Claim OwnershipTop CREdentials
Subscribed: 3Played: 23
Subscribe
© 2025 CoStar Group
Description
A monthly podcast from the award-winning CoStar News team, featuring in-depth conversations with senior leaders shaping the UK commercial real estate landscape. Each episode explores the key moments that influenced their careers, the lessons that guide their decisions and their thoughts on the news and trends affecting the market.
CoStar News provides comprehensive data-driven coverage of the sectors, markets, transactions and dealmakers driving commercial real estate across the UK, US and Canada.
CoStar News provides comprehensive data-driven coverage of the sectors, markets, transactions and dealmakers driving commercial real estate across the UK, US and Canada.
15 Episodes
Reverse
In this episode we talk to Fred Schwass, General Projects chief development officer, about his unusual pathway into commercial real estate development via the New York fashion scene and how he landed his first role at Faena Hotels. Fred explains his decision to return to Europe a decade ago to become the first employee at London-based General Projects, and describes his work since restoring heritage buildings across the capital, including JD.com's new UK office headquarters.
In this episode we speak to Ker Gilchrist, head of investment management UK at Patrizia, about his more than 30-year career in property and the importance of developing strong relationships with colleagues and clients. Gilchrist talks about cutting his teeth at some of the world's largest real estate consultancies, before "moving client side" more than a decade ago. He also discusses his current role, where he looks closely at risk, and what is needed for core capital to return to the market.
In this episode we speak to Kelly Cleveland, British Land's head of real estate and investment, about her more than 20-year property career and the REIT's conviction in London office campuses. She also explains why AI firms' growing need for space is an 'absolute positive' for the capital, and talks through its assembly of a £3 billion retail park empire.
In this episode we talk to Andy McBain, senior vice-president at the British Council for Offices, about his journey from office products to projects over a more than two-decade-long career in the sector. Andy also unpacks his key takeaways from the BCO's annual conference and explores the rise of experience-led offices.
In this episode we speak to Lesley Davison, managing director of capital markets at real estate asset management firm Delancey, about her work on acquiring the London Olympic Village for redevelopment and how she would use AI to fix the 'planning logjam'. Davison also talks about returning to the business where she 'grew up' and rocking out with property colleagues.
Comments
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States