O arquiteto premiado Ian Simpson foi o orador principal em Downton no mais recente jantar privado dos negócios em Londres. é um Blackfriars, um esquema de uso misto na capital com uma torre residencial, juntamente com instalações de lazer residentes, um hotel, restaurantes e uma oferta de varejo. Seu outro trabalho inclui a infame torre de Beetham em Manchester, até recentemente a estrutura mais alta da cidade e a espetacular rainha Elizabeth Hall em Antuérpia. Geralmente, queria trabalhar com negócios e profissionais de propriedade. Abordagem de planejamento pesado. No entanto, ele admitiu que Londres ainda era o local onde os investidores queriam investir - embora ele alertou que o Brexit era uma sombra pendurada em todo o país, incluindo Londres. com Sir Howard Bernstein
Hosted at the Malmaison hotel, twenty leading business leaders from the capitals property sector were informed and entertained in equal measure as Simpson reflected on delivering a catalogue of iconic developments in a glittering career.
Among Simpson designs is One Blackfriars, a mixed- use scheme in the capital featuring a residential tower, along with resident leisure facilities, a hotel, restaurants and a retail offer. His other work includes the infamous Beetham Tower in Manchester, up until recently the city’s highest structure and the spectacular Queen Elizabeth Hall in Antwerp.
In a frank hour- long conversation with Downtown members, Simpson was fulsome in his praise of Manchester’s ‘can do’ attitude and impressed by the former chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein and his planning team.
“They genuinely wanted to work with business and property professional. It wasn’t just straplines and soundbites. The fact that the city had a clear blueprint, a development strategy that it stuck to is a major reason for its renaissance over the past twenty years.”
The influence of the heritage lobby over developments in the UK, particularly in London, was clearly a frustration for Simpson, as was the capitals often bureaucratic and cumbersome planning approach. Nonetheless, he conceded that London was still the place where investors wanted to invest – though he cautioned that Brexit was a shadow hanging over the whole country, London included.
Downtown Connecting the Capital to England’s core cities
Downtown in Business will be hosting a series of events in London for the remainder of 2019.
Forthcoming events include an exclusive dinner with Sir Howard Bernstein Um dos arquitetos do primeiro acordo de devolução 'Devo Manc', A 'Líderes Almoço' Com o premiado promotor imobiliário Tom Bloxham da divisória urbana; e a FORUM com membros principais do Northern Powerhouse Parceria. Se você estiver interessado em participar de um desses eventos, entre em contato com Chris McKenna emchris.mckenna@nesreen.shop. O que o Downtown in Business está fazendo.
Later in the year, we are partnering with London First to organise a forum in the capital with Liverpool metro mayor Steve Rotheram.
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