Presenting the City's vision for ensuring its position as the world’s most innovative, competitive, open and sustainable financial centre.
The pandemic has radically transformed ways of working and socialising, changing demands on urban centres. Prior to the epidemic, there were 7.4 million visits to City attractions annually, a 50 per cent increase over the last 10 years, and over 520,000 workers travelling to and from the City each day. After over 18 months of working from home, workers – and visitors – will eventually return to the Square Mile, even if the way that they use their offices may change. This confidence is underpinned by strong demand from developers and investors. In the first two months of 2021, the City granted consent to applications equivalent of almost 80 per cent of the total office floorspace approved for the whole of 2020.
Recently approved tower developments embrace health and wellbeing, while also offering flexible spaces to ensure they can adapt to new ways of working. And in the context of the climate emergency, a common approach to achieving net zero goals is also driving the recovery agenda. A sustainable Square Mile will add to its offer of a world class business ecosystem, outstanding environments and vibrant cultural offer.
As the economy starts to reopen from the COVID-19 pandemic, this NLA On Location conference presents the City of London’s vision for ensuring its position as the world’s most innovative, competitive, open and sustainable financial centre by adapting to post-pandemic economic and social changes.
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Speaker biographies
Peter Murray OBE
Co-Founder, NLA
Benjamin O'Connor
Director, NLA
Juliemma McLoughlin
Executive Director, Environment, City of London Corporation
Will Gompertz
Director of Arts and Learning, Barbican
Jason Hawthorne
Founding Director, VU.CITY
Bola Abisogun OBE
Chairman, DiverseCity Surveyors
Dan Bayley
Director, Tenant Representation London, JLL
Oliver Knight
Head of Offices, Landsec
Caitlin Warfield
Vice President of Marketing, Brookfield Properties
Alistair Subba Row
Senior Partner, Farebrother
Lee Elliott
Partner & Head of Global Occupier Research, Knight Frank
Victoria Bajela
Associate Director - Central London Office Research, Savills
Andrew Reynolds
Chair of EC Partnership, City of London