London Property Alliance (CPA & WPA)

London Property Alliance (CPA & WPA)

Interviews, updates and insights from across London’s built environment. Brought to you by the London Property Alliance (CPA & WPA) – the voice of central London Real Estate.

  1. Shaping London: The Women Who Define Our Spaces

    08/03/2024

    Shaping London: The Women Who Define Our Spaces

    In our latest podcast marking International Women’s Day, we explore the vital role that women play in central London’s property sector and how women have and are shaping our city. Featuring interviews with policymakers, industry and thought leaders from across the Alliance’s network, speak about the importance of gender equity in London’s real estate industry and how women are changing the design of places and spaces in central London. We also discuss what a more diverse industry could mean for London’s future. This podcast features Gudrun Andrews (Head of Planning Policy, City of London Corporation), Katy Ghahremani (Partner, Make Architects & WPA Board member), Deborah Saunt (academic, CPA Board member & Founding Director, DSDHA), Niamh Sutherland (CPA NextGen committee member & Principal Engineer, Momentum Transport Consultancy) and Professor Tony Travers (Director, London School of Economics and Political Science); hosted by the Alliance’s Alice Dale (Communications Manager).

    15 min
  2. Episode 1: Sustainability & the City

    22/05/2023

    Episode 1: Sustainability & the City

    In this first episode we will be exploring the City of London Corporation’s approach to delivering sustainable development through its newly adopted Carbon Options Guidance (COG), which is a key part of the City Corporation’s approach to delivering a net zero City by 2040. In conversation, Marie-Louise Schembri, Sustainability Director at Hilson Moran, Carina Pohnke, Planning Officer – Sustainability, at City of London Corporation, and Alex Thorpe, CPA NextGen Committee Member and Senior Development Manager at CO-RE will discuss the COG and what this means for City planning going forward. This podcast has been made possible by NextGen champion Gardiner & Theobald.

    22 min
  3. CPA NextGen: Decarbonising our offices

    03/10/2022

    CPA NextGen: Decarbonising our offices

    Decarbonising our offices – how can the built environment meet the Net Zero Carbon challenge. Listen to the members of the CPA NextGen committee discuss how the built environment can meet the Net Zero Carbon challenges. CPA’s NextGen Committee Vice Chair, Leila Gray (Sheppard Robson) and committee member Alex Parsons (CO-RE) delves into how the built environment, particularly offices, can achieve net zero carbon and help to address the climate emergency. Leila and Alex are joined by Ross Sayers, CPA Board member and Landsec Head of Development Management; Anna Biggin, CBRE, London leasing team and Rachel Hoolahan, Architect and Sustainability Coordinator at Orms. The group discuss the challenges, changes in behaviour required and potential solutions to decarbonising our workplaces.

    27 min
  4. Disability & the built environment

    03/08/2022

    Disability & the built environment

    Complementing the publication of a new London Property Alliance guidebook about disability and the built environment, Mike Adams OBE (CEO, Purple), Claire Heapher-Davies (WPA NextGen; Development Manager – Public Realm , The Crown Estate) and Bhakti Depala (CPA NextGen; City of London Corporation, Head of Planning Delivery, City of London Corporation) share insights and experiences on how the property sector and the physical built environment can and should be made more inclusive for people with disabilities of all types.

    36 min
  5. WPA NextGen: Flexible Working & remote collaboration

    04/11/2021

    WPA NextGen: Flexible Working & remote collaboration

    WPANextGen committee members Charlotte Ashton (Colliers) and Matthew Barret (CBRE) explore flexible working and remote collaboration in the workplace with panellists Kate Davies (Infinity Sqd), Matt Holt (Gensler), Sven Moller (Colliers) and Matthew O'Halloran (Smart Spaces).

    50 min
  6. Zero Carbon Westminster: The role of developers (WPA NextGen series episode #3)

    16/08/2021

    Zero Carbon Westminster: The role of developers (WPA NextGen series episode #3)

    The third episode of WPA NextGen’s podcast mini-series explores the role of developers in achieving net zero carbon with Grosvenor Britain & Ireland’s Director of Climate Positive Solutions, Andy Haigh.

    13 min
  7. Designing a Zero Carbon Westminster (WPA NextGen series episode #2)

    20/07/2021

    Designing a Zero Carbon Westminster (WPA NextGen series episode #2)

    In episode two of this WPA NextGen mini-series, Caroline Haines (WPA NextGen Committee Member and Development Manager at Derwent London) speaks with Gary Elliott (CEO and Founder of Elliott Wood Partnership Ltd, Structural Engineers) about key considerations when designing to achieve net zero carbon.

    34 min
  8. WPA NextGen Zero Carbon Westminster: Welcome to the series

    07/07/2021

    WPA NextGen Zero Carbon Westminster: Welcome to the series

    Westminster Property Association's NextGen committee welcome listeners to a mini-series exploring the role of development and design in creating a sustainable, zero carbon Westminster.

    9 min
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