UK CRE in a Shifting Market
Retrofit, Refurbish,
or Redevelop?
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14th October
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Victor Tranquilini
Head of UK, Germany and CEEGRI Institute
10:00-11:15
The Reposition Mission
REimagining Assets for Maximum ROI
- Viability Deep Dive - How are you fundamentally reassessing investment criteria given current market constraints?
- Tenant-Driven Repositioning - Are revamped spaces genuinely meeting evolved occupier expectations, or are we retrofitting yesterday's solutions?
- Risk Recalibration - How are lenders and investors recalibrating risk assessment for repositioning projects?
- Geographic Winners - Which markets are best positioned to benefit from the shift toward repositioning?
- Future-Proofing - What repositioning strategies genuinely create long-term value versus short-term fixes?
Moderator
Jonathan Wiedemann
Head of North West & Building Consultancy
JLL
Anders
Hemmingsen
Managing Director, Co-Head of European Real Estate
Strategic Value Partners
Colin
Campbell
Chairman
Pradera
Kristian
Branum-Burns
Senior Vice President
QuadReal Property Group
Sara
Willard
Founding Partner
Workable City Development
Tom
Sleigh
Chair, Planning and Transportation
City of London Corporation
Jonathan Wiedemann
Head of North West & Building ConsultancyJLL
United Kingdom
JLL has announced the appointment of Jonathan Wiedemann as the head of the North West.
In addition to his existing role as head of building consultancy North, Jonathan Wiedemann will now lead the North West region and Manchester office.
Anders Hemmingsen
Managing Director, Co-Head of European Real EstateStrategic Value Partners
United Kingdom
Anders currently leads the European real estate team at SVP, having built the team and deployed over €400 million since joining. Before SVP, he headed the CRE special situations at Deutsche Bank, where they invested in CRE secured NPLs. Anders began his career at HSBC Bank Canada, moved to London in 2011 to work in the investment bank, and joined Deutsche Bank in 2013. Anders is originally from Toronto, Canada, with a bachelor's degree in history and economics from the University of British Columbia. They attended the executive program for leadership development at the Harvard Business School. In his free time he is the chairman of Forma Arts and Media, a non-profit producing experiential and visual art.
Colin Campbell
ChairmanPradera
United Kingdom
Colin Campbell is the Chairman and co-founder of Pradera, a leading retail real estate asset, investment, and fund management specialist based in London. He co-founded Pradera in January 2000 and chairs the company and its Investment Committee, along with Pradera Lateral and numerous other group companies. Mr. Campbell also serves on the ESG and Risk Committees and maintains key client relationships, supporting Pradera's leadership in future business development. His expertise has been central to Pradera's growth in continental Europe, the UK, and the Middle East, with the firm managing over €4.8 billion in retail properties. Notably, he was instrumental in the €900 million acquisition of 25 Ikea retail parks across Europe in 2017.
Kristian Branum-Burns
Senior Vice PresidentQuadReal Property Group
United Kingdom
Kristian joined QuadReal, Europe in November 2019. As Senior Vice President, his focus is on building the international portfolio, with an emphasis on investing in the U.K. and Europe. Kristian was formerly Vice President at Lone Star Europe in London, where he spent 6 years investing across UK, Ireland and Scandinavia. He has invested all asset classes and has experience making both equity and distressed debt investments. Prior to Lone Star, Kristian trained as an analyst in Rothschild & Co’s European real estate team (M&A and DCM). Kristian graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Exeter and holds an MSc Finance and Private Equity from the London School of Economics.
Sara Willard
Founding PartnerWorkable City Development
United Kingdom
Sara Willard brings over 30 years of investment and development expertise to urban projects, specializing in adaptive reuse, residential, mixed-use and redevelopment projects. Before founding her NYC real estate development firm in 2015, (www.workablecity.com), she managed $400M+ of investments for institutional private equity firms and developers. As a business owner, she raised $50M of equity for $150M projects in Brooklyn and now seeks redevelopment opportunities in the UK and Europe.
Tom Sleigh
Chair, Planning and TransportationCity of London Corporation
United Kingdom
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