Join us at 1pm for some really good reasons to do real estate development an investment differently Eventbrite.co.uk/e/626905299627

Meanwhile, right now, I'm at the Glastonbury Festival, which is an oasis of astonishing organisation - a temporary city the size of Bath! With it's own hospital, bio-degradable crisp-packets and pioneering buildings made of fungus! - and that currently rare thing: joy.

Oh yeah… Melanie Leech Katapult Robbie Jones Yolande Barnes Declan Curry Derby City Council Bowmer+Kirkland

“Pay attention to streets, not just sites” says Yolande Barnes Marketing Derby #DPS2023

"Herzog & de Meuron’s proposal to plonk a cluster of bloated office blocks...on top of the Victorian Liverpool Street Station (for Sellar, developer of the Shard), is among the most crass commercial speculations the capital has seen in recent years." bit.ly/3JSnTX7

TMT = Too much Tarmac!

Yes, I will provide proof.

Of course we need 3 acres of land for 36 people waiting in line for coffee

Every time someone says that 'reducing the role of the car will need radical changes' show them this. Creating current car dependency was only possible with a massive, decade-long and destructive effort to erase the city as we knew it. (by @Segbydesign)

If grocery inflation is 12.2% then *all* groceries are still rising in price - and at a fast rate. It doesn’t really matter if the speed of growth is tiny bit less than last month.

Thank you Daniel #WBEF

I also pointed out Tony Blair coincidentally presided over the biggest downward yield shift in history. V. high ‘70s & ‘80s inflation ended, interest rates fell so asset prices (inc housing) grew. It won’t be repeated, The automatic house price escalator has ground to a halt

I’m hugely delighted & very proud to be voted president of Society of Property Researchers -a fantastic outfit with enthusiastic members & super-interesting events. Really looking forward to contributing again, after helping found it back in the 1980s. Thank you. Huge privilege.

Just about to speak to The Bond at The Tallow Chandlers Hall in the City of London

My x-twitter feed today is full of calls to increase housing supply. In 20 year’s time I don’t think it will be.

Social fabric matters. The places we inhabit, the people we share them with, the tissue of friendships & family, networks & institutions, the quilt of businesses, charities & civic government, the intricately interwoven lives & hopes: all these are the essential threads of

Me on Bloomberg TV this morning- House prices up 3 to 5% by year end, low turnover, activity pick up in 2025 & 6, highly segmented market Would have added some properties will see a decade of obsolescence and depreciation but time flies in TV land. Happy Monday!

Gillet jaune Anglaise in Paternoster Square today

Another enjoyable day of hand drawing yesterday at CS HQ with some great progress. One of the main objectives is to arm people with the ability to confidently & quickly express urban development ideas on paper especially when it comes to situations like public consultations.

It was a fun and instructive day, I learnt a lot and developed some new skills Thank you Mark and Create Streets.