Across the UK, local people are creating businesses that can help revive and revitalise our city centres.
Shared working spaces, urban farms and lending hubs for appliances and tools are just some examples of the offerings provided by a new type of occupier that are able to develop vital social, economic and climate-resilient infrastructure in our urban landscape. But it’s not just ESG that is the driver here – supporting community-focused new entrants on to the high street is increasingly making sound commercial sense.
In this article first published in Estates Gazette’s UK Cities Investor Guide, real estate partner, Nathan Rees, discusses how community-led development in our urban centres makes increasingly good commercial sense.
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