The Innovation team set out to assist our retail colleagues in making more commercially minded decisions and to empower them to put the right businesses in the right spaces. To achieve, this we partnered with Geolytix, a geolocation mapping company to leverage data points on journey patterns, market trends and proximity to competition.

Following the trial, Places for London is in a position to take a data first approach when it comes to placemaking decisions for our investment portfolio helping to ensure our tenants have a higher chance of thriving in the right locations across our estate.

With over 2000 commercial units across the estate, our facilities management team have access to a countless number of keys. Understandably, keys often go missing or are mislabelled leading to wasted time on site and increased costs.

The Innovation team are currently trialling digital keys across 100 locations to improve security and accessibility whilst driving efficiencies. The digital key system has been lauded by property managers and tenants for simplifying what was previously a complex process and improving customer experience.

Places for London are committed to creating healthy places for people and planet. We are working with circular economy platform Globechain to ensure that less waste goes to landfill during the strip out stage of property renovations and when tenants vacate a property.

By using the Globechain materials exchange we are able to connect our waste materials such as furniture, light fittings and kitchenware to community groups, traders and business looking to upcycle and give our unwanted items a second home. The Globechain platform has been instrumental in reducing the amount of waste being kept in a closed loop system ensuring that Places for London are promoting circular economy principles across London.