Andy Hillier
Andy is Features Editor at Property Week.
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- andy.hillier@propertyweek.com
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Big interview with Hannah Chappatte, founder of Hybr: ‘There shouldn’t be any empty student rooms’
Hannah Chappatte, founder of online student accommodation platform Hybr, tells Property Week why her firm is determined to shake up the student rental market.
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Embracing the need for change
In my late teens, my summer holidays were spent temping in factories on industrial estates to help pay for my university education. In a short but varied career in the industrial sector, I made French doors, packed Christmas gifts in sweltering 30-degree heat and processed holiday photos. It was tiring, ...
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Q&A with Aldi’s MD of real estate: “We’re committed to opening 500 new UK stores”
Jonathan Neale, managing director of real estate at Aldi, tells Property Week about the value supermarket chain’s growth ambitions and why it has created a centralised property team
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Big interview with office developer Kinrise: ‘Knocking down is such a waste’
Kinrise is on a mission to turn old commercial buildings into grade-A office schemes. Managing partners George Aberdeen and Samuel Lawson Johnston tell Property Week why it’s the right approach both financially and environmentally.
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UK Industrial & Logistics rents up 8.2% over past five years
Rental growth accelerated over the past three years but has since decelerated as the market begins to cool.
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What does the future hold for BTS?
Head along any motorway in the UK and before long you’re bound to pass a vast warehouse development.
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Big interview with UKPA’s Sammy Pahal: Partnering for proptech
UK PropTech Association managing director Sammy Pahal tells Property Week why its merger with the British Property Federation is good news for the industry.
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How residential development is on the up in Birmingham
Residential development is on the rise in Birmingham city centre, buoyed by strong demand for high-end BTR homes. Property Week reports on how housing is becoming an important part of the city centre landscape.
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Great ambition: Big interview with AECOM’s Richard Whitehead
Construction and engineering firm AECOM is involved in some of the largest projects in the built environment. Richard Whitehead, chief executive of global buildings and places, tells Property Week how it is weathering the storms battering the sector.
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Old Broadmoor’s new treatment
The former site of the high-security mental health hospital is being offered for sale as a rare development opportunity. Property Week finds out more about its possible future uses.
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Regional focus: Thames Valley
While average UK house prices have fallen for the first time in a decade, some parts of the Thames Valley are continuing to see uplifts.
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Towering ambition: big interview with the founder of Tide Construction
Tide Construction has taken volumetric modular development to new heights with the construction of the 50-storey co-living scheme Enclave. Founder and chair John Fleming tells Property Week about the firm’s latest developments and its plans for the future.
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‘We’re well set up and ready to grow’: big interview with upmarket specialist John D Wood & Co
At a time when many estate agencies are closing branches, upmarket specialist John D Wood & Co is expanding. Managing director Polly Ogden Duffy tells Property Week what is driving the growth.
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I&L take-up falls by almost half in 2023
Speculative development in the sector has also taken a hit, holding back the take-up figures even further.
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The time has come to turn to timber
Industrial and logistics developers have made impressive progress on sustainability in recent years. Where once they were only too happy to throw up poorly insulated structures at breakneck speed, now careful consideration is given to a building’s energy efficiency and overall environmental performance.
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Roadmap to climate resilience
As extreme weather conditions hit the UK more often, PW’s Andy Hillier reports on the sector’s response.
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BTR360 Conference: Investor appetite strong despite difficult headwinds
Investor confidence in the build-to-rent (BTR) market has been dented by rising costs and higher interest rates but appetite in the market remains strong, delegates were told at Property Week’s BTR360 conference yesterday (10 October).
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UKGBC’s McWhirter slams ‘brutal’ dissolution of Energy Efficiency Taskforce
The UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) deputy chief executive Simon McWhirter has criticised the government’s decision to disband the Energy Efficiency Taskforce only six months on from its launch, and just days after it scrapped Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for residential landlords.
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RESi360: Zoopla head predicts further tricky two or three years for housing market
The UK housing market faces at least two more challenging years, Zoopla executive director Richard Donnell told delegates at Property Week’s RESi360 conference this morning (13 September).
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PW Student Accommodation Awards finalists revealed
Purpose-built student accommodation provider (PBSA) Abodus Living leads the nominations at this year’s Student Accommodation Awards, shortlisted in eight categories.