Rebirth of retail among AY’s 10 trends for 2020

The agenda for FUTURE PropTech 2020 has been released. This year’s theme, Re-imagining Real Estate, is aimed at driving the proptech conversation forward with original insights on a wide range of topics.

The UK Green Building Council has published energy performance targets for commercial offices that are aiming to achieve net zero carbon in operation.

Healthcare tech supplier Essence Group has signed a deal with Texas Instruments to target the high-potential independent living market.

One month after buying the massive city centre retail development in Birmingham, investment manager M7 Real Estate said it intends to issues shares in the building on the UK’s new property stock market.

The Danish architecture practice will design a 175-acre urban incubator campus in the foothills of Mount Fuji for the Japanese car giant.

What will be the implications for real estate to huge demographic change in the next decade as Baby Boomers leave the workforce and Generation Z becomes the dominant generation? Cushman & Wakefield investigates.

Nigel Ebdon of Secure Meters UK considers results of a recent survey of social housing professionals.

It’s all change in the area immediately next to Cambridge railway station. Developer Brookgate, supported by Aviva, is now a substantial way through its CB1 regeneration project. Emerging from the station, visitors are greeted by an enhanced public square, including offices, cafes and bars. Predictably, it is also liberally festooned with bicycles.

Sadaqat Hussain is a rating apprentice surveyor and Katie Nelson is a surveyor for tenant representation at Cushman & Wakefield.