Across the UK, owners and developers of subprime office buildings face a paradox: they are ready to invest in meaningful upgrades, but the system seems designed to penalise rather than support them. Outdated tax structures...more
Delays, uncertainty and red tape continue to plague the planning system – making even straightforward reuse of commercial buildings unnecessarily difficult. As Mark Leeson, operations director of McBains and member of The...more
Not so long ago, the commercial heart of many towns and cities pulsed with life – local cafés, dry cleaners, sandwich shops and newsagents thrived on the daily rhythm of office workers spilling into the streets. Above them,...more
Subprime office stock faces the risk of becoming stranded not just because of poor energy performance, but because of poor measurement....more
We have walked through more high-spec, high-end office cycle storage facilities than we can count, and the one thing they almost always have in common? Gleaming racks, digital access controls, motion-sensor lighting, even...more