Councils count the cost

31 July 20

Don’t try to catch a falling knife, the saying goes. Unfortunately, local authorities (LAs) have not heeded the advice, not when it comes to investment in commercial property, anyway.

Light at the end of a long tunnel

24 July 20

Do my eyes deceive me? Is that light I spy at the end of the tunnel? This week, there was cause for cautious optimism on several fronts.

It’s do or die time on rent

17 July 20

It’s the rent, stupid. Landlords of retail property are in despair across the country, as much of their income dries up.

There’s not much to drink to

10 July 20

Super Saturday wasn’t as super as some expected or, rather, hoped. The iffy weather didn’t help, but that wasn’t the real issue.

Winners past and present

3 July 20

It has been a week of extraordinary highs and lows.

Hanged, drawn and quartered

26 June 20

It has been a week of decidedly mixed fortunes for the retail and hospitality sectors.

Everything’s changing, but real estate is changing with it

26 June 20

In the last issue of Perspectives in March, experts wrote about the importance of Mipim and its networking opportunities. Just over three months later, the concept of rubbing shoulders in Café Roma and drinking rosé in yacht cabins is a distant dream – and just think of all that hand-shaking.

Start of recovery… or the end?

19 June 20

Social distancing? What social distancing? The review of the 2m rule was already looking moot when people started hitting the beaches, attending underground raves and participating in protests.

Slow down and fast forward

12 June 20

While many of us have adjusted to a slower pace of life in lockdown (walking and cycling instead of taking the car or public transport, cooking with family rather than dining out or eating fast food, doing the gardening ourselves instead of paying someone else to do it or, in my case, not doing it), many of the trends governing the jobs we do, the way we behave and lives we lead have been turbo-charged.