We are proud to announce that Property X-Change will be launching in just one month! 🎉 #PropertyXChange #HighStreetsForAll #ComingSoon Follow us on Twitter & join the LinkedIn Group now 👇 linkedin.com/groups/1267568…

The Republic of Super Neighbours is a territory in the south of Paris encompassing roughly 50 streets and 15,000 residents. I wrote about their curious efforts to transform city living for The Guardian: theguardian.com/world/2022/jul…

Big announcement from Lisa Nandy MP - Labour will introduce a Community Right to Buy, for vital local assets, including vacant high street properties. #TakeBackTheHighStreet @peoplesbiz

A wonderful map showing where tourists (in red) and locals (in blue) take photographs in London. Created by Erica Fischer (explore the whole map at: flickr.com/photos/walking…) brilliantmaps.com/tourists-vs-lo…

This is important. If you can, take the time to read it. “A report on testing a whole system framework with businesses and local authorities, to place communities at the heart of decision-making.”

“Tokyo was shaped not solely by disorder or grand design but by the intermingling of daily small choices that create spontaneous patterns from the bottom up”

.Matt Leach and Seb Elsworth: Dormant assets distribution – two complementary approaches civilsociety.co.uk/voices/matt-le…

High Streets | Taking back and leading forward Our latest report with CRESR SHU examines the role community businesses can play in addressing the challenges of UK high streets. ✍️ Join our campaign today: share the findings and write to your MP. powertochange.org.uk/our-work/campa…

Property X-Change is for any person or organisation with a vested interest in the recovery of London’s high streets. Join a diverse network of high street owners, managers, tenants, and users with a shared passion for property development, activation, and community building.

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I'm so proud to launch Platform Places today – carefully co-designed in dialogue with 25 leaders from communities, councils, asset owners & law firms across the UK 💃 Please like, follow & share if you want to see town centre buildings unlocked for amazing ideas 🥁🍅🚴‍♂️🏡

What is a Community Land Trust, and how can this type of organisation help revitalise high street property? Community-led housing expert Levent Kerimol from Community Led Housing London explains in our latest #PXQA 👇 propertyxchange.london/discover/what-… On our website, you can also share ideas for future Q&As ⁉️

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And this is a summary report arguing we must make social infrastructure open, accessible and inclusive; include community voices to understand local concerns and demands; and harness the private sector’s role in shaping and providing social infrastructure thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/s…

Which terms work best for social impact occupiers? Fixed rent vs. revenue share? How to report on social impact? Answering these and other questions, Platform Places have shared an excellent toolkit to help with social impact agreements: platformplaces.com/news/social-im… Platform Places

#UKUrbanFutures: We are delighted to present the UK Urban Futures Commission’s initial insights at the LGA Localism #UrbanSummit23 - bringing together urban leaders, academics, think tanks, and others with an interest in the future of UK cities. bit.ly/3Z53naA

New report out now. Persistent property vacancy rates on the rise. Many of the towns that have seen biggest increase since 2015 will be key marginal constituencies at next general election. Includes ideas for how to build community-powered high streets.

BLOG 📏 | How can we better support community business to measure their impact? "Community businesses most want to tell the stories of their organisations, communities, and people they work with." Explore the findings from our latest research 👇 bit.ly/3qgZAeC

Attention Street Design Nerds! One of the most intriguing cities in recent years at reconsidering streets for people instead of just for cars, Oslo Norway, has translated their Street Design Manual into English and put it on-line. Worth digging into. #Oslo oslo.kommune.no/getfile.php/13…

Introducing: Re:Permissioning the City A proposal for a community-led governance system which interrogates how we use, manage and share cities’ growing underutilised spatial assets for an emergent civic economy Let us know what you think + please share! darkmatter-labs.medium.com/re-permissioni…