HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS
The Changing Face of Real Estate,
Innovation, Technology, R&D and Life Sciences
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am the Joint Head of Canada Water at British Land; before this role I spent 29 years at Argent. As CEO there, I lead the business to be selected and then to deliver the King’s Cross development until ‘retirement’ in 2015. The opportunity to join British Land after Argent, to lead a project envisaging a whole new 53 acre ‘urban centre’ for London at Canada Water has turned out to be the most exciting opportunity in property I have had….to date! In 2016 at the top of the agenda for many businesses was health, wellbeing, productivity and sustainability. I felt that Canada Water, surrounded by 120 acres of park, woodland and a recreational dock could excel in all of these areas.
Roger Madelin CBE Joint Head of Canada Water at British Land
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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LAND SOCIETY 2021
The experience of the pandemic has caused many to question the long term need for ‘work’ to continue and to expand in what are or look like office buildings in urban centres. I will argue below that there has never been a more important time for urban located work spaces.
