[On-Demand] Knowledge Webcast

Monetising Underutilised Car Parks and Generating Social Value.

Learnings and methods from the Beyond Parking project with Places for London

There are 10,000+ car parks in the UK. >50% are underutilised. Peak usage averages 60% with weekend occupancy as low as 14%. That’s millions of square metres of empty space. But empty car parks are more than just empty spaces — they’re untapped opportunities.

Register to watch our on-demand Knowledge Webcast about practical frameworks, real-world pilots, and new opportunities for monetising underutilised car parks and delivering social value as well.

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Meet our speakers.

Guest

Lal Bahadur

Portfolio Manager, Commercial Assets, Places for London (TfL)

Lal manages Places for London’s £143m car park portfolio across the city and leads strategies to unlock financial value and deliver environmental and social benefits.

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Host

Jamie Qiu

Managing Director, Studio Zao

Jamie is an award-winning innovation leader who helps organisations design, test, and scale growth initiatives, and led the ‘Beyond Parking’ project with Places for London.

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What You’ll Learn

Topic

Across the UK, car parks are sitting underused as commuting, travel and car ownership patterns change. These spaces represent not just a challenge, but a major untapped opportunity.

In this live webinar, guest Lal Bahadur (Places for London, Transport for London’s Property Company) and host Jamie Qiu (Studio Zao) will share practical lessons from the ‘Beyond Parking’ project and walk through a step-by-step approach to transforming underutilised car parks into assets that deliver both financial returns and community value.

This session is practical, not theoretical. Expect Lal and Jamie to sit together and share open reflections on the ‘Beyond Parking’ project, the learnings, and the next steps - supported by real numbers and a short worked example you can apply directly to your own portfolio. The conversation will include a live Q&A for participants to frame and deepen the discussion.

Who Is This For?

This webinar is perfect for professionals responsible for underused physical assets, including:

  • Local authorities

  • Parking operators

  • Transport planners

  • Place teams

  • Property teams

  • Funders

  • Advisors managing underused public assets

Why?

You will leave with:

  • The current picture of the UK parking sector, with honest data and concrete numbers.

  • A new value optimisation framework, moving beyond traditional approaches, to measure both financial and non-financial impact.

  • A proven test-and-learn, de-risking process to pilot new uses, reduce capital risk, and build certainty around ROI.

  • Perspectives on mobility hubs and the evolving roles car parks can play in future place-making.

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