What we’re expecting to hear at UKREiiF 2026

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Billionaires, forecasts, and flashbacks.

The multidisciplinary firm has brought in Giovanni Smanio as director of the division, as the business continues to expand.

Four bridges are due to be replaced along the 19-mile stretch of motorway between Chester and Wallasey as part of the National Highways programme, alongside a series of repairs, resurfacing, and drainage improvements.

Rightmove’s Commercial Insights Tracker for Q1 2026 showed that nationally, demand to lease offices fell by 3% year on year, while demand to invest in office property declined by 9% over the same period. In the North West, meanwhile, leasing demand for offices fell by 3%, so mirroring the national average, but investment demand fell by just short of 20%, writes Andy Miles of Rightmove.

The Canadian-headquartered investor will use the phased funding to advance its pipeline of 6,000 build-to-rent apartments in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, and London’s commuter belt.

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Suppliers can now bid for places on the four-year framework, which targets public sector regeneration schemes from councils, housing providers, and NHS Trusts.

Work is due to start later this year on a series of upgrades to the two wastewater treatment works in an effort to improve the water quality of the River Douglas by 2030.

As many of the UK’s property professionals prepare to head to UKREiiF, there promises to be plenty of scope for robust conversations about what really matters when it comes to strategically reimagining office space to underpin business objectives, writes Dan Pilling of TSK.

It was a bruising night for Labour in the North West and a triumph for Reform, with the Nigel Farage-led party picking up more than 200 seats across the region.

Rowdy objectors, ineffectual chairing, and member intransigence over Grey Belt changes are just some of the frustrations applications can face once they reach the debating chamber. Place North West asked the market: what’s wrong with planning committees and how do we fix them?

With more than 100 seats in the North West won, and no doubt more to follow, the industry can no longer ignore the Nigel Farage-led party. We spoke with strategic communications professionals about what Reform’s rise means for the industry.

BDP’s science and engineering campus received the top prize at last night’s award ceremony, with the transformation of the grade one-listed Rochdale Town Hall among another five schemes to receive gongs.

As voters head to the polls today, planners will be breathing a sigh of relief that, at the very least, the turbulent pre-election period – with its volatile committee meetings – is over.

Place Media Group has hired Sara Thomas from Property Week as commercial partnerships director to strengthen Place’s expanded events and marketing portfolio.

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Industrial doesn’t have to mean big grey sheds that sit on the edge of town. With proper placemaking we can deliver commercially viable schemes that are celebrated hubs of employment, writes Alan Lamb of AEW Architects.

Marathons, little trees, and a week to forget.