By Amber Murray For nearly a year, Transport for London’s property arm has been operating as Places for London, a public company built to consolidate TfL’s extensive property portfolio—they own 5,700 acres of land—and now help to ease some of the city’s property problems. These problems have become increasingly pressing as London has found itself in a ‘race for space’ to develop homes and offices. Building new homes has also become a route for TfL to help fund its chronic funding issue. City A.M. caught up with Places for London to see how it is addressing issues in the capital. First off, wha…