Don't tax working from home to save the office - build more homes
Well-designed office-to-resi conversions can revitalise our cityscapes as they undergo dramatic changes accelerated by the pandemic, argues Grant Lipton...
Grant Lipton is a co-founder of London-focused developer Great Marlborough Estates (GME), alongside Dean Clifford. Grant is the son of Sir Stuart Lipton, who founded Stanhope in 1990 and is also GME's chairman. GME is behind £1.5bn of residential and mixed-use projects in the capital, including the £500m redevelopment of Grade I listed Regents Crescent and the Zaha Hadid-designed Vauxhall Cross Island skyscrapers, which were recently approved by the Secretary of State.
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