis and Roger Poirier of Toronto-headquartered Hazelview Investments, exploring their dual approach to backing the right tech solutions and embedding them across the group’s portfolio.
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What makes a property company get into tech investing? With JLL Spark and Proptech1 | PlaceTech Podcast
In this PlaceTech podcast, Tanguy Quero, investment principal at JLL, and Kingma Ma, head of UK at venture capital firm Proptech1, join Paul Unger to delve into the relationships between venture capital firms and their property investment partners.
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MASTERCLASS | How to retrofit – think more, use less
Retrofitting is a necessity as the UK forges ahead with its plan to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. So how should we approach retrofitting to produce the best possible results? Civic Engineers director James Bruce divulges his three top tips for retrofits and delves into several case studies to show what his tips look like in practice. If you are considering breathing new life into a beloved building, this is an episode you will not want to miss.
Find out more about Civic Engineers: civicengineers.com
Super-charging connectivity across the Liverpool City Region | Place Podcast
In the latest Place North West podcast, ITS’s Dave Ferry and Liverpool City Region’s Lorna Rodgers break down what ‘full-fibre’ means, why it is important and what is being done to futureproof the region.
Philippe Boyer of Covivio talks to Blandine Laffargue | PlaceTech Podcast
Innovation director Philippe Boyer is responsible for the tech solutions in a portfolio worth €27bn across France, Germany and Italy, specialising in offices, hospitality and residential. He spoke to Paris-based journalist Blandine Laffargue to get behind the buzzwords in corporate real estate.
MASTERCLASS | How to conduct a public consultation
In this episode, Copper Consultancy director Annabel John and strategic director Tom Morrison break down the intricacies of effective public consultation. They share key mistakes to avoid and outline best practices.
The episode even looks at a consultation in practice – examining Copper Consultancy’s work with HyNet and how the company has turned a complex topic into something the public can easily engage with.
To find out more about Copper Consultancy visit: copperconsultancy.com
MASTERCLASS | How to design a commercial space for science
The rise of life sciences and biotech has put a premium on laboratory space. In this episode, Fairhursts Design Group managing director Mark Adey and director Laura Sherliker walk us through the ins and outs of crafting commercial science spaces, breaking down key things you’ll need to know as well as sharing lessons learned from past projects – including the award-winning GlaxoSmithKline Centre for Sustainable Chemistry in Nottingham.
Find out more about Fairhursts Design Group: fairhursts.com
How do you create smart buildings the right way? | PlaceTech Podcast
David Hodges, director of eco-i, Phil Marsden, director of project management at Muse and James Thomas, head of smart buildings and technologies at Wates, join PlaceTech deputy editor, Karl Tomusk, to share experience and advice on getting a building ready for smart-status.
Find out more about eco-i: eco-igroup.com
MASTERCLASS | How to convert a listed building
Understanding conservation deficit and the importance of consulting with the local community were some of the key messages Buttress Architects’ director Stephen Anderson was keen to hammer home in this first episode of our masterclass podcast series.
In this episode, Anderson talks us through the dos and don’ts of bringing a heritage asset back into use before providing insights into the process gleaned from recent North West projects.
Building safety bill summary | Place Podcast
Alan Robson and Max Meadows of Project Four Construction Safety joined Julia Hatmaker, deputy editor at Place North West, to discuss, in depth, the latest on the building safety bill.
To find out more about project four, visit: projectfoursafety.com
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In conversation with Marcus Ginn, founder & CEO of Edozo | PlaceTech Podcast
Marcus Ginn, founder and CEO of Edozo, joins Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, to discuss the problems Edozo sets out to solve within the property industry, trends within the market, Edozo's product roadmap, why they have joined the Reach UK Accelerator Programme, and much more.
Find out more about Edozo: edozo.com
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What are the mega trends in property technology? | PlaceTech Podcast
What are the implications of changing weather patterns for planning and property? | PlaceTech Podcast
In this special PlaceTech podcast episode, Jeremy Hinds, planning director at Savills, joins Paul Unger, editor of PlaceTech, to talk about how predicted weather patterns and changes in climate will shape how we plan and design our future cities.
Find out more about Savills: savills.co.uk
PlaceTech is the sister publication to Place North West, focussing on tech, innovation and trends within the proptech environment. To find out more, visit: placetech.net