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Building Blocks
By
Anthony Breach
,
Rebecca McDonald
| 26 June 2018
Building Blocks
By
Anthony Breach
,
Rebecca McDonald
| 26 June 2018
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Executive Summary
Introduction
How does the supply of commercial property vary across cities?
Case study Figure 1: Composition of commercial floor space in city centres and suburbs, 2017
Case study Figure 2: Composition of commercial floorspace in Leicester, 2017
Case study The property offers of city centres and suburbs are determined by their exporting base
Case study Box 1: A typology of city centres and suburbs
Case study Figure 3: The size and make-up of the exporting base in city centres and suburbs
Case study Successful city centres are dominated by office space
Case study Figure 4: Composition of commercial floorspace in different types of city centre, 2017
Case study Figure 5: Office stock quality and quantity by city centre, 2017
Case study Many weak city centres have too many shops
Case study Figure 6: High street services vacancy rate for each city centre, 2017–2018
Case study Figure 7: High street services vacancy rate, by type of city centre
Case study Strong city centres have more diverse high street services
Case study Figure 8: Supply of food and leisure space in city centres and vacancy rates of high street services, 2017 – 2018
Case study Box 2: Commercial property in the city centres of Leeds and Doncaster
Case study Figure 9: Composition of commercial floor space in the city centres of Leeds and Doncaster, 2017
Case study There is less variation in the make-up of suburban commercial space
Case study Figure 10: Composition of commercial floor space in different types of suburb, 2017
Case study Office quality is better in suburbs than in city centres, even though high-skilled firms preferring suburban office space are rare
Case study Figure 11: Office quality in city centres and suburbs, by type of city centre, 2018
Case study Box 3: Why is some high knowledge work in the suburbs?
Case study Industrial space is in decline but logistics is becoming more important
Case study Figure 12: Change in total industrial and logistics floor space, by city, 2001 – 2016
Case study Box 4: Commercial property in the suburbs of York and Northampton
Case study Summary of findings
What are cities currently doing?
Case study Many cities are taking active steps to improve their office stock
Case study Cities are keeping up with changing demand for office space
Case study Cities are using lots of small interventions to ensure there is a variety of city centre office space available
Case study Case study 2: Flexible occupier criteria key to office success in Huddersfield
Case study Case study 3: Using the University of Liverpool’s estate to deliver research space
Case study Less is being done by cities to reduce reliance on retail
Case study Case study 4: Retail scheme success difficult even in Oxford’s strong city economy
Case study Cities are supporting their high-skilled suburbs and strengthening their city centres
Case study Case study 5: Warrington’s high-skilled suburban business park
Case study Brownfield land is being remediated
Case study Cities are allocating land in suburbs for logistics space
What role should the public sector play in delivering this commercial space?
Case study Policy recommendations for national government
Case study Policy recommendations for city centres
Case study Policy recommendations for suburbs
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1: Firms choosing to move back into Bradford city centre
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