The Real Deal Podcast

In our latest episode of the Real Deal Podcast, partner Clare Thomas speaks to Alex Edds, Director of Innovation at JLL and Jack Sibley, Technology & Innovation Strategist at Nuveen. They consider the current state of play in terms of smart technology in our buildings, what the barriers are to adoption and what their aspirations are for the smart cities of the future. In this changing context, they also explore whether the data insights that AI unlocks might be a catalyst for the next generation of smart buildings. 

Student accommodation has been one of the most successful of the new options for investors and developers in Western Europe to consider over the past 10 years. Listen to Danni Drummond-Brassington and Wojciech Koczara (CMS), along with Mark Robinson (Colliers), discuss the findings from the third annual CMS Real Estate Compass report in collaboration with Colliers International in the CEE region.

Exploring the new stock exchange for property.

A review of the first year of the new Telecoms Code with two of the leading practitioners in this area, Oliver Radley Gardner and Wayne Clarke of Falcon Chambers.

As we enter 2019, our CMS Real Estate Team - Ciaran Carvalho (Head of UK Real Estate), Chris Luck (Partner, Funds and Indirect Real Assets) and Danielle Drummond-Brassington (Head of Real Estate Disputes) look back on 2018 and provide a snapshot of the key trends which we believe will shape and influence the UK and European real estate market over the coming year.

We were delighted to host our first real estate GC dinner last week. Our thought-provoking industry speaker Dave Coplin, led the evening in a discussion on the digital disruption in our businesses. Drawing on 12 years’ experience as Chief Envisioning Officer at Microsoft and now running his own consultancy, he considers how we best utilise technology to work more effectively but also how we use it to feel better connected to each other, instead of getting lost in what he describes as “the digital deluge.” Dave provides a snapshot into the evenings discussion with him in our interview podcast.

In this episode, we are joined by Clare Thomas and Giles Barrie to discuss CMS's latest UK real estate report Box Clever - Warehouses Unpacked, an in-depth review of the warehouses market.

In this episode, William, Julien and Benjamin, partners from CMS’ France and Luxembourg offices, discuss whether fund managers and investors now need to think twice if they are investing in French real estate through Luxembourg holding vehicles. In addition to the podcast you can find out more here: http://www.cms-lawnow.com/ealerts/2018/06/cms-focusing-on-funds

In this episode Geoff Smith and Paul Silver discuss the blockchain, and whether or not it has a role in the property industry.

A discussion with Wojciech Koczara of CMS and Mark Robinson of Colliers about the changing office market in CEE.