City property vital to London’s world standing | City A.M.

City property vital to London’s world standing | City A.M.

LAST week I joined 15,000 leading practitioners from across the property industry at MIPIM, the international property conference hosted in Cannes every year.

Contrary to what you may have read, I can assure you it is not all sun, champagne and parties on yachts.

Throughout the week, I spoke publicly about the challenges facing the City and hosted countless meetings and events with some of the world’s leading architects and developers to discuss what the future may hold.

Of course, being based in the Square Mile has numerous advantages. That is why the world’s top firms and top talent continue to want to be based here.

However we also face many difficulties, not least creating a modern and sustainable property offer and infrastructure network amidst a medieval road network that is home to a number of world-famous landmarks.