Wellbeing and mental health have never been so important for companies across all industries.

The Covid-19 pandemic has upended the way we live and work. Colleagues are isolated, finding fresh pleasures and problems in remote working. Businesses are reshaping, piling new pressure on individuals who are furloughed or who lose their roles through widespread restructuring. Management teams, more than ever, are being called on to show empathy, compassion and a genuine grasp of how to support staff in these tough times.

For real estate, there is an additional challenge – and opportunity. The spaces and places the industry creates will change as the pandemic progresses and then passes. Our offices, homes and the space in between them will need to be rethought and revamped in response to new demands.

EG and its partners are committed to covering what this growing focus on wellbeing means for the real estate industry, its workforce and its customers. You can find all of our news, features and podcasts on the topic right here on our dedicated hub.

Tim Burke, deputy editor, EG

EG's mental health podcasts

Wellbeing and real estate: a year of lockdown lessons

Having felt our way in the dark for much of the past 12 months, the vaccine roll-out is now the clearest sign of light at the end of the tunnel, but how can we make sure that as companies and colleagues we learn the lessons of the past year?

The art of the possible: In conversation with real estate’s new guard

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary and deputy editor Tim Burke bring you the best bits from their collective interview with not one but all five of the new chief executives of the UK’s largest listed real estate businesses.

Life after lockdown: hopes for a kinder real estate

In this final Mental Health Awareness Week podcast from EG, our guests ask whether a kinder, more compassionate real estate industry could be one silver lining from these painful months.

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What role can the commercial office play in creating a sense of community?

COMMENT “Loneliness epidemic” raises important questions about the UK’s workplaces

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Alice Green, Arcadis

Investing in places of safety

COMMENT Arcadis’s Alice Green on how real estate can better support mental healthcare

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Four-day week improves workers’ wellbeing

Most companies taking part in trial choose to stick with the change

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Game on: rethinking the role of sport in urban design

A new report argues that schemes such as Canada Water can create social value through sport

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Considering the role of the workplace in local communities

COMMENT The office has a place in supporting both employees and the wider community

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Does psychology have a place in placemaking?

Gove-backed report proposes psychological impact assessment in planning

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The importance of designing for disability

COMMENT Emma Jackson on the vital importance of inclusion in real estate

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Impact Healthcare’s valuation edges down

NAV fell 5.5% to £446m off a £543m portfolio

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New metric devised to measure social impact

BTR operator instructs LifeProven on measuring wellbeing across portfolio 

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Investment giant calls on real estate to help ‘hidden workers’

“The industry can’t ignore this,” says Legal and General as it commits to policies across portfolio

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Real estate’s opportunity to deliver health equity

COMMENT This must become a priority for all owners, occupiers and creators in our sector

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World Mental Health Day: How to dial up your happiness factors

COMMENT Neil Worrall talks about how he deals with his mental health

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Is the CPO process damaging our mental health?

COMMENT The CPA conducted a survey into the health and wellbeing effects of the CPO process

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Let’s talk about menstrual health

COMMENT Priya Aggarwal-Shah and Lauren Doy say real estate can change the narrative of period health

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Lendlease nominated for mental health award

Developer is among nominees at This Can Happen awards

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‘We can’t deal with mental health alone – as individuals or organisations’

COMMENT Lendlease’s Paul King on the company’s latest wellbeing initiative

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Back in the office, loneliness can still be a problem

COMMENT CBRE’s Guy Gregory on how to spot colleagues struggling with the new normal

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City of London approves suicide prevention guidelines for developers

Planning chief says new advisory note is “critical piece of work” for the City Corporation

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City of London sets out developer guide to prevent suicide attempts

City Corporation will encourage real estate companies to “design out suicide” in Square Mile

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London offices and the great migration to grade A+

COMMENT Edmond de Rothschild’s Derek Williams on changing workplace demands

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