Working together need not only happen inside the workplace, as these collaborative efforts show
LandAid
The property charity that brings together the real estate community to raise money for underprivileged children, now with a specific focus on homelessness. It has raised £11.5m over the past decade through its events.
Sociable Surveyors
A global internship programme that scouts new talent to work in the property industry. It was started as the ambitious idea of two surveyors, Elliott Sparsis and Sebastian Abigail, in 2010. Since then, Sociable Surveyors has grown into the only programme of its kind, providing a well-deserved opportunity for some of the brightest budding students.
Pathways to Property Summer School
The University of Reading, British Land and the Sutton Trust joined forces to start a free summer school. Aimed at year 12 students from state schools and colleges nationwide, they aim to advertise careers in real estate to the younger generation. Lectures, mentoring and bursaries for further education are all part of the service.
Changing the Face of Property
A collaboration between firms that are usually in competition with each other such as JLL, CBRE, Knight Frank, Savills, Cushman & Wakefield and many more. The aim is to promote property as an exciting career choice for the next generation.
Freehold
A network of more than 700 forward-thinking professionals hosting events in the UK, providing a platform for property’s LGBT community. Freehold events are in great demand in an industry that struggles with diversity. They are making waves in the way companies in real estate think and behave, with many keen to host their own Freehold event.
MIPIM
Hosted in Cannes, there is no denying that MIPIM is a hub for collaboration, and a collaboration in its own right. Over four days (and nights) of networking and drinks, it brings together minds from all walks of the property industry: agents, investors, developers, lenders and local authorities. A chance to interact with people from all over the world and conclusively secure deals.
Open-City
Engagement, education and enabling: the three pillars on which Open-City is built. Wholly independent and non-profit, it connects people in property across London, from planners to contractors, designers to developers.
Property Triathlon
More than 3,000 people from the property industry gathered at Dorney Lake in Berkshire (and now also Salford Quays in Greater Manchester) to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for charity, competing against colleagues and forming new professional links. One of the best networking events in the industry.
Club Peloton
If cycling is the new golf, then Club Peloton is the club that everyone wants to be in. The organiser of numerous industry cycling events, including the Cycle to MIPIM, Cycle to MAPIC and PedElle, Club Peloton brings together people from every corner of the real estate world – from engineers to architects, lawyers to investors, developers to agents – and every level of seniority so that they can communicate and collaborate easily.
The Mother’s Bunch
Although this cannot officially be a collaboration as competition rules might have something to say about that, this club has been around for almost 45 years. A select group of leading investment agents meet in private to take the temperature of the market. Efforts to deal with double-dipping have originated at these invite-only meetings, for instance.
For the second year in a row, a public body has been awarded Estates Gazette’s Collaborators Award. Click here to find out the winner.
- POLITICAL PARTNERSHIPS The local authorities, politicians, councillors and companies whose partnerships caught the eye of this year’s judges.
- TECH TEAMS The top partnerships using technology to improve the built environment
- REAL RELATIONSHIPS The joint efforts driving change in the property industry
- CREATIVE SPACES Collaborating to create the best places to live and work
