España GRI is a gathering in Madrid of senior investors, lenders and developers active in the Spanish and European real estate market
To take advantage of the ample dry powder in the real estate market, senior executives will gather at the España GRI 2021 and find that the discovery process for sourcing deal flow is most advantageous by welcoming the largest concentration of Private Equity Investors, Fund Managers, LP’s Developers, Asset Owners, Operators and Lenders invested across all Spain and asset classes. Industry leaders will engage in a series of informal roundtables where everyone can participate, and navigate the current challenges presented by demand, purchasing and future trends.
In-depth Industry Knowledge
Roundtable discussions
Networking made easy
Find the perfect opportunity and partner
Plenary Session
The Investment Cycle
Down turn values or up runs inflation?
Co-chairs
Fausto Romero-MiuraPérez-Llorca Moderator
Omar KhanCastellana Properties
Mario Lapiedra VivancoNeinor Homes
Graham StirlingFairhomes Group
Alfonso Agullo TorresLeveraged Finance & Real Estate
Eduardo de RodaPatrizia Activos Inmobiliarios España S.L.U.
Fausto Romero-Miura joined Pérez-Llorca in 2000 and was named partner of the Firm in 2007. He is also in charge of the firm’s Asian Desk. In 2004 Fausto went on secondment to Dewey Ballantine, LLP in New York, where he joined the financing and project team and worked on various international acquisition and project finance transactions. Fausto has extensive experience in advising domestic and international clients on all types of transactions related to the real estate market, the energy sector, and the development, execution and acquisition of projects, as well as commercial transactions related to companies from the real estate and energy sectors, including joint venture transactions, private equity and mergers and acquisitions.
Omar Khan
Chief Investment OfficerCastellana Properties
Spain
Omar has 11 years of real estate experience in the areas of deal making, due diligence, valuations and asset management. Omar has been a part of the Castellana Team for 1 year coming from Vukile investment team where he worked for the last three years. Prior to that he spent time at Investec Bank and the Public Investment Corporation (PIC). He holds an MSc. Real estate finance and investment from the University of Reading and is a professional associated valuer.
Head of IberiaPatrizia Activos Inmobiliarios España S.L.U.
Spain
Eduardo began his real estate professional career in 2003 at Aguirre Newman in Madrid. In 2004 Eduardo joined Sonae Sierra as Asset Manager with responsibilities for the Spanish portfolio of shoppingcentres and also for new business opportunities. In 2007 Eduardo left Sonae Sierra to be part of the Spanish Investment team at Unibail-Rodamco as Senior Investment Manager. During his stay in Unibail-Rodamco, Eduardo had the opportunity to participate in the acquisition of La Maquinista – a mega regional shopping centre in Barcelona – and Habaneras in Alicante both of them owned by Metrovacesa. He also participated in the sale of 2 packages of logistic warehouses to Invesco. Eduardo is currently interim Head of the Iberia Region at Patrizia.
Managing Director, Chief Economist Europe & USLeveraged Finance & Real Estate
Spain
Antonio Espasa Mateos is currently the European & US chief economist and managing director at Santander Corporate and Investment Banking. He is Santander Group Vice President. He has previously worked for Bankinter, Ahorro Corporación and Banco Santander as an analyst for fixed income, derivatives, forex, equity strategy and economics. He was head of economics and European equity strategy in Santander Equities (Santander Global Banking and Markets). He has been ranked as a top analyst by Institutional Investors and Extel in Spanish economics and the number one analyst covering Spain –all sectors- by Extel in 2012, 2013, 2014 (2º), 2015 and 2018.
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking is Santander’s global division that supports corporate and institutional clients, offering tailored services and value-added wholesale products suited to their complexity and sophistication, while adhering to responsible banking standards that contribute to the progress of society.
The Macro Economic Outlook
A deep look into the challenges after Covid
How far are we from the pre Covid economy?
Restoring supply-demand balance still a bumpy road
The Real estate sector in a post pandemic scenario
Discussion
Debt Leveraging Down goes Bankers’ Appetite, Up Goes the Forward Funding?
Co-chairs
José Garcia CedrunBarings Real Estate Advisers Moderator
Burkhard SchlickenriederLenwood Capital
Débora Santamaría SerranoCastellana Properties
Nicole JürgensenMünchener Hypothekenbank
Guillermo AstorquiBNP Paribas
Javier Beltrán de MiguelCG Capital Europe
Andrés Romera MorónLeveraged Finance & Real Estate
Director of European Real Estate DebtBarings Real Estate Advisers
United Kingdom
José has over 13 years of real estate experience. Jose is responsible for the investment activity of Chenavari in Spain. He has acquired several NPL portfolios in exceeds of €600M in Spain and originated direct lending over a total amount of €200M. He was also board member of Merlin Properties Socimi. Prior to this, José was Director of the Investment Team at Drago Capital (a €2.7B real estate private equity manager) and participated in all the deals structured by Drago over the last decade with a total investment volume of €3.0bn predominantly in the Iberia region. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the Complutense University of Madrid and a MA Real Estate Business Management from ICADE.
Burkhard Schlickenrieder is Managing Partner of Lenwood Capital, a debt investment manager investing instititutional capital across the entire financing structure in mezzanine, junior and senior loans secured by real estate covering almost all asset classes. He has a backgroud in structured finance, investment banking and in the planning & construction business, with former positions as an architect and afterwards in the financial industry at Hypo Vereinsbank (HVB), Hypo Real Estate (HRE) and REFTA. Burkhard Schlickenrieder holds an MSc in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Diploma in Engineering/Architecture from Dortmund University.
Debora is CFO and executive board member of Castellana Properties Socimi since 2018. Previously, she was financial director in Axiare Socimi after several years in PwC and KPMG in the areas of auditing and consulting.
Head of International ClientsMünchener Hypothekenbank
Germany
Nicole Jürgensen joined commercial real estate lender Rheinhyp in late 1998 and started her career in the International Property Lending Department, covering Spain. Thereafter, she was involved in setting up offices in Athens, Greece and Istanbul, Turkey to eventually take over, in late 2006, the Latin American business development at Eurohypo. After 5 years in Spain, between 2009 and 2014, where she was in charge of managing Hypothekenbank Frankfurt’s Branch in Madrid, she joined Commerzbank in 02/2015 to head the Frankfurt office of the Centre of Competence - Corporate Clients Real Estate.
Director of Large Business UnitLeveraged Finance & Real Estate
Spain
Alberto López Balbas
CEO AEXX CAPITAL / FOUNDER URBANIAAexx Capital
Spain
CEO AEXX CAPITAL, a Madrid/London based privately held investment firm specialised in direct lending, asset backed distressed debt and other unique special situations, primarily in western Europe. Alberto is the Co-founder of URBANIA INTERNATIONAL, a real estate private equity firm with over €1 billion under management. Mr. Lopez has been involved in over €2 billion of opportunistic, value add and debt real estate investing in Europe. Mr. Lopez received an International MBA from EM Lyon & EOI and has a Bachelor’s degree of Economics.
1997-2001 – Education at CUNEF, Major in Finance. 2001-2003 – Lehman Brothers, Analyst, Mergers & Acquisitions, London. 2003-2008 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Associate Director, Project and Acquisition Finance, Madrid. 2009-2016 – Crédit Agricole CIB, Managing Director, Head of Real Estate and Hotel Group Spain, Madrid
Alicia Alvarez
Head of Real Estate Finance Spainpbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Spain
Senior finance expert with demonstrated successes in real estate lending, development finance, debt restructuring, portfolio management and controlling. Wide experience in the analysis of real estate and construction sectors on international level.
Jose is Partner at Fluxus Ventures since April 2020. Prior to that, he co-founded Fluxus Ventures, Commuty Asset Management in 2016 focused on developing and managing value-added funds. With more than €200M of AUM of track record, he has focused his career on innovative usages such as coliving and coworking. Developing the first coliving assets in Spain in 2018, operated by Urban Campus. Currently, he, along with the Fluxus team, focuses on launching new funds to invest in coliving and managing residential with a strong focus on ESG & digital transformation.
He holds an MsC in Industrial Engineering degree with a major in Structural Engineering - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. And B. Architecture - École Nationale d’Architecure Paris.
Ignacio is a founding partner of Momentum REIM and responsible for business development since 2008. He studied Law at ICADE and Business Administration at UNED and has a Master in SME Management from EOI and a Master in Real Estate Management from ICADE. From 2004 to 2012 he has been a Postgraduate Professor at ICADE. In 2000 he began his professional career in the RE consultancy division of Arthur Andersen, and after years of experience in the sector he held the position of CEO in Grupo Gesfesa and Deputy Managing Director in Grupo Vemusa, RE companies focused on residential and tertiary development business. MOMENTUM was born in 2008 with the conviction that the change of cycle would generate good opportunities for the RE business.
Managing Partner, Alternative InvestmentsAEXX Capital
Spain
Jeffrey holds a Degree in Civil and Structural Engineering and more than 20 years’ experience in Management and Business Development in the Real Estate area. In 2018 he joined Urbania International as CEO of Syllâbus, Urbania subsidary, leading the company’s operations as well as strategy, investment advisory and structuring. Syllâbus is a Property Development Company specialised in the delivery of prime Student Accommodation. Nowadays, he is also Proffesor at IE School of Architecture and Design. Prior to Syllâbus, Jeffrey held a position as Vice-President and Managing Director at Hill International and he was Development Director of Shopping Centre Specialist at Sonae Sierra.
Fabrizio Agrimi has a wide knowledge and experience of real estate industry in Spain as well as internationally. Prior to joining VBARE Iberian Properties SOCIMI in November 2017, he was Managing Director and Partner in Altan Capital, part of the Altamar Group and one of the leading international real estate investment manager in Spain. Previously he was part of the Investment team at Aguirre Newman, where he participated in the acquisition and sale of numerous real estate assets. He also worked in Milan and London in the distinguished law firm Vita Samory, Fabrini as part of the M&A, Private Equity and Financial Services team.
Esteve leads all Node Iberian efforts, which are organized across three departments: development, operations and capital markets. He has extensive experience in coliving, multifamily and vacation rentals and previously worked at Starcity, Airbnb and VTS. Esteve has a degree in Finance from New York University.
Howard has been working in the real estate sector since 1993 first in the London market and since 1998 in Spain. His UK experience was in the valuation, investment and agency areas of business. He is a founding partner of Urban Input (2004) and has been involved on both the investor relations and transaction sides of the business. Howard has a BSc (Hons) in Land Management from Reading University and is on the RICS Continental European Educational Standards Board.
Edmund Eggins joined Ardian Real Estate in 2019 with ten years of real estate experience. Prior to joining Ardian, Edmund was a Director at Inmobiliaria Colonial. Prior to that, he was a Director at Axiare Patrimonio. He started his career working at Savills where he spent five years in the Capital Markets team.
Carlos Becerril
Head of Asset ManagementGenerali Real Estate
Spain
Carlos has 23 years ́ experience as a real estate professional. He is Head of Asset Management of Generali Real Estate Spain since 2014, where he is the primary focus on sourcing, analyzing and executing new investments both in Spain & Portugal. In addition, Carlos is in charge of Generali ́s asset management in the Iberian Peninsula. Prior to joining Generali Real Estate, he held senior management positions at Neinver, IKEA and the Spanish Ministry of Treasure. He is Bachelor's degree in Law, Graduated in European Economic Studies, Masters in Urban Planning and Development, and Real Estate Executive Programme from IE Business School. Carlos is MRICS in Commercial Property.
Paco Hugas
Co-Ceo/ PartnerConren Tramway
Spain
Paco is the co-CEO and co-founder -with his brother Jaime- of a Spanish developer, investor & asset manager Conren Tramway. His background is in commercial and residential real estate in Spain. His responsabilities focus on business development, sourcing and structuring deal as well development and asset management where he leads a design and construction team of 25 people. His experience covers investing in commercial and residential developments, value add and core plus properties. He currently serves on the Board of AEO (Spanish Office Association) and ULI Spain.
Carsten is Country Head for Spain as well as portfolio manager for AEW Europe Value Investors, a core-plus/value-add fund actively acquiring office assets across Europe. Carsten has over 15 years’ experience in acquiring and managing real estate assets throughout the US and Europe. Prior to joining AEW, Carsten was a Director at Generali, previously also working at Deutsche Bank M&A, JER Partners and Starwood Capital Group. Carsten is a German national, fluent in English, Spanish and French.
Cristina Pérez Liz
Managing DirectorKennedy Wilson
Spain
Ms Perez Liz, based in Madrid, is the Managing Director of Kennedy Wilson Spain and has almost 20 years of investment banking, real estate and capital markets experience throughout Spain and the rest of Europe. Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, she was a Managing Director of Banco Santander’s restructuring unit for medium size corporates, and had previously played different roles at PwC, and Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan in London . Over her career, Ms Perez has intervened in the completion of more than 25bn in European real-estate related transactions, including equity, direct lending, mezzanine, securitisation, and restructuring work.
Head of Direct TransactionsActivum SG UK Advisors Limited
Spain
Brian Betel is Head of Direct Assets at Activum SG and founding partner of Spanish homebuilding ASG Homes. Prior to Activum SG Brian was a Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management. In a 14 year career at Cerberus, Brian helped to open and run advisory offices in Mexico and Spain in addition to advising on investments in Canada, the UK and Germany. Prior to Cerberus Brian worked at Citibank in Mexico City and the Bank of Mexico, the central bank, selling the REO portfolios of their bad bank. Brian is also a founding partner of Tech-Stone Developments, a Spanish hotel development company.
José-Ignacio Tramuns is the Head of CRE Finance EMEA at Banco Sabadell. He joined Banco Sabadell in 2006 as a member of the Structured Real Estate Finance team, and afterwards was the CIO-Real Estate in BanSanbadell Inversión, with more than €1 billion under management. Prior to joining Banco Sabadell, he gained experience in Real Estate and Private Banking in firms such as Aguirre Newman and Morgan Stanley. He graduated in Economics with an MBA from ESADE Business School.
Licenciado en Administración y Dirección de Empresas, bachelor en International Business por la Universidad de Northumbria, en Investigación y Técnicas de Mercado y cuenta con un MBA en ICADE y PDD de IESE. Desarrollará funciones ejecutivas con nuevos clientes y será el responsable de negociar las operaciones de financiación del banco, por encima de 50 millones €. Hasta ahora era director ejecutivo de Real Estate & Hospitality de Natixis para España y Portugal. Con 18 años de experiencia, desde su incorporación a en 2007 ha participado en proyectos de financiación de operaciones por valor de más de 5.000 millones €. Con anterioridad trabajó como analista en las áreas de riesgos y financiación de proyectos de BBVA e ICO en Madrid.
Dilip is Estabona Management’s Managing Director and has worked in Spain in the shopping centre sector for 25 years. Before establishing Estabona, Dilip held management positions in the American developer Hines where he was responsible for the development of Diagonal Mar shopping center in Barcelona and was previously Managing Director of the Canadian investment and development company TrizecHahn in Spain. Dilip currently maintains an investment company with Cadena, a U.K. based investment management company. Dilip holds undergraduate and post graduate degrees in Economics as well as an Advanced Certificate in Management and Technology Innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Business.
Real Estate expert with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, from retail and offices to industrial & logistics. Alfonso Brunet holds a Bachelor in Business Administration with Concentration in Finance from Boston University. He has dedicated his last 14 years in the retail Real Estate industry heading different projects, at CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) he assumed the position of responsible for logistics and industrial assets and in Pradera, a Private Equity Retail Fund he held the position of Country Head. Alfonso is since 2017, CEO of Castellana Properties REIT.
Vitor Freitas Duarte joined Sonae in 1997 and held various positions ranging from Investor Relations at Sonae SGPS to Project Manager at Sonae UK. In 2004 he joined Sonae Sierra as a Finance Manager and, three years later, he assumed responsibilities as Senior Manager for New Projects and Acquisitions in Europe. In 2010, he was also appointed Corporate Controller with responsibilities for information systems and European back offices. In 2017 Vitor moved to the Madrid office with responsibilities for the investment and management of ORES Socimi and developing new investment vehicles. Academic achievements: Degree in Management, Oporto University; MBA, ESADE Business School/NYU Stern.
55 years, married 2 sons From 2002 - 2017 Square Asset Management - Partner; 1,5 Billion under management in all sectors for retail and institutional clients : Managing the highest Portuguese performance balanced portfolio over the last 8 years in a row according to MSCI/IPD; from 1990 - 2000 ESAF Espírito Santo Activos Financeiros SGPS - Real Estate Managing Director Investments: Portugal, Brazil, Russia.
Mr. Pepa serves as member of the Board of Directors and Chief Development Officer at Neinor Homes, a leading residential developer in Spain. He has over 20 years of real estate and investment banking experience. He was previously based in New York were he run the Latin America Private Financing division at UBS, and similar roles at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Pepa has a Business Degree from Universidad de San Andrés in Buenos Aires.
8000 residential units developed; Logistics: 300000 m2 developed, 2.250.000m2 GLA under development; 50000m2 retail high street under management; 28000m2 GLA healthcare/housing for seniors; 120 student housing units recently open.
TRAINING: • IESE - Senior Business Management Program • Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. • Technician in Business Administration and Management • Master in Financial Management • High Executive program RE Management and Valuations • High Executive degree grade: Private equity and structured finance • Executive Administration Program.
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE: • General Director of Wilcox Group • Vice President of AEDHE • Member of the Board of Directors of CEIM • Member of ULI and ICSC.
Ruben Otero comes from a family with more than 60 years experience in construction business, even he has got a BA profile, we can say that the construction is within his blood. With 20 years of experience managing both, development and building companies, he has developed over 80 M€ until 2008 in Spain. Between 2010 and 2014 he was managing a company specialized in designing and building luxury villas on Costa del Sol (Spain) with a turnover of 50 M€ during these years. In 2014, he decided to create OTERO group with the intention of being self sufficient in all development process and be able to speed the process and control the costs with the highest quality.
Antonio Navarro
CFOOne Eden
Spain
• 8 years experience in real estate development on the Costa del Sol both as CFO and Area Manager
• Urban development of land of more than 2,000 units on the Costa del Sol.
• 8 years of experience in the innovation sector as Managing Director.
• 5 years experience in other executive positions within finance.
• Business Administration Graduate at ICADE, MBA at San Telmo Business School, Master’s in Audit at UVIC, CCA® (Chartered Controller Analyst ) Certificate, Master’s in Real Estate and Urban Planning at UPCO.
Hernando de Soto is a Senior Real Estate professional involved in asset management since 1997. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration, from Richmond College (UK), a master’s in Real Estate Management, from Fundación Camuñas (Spain) and an executive master´s in Corporate Finance from ESADE Business School (Spain). He joined AEDAS Homes in May 2017 as Head of Investor Relations being appointed as Institutional Relations Director of the company in November 2019. He develops a constant interaction with the different stakeholders in the real estate industry, focused on investors, aiming to identify business opportunities for the company.
Javier is CEO and founder of Cornex Capital, created in 2004. He specializes in identifying, originating and advising on real estate investment transactions in Barcelona and Madrid, all types of assets with investment volumes of over 500M euros in recent years. He manages complex transactions, refinancing, and restructuring of real estate companies, looking for operations where he can generate value, negotiating on behalf of the investors, reaching agreements, managing the assets until disinvestment, and making the highest possible return. Javier studied Art History, Management and Urbanism.
Experienced Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the retail, oil and gas and financial services industry. Skilled in Crisis Management, Business Planning, Investor Relations and international relations development. strong networking in North and Latin American markets including Brazil.
Nuno has more than 20 years of experience and is the founding partner of Finsolutia & FS Capital. Throughout his career, Nuno has gained valuable experience and exposure to credit and real estate across Southern Europe. Prior to starting FinSolutia, Nuno worked in capital market divisions in IB, top strategy consulting firm, private equity and non core asset management, leading the first NPL deal in Iberia among other very relevant transactions. Nuno attended the OPM at Harvard Business School, inter-Alpha program at INSEAD, holds a MBA with honors (Beta Gamma Sigma) from SDSU-California State University, a Post Graduate degree in Corporate Finance (ISCTE) and a business degree.
Manuel graduated in Business Administration from Denver University (Colorado, USA) and holds an MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He has worked almost his whole career in Investor Relations. He joins Sareb from the consultancy King Worldwide Investor Relations, where he worked for the past four years. He was also the Founder and Managing Partner of Logical IR Solutions, Director of Strategy and External Relations at Parquesol Inmobiliaria, CEO of Eurocofin Investor Relations, Director of Equities at AB Asesores Bursatiles, Director of Investor Relations at Bankinter, and CEO of Link Securities, among other roles. He founded the Spanish Association of Investor Relations, being an Honorary Member and serving on it's Board.
Jorge Valero has been Director of Data and Digital Transformation at AEDAS Homes since March 2020. In the real estate sector, he was the driving force behind Tinsa's digitalisation process in 2014 and CEO of Tinsa Digital, an international spin-off of the Tinsa group focused on the real estate data business in the proptech industry for two years.
Jeroen recently founded Zazume with the objective to digitise residential rentals for mid and long term stays. We offer a platform to letting agencies and property managers to efficiently manage the rental life cycle from search to living. Zazume adds a service layer to monetise your rental properties beyond the finite space and increase the added value to your customers. Prior to Zazume, Jeroen worked for Airbnb during 8 years of which he was responsible for the business in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Jeroen is the founding partner of Lanai Partners, a boutique venture capital firm that has invested in 30 startups and was the COO of Groupalia. Belgian but living in Barcelona.
Executive MBA, Master in Real Estate Management and Management and Diploma in Finance with 15 years of international experience (Spain, Chile, Brazil and Japan), where I provide a global vision and knowledge in the real estate and construction industry, adding value in each one of the financial, technical, legal and operational phases.
I have worked in leading companies in a changing, competitive and international environment where I have developed my main professional skills in (1) Real Estate Development, Management and Investment, (2) Assets for sale and for rent and (3) Innovation and Digital Transformation of processes and business models.
Extensive knowledge in BIM, sustainability, offsite and new technologies.
Jose is leading the international growth for Smartrental. We are a group of hospitality and living brands leading the spanish market for hospitality (hostel, hotels, serviced apartments) and living (coliving, senior and student housing). Currently, we operate +4.000 beds.
He has also undertaken several business projects in the hospitality area. International MBA and Real Estate program at Instituto de Empresa business school in Madrid.
Howard Barnes is responsible for managing the local office in Madrid. Howard has over 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, with 15 years of direct experience in the Spanish market. Career highlights: Howard has developed some of the most well-known industrial assets in Spain (Amazon Madrid Headquarters) as well as having participated in some of the largest investment transactions in the industrial sector in the last 5 years. Valuing thousands of industrial assets in Spain, Howard has a broad and deep knowledge of the Spanish market. Directed acquisition and disposal teams transacting several billion Euros worth of commercial RE assets in Spain.
Scott O'Donnell is Senior Managing Director of Harbert Management Corporation ("HMC"), an investor in alternative investment strategies. Scott is head of Europe and responsible for HMCs European real estate investment activities. Prior to joining HMC, Scott served as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in London and as the European Head and Investment Committee Member (International) of DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners.
Guillermo Ravell
Country Director Spain & PortugalMileway - Spain
Spain
Mr. Ravell has more than 20 years experience in the real estate sector. Prior to joining Mileway in October 2019, he spent 2 years as Senior Advisor for Kefren Capital Real Estate and 10 years as Country Manager for Goodman, leading asset management, investment and development transactions in Spain. Guillermo has also worked at CBRE in various roles, first as Asset Management Director and later as Regional Director Valencia.
Vitor Freitas Duarte joined Sonae in 1997 and held various positions ranging from Investor Relations at Sonae SGPS to Project Manager at Sonae UK. In 2004 he joined Sonae Sierra as a Finance Manager and, three years later, he assumed responsibilities as Senior Manager for New Projects and Acquisitions in Europe. In 2010, he was also appointed Corporate Controller with responsibilities for information systems and European back offices. In 2017 Vitor moved to the Madrid office with responsibilities for the investment and management of ORES Socimi and developing new investment vehicles. Academic achievements: Degree in Management, Oporto University; MBA, ESADE Business School/NYU Stern.
Education: Civil engineer from UPC (Universidat Politécnica de Cataluña), Master of Science in Management from HEC Grande Ecole (Paris) and Master of International Management from CEMS MIM. I have worked in Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) for over 15 years with special focus on CEE, Nordics in the past but I am now focused on Spain and I head the MSREI Spanish business.
Subdirector Programa Avanzado de ProptecIE Business School
Spain
Currently Real Estate Innovation Executive Program director at IE Business School. Associate professor on Advance Property Management Real Estate program at the IE Business School. HOMUWELLCH Co-Founder managing Sustainability and Innovation Technology for different REITs/SOCIMIs and Funds. Experience in consultancy services in all kinds of real estate products (offices, residential, retail, logistics, hotels and leisure assets). Previously he spent 10 years in different positions at CBRE, last two years responsible for business development within Mainland Europe by leveraging CBRE’s global scale, reporting CBRE – UK. David’s background is Industrial Engineer, MBA, RICS Member and LEED & WELL Faculty.
Omnichannel Offices: How are alliances and tenant strategies changing?
Quality over quantity: The new future for coworking and experiential offices
Strengthening Hospitality
Reopenings, refinancing and distressed opportunities
Damage control: What’s the status and what support is being provided to the industry?
Operations innovation: How have operation models changed?
Spain as a lease oriented market and franchising at a rise, how can we capitalise on this?
New trends and consumer demands post-COVID
Rebranding and multiple use: Experiential hospitality the future?
Regaining Investor’ Confidence in Retail
The Omnichannel Challenge: Who do tenants and developers work together with to be successful?
Working With Lenders & Attracting Finance for Retail Transactions
Future of retail and the financial variable: How profitable is it to have retailers become customer experience centers vs. ecommerce sales´
01:00pm - 02:30pm
Networking Lunch
02:30pm - 03:30pm
Portfolio Resilience
Tech Reshaping Market Fundamentals?
Technology How is it Driving Investment & Development?
How are real estate players innovating in their investment strategies?
Why does real estate need to invest in AI and data science?
Residential
Spain’s Urban vs Suburban appetite
Spain’s Post-Pandemic Housing Sector: Where are we?
Location: Valuations vs Value - How to get rational pricing back?
Mix use? Role of the lender in recovery
Non-Performing Assets
Buy, Repurpose or Sell?
Post covid spring back or portfolios losing steam?
03:30pm - 03:50pm
Networking Break
03:50pm - 04:50pm
Light Industrial, Logistics and Last mile
Will this bubble burst or become a new dream come true?
Pricing and demand: Post-COVID logistics and last mile boom to continue?
Reverse logistics: ESG & Last Mile, what is the solution to this coexisting dilemma? (Logistics creating pollution, trafic, parking issues, etc vs world wanting to shop online and get door to door service, but live pollution less and car free city centers)
Spain's rising e-commerce tenants: Is this the beginning of a new normal? How will the urban logistics facilities in the cities shape out?
Keeping up with the demand and new competition
Joint Ventures
Passing fashion or a must for build, develop & manage?
An effective way to get hold on land
Is "sharing" a good way to minimize risks?
Combine financial resources or to pool knowledge
Building an alternative real estate: Partnering with tech to change customer experience
04:50pm - 05:10pm
Networking Break
05:10pm - 06:00pm
Sustainable Financing Taxonomy
Are you there yet?
Real Estates´ EU Green Classification System: To what extent are you using technology tools, to assess how green you are?
ESG: Are we changing the mindset to create real win-win scenarios?
Value or Obligation: EC´s public administration verification and sustainable certification criteria
Risk management if you don't comply?
06:00pm - 07:30pm
Closing Drinks
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