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Not at Mipim? Young surveyors do dinner at the Martinez

By Nadia Elghamry on March 9, 2012 9:38 AM | No TrackBacks
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Not at Mipim then it must be MipOUT. While the rest of the property industry was feeling a bit 'tired' and washed-out Young Surveyors - The Next Generation (their words not mine) were out partying. 

Over 300 young property professionals crammed themselves into west end nightclub Apres, London last night . And there was a distinct Mipim theme to the year with a Mipim themed bar serving Dinner at the Martinez and Lunch on the Beach cocktails - well, to capture the true spirit of Mipim all 'meals' really had to be liquid.

The event, in its first year, was organised by Charlie Curtis (Finn & Co), Tim Monger-Godfrey (CBRE) and Alex Springer (Knight Frank) as a networking event for the next generation of the property industry.

The stories from last night are sure to emerge, once the bacon sandwiches washed down with Berocca have done their magic. 

A proportion of the money taken will be donated to Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

MIPIM 2012: Sun sets on another show

By Stacey Meadwell on March 8, 2012 4:44 PM | No TrackBacks
And there it is, ladies and gentlemen. Another MIPIM is drawing to a close. Final meetings are concluding and preparations for dinners and parties are underway.

The UK cities have been here in greater numbers this year shouting about enterprise zones and development proposals. I've learnt that there is still a lot of the nitty gritty to work through on the EZs before they will finally fly, if indeed they do prove to be more than government window dressing. Sheffield's LEP chair James Newman was still negotiating details with the Treasury a couple of days ago.

But it feels like there has been more to say this year and that concrete things are starting to happen. Derby council has put money into kick starting the first spec office scheme in the city for 20 years - off the back of a meeting it held down here in Cannes a handful of years ago.

Newport is close to announcing an anchor tenant for its Friars Walk retail scheme and planning is due to be submitted at the end of the month. Manchester has launched a search for development partners for a medi-park and Birmingham has shortlisted three developers for its Digital Plaza hub.

On the one hand there haven't been as many leggy models adorning the Russian and Eastern European stands but on the other it doesn't feel quite as austere as last year. There seems to have been more champagne on offer, there have been some really fancy canapes and treats around (no cuddly toys though as far as I can tell) and developers have had dinners in very nice restaurants.

It's not goodbye MIPIM but au revoir, I'm sure we'll all be back again next year.




#Mipim 2012: Day two in Cannes - cigars, Berocca and running off with 'that' mayor

By Nadia Elghamry on March 7, 2012 3:25 PM | No TrackBacks
5462688395_7413178fe8.jpgDay two, and as is traditional for the Middle Mipim day it's all about business. Well kinda. We've trawled the Twittersphere to give you a real feel for what's happening at the show. 

Click on the continue reading link below to find out what was hot today, here's a taster: the cigars are back, the Berocca is out and someone has run off with that mayor.

Picture by Ron Dollete on Flickr

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MIPIM 2012 VPS urban renewal seminar: 'Property industry needs to think outside its own domain'

By Stacey Meadwell on March 7, 2012 12:30 PM | No TrackBacks

It's been a steep learning curve for VPS head of sales Gavin Pringle in his first few weeks in the job he's learnt how squatters aren't small disparate local groups but educated, organised and national.

GVA's John Jones Head of Property Management said the ingenuity of squatters is incredible and pessimistically thought that 24 hour security might be the only answer to what is an expensive problem for landlords.

But when it comes to vandalism, another costly issue for owners of empty properties, the Urban Land Institute's Joe Montgomery said you need to get to the problem early. Explaining, he said that government policy such as stripping young people of their education allowance has reduced opportunities for them. 

His argument was if you give young people opportunities, activity and direction they are less inclined to destructive behaviour. 

"The property industry need to think outside their own domain and look at which bit of social policy they want to have a voice in," he said. 

Mike Kiely, director of planning at Croydon Council highlighted the problem of vertical drinking in the evening after the shoppers and office workers have gone home and the trouble that it engenders in its town centre. He said the council was trying to bring in more homes to the town centre, including family housing, which he believes will "naturally phase out the problem."

Mixed tenure also seemed to be a common solution suggested by the round table guests, mixing up social rented, part buy and owner-occupiers in new developments and redevelopments of older estates in order to create a sense of community.

 

No Cannes Do? Shed shifters gather for #Mipim-sur-le-Thames

By Nadia Elghamry on March 7, 2012 10:34 AM | No TrackBacks
untitled.bmpWho needs Cannes when we have the No-Cannes-Do. The first of the not-at-Mipim events kicked off yesterday with over 400 shed-shifters descending on London's Oxo Tower. 

For sure, many were feeling just a teensy bit smug. While those in the south of France weathered the drizzle, London was bathed in glorious spring sunshine.  And in true Cannes style the drink started flowing at 11am as the sector's key players mingled. 

What started off as the budget alternative to Mipim has blossomed. Now in its third year one of the sponsors Dowley Turner Real Estate, says that it was the best turn out ever. 

There was even an after party at Jacks Lounge , where the truly hardy carried on the celebrations. Presumably there'll be a lot of Berocca doing the rounds this morning.

Picture courtesy of Victoria Gibbs

#MIPIM 2012: Day one in Cannes - best stands, a Big Mac dispensing machine and the toilets

By Nadia Elghamry on March 6, 2012 3:12 PM | No TrackBacks
The best stands, the cycle 2 Cannes cyclists arrive, a Big Mac dispensing machine and the state of the toilets. Here's what the Twittersphere had to say about property's biggest jamboree. 

Click on the continue reading link below to find out what happened on day one at Mipim 2012

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Mipim: Croydon a new office hot spot. Pipe dream or possibility?

By Nadia Elghamry on March 6, 2012 11:52 AM | No TrackBacks
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Croydon will become the new office hot-spot (£).  OK, so Croydon's own marketing department did dream up that headline and Develop Croydon is down at Mipim today banging their offices drum. 

It reckons that rents of £22 per sq ft will be enough of a lure to send occupiers from the West End flocking to the south London borough.

There's little reason why Croydon couldn't become an office overflow hot spot - except that if it really was that easy to entice occupiers with a few pounds and pence shaved off the rents, wouldn't they have already gone there by now? Yes, Grade A stock has been thin on the ground but there were plenty of opportunities for occupiers to get involved and no end of shiny schemes being mooted. 

Agents constantly say that occupiers don't care - to a point - what the price of property is, it's not their biggest cost, people are. The biggest problems occupiers talk about now is getting talent in through their doors, and keeping it and having a central London address is one of the best ways to do that. Don't believe me, well just look at Nokia and O2 Telefonica who moved back from the M4 corridor into central London.


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Mipim Pics: Day One, the EG team eventually arrives in Cannes

By Nadia Elghamry on March 6, 2012 8:30 AM | No TrackBacks

It was a late one last night but team EG finally pulled into Cannes at 10:15. This morning the sun is out at Le Mee-peem and last minute preparations are underway at the Palais. 

The team is already out and about and so far this morning editor Damian Wild has spotted the show's first double height pavillion - from Quatar (of course).

Click on the slideshow above to see a selection of pics from Cannes this morning. 

We'll have digital daily editions, live web seminars and breaking news throughout the day, and you can follow the team on our Mipim 2012 blog. Our first live web seminar kicks off at 12:00 GMT looks at A Growth Plan for London.

Mipim: Snow, rain and fire mark the start of Mipim week

By Nadia Elghamry on March 5, 2012 2:47 PM | No TrackBacks
19722949.jpgWell never imagined we'd be posting a picture of snow to mark the start of Mipim. This is northern France, taken by our own Stacey Meadwell from the Eurostar window.

It's been an eventful start to proceedings for the Estates Gazette team,  with the Mipim express heavily delayed by a fire on the line near Paris. As I type, 300 Mipim-ites are making the mad dash across the French capital to Gare Lyon to try and catch the last TGV down. 

Still, at least with blazing sunshine in London, all of us that stayed behind can feel smug. For now.
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