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GRI UK & Europe Reunion 2025

Hedging through inflationary headwinds to build resilient deal flow

27th February
08:45 - 17:30 | Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+0)
239 people are attending
Credit: Ilya Shimanskiy / Shutterstock
ABOUT GRI UK & Europe Reunion 2025

Fast becoming our flagship event for senior real estate investors, fund managers, asset owners, lenders and developers, active in the UK, as well as those with diversified pan European portfolios across countries and sectors. Create dealflow and benchmark pricing, location and risk hedging strategies with your peers. Spend real time with the right people with private investor driven roundtables. No press, no formal agendas, no stages, just qualified decision makers with risk in real estate transactions, sitting down together for closed door discussions.

 
 
Expand your network.
 
 
Transactional discussions about the market:
 
 
In-depth industry knowledge with strategic insights.

What you can expect

81%
Banks, funds, investors, and developers
High-level Networking & Matchmaking
Support in arranging 1-to-1 meetings and introductions with potential business partners
18
Discussion Rooms

Featured Discussions

09:15-10:15

Mainstage Investor's Talkshow

Can Positivity drive stability?

10:45-11:45

Purpose Built Student Accommodation

Still outperforming demand or set to cool?

Public Led and Gov Backed Student Housing - Getting in the way of private investments?

Capital - Still institutional game or pricing right for wider capital pool? 

Location - Which countries in Europe are the ā€œpopular kidsā€?

Affordability of Tenants - Is the changing demographic of students impacting supply/ demand?

Product Innovation - Competitive advantages to portfolios or too hard to measure?

Pricing - Just right or in need of correction?


10:45-11:45

Structured Equity & Bottom ofCycle

Answer to unlocking distress or abandon it all together?

Equity vs. Debt - Play it safe with debt or take a chance on equity for the bigger win?

Debt Funding Gap ā€“ What's keeping the dry powder on the bench?

Distress Pricing - Will high capital costs turn the key and unleash the value?

Liquidity - Overflowing or spreads to boost as rates drop?

Recycling Capital - Is one manā€™s trash another manā€™s treasure?

Repricing and Widening Spreads - Is equity the smart play or a risky move in 2025?


10:45-11:45

Maturing Loans & Refinancing

Is senior debt too great a burden?

Mezz & Alternative Finance - Best practices to secure lower rates? 

Higher for Longer - How do rates impact the debt environment and investor strategies?

Loan on Loan - Better treatment for capital?

Capital Markets - Key to unlocking credit and liquidity as banks pull back?

Debt Funding Gap - Banks tightening up and alternative lenders picking up the slack?

Back Leverage - Priced fairly or borrowers left to bear the risk?


10:45-11:45

Future of Work

A sticking point for investing in offices?

Reconversion - Time and capital consuming or worth the hassle?

Asset and Design Differentiation - Crucial to gaining market share?

Tenant Demands - New opportunities for investments and pricing adjustments?

Office Occupancy - Are some regions better than others or always safe?

Obsolescence - Repurpose or build from scratch?


12:15-13:15

Debt Funding Gap

Opportunity or hazard?

Alternative Lenders - Making way for diversified investments or increased competition?

Capital Raising Outlook ā€“ Still muted, or full-on U turn?

Will Equity be Top Priority?

Capital Scalability - Answer to having a successful loan book?

Gap Capital - Worth it or margins too high?


12:15-13:15

Cost Effective Net Zero

Whoā€™s asking the right pricing and liquidity questions?

Liquidity in Underwriting - Is there enough consistent evidence to find value?

Dealflow & Transactions - Whatā€™s trickling down from LPs, how are we onboarding assets, whatā€™s the cost?

Deal Impact Case Studies - Investor, data and pricing patterns that are setting the key drivers for sustainability

Carbon Efficient Retrofitting - Should it be the new concept?

12:15-13:15

Data Centres

Jewel of portfolios or too exclusive to back?

Investor Appetite - Driving a shift in pricing and values?

Specialist Expertise - Necessary to develop, build, own & operate successfully? 

Regional Clusters - Which regions are leading the market?

Capital Allocation - Overlap creating a split or joining forces?

How to Pay for the Capex - What options for raising on and off balance sheets?

Liquidity - What does underwriting with confidence look like for the sector?

Debt Strategies for European Data Centres - Where are the bright spots?

12:15-13:15

UK Capital Mix

League of our own or investments slowing down?

Fundraising - Have we hit a wall or never better?

Inflation & Rates - Hindering inbound investments?

Regions - WhereĀ“s the profit at?

Inbound Investment Appetite - Demographics, demands, and spread

Bid-Ask Spread - What's happening with assets, location and LP appetite?

UK Economic Outlook - Better times coming?

Niche Vs Mainstream - Which assets should we bet on?

Institutional Lenders - Waiting on the sidelines or is now the time to capitalize on equity?

Is the UK a Gateway to Global Success?

14:15-15:15

Light Industrial Rental Growth

Forever big boxes or super urban logistics creating value change?

Regional Clusters - Are some regions more profitable than others?

Vacancy Rates - Rising high or under control?

Investment Volumes - Keeping up with demand?

Tenant Demands - How to invest with purpose?

Build to Suit (BTS) - Do tailor-made approaches drive value up?

Rental Growth - Normalizing or still rising?


14:15-15:15

Multifamily & Single Family BTR

Diversified glory or better the devil you know?

Tenant Occupancy - Historically favourable markets tapering off?

Demographics - How to keep up with tenant needs and demands?

Investment Come Back - More systematic and structured this time around?

2025 Outlook - Time for SFR to shine or MFR keeping its game strong?

Investment Volumes - Pension funds giving it all or alternative investors also on the horizon?

BTR vs. BTS - Rentals driving the market or sudden rise in home buyers? 

Scalability - SFR for SMEs and MFR for Institutional investors?

MFR to SFR - Investors shifting interest?


14:15-15:15

Value-Add Investments

Does the risk curve still work?

Return of Core - Threatening opportunistic strategies?

Finding Value in Assets - Which have the highest returns/profit margins?

Risk Curve - Low or high? Who is it affecting?

Diversification and Buyification - Aiding our portfolios or making them messy?

Development RE - Higher costs or same as greenfield?


14:15-15:15

Placemaking

Secret spice to repurposing & reshaping value in portfolios?

Adaptive Repurposing - Is government approval making it more difficult? 

Anchor Assets - How to shape a place?

Tenant Behaviours - Making way for innovation or making our jobs difficult?

Commercial to Residential - Most valuable way to reshape an asset?

ā€˜Forced Sales ā€˜- Lowering profit margins or best option for now?

Regional Clusters - Best way to create value?

Net Zero & Social Governance - Whose responsibility is it to fund?

Green/Open Spaces - Secret sauce to drive value or just window dressing to meet BNG requirements?

15:40-16:30

London Housing

Problematic or prosperous?

Steady House Price Growth - Reflecting market resilience?

Supply vs. Demand - Will we ever break even?

Funding Gap - Private and public investors working on the same team to bridge it?

Regional Hotspots - Where can you get the bang for your buck?

Stable Rental Yields - Attractive opportunities and reliable returns? 

Development Challenges - Interest rates getting in the way of new developments/constructions?

15:40-16:30

Retail Investments

Back on the menu?

Tenants, Trends, and Real Estate Fundamentals - Why the positive swing in sentiment? Can it continue?

Traditional Investors - Leaving room for alternative investors to take center stage?

Asset Acquisition - Lower prices due to lower demand? Leaving room for larger profit margins?

Loan Book Funding - How to balance retail deposits to ensure scalability?

Favouritism - Shopping centers taking over bricks and mortar?

Cashflow - Slower but steadier than other asset classes?

Are retail parks the best value real estate asset class hidden in plain sight?

Hundreds of retail platforms and vehicles have disappeared over the last 10 years but are we about to see the re-emergence of new vehicles?

Has online retailing reached its peak or is it just a plateau waiting for another surge?

15:40-16:30

Hotel Pricing

Sweetspot or too cheap? 

Hotels - Should they be more expensive?

Supply and Demand - Tourism growth an unstoppable trend or steady ahead?

Niche Markets - Exclusivity more profitable or is mainstream the way to go?

Pricing - In the sweet spot, or should we raise the stakes? 

Transactional Volumes - Gaining momentum or red lights flashing?

Place, Space, and Tenants ā€“ The golden formula for portfolio success?


16:50-17:40

Solve for Investment

Uses of AI and Data to boost RE values

Uses and Implementations - How can AI help make investment decisions?

Opportunities - Making way for innovation?

Challenges - Can AI make mistakes? If so, who is responsible?

Learning/Training Tools - Where to invest to use with success?


Extra Activities

 
Women's Breakfast & Deals Talk
Women's Breakfast & Deals Talk
26th February
A favourite tradition among leading female GRI Club Members, our annual get together of 80+ female real estate decision makers features invaluable networking opportunities and collegial market discussions, followed by a private lunch.
Chairmanā€™s Retreat Reunion
Chairmanā€™s Retreat Reunion Lunchtime Mullings: AI - Solution or delusion?
26th February
By strict invitation only, join a private group of your peers (No1/No2 Heads of Real Estate Investments in significant organisations) to mull over the key topical questions around AI and Data impacting business and life, with no press, no agendas, just frank and honest conversations.
Discussion of past edition of CEE Forum
CEE Forum 2025 - London Edition
26th February
CEEā€™s real estate market seems to have a few hidden gems to overcome current challenges and achieve success. Join us at CEE Forum to share insights and source deal flow among the most senior and accomplished real estate leaders active across the region.

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Sector-specific analysis
Offices, retail, hotels, logistics, data centres, build-to-rent, student housing
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Insights from investor-driven conversations on the current allocation of global capital

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Kirsty Stevens
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Matheus Campion
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Director Real Estate - UK
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Kirsty Stevens
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12 years experience within conference production in infrastructure, tax, finance and real estate. Previously working with RICS for four years helping drive the global CPD rollout. I have been with GRI Club for over 4 years, from Sales Director, UK Markets Director, Content Director and now as Global Head of Content with Sales Specialty within our Europe and USA markets. Ask me about our European events,asset class specialisms and connecting wtih investors globally. BA Hons in Philosophy from Kings College London, hobbies include Rugby, Theatre Production and Time Out Tastemaker.
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Director Real Estate - UKGRI Club
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