GALLERY | Place Alternative MIPIM Drinks
More than 400 people attended the one-off social event at the Principal Hotel in Manchester, held so that property professionals could meet and do business despite the MIPIM date change.
City must come together to address net-zero challenge
If Manchester is to achieve its aim of becoming net zero carbon by 2038 it must find a way of cutting emissions by 50% over the next five years, according to Gavin Elliott, head of BDP's Manchester studio.
VIDEO | Satellite towns have ‘big role to play’ in Manchester’s growth
The future of Manchester and development beyond the city fringe into fast-growing towns were the topics of conversation at a special roundtable hosted by JMW Solicitors.
COMMENT | Collaboration is key to rebuilding construction
The recent demise of high-profile construction companies such as Pochins and Bardsley has had far-reaching effects in the property development sector, writes Carrie Arnold of Bridge Insurance Brokers Limited.
Lancashire Update | Summary, slides & photos
An update on Lancashire’s £430m City Deal, the county’s housing supply and the latest on Blackpool’s £1bn regeneration were on a wide-reaching agenda at Place North West’s Lancashire Development Update.
COMMENT | Residential’s new reality
Technology is filtering into every area of the residential development model, bringing in new entrants, new designs and new approaches, writes Gemma Leonard of DAC Beachcroft.
VIDEO | Kuits roundtable on energy from waste
Exploring the future of energy-from-waste in commercial schemes and the potential for downscaling the technology for use in urban residential settings were the topics discussed at a roundtable hosted by Manchester law firm Kuits.
SPECIAL REPORT | Buildings ‘must respond to climate crisis’
Extinction Rebellion’s Jasmin Eastwood has stewarded at protests and camped out for a week as part of last summer’s pedestrianised blockade in Manchester, and she also happens to be an architect at Sheppard Robson.
COMMENT | Making the North West’s Green Belt work harder
Green Belt is one of the most politically emotive constraints to development, as the travails of the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework have made very clear, writes Lucy Wallwork of LUC.
COMMENT | How new homes can help level up the North
The 2020s will see the prosperity of the North transformed by availability of more and better homes, but only if the new Government takes action now to prepare pipelines of land and money, writes Rob Loughenbury of Lexington Communications.
COMMENT | Legislation set to digitise high-rise housing
New legislation expected in the months ahead will force owners of high-rise residential buildings to hold robust digital information about their assets. For many building owners, this presents significant challenges. A change is coming, writes Mark Turner, BIM manager at AEW Architects.
GALLERY | Place Young Things
More than 180 people attended the first Place Young Things networking event of the year, at the Science & Industry Museum in Manchester.
