LDN Collective

We were thrilled to be collaborating partners with the NLA on the #ReimagineLondon global ideas competition. The quality and thoughtfulness of the submissions was incredible, and it was a delight to be at the VIP event last night when the winners were announced 🎉 🏆Massive congratulations to the overall winners, a collaboration including our members edge Urban Design and You See Media, who together with Turley came up with the brilliant #MadeForMe. 🍿Watch this short film by Lawrence Barraclough about the proposal for interconnected accessibility hubs throughout London 👉https://lnkd.in/eYSFZ6hR Here's the round up of all the award winners 👉https://lnkd.in/eBmDKSyj #WeAreCityMakers #CollectivelySpeaking

🎥🛍 Watch the highlights from yesterday's Future of Retail and Placemaking conference in London, featuring our Head of Retail Helena Davies. Thanks again to our speakers and everyone who came along to explore human-centred placemaking and much more. ➡ Discover our solutions for retail: https://lnkd.in/edAJAdBH ➡ Read keynote speaker Ibrahim Ibrahim's article on how consumers are changing and the high street is responding: https://lnkd.in/eDBbQF9Y

🚨 Just one week to go until the final West London Property Lunch of 2024... 🚨 It’s a privilege chairing built environment policy for West London Business, a great organisation to be a part of (and I’m not just saying that because I was born in, live and work in West London!) The lunch will focus on the London Borough of Barnet Council and the major regeneration scheme of Brent Cross Town  a 180-acre, net zero development, by Related Argent. In the latest additions to the speaker panel, we are pleased to welcome Alison Haigh and Gwilym Still. Alison and Gwilym will feature on a panel that already includes Matt Flood & Councillor Barry Rawlings Leader of Barnet Council. Hopefully see you there! 😊

We love attending events and conferences but we also love hosting them and especially with like-minded partners! So it was really great to host the London leg of The Future of Placemaking or rather Placeshaping event yesterday with our co-hosts Brabners at 150 Holborn ! Thank you to everyone who came and hope that you found it interesting and worthwhile and a big thumbs up to all our panellists who really made it insightful and memorable! ⭐ Andrea Carpenter (Diversity Talks Real Estate) ⭐ Max Farrell (LDN Collective) ⭐ Vivienne King (Impactful Places) ⭐ Rebecca Morter (Lone Design Club) ⭐ Paul Myers (Farm Urban) ⭐ Preston Benson (Really Local Group) ⭐ Janine Constantin-Russell (Outlet Shopping at The O2) ⭐ Nick Payne (ICITIES) 💡 Ibrahim Ibrahim 💡 Helena Davies #Placemaking #Placeshaping #Humancentric #Communities #Connections #Networking

Uplifting days this week involving 1. Leadership inspiration @Turleyplanning conference 2. A collaboration masterclass courtesy of Max Farrell 3. Urban regen inspiration from Digbeth and The Jewellery Qtr and 4. A celebration of Mike Best’s career, civic and professional contributions as well as his friendship

Book your place for Reimagine London, Powered by PechaKucha on Tuesday 22 October at The London Centre! 📣 This PechaKucha celebrates innovative and aspirational ideas about the future of our capital, presented by the multi-disciplinary teams behind them. Join us for a series of snappy presentations and get inspired by the shortlisted ideas from the #ReimagineLondon competition, featuring: Urban Family Housing | Music Gym | A Possibilist Patchwork | Unearthing London’s Underground | The Westway Reimagined | Nomadic City Hall | Future Food City | Her, Their, Everywhere | The Well-Line | Space Match Book now! 🎟️ https://lnkd.in/esvSsysw   Derwent London | Caro Communications | LDN Collective

Next Tuesday I'm speaking at the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) webinar on creating vibrant town centres in new communities. I'll be running through the findings of "High Street: how our town centres can bounce back from the retail crisis" (RIBA Publishing) and the experience of applying the lessons to a new garden community with Jas Bhalla Works. https://lnkd.in/eV4KrZqp

What a week...and it's only Thursday! 🤪 🧬On Monday West London Alliance convened a round table with the Leaders of Hammersmith & Fulham Council and Ealing Council (London Borough of Ealing), hosted by Imperial College London to discuss London as a polycentric city, in the context of the emerging #LondonGrowthPlan. Read the full write up here 👉https://lnkd.in/eRd4bzZe It was fantastic to hear from so many different voices, including London Councils research on shifting patterns of economic activity. Centre for London are working on further research over the coming weeks, so keep an eye out for that 🌃 🚀 The LDN Collective kicked off a major new project which will turbocharge the #HomesforHomeless initiative, with a new developer and contractor working with our members Better Delivery & Conisbee. Watch this space for a major announcement and launch soon. Read more about Homes For Homeless here 👉https://lnkd.in/eHrc_cgz Yesterday I was speaking at conferences in Birmingham in the morning and London in the afternoon, so I was at the mercy of Avanti West Coast! 🚉 👨❤️👨The Turley Annual Leadership Summit explored the theme of #collaboration with fellow speakers from Deloitte and Turley's new Head of #NetZero Infrastructure. Looking forward to further collaborations with them after Harrington Garden Community and the recent NLA #ReimagineLondon winning submission #MadeforMe with edge Urban Design & You See Media. 🛍️Hot footing it back to London, #LDNCollective property lawyers Brabners teamed up with Portland Design for an excellent event at 150 Holborn. Great to be part of the panel discussing retail and placemaking, followed by a fascinating panel on the future of leisure. Ibrahim Ibrahim, author of ‘Future Ready Retail’, gave an inspiring keynote on; 🔸The Four Pillars of ‘Future Readiness’: Fast > Slow > Local > Belong   📚From ‘shopping rhythm’ to ‘community rhythm’: retail places that are not only functional and transactional, but emotionally engaging and community-oriented. 🎞️ Retailers and asset owners using physical spaces as media channels, to create immersive brand experiences and deeper connections with consumers   🔹From ‘siloed mixed-use’ to ‘connected blended-use’ with commercially and socially sustainable places & re-purposing of retail malls    This week has been a powerful reminder of the importance of #collaboration & #innovation to address the urgent social and environmental issues we are facing 👏

➡️ Hot on the heels of our Future of Retail Placemaking Conference in Manchester in September, Brabners were delighted to co-host another fantastic event with Portland Design in London today ⬅️ 🛍️ Another insightful keynote speech by the brilliant Ibrahim Ibrahim, followed by two lively panel discussions around human centric place-shaping (not making!) and how our retail and leisure spaces are evolving to adapt to consumer demands and expectations. 👏🏻 Thank you to our fabulous panellists and to all of our guests for taking the time out of their busy schedules to join us! ⭐️ Andrea Carpenter (Diversity Talks Real Estate) ⭐️ Max Farrell (LDN Collective) ⭐️ Vivienne King (Impactful Places) ⭐️ Rebecca Morter (Lone Design Club) ⭐️ Paul Myers (Farm Urban) ⭐️ Preston Benson (Really Local Group) ⭐️ Janine Constantin-Russell (Outlet Shopping at The O2) ⭐️ Nick Payne (ICITIES) 💡Helena Davies 💡Iain Gamble

🏙🛍 We've had a fantastic afternoon co-hosting The Future of Retail and Placemaking Conference in London with Portland Design. A huge thank you to keynote speaker Ibrahim Ibrahim and all our fantastic panellists: 🔹 Andrea Carpenter (Diversity Talks Real Estate) 🔹 Max Farrell (LDN Collective) 🔹 Vivienne King (Impactful Places) 🔹 Rebecca Morter (Lone Design Club) 🔹 Paul Myers (Farm Urban) 🔹 Preston Benson (Really Local Group) 🔹 Simon Champion 🔹 Janine Constantin-Russell (Outlet Shopping at The O2) 🔹 Nick Payne (ICITIES) ➡ Discover our solutions for retailers: https://lnkd.in/edAJAdBH