Commercial Journal

Only 31% of London’s office buildings are rated EPC C or higher, research by Carter Jonas has found. It presents a huge challenge for the capital’s property owners in the drive to reach net zero carbon.

When it comes to sustainability and reaching net zero, the world-renowned University of Oxford faces the same learning curve and challenges as other institutions - and landlords.

How is the landscape for commercial development changing?

How has a real estate sector which is "basically fresh air" grown to be worth, at conservative estimates, $200bn in the US and between £5-7bn in the UK?

There didn't use to be many options for businesses caught with a gap between a lease ending and a new one starting. Similarly, if a business is looking to test expansion into a new market before committing to a traditional lease.

Don't say valuation is the boring part of the property industry.

Our property and asset management team give their take on the market and insight into their work with TV and film companies.

Changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) for commercial buildings that come into effect at the beginning of April should just be the starting point for landlords of poor-performing assets.

The fulfilment of working on long-term real estate strategies with non-private-sector occupiers is what ultimately led Tom Devine, Partner, and Nicky Visick, Consultant, to start working together.

The team headed by Lee Richards has been growing in the past year, experiencing significant wins in the sector.

Matt Lee, Head of Science and Technology at Carter Jonas describes the life sciences market as in "a perfect storm" but not completely immune to the headwinds. "Macro-economic pressures slow things down in a way that you wouldn't otherwise get.”

It was the “straightforward and down-to-earth” people that drew Nick Waddington and Adam McGuinness to the industrial and logistics sector early in their careers. Now, at Carter Jonas, they hope to introduce a younger cohort of property professionals to an “exciting and evolving” sector.