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In this podcast, they discuss the future of office spaces, incorporating changes in design and materials, creating inviting lobbies, and the importance of social connections. They also explore the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on the real estate sector, including its applications in facilities management and generative AI. The podcast delves into flops, computational power, and the use of AI technology in real estate marketing. Lastly, they break barriers in the real estate industry by providing insights, qualifications, and apprenticeship opportunities for young people.

Dan Labbad, CEO of the Crown Estate, discusses his passion for real estate's role in driving social change and sustainability. They explore the breadth of career opportunities in the sector now compared to 30 years ago. The conversation highlights the power of diversity, the responsibility of leadership, and the importance of vulnerability in making a positive impact.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary is talking all things data. She sits down with Thalia Baldwin, chief executive of the Geospatial Commission, and Alex Notay, who as well as being placemaking and investment director at PfP Capital is a non-executive independent commissioner at the Geospatial Commission, to delve at little deeper into their recent Building Better Decision Making report. The report calls for greater use of location data in the real estate sector to unlock innovation and enable the industry to function better, more efficiently and more effectively. But greater use alone is not enough. Collaboration across public and private sectors, a wider lens on the types of data that might be useful for better decision making and an understanding that just collecting it isn't enough - it's what you do with it that counts - form part of the asks during this 35-minute conversation. Whether you're a data nerd or someone who just wants to build a better place, this listen will have plenty for you to get your teeth into. And if you want to read some of the reports discussed in the recording, you can access them all here: Building Better Decision Making Finding Common Ground The RED Foundation

Jessica Hardman, Head of UK at DWS, discusses her journey in real estate including her interest in the sector, education choices, and career in investment management. She also talks about the diverse nature of real estate roles, importance of collaboration, principles of leadership, diversity initiatives, and career acceleration. Additionally, she shares valuable advice for those considering a career in real estate.

In today’s episode of Bricks & Mortar, Sarah Jackman is joined by Marion Ellis of Love Surveying – a company that offers coaching and bespoke business support to those setting up and running their own surveying business. Marion established Love Surveying following 20 years in the residential property sector and today offers a range of support services including mentoring and the Surveyor Hub podcast. Marion has also written on neurodiversity and the benefits that it brings to the industry for EG’s new Starting out in real estate publication – and expands on those themes in this podcast. She discusses her own experience, the benefits of having diverse thought in the workplace and how the industry has evolved its approach to it in the time that she’s been working in real estate.

Outgoing chair of the Climate Change Committee Lord Deben - perhaps known better to some listeners as former environment secretary and EG columnist John Gummer - speaks to EG's Piers Wehner in the latest episode of the politics and property podcast.  In a wide-ranging interview he talks about why he believes the government has failed to deliver on its green promises, why we need a Department for Land Use, what he would do to compel developers to be more green, and why he supports Just Stop Oil.  Plus what he would do if he were back in government, and what he wishes he had done better as Secretary of State.  “We are now at risk [from climate change] in a way which we have never been before, and we also know what we have to do," he says. "This is a challenge to humanity which will make or break us. And at the moment, it's breaking us."

The winners of the annual ULI Hines Student Competition – Europe 2023, have recently been announced, with a team from the University of Manchester scooping the top prize. Sarah Jackman catches up with one of the winning team of four, Nimrah Maryam, along with Brian Moran, senior managing director and head of Hines in Ireland as well as member of the jury for the competition, and Emanuel Rebelo, senior associate at Hines and past winner of the ULI Hines student competition. They discuss the benefits of entering a collaborative project-based competition, what it’s taught them and how those learnings can be applied to professional life. As Moran says: “I am constantly surprised at the talent we see coming through. We insist on diversity – gender and disciplinary – because when they work together and realise that they have to collaborate to bring the best out in one another, it’s quite astonishing what happens. When you see the team working together, you see the passion and the energy come through.”

Bottlenecks in the planning system are a bigger obstacle to the Shropshire market than the UK’s broader economic woes, according to Towler Shaw Roberts partner Toby Shaw, who believes demand is very much there for quality developments once they finally get built. Towler Shaw Roberts sits comfortably at the top of the Radius On Demand Rankings for Shropshire, with 75,153 sq ft of space transacted across 38 deals so far this year. Shaw highlights Shrewsbury’s historic Flaxmill Maltings - the world’s first iron frame building which has been imaginatively redeveloped by Historic England for office use and is now attracting record rents for the town - as evidence that demand is there. However, he also believes the market is being hampered by a planning system which means developments are waiting years for work to even start on site.

This latest episode of Bricks & Mortar features Richard Laming, senior director of economics at planning and development consultancy, Turley.  In a focussed discussion, Laming reflects on how technology has impacted planning over the last decade, its acceleration during the pandemic and what's potentially coming down the tracks by way of future developments - including AI. He goes on to consider what this means for those working in planning. Has the planner's skillset changed? Do those working in the sector need to adapt and evolve their skillset to new meet new technology? What is the effect on the recruitment process? Tune in to the full podcast to hear Laming's thoughts.

In this episode of the EG Property Podcast, EG editor Samantha McClary sits down for the final part in our trilogy in which we meet this year’s EG Future Leaders. EG Future Leaders is our award-winning programme that seeks to showcase the very best and most diverse talent in real estate, putting them through an intense training programme that will see them deliver a 10-minute, Ted-style talk to a room full of 100s this September. Future Leaders is more than a training programme, however. It is a movement showing how powerfully real estate can impact our places, planet and people and how exciting a career it can offer. It really is the most powerful event you’ll ever attend in real estate. And in this episode you’ll get a flavour for just why as we hear from Ellie Awford, senior associate at Nuveen, So Sum Lee, consultant at Inner Circle Consulting, and Georgie Roberts, associate partner at Knight Frank as they talk about the power and impact the programme brings and why if you don’t think it sounds like something you’d enjoy, you really need to attend. To secure your free place at what promises to be the most inspiration-filled day in the property calendar, visit www.eg.co.uk/eg-events/future-leaders-summit-2023  And if you haven’t already, make sure you listen to episodes one and two of this trilogy to get a full flavour of just how impressive our Future Leaders are.