EG magazine 14 August 2021

All of this week’s EG magazine content – but without the paper. Click the links below to read this week’s essential real estate news and analysis.

Editor’s comment

• Real people, not just real estate, must shoulder the burden of climate change

The market

Policy

• The rent arrears consultation: debt, dichotomy and delaying the inevitable
• Industry pleas for government action in face of climate change catastrophe

London

• Marble Arch Mound: where did it go wrong?

Interviews

• The irresistible rise of Cushman’s Big John
• Will Hammerson’s new strategy go far enough?

Diversity

• How to solve a problem like biased investing
• Take part in EG’s Race Diversity survey 2021

Residential

• TPG and Gatehouse launch £500m BTR venture
• L&G splashes £77m on Hove BTR
• Blackstone appoints new St Modwen board
• Micro-flat developer wound up

Offices

• WeWork and Cushman enter exclusive partnership
• Aviva to grow east London empire with £42m warehouse
• Dixon ‘cautiously optimistic’ despite IWG losses
• Derwent London upbeat as pipeline swells
• Derwent builds up pipeline with Lazari jv

Retail

• Real estate should expect more change in retail, says Toscafund economist

Finance

• Listed real estate has more ‘rich pickings’ for private equity
• BlackRock beats target for European real estate debt fund
• Capital Bay launches €1.5bn loan fund
• Covid bounceback delivers ‘record’ performance for Savills
• Real estate capital growth at six-and-a-half year high

Development

• Leicester City FC taps mixed-use scheme for stadium upgrade
• Agora redevelopment gets green light
• Grainger walks away from Latin Village
• Southwark plans mixed-use at Currys PC World site

Auctions

• Savills meets increased demand with additional summer sale
• Allsop hits 84% success rate with first ever August sale

Deals

• View the latest deals added to EG Radius and how they have affected the agent rankings in your area

Comment

• Anne-Marie Nicholson: How to bridge the gap between hospital and home
• Rory O’Hagan: The climate catastrophe is a call to arms for all architects
• Christopher Raeburn: Regeneration must be more responsible

Legal and professional

• The future challenges of MEES
• Q&A: Rating rates mitigation schemes
• Retail: It’s not all doom and gloom
• The sweetener of the new PDRs
• Legal notes: Avoiding that churning feeling
• Case summary: CPRE (Kent) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another
• Case summary: R (on the application of Kalonga) v Croydon London Borough Council 

Community

• Charity and social: Paul Fosh team reaches its peak to help the homeless
• People and companies: Lee Baron expands facilities management team
• Diary: Playing a Blinder