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Just two weeks remain to secure your ticket for Place North West’s March summit examining all aspects of the ever-evolving rental sector.

Tom Mees of Blacklight Capital Partners, Placefirst head of planning Alun Davies and Savills’ Verity Cubitt are the latest confirmed speakers for the event.

Rental values are rarely far from the headlines, with the cost of living crisis, interest rates, and housing targets continuing to occupy minds.

At any one time, certain types of development might be flavour of the month, while developers might struggle to make other schemes stack up. This half-day conference will look at all the factors in play across a series of presentations, interviews, and panel sessions.

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Among the issues we’ll cover will be pressures on PBSA as higher education providers grapple with market issues, growing institutional interest in social housing, the rise and rise of build-to-rent and how co-living and HMOs might be made to work. Across the rental sector, it’s clear there is much to discuss in this critical part of the residential market.

This event is sponsored by JMW and Placefirst

A packed line-up of speakers is already confirmed for the event, which will take place on 6 March at Manchester’s Hotel Voco.

What you will take away

  • Understanding of the thinking driving key decisions at some of the most influential investors and developers, and how they see 2025 shaping up
  • Knowledge of key projects: what is in the pipeline and which locations are on the rise?
  • Insight into the reality of how co-living and HMO providers can play a part in the UK’s drive to solve its housing crisis
  • Valuable contacts for your business.

Speakers confirmed

Nik Bremner, Select Property, p CityPress (x)

Nik Bremner is director of Select Residential, leading Select Property’s in-house lettings business for its portfolio of properties and partnership residences in Manchester and Birmingham, helping deliver a property management service tailored to Select’s investors, designed to drive the strongest returns and offer a simplified process that enhances the investment experience for clients.

Katie O'Neill, Knight Frank, p Knight Frank (x)Katie O’Neill is an economist with global consultancy Knight Frank, responsible for analysing, reporting on, and being the market voice in trends in Global Living Sectors investment and development. She leads on the production of bespoke quantitative consultancy projects and uses data to innovatively engage living sector clients.

Dan Batterton, L&G, p L&G (x)Dan Batterton is head of residential at Legal & General Investment Management. With more than 20 years’ experience in the property sector, his exceptional understanding of portfolio strategy have been used to design L&G’s long-term acquisition, development, sustainability and operational strategy for the residential sector.

Rob Sumner, Sigma Capital, p Active Profile(x)Rob Sumner is residential investment director at Sigma Capital. A chartered surveyor by background, he has more than 20 years’ experience in the regional residential sector, previously working as director of investment and development at Savills for 10 years where he specialised in residential investment agency selling and acquiring investments on behalf of institutions, private equity and family offices.

Catalina Ionita, Chapman Taylor, p Chapman Taylor (x)Catalina Ionita of architect Chapman Taylor has a doctorate in urban activation and placemaking, with more than a decade spent specialising in residential and mixed-use large-scale developments across the UK and internationally. Her work is driven by a deep passion for placemaking and creating vibrant, sustainable communities in urban settings.

Ian Scott, Livingway, p Livingway (x)Ian Scott is group managing director of Livingway, an investor and operator in the UK build-to-rent market. He has been involved with more than £1bn of transactions while holding roles providing professional advice to investors and developers.

Tom Sinclair, CBRE, p Space PR (x)

Tom Sinclair leads CBRE’s residential investment activity for the North of England and is recognised as a market leader in the BTR sector. Last year CBRE advised on four BTR forward funding transactions and three stabilised investment transactions in the North of England, totalling over £550m and establishing the team as the most active residential investment advisory team in the region.

Alun Davies, Placefirst, p Placefirst (x)Alun Davies is head of planning at Placefirst. A chartered planner with more than 10 years’ industry experience, he is responsible for securing consent for new developments as well as exploring land and investment acquisition opportunities. A key part of this role is successful collaboration with local and combined authorities, private landowners and third-party delivery partners.

Verity Cubitt, Savills, p Savills (x)

Verity Cubitt is co-head of the PBSA valuation team within Savills, providing valuation and strategic advice on student accommodation assets. Her work involves valuing large portfolios for operators and lenders as well as advising on the viability of ground-up development and refurbishment projects to reposition assets within the PBSA sector.

Tom Mees, BLCP, p BLCP (x)

Tom Mees is development director at Blacklight Capital Partners, in which role he has been a key figure in making ambitious Liverpool PBSA projects a reality. A chartered surveyor with 18 years of cross-sector property experience, he is responsible for the acquisition, full co-ordination and delivery of developments. Blacklight has recently acquired another large-scale site for PBSA development in Liverpool.

Organisations that attended this event last year included Beetham, FEC, Cityheart, Dandara Living, Genr8, Glenbrook, Livingway, Jon Matthews Architects, Placefirst, Select Property, Trafford Council, Place Capital Group, Vita Group, Lancet Homes, and HBD.

Tickets cost £88+VAT, or £44+VAT for local authorities and registered providers under our new pricing policy. There will be a mix of presentations and panels. Breakfast and lunch are included, providing plenty of opportunity for business development.

 

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