What is the role of commercial property development in supporting growth in places? And what does the evidence suggest about how this may change going forward?
Background
This section sets out the key areas where we want to deepen our understanding to drive the levelling up agenda, and to unleash opportunity, prosperity and pride in place across the UK. In addition, we want to understand in more granular detail which interventions best drive local growth (local growth is an area of joint responsibility between BEIS and DLUHC).
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: [email protected] and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: [email protected].
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
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Manchester, The Centripetal City: The Lessons Of Property-Led Regeneration For Core Cities And Their Proximal Towns In The Northern Powerhouse
The sight of skyscrapers on Manchester's skyline contrasts with the boarded-up shops of towns nearby. This raises questions about the ability of Manchester's city-regional model to create inclusive, accountable, sustaina...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Sheffield
Why might this be relevant?
The project investigates the role of property-led regeneration in supporting growth in places, specifically focusing on the Manchester model and its impact on surrounding areas.
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UK Regions Digital Research Facility (UK RDRF)
The UK RDRF brings together a number of research strands funded under the DET, EPSRC and ESRC portfolios over the last decade to create a national facility to tackle the vexed question of regional competitiveness and reb...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
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Structural Transformation, Adaptability and City Economic Evolutions
Over the past few years, cities and city-regions have assumed growing prominence in discussions over economic growth and performance. Both geographers and economists point to the increasing concentration of economic acti...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
Why might this be relevant?
The project examines the economic growth and performance of cities, which is relevant to understanding the role of commercial property development in supporting growth in places, but does not specifically focus on this topic.