Welcome to the next instalment of this season’s Glenbrook Podcast. In this episode, our Office Manager, Mandy Mills sits down with Abby and Peter Varga, co-founders of P1 Fitness Personal Training. Here they talk about their journey starting their personal training and coaching business, the highs, the lows, the impact of Covid and why they chose to take a redirection to be where they are today. Watch the full video over on your YouTube channel, available to listen through all major streaming sites - enjoy ..read more

Welcome to the next instalment of this season's Glenbrook Podcast. In this episode Guy Butler sits down with Tom Sinclair, Senior Director, about his career to date, the thriving Build to Rent funding market, how he has positioned himself at the very heart of it, the future of the sector and where he and CBRE foresee the future. This is not one to miss - enjoy ..read more

In this bonus podcast episode, Shannon Conway meets Helen Wewiora, the Artistic Director of Castlefield Gallery. The podcast talks about the work of the gallery and the role art can play in public spaces ..read more

Welcome to a brand new season of the official Glenbrook Podcast! In this episode, Guy talks to Suzanne Benson, head of Real Estate at Trowers and Hamlins, about her career in law, her interest in housing and her route from London to Manchester. Highlights are her year in Boston MA , developing the legal structure of shared equity for Homes England and the future of housing under a new Government. Suzanne and her team have been instrumental in a number of Glenbrook projects - enjoy ..read more

Guy chats to Chris Maguire, whom he first met when he was editor of NW Business Insider. Chris now has a number of roles and businesses, including his own Podcast, and chats about his career, his interaction with the property industry through Insider and his current business life. Highlights include working for the Daily Mail, landing at Insider and his passion for cricket ..read more

? Welcome to a new dimension ? Today we’d like to share with you, the very first filmed episode of the Glenbrook Official Podcast! In this episode, our colleague Guy Butler talks with James Whittaker, Executive Director at Peel L&P about his early life and career path - giving you insight into well known places like the Trafford Centre, Therme and Peel Waters. James also tells us about his sporting achievements. - did you know he was the first person to ever swim the Manchester Ship Canal! A distance of 36 miles in close to 19 hours, a feat that may never be repeated. And he did it for cha ..read more

In part one of Glenbrook's review of the year, Chris Lloyd is joined by Joanne Gabrilatsou from JLL and Neil Mort from CBRE. The trio discuss what the last 12 months has meant to the office sector in Manchester and planning & development in the North West. Themes discussed include; how many people are actually back in the office, Manchester's office take-up improvement, the resource issues in real estate, the change to the planning use class orders and the challenges developers are being faced with an ever decreasing land supply. Enjoy ..read more

Description: In this podcast, Glenbrook’s Residential Director Shannon Conway chats to Caroline Simpson, deputy chief executive and Director of Place at Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, and Insider’s Property Personality of the Year 2021. The pair discuss Caroline’s route to her current role, via Japan and Toxteth; key elements required for public/private collaboration; and the 3 wishes she would choose for Stockport if a magic genie suddenly appeared ..read more

Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities In this podcast, Shannon speaks to Tim Gill, author of “Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities” They discuss how children’s freedom of movement has changed through the decades, and why its important children are now considered in the design of cities. What tangible benefits are there to this approach to policy and planning? What are other cities doing and how we can learn from their experiences, and what needs to happen next. Enjoy ..read more

Description: In this episode, Shannon is joined by Josh Bullard Divisional Director of Smart Energy & Sustainability at Hydrock, and Matt Smith, Head of Mobilisation, Letting and Management at Allsop. They explore practical approaches to improving embodied and operational carbon use in BTR schemes, and whether tenants are willing to pay a premium for living in a greener development.  We also discuss the carbon benchmarking exercise Hydrock undertook at Glenbrook’s most recent BTR scheme, VOX and how it meets LETI principles ..read more