Richard Pickering
Director of Strategic Foresight & Intelligence • United Kingdom
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Richard Pickering
Director of Strategic Foresight & Intelligence • United Kingdom
About
Richard leads strategic innovation for the EMEA business of Cushman & Wakefield.
Working closely with global transformation, technology and regional counterparts, his responsibilities include guiding the development of the firm’s digital platform in EMEA, driving transformation projects to an overarching business vision, developing the EMEA operating model for Analytics, and acting as the lead EMEA sponsor for digital product development.
Richard is also a keynote speaker on the future of real estate. He publishes a bi-weekly blog, Futures /Cut, with a readership of 6,000, which addresses how technology, society, urbanism and economics are transforming the real estate industry. He is passionate on the subject of regeneration and is the sponsor of a current campaign on the Future of Cities.
Originally trained as a lawyer, Richard since held roles in real estate consulting, and as Head of the UK Insight team for Cushman & Wakefield. He founded C&W’s Futures programme and his immediately prior role was as Chief Strategy Officer for the UK business. He sits on C&W’s UK Exco, its EMEA leadership team and chairs the innovation chapter of the EMEA OpCo.
Awards & Recognition
MBA (Distinction)
MSc Property Appraisal (Distinction)
LPC (Distinction)
BA (Hons) Law (2.1)
Member of the RICS
UK INSIGHTS
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H1 2026 EMEA Data Centre Market Update
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Calculate commercial SDLT for UK property in 2026. Cushman & Wakefield covers freehold rates, leasehold NPV, mixed-use rules, and reliefs for England and Northern Ireland.
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Landlords vs Tenants: Future MEES Conflicts
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Lauren Joselyn • 09/09/2026
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Richard Mass appointed as a Partner in the London West End Capital Markets team, strengthening the firm's presence in one of the capital's most active investment markets.
Lauren Joselyn • 06/09/2026
European Office Occupiers Plan Ahead As Supply Constraints Intensify And Investor Confidence Returns
Occupiers across Europe are increasingly being forced to plan further ahead to secure the right office space, as demand for high-quality buildings continues to outpace supply in many of the region’s leading markets, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s latest European Office Update.
Lauren Joselyn • 01/09/2026
European Real Estate Recovery Holds As Investors Turn To Selectivity
Cushman & Wakefield's European Investment Atlas Q1 2026 report highlights a market transitioning into a more mature phase of recovery, where opportunities remain significant but increasingly require precision, discipline and careful asset selection.
Lauren Joselyn • 30/06/2026
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Cushman & Wakefield has been appointed by SEGRO, the UK’s largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), as valuer of its UK portfolio of modern warehousing, industrial property, data centres, and development land assets.
Richard Coleman • 08/05/2026
Cushman & Wakefield Appoints Senior Leaders To Drive Insight-Driven Solutions Across APAC & EMEA Markets
Richard Pickering and Alvin So join the APAC & EMEA Multi-Markets team.
Lauren Joselyn • 17/12/2025
Senior Appointments Signal the Next Phase of Growth for Cushman & Wakefield’s V&A Team
Clare Clarke and Rob Pritchard join as Partners.
Lauren Joselyn • 24/09/2025
Iversen Building Reaches Full Occupancy At The Oxford Science Park
The Iversen Building, a new purpose-built ‘lab ready’ 86,000 sq ft building based at The Oxford Science Park (TOSP), has reached 100% occupancy only twelve months after practical completion.
Vikki McCrindle • 28/02/2025
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In the first major retail park acquisition of 2025, a private South African investor client of Pembrey Asset Management has acquired Stane Retail Park, Colchester, from developer The Churchmanor Estates Company plc, for £33.95 million.
Richard Coleman • 17/02/2025
Central London Office Market Defies Economic Challenges With Robust Leasing And A Positive 2025 Forecast
The Central London office leasing market demonstrated remarkable resilience in 2024, achieving an overall take-up of 9.68 million sq ft, a 1% increase on 2023 and the second highest volume in the past five years, according to Cushman & Wakefield's latest ‘Central London Offices Marketbeat’ report.
Lauren Joselyn • 06/02/2025
European Commercial Real Estate Markets Experience Significant Yield Compression In Q4
New data from Cushman & Wakefield reveals that a growing number of European commercial real estate markets saw prime yields move inwards in Q4 2024, with 24 market sectors reporting an inward shift in Q4 2024, double the number in Q3, providing a clearer signal that Europe’s investment markets are on the road to recovery at the prime end of the market.
Richard Coleman • 04/02/2025
Cushman & Wakefield Completes Acquisition Of Its Affiliate In Finland
Global real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield has completed the acquisition of its affiliate in Finland, having announced in November that it had entered a definitive agreement to acquire the firm.
Richard Coleman • 17/01/2025
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