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Remember the office? The place we’d rush to in the morning, perhaps enduring a lengthy commute, then sit staring at a screen for 8 hours before an equally unpleasant commute home with hundreds of others all doing the same...

Christine de Ferrars Green talks about master developer-led residential developments, what makes such projects different from many housing developments and some of the advantages of them, and the place for patient capital in stewarding such projects...

A recent case affecting Bath Rugby Club may mean that the club has to abandon its plan to build a new 18,000 seater stadium. The High Court has held that the land which Bath Rugby Club occupies on a long lease is subject to a historic restrictive covenant...

Against a backdrop of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, with prolonged home-working, these are challenging times for many real estate sectors: notably office, retail and leisure...

In May 2013 the then coalition government passed an amendment to the General Permitted Development Order (GDPO) which allowed the conversion of offices into new residential dwellings without the need to obtain full planning permission. Instead, developers had ‘deemed approval’...

Over the last six months whilst landlords of retail units and shopping centres have been looking to support a struggling sector, landlords in the science and technology sector have seen an increase in demand for space and accelerated growth...

It’s been a busy year for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and it looks as if there might be a busy time ahead for those in the planning industry...

The future of the CBD – We have heard a lot about the future of the high street.  However what about the future of our central business districts?  How are they going to be affected by Covid...

No one disputes that substantial investment in the primary care estate is fundamental to the delivery of world-class patient care and a sustainable NHS...

Over recent months the British public has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to respond collectively to the risks posed by coronavirus and in doing so, our lives in lockdown have naturally become more eco-friendly...

There is a lot of talk amongst office workers about a post Covid future where more time is spent home working and visits to the office will only be needed for specific occasions.  Will the demand for office space drop after this pandemic is over...

The Government has now published its proposed Code of Practice for commercial property relationships, codifying actions that many landlords and tenants were taking already as a result of lockdown and its impact on the March quarter day...