All articles by Christopher Walker
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Analysis
Outlook 2025: US real estate to take off after economic soft landing?
An economic soft landing bodes well for US real estate, but important questions need answering before investors get carried away
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Analysis
Outlook 2025: European real estate’s special K recovery
Investors will need to embrace active asset management to capitalise on a bifurcated recovery
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Special Reports
LGIM: Streamlined for growth
Legal & General merged its investment arms this year. Christopher Walker asked Bill Hughes what this means for the group’s real estate business
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Analysis
European Real Estate Forum's Jeff Rupp on giving the industry a say in regulation
EREF brings together 48 organisations to give the European real estate industry a singular voice. Christopher Walker speaks to founder Jeff Rupp
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Special Reports
Logistics developer Panattoni moves into fund management
One of the largest logistics developers is moving into the lucrative investment management business. Christopher Walker speaks to new hire Nick Preston
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Special Reports
Cohen & Steers: REIT champion embraces private markets
Cohen & Steers is seeking to take the benefits of a dual private-listed approach to new and old investors. Christopher Walker speaks to new CEO Joe Harvey
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Analysis
The Big Story: Trump's re-election and the outlook for real assets investment
What will Donald Trump’s second term as US president mean for real estate and infrastructure? Christopher Walker investigates
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Analysis
Should London emulate Amsterdam and embrace doughnut economics?
Real estate veteran Chris Brown is leading something of a citizens’ crusade to get London to adopt Amsterdam’s commitment to doughnut economics. Christopher Walker reports
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Analysis
Addressing the demand for European residential real estate funds
People, government and investors all want more housing. Christopher Walker explores the growing market for European residential funds
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Analysis
COP16: Indigenous peoples and businesses both vital to biodiversity conservation
The recent COP16 in Colombia emphasised the dual importance of indigenous peoples and businesses in biodiversity conservation. Christopher Walker reports
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Interviews
North American capital moves in to scale-up UK single-family market
CPP Investments and Kennedy Wilson bank on sector becoming an institutional asset class
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Special Reports
WFH versus RTO: what will happen to US offices?
Are workers returning to offices in the US – and can they save the beleaguered office market? Christopher Walker investigates
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Special Reports
Real estate insurance: climate change gets expensive
Insurance rates in flood-risk areas of the US like Miami have been rising at an alarming rate. Christopher Walker looks at whether investors should be worried
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Interviews
How Texas TRS capitalised on the spread between public and private real estate
US pension fund set up tactical REIT strategy to take advantage of public-private arbitrage opportunity last year. Christopher Walker talks to the architect
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Interviews
Interview: Jim Clayton on the collision between real estate and infrastructure
The Schulich professor explains why the merging of real estate and infrastructure needs to be understood
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Analysis
The UK seeks to ignite a ‘big bang’ and adopt the ‘Canadian model’
Will a ‘big bang’ pensions reform enable the UK to adopt the ‘Canadian model’ and direct billions of pounds into infrastructure? Christopher Walker and Richard Lowe, report
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Special Reports
Paris: 10 years after the 15-minute city concept
It has been 10 years since the mayor of Paris undertook an urban transformation. Christopher Walker asks whether the experience can act as a blueprint for other cities
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Analysis
The Big Story: real assets under Trump 2.0
Polling is on a knife-edge, but what would a second Trump presidency mean for real assets? Christopher Walker investigates
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Analysis
Can Labour lead an urban revival in the UK?
The new government is targeting co-ordinated initiatives in planning, housing, R&D and transport
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News
Real estate industry welcomes UK ambitions to build 1.5m homes
Housing minister Angela Rayner introduces changes to National Planning Policy Framework