Real Estate Insights, from Savills

In this annual podcast episode, Savills agents discuss whether its commercial, rural and residential investment property predictions, made at the end of last year, have begun to emerge in the first three months of 2023. 

Which locations around the world come out top in Savills 2023 Tech Cities research, and how are tech occupiers’ real estate requirements evolving in response to industry changes? 

This final episode of the Savills Earth podcast series will introduce social value and how it is evolving. The podcast will look at some of the challenges around social value and also what can be done to ensure social value continues to mature in line with the E and the G in ESG. 

Join Guy Ruddle and Co-host Marylis Ramos, Director in Savills Earth alongside: Stephen Lloyd, Associate, Sustainable Design within Savills Earth, Nick Taylor, Director in Building Project Consultancy and Julia Mountford, Director in Savills Planning division. 

This fourth episode of the Savills Earth podcast series explores the topic of retrofitting alongside rebuild, unpicking and exploring different sides of the coin, from planning and construction to design. We need to return to retrofit as a first option but ensure a broader conversation that considers all impacts including social value and health and wellbeing. 

This podcast is the fourth in the Savills Earth takeover series, where each episode will discuss a key topic related to ESG with expert speakers within Savills.

The way businesses use offices have evolved, with a shift towards higher quality office space, more amenity and flexibility. 

Experts from Savills join Guy Ruddle to discuss how retail can be reimagined and repurposed for the future. Together they explore the drivers for change and the key challenges and opportunities when it comes to developing greener retail real estate.   

In the third episode of our Savills Earth podcast series, our experts discuss biodiversity, what it is and why it’s important to us all. Our guests explore why it is now one of the moment’s buzz words, recent legislation and government commitments that are driving legislation as well as the integration of biodiversity into urban spaces and how this will effect developments in future.

Life science remains a hot topic for many within real estate, with a number of new entrants looking to break into the UK market as the sector continues to mature. However, with the current funding landscape impacted by wider macro-economics, and more hesitancy from those looking to invest, it is important to stress that the fundamentals remain strong. 

Join Guy Ruddle and guests, Tom Mellows, Savills head of UK science, Olivia Drew, director and portfolio manager of UK life sciences at UBS and Freddie Dear, investment manager at Monograph Capital and head of corporate development at Ascend Gene & Cell Therapies, as they discuss what’s needed to meet the sector’s growing requirements. 

Join Guy Ruddle and Co-host Marylis Ramos, Director in Savills Earth alongside: David Thomas, Director of Energy Procurement, Thomas McMillan, Head of Energy and Alexandros Chalkias, Sustainable Design Associate Director.

Given the ongoing rising energy costs and cost-of-living crisis, this podcast explores what opportunities there are for occupiers and asset owners of commercial property to reduce exposure to un-capped rises in costs, explaining why a transition to domestic renewable energy is not possible overnight, and realistic benchmarks for future planning.

This podcast is the second in the Savills Earth takeover series, where each episode will discuss a key topic related to the green agenda with expert speakers within Savills.

Our experts discuss what is meant by the circular economy and what are some of the greatest challenges to achieving a circular economy in the property sector. Together, they explore what is meant by recycling and the circular economy and how it is being applied to real estate, from an operational level to planning, design and construction.

Join Guy Ruddle and Co-host Marylis Ramos, Director in Savills Earth alongside: Nick Iles, Senior Sustainability and Waste Consultant, Dan Jestico, Director in Sustainable Design and Kat Martindale, Head of ESG Research. This podcast is the first in the Savills Earth takeover series, where each episode will discuss a key topic related to ESG with expert speakers within Savills.