CBRE at UKREiiF 2026
Powering place-led growth
Our Delegates
CBRE returned to the UK Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in 2026, working with cities, regions, and investors to help turn ambitions into places that are planned, funded, and delivered.
UKREiiF brings together the people shaping the future of the UK’s built environment from investors and developers to local authorities, infrastructure partners and occupiers. At CBRE, we work at the intersection
Conversations shaping place‑led growth
CBRE Perspectives brings together expert insight and client conversations exploring the real-world decisions shaping towns, cities, and sectors across the UK. From regeneration and investment to planning, delivery and demand, each perspective reflects the complexity, considerations and opportunities driving place-led growth today.
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Insights from UKREiiF 2025
What enables successful place‑led growth?
From regeneration strategy and capital structures to planning, viability and delivery, these articles share expert perspectives on what it takes to turn place ambition into investable, deliverable outcomes across the UK.
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Across the UK, ambitions for place led regeneration continue to grow. Public and private sector partners are increasingly aligned around bold visions: mixed use neighbourhoods, revitalised town centres, sustainable communities and long-term economic growth.
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Regeneration programmes across the UK are not short of ambition. Increasingly, they are not short of funding either. The challenge lies in the space between the two: converting vision into delivery at a pace and quality that meets political, social and economic objectives.
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Regeneration is often spoken about as though it should move faster. The places that succeed are those that understand how long-term systems interact and how to hold a steady course through a considered, flexible and patient approach to deliver quality regeneration outcomes.
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The North of England is having its moment. Not in an over-promised way that has occasionally characterised commentary about regional growth but in the grounded, evidence-based way that those of us working here every day have long believed was coming.
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As expectations around sustainability reshape how land is valued and brought forward, landowners and investors face a fundamental question: how do you make ambitious place outcomes achievable in practice?
Real Estate Insights
How artificial intelligence is reshaping office demand in London. Our research explores AI’s impact on occupiers, locations, flex space, and the Central London office market.
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CBRE’s European Investor Intentions Survey 2026 outlines how sentiment and strategy are evolving as the market moves further into its recovery phase.
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Our 2026 Outlook highlights the key opportunities, considerations, and areas where value is expected to emerge. Explore sector‑by‑sector insights to help shape your strategy for the year ahead.
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CBRE’s UK Healthcare Sentiment Survey 2026 explores investor and operator sentiment, highlighting where confidence is strengthening and challenges persist.
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CBRE’s London series provides the insights and strategies you need to navigate one of the world’s most dynamic real estate markets.
CBRE Speakers
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Executive Director
Economic elephants breakfast | Invitation only event
Tuesday 19 May | 08:00 - 10:00
Addleshaw Goddard, 3 Sovereign Square
Kickstart your UKREiiF morning with our Economic Elephants session - an engaging look at the major economic forces shaping development in 2026.
Our speakers will explore the “big elephants in the room”, from viability pressures and cost inflation to shifting investment trends and sector‑wide delivery challenges, shining a light on what’s holding back growth across the UK.
Bringing together diverse sector voices, we’ll discuss how to unlock opportunity in a rapidly changing economic landscape, all over a relaxed breakfast with great company, giving you the perfect chance to connect with peers, share perspectives, and set the tone for a productive UKREiiF.
CBRE Speaker
Director
Driving Growth with Conviction in Commercial Real Estate
Tuesday 19 May | 10:30 - 11:15
Lloyds Pavilion
Join a range of industry experts for a dynamic panel session exploring how to unlock the sustainable growth potential within the commercial real estate sector. Panellists will discuss ongoing market trends, capital strategies, technology and risk management, offering practical insights to navigate uncertainty, identify opportunities and drive value across the commercial asset classes in the UK in 2026 and beyond.
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director
The Future Is Local: Unlocking Living-Led Urban Regeneration | Invitation only event
Tuesday 19 May | 10:30 - 12:00
Glassbox
Join us as we explore how unlocking under-used urban locations can deliver real estate solutions tailored to identified local needs – transforming them into catalysts for social and economic activity through sensitive living-led regeneration.
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director
Strategic Investment Sites and Unlocking Opportunities | Invitation only event
Tuesday 19 May | 12:00 - 13:00
X-Government Pavilion, UK Investor Hub
This session will bring together senior stakeholders from government, the public sector and industry to hold a high level, forward looking discussion on some of the UK’s most significant strategic investment sites. The roundtable will explore how government, working in partnership with places, investors and the wider market, can unlock development potential, accelerate delivery and crowd in private capital.
The discussion will focus on identifying the key barriers and bottlenecks that prevent strategic sites from progressing, how we can more effectively shape and present investable propositions in support of the UK’s Industrial Strategy, and how the Office for Investment can support investors, developers, and places to realise opportunities at scale. The session will also include an update on the Strategic Sites Accelerator programme and our priorities for the coming financial year.
CBRE Speaker
Senior Director
Beyond the tracks: How rail-led regeneration can shape better places and stronger communities
Tuesday 19 May | 12:00 - 12:45
UK Government Knowledge Hub
Rail-connected land offers one of the UK's greatest opportunities for sustainable, inclusive urban regeneration. But how can rail infrastructure go beyond transport to drive real placemaking — delivering homes, workplaces and public spaces that strengthen communities and economies? Drawing on perspectives from public and private sector partners, this panel explores how rail can unlock existing stations and brownfield sites to act as a catalyst for wider regeneration.
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director
Mayday! Mayday! How do we modernise housing delivery local government without sinking the ship?
Tuesday 19 May | 14:00 - 15:00
Capsticks Pavilion
With local authority housing delivery under strain, this session examines the risks and bottlenecks behind today’s “Mayday” moment. We look at legal complexity, investment pressures and council side constraints to identify practical steps that can modernise the system and accelerate getting homes built.
CBRE Speaker
Senior Director
The New Era of Delivery: Leveraging Joint Ventures to Deliver Complex Infrastructure at Pace | Invitation only event
Wednesday 20 May | 07:30 - 10:00
The Terrace, 3 Wellington Place
The challenge is no longer just identifying what needs to be built, but how to deliver it in a climate of fiscal constraint and global volatility.
As the UK navigates a transformative era of energy independence and economic security, the mandate is clear: we must move from planning to delivery. However, the complexity of modern infrastructure requires a sophisticated approach to risk, investment, and long-term partnership.
From the next generation of life-science hubs and clinical facilities to digital infrastructure and net-zero urban regeneration, the scale of ambition requires a departure from traditional procurement. We are entering the era of the Strategic Partner where long-term Joint Ventures and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) provide the capital, technical know-how and risk-sharing necessary to get complex schemes off the ground.
In this exclusive roundtable, Insider and HOCHTIEF invite you to explore a new blueprint for delivery. We will move beyond investment theory to implementation reality, examining how global best practices from Europe and the US can be localised to supercharge UK growth.
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director, UK Development Advisory
Beyond Bricks and Mortar - Defining the Next Era of Regional Regeneration | Invitation only event
Wednesday 20 May | 07:30 - 10:00
The Terrace, 3 Wellington Place
The definition of successful urban regeneration is shifting. We’ll explore how places can be designed to deliver purpose alongside performance, how unlocking under- used urban locations can create real estate solutions that genuinely respond to local needs through living-led urban regeneration, and how authentic collaboration between the public and private sectors can open new opportunities and raise the standard for future development.
As local and regional priorities move beyond pure economic output and focus on social value, health and environmental resilience, the focus in 2026 is not simply on delivery, but on long-term impact.
CBRE Speaker
Senior Director
CBRE Speaker
Director
CBRE Speaker
Director
The Future of Place Delivery: What Really Works? | Invitation only event
Wednesday 20 May | 08:00 - 09:45
Hilton Doubletree, Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Approach
This roundtable discussion will offer fresh insight, challenge assumptions, and explore how to overcome barriers to delivering great places.
Our guest speaker Baroness Jo Valentine, brings deep expertise in leading place-based regeneration through business and cross-sector partnership. Her work is rooted in the belief that long-term change happens when business, government and communities work together around a shared vision for place and that success depends on creating the right conditions for it to take hold and last.
Speakers
Baroness Jo Valentine
Pinsent Masons:
Tom Johnson, Partner
Rebecca Rowley, Partner
Stephen Glass, Partner
CBRE Speaker
Director
Delivering in Uncertain Times Breakfast 2026
Wednesday 20 May | 08:30 - 10:30
Place North, Leeds Marriott Hotel
Fresh from the May elections, this panel discussion will look into what's next for the property sector. Expect to deliberate on Reform's impact and the potential repercussions of the voting aftermath. Our industry waits for no one, though, and one thing is certain: we will keep building. So how do we deliver on the country's big ambitions? What are the big themes that will dominate the real estate landscape? And how do we bridge the gap between what politicians say they want and what actually needs doing?
Speakers
Rob Loughenbury - Managing Director, Lexington
Seb Tibenham - Executive Director, Planning, Pegasus Group
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director
The North East England Breakfast
Wednesday 20 May | 09:00 - 10:00
North East England, Water Pavilion 14
Hosted by Mayor Kim McGuinness, join us to connect and collaborate and hear more about our sector strengths, ambition, and investable opportunities.
CBRE Speaker
Director - Leasing
Space to Innovate – How Lab Space in West Yorkshire will turbocharge investment opportunities
Wednesday 20 May | 11:30 - 12:30
Aire Suite, Royal Armouries
This session will explore how access to lab space will grow West Yorkshire's health-tech economy, discussing new developments across the region and opportunities for real estate investment. This session will include representatives from West Yorkshire Combined Authority, and partners from across the sector.
CBRE Speaker
Senior Director
Industrial Innovation
Wednesday 20 May | 14:00 - 14:25
Glasgow Stand (C30), New Dock Hall Exhibition
Industrial Innovation will spotlight Clyde Gateway Innovation and the Strategic Development Partner opportunity at Innovation Shawfield Phase 1, outlining the commercial potential of a flagship industrial site positioned to attract investment, drive growth and deliver long‑term value.
CBRE Speaker
Executive Director, Lending
Jessica Fund Breakfast | Invitation only event
Thursday 21 May | 08:30 - 09:45
SYMCA Pavillion
The JESSICA Fund provides subsidised finance and flexible support to help deliver challenging development schemes while partnering closely with local authorities. Focused on driving regional impact and unlocking new investment opportunities, the Fund invites you to join a breakfast panel exploring how its approach can accelerate growth across South Yorkshire.
Place‑led growth: Case studies
Powering place led growth by translating long term vision into deliverable, investable regeneration programmes. Explore our case studies to see how this approach is delivering real outcomes for towns and cities across the UK.
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Case Study
Oldham Town Centre
A £550 million town centre regeneration delivering up to 2,000 new homes. Long‑term regeneration advice has shaped partnerships, reduced risk and unlocked funding and institutional investment to translate vision into delivery.
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A healthcare‑led regeneration transforming a major NHS estate into a mixed‑use, healthy neighbourhood. Integrated delivery, funding and governance advice has aligned hospital investment with housing, social infrastructure and long‑term place stewardship.
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Marina Village, Barrow‑in‑Furness
A major waterfront, residential‑led regeneration delivering over 800 new homes. Strategic development and delivery advice has unlocked investment, structured partnership delivery and supported workforce‑led growth aligned to the UK’s defence industry.
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Crompton Place, Bolton
A £200 million mixed‑use regeneration transforming a constrained town‑centre retail site. Collaborative advice has unlocked development, secured a long‑term partner and enabled early activation through planning, funding and delivery support.
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Stockport Town Centre West
One of the UK’s largest town‑centre regeneration programmes, forming part of a £1 billion transformation. Long‑term, integrated advice has unlocked complex brownfield land, coordinated infrastructure relocation and enabled place‑led growth at scale.
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Marlcombe, East Devon
CBRE provided strategic planning and advisory support to help shape a long‑term, place‑led vision for Marlcombe, a major new settlement within East Devon’s Sustainable Growth Corridor. Early, evidence‑led advice has established a clear pathway for delivering a resilient, inclusive new town at scale.
Conversations shaping place‑led growth
CBRE Perspectives brings together expert insight and client conversations exploring the real-world decisions shaping towns, cities, and sectors across the UK. From regeneration and investment to planning, delivery and demand, each perspective reflects the complexity, considerations and opportunities driving place-led growth today.
BlackRock and Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s joint venture on NHS‑leased real estate is explored in this fireside chat, with Colin Thomasson and Sarah Livingston alongside Kevin Etchells and John Benham, highlighting its role in shaping long‑term, regional investment.
Jileen Loo explores how alternative sectors, including living and healthcare, are playing a central role in real estate investment, as infrastructure capital reshapes competition and pricing.
Jon Stoddart and Rosie Haslem explore how planning can move from policy ambition to places that truly work, examining the balance between vision, delivery and the long‑term success of place‑making.
Lydia Dutton, shares how successful development today depends on balancing climate resilience, biodiversity, social value and viability, highlighting the opportunity to think bigger from the outset.
Graeme Rutter and Kitty Patmore explore how private capital is shaping regeneration, examining how investment can unlock complex sites, manage long-term risk and deliver lasting social impact.
Adam White shares insights on town centre regeneration, highlighting the key challenges, outlook for the sector and the solutions needed to unlock delivery and long‑term success.
Sam Thurgood shares insights on aviation, exploring how airport land is evolving into a critical driver of value within the real estate market.
Adam Cradick and Richard Mills, Regional Land Director at Barratt London, discuss how regeneration can unlock the delivery of London’s housing at scale, exploring the challenges and opportunities shaping development across the capital.
John Percy discusses Bedford’s regeneration with Cllr Andrea Spice and Benji Slater, exploring how public‑private collaboration can unlock town centre renewal and deliver lasting local impact.
Jon Stoddart shares insights on the National Planning Policy Framework, exploring its evolving role in shaping growth, delivery and the future of development.
Will Church shares insights on mayoral regional growth funds, exploring how targeted investment can support place-led growth, unlock delivery and drive long-term economic outcomes.
Adam White shares expert insight into the concept of healthy neighbourhoods and the role they play in shaping better outcomes for people and place.
Jack Farmer shares insights on the latest Industrial & Logistics trends, exploring the market dynamics, occupier demand and investment drivers shaping the sector today.
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