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Investors still see the Northern residential market as a viable landing spot for capital but regulatory red tape and viability challenges are constricting the flow of funds into the sector, attendees at Place North’s most recent half-day conference heard.

It is easy to get lost in the crowd of more than 16,000 property professionals who will flood into Leeds’ Royal Armouries in a matter of days. Place will help you attend with purpose, putting you in the room with the likes of Liverpool City Council, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, CBRE, Socius, MADE Partnership, Tritax, Peel Land, and more.

Having collaborated on numerous regeneration schemes from Coventry to Chester, the firms have formalised their partnership with the French construction giant buying the Liverpool-based developer.

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

Place North brought the region to the forefront of the international property community at MIPIM in 2026. Next year, we aim to do even more – with more events, more branding opportunities, and more networking receptions.

The construction industry is increasingly moving to a ‘reuse first’ approach and despite higher levels of returns for new-build in Manchester – compared to neighbouring cities in the North – we’re also seeing a welcome shift towards the reuse, refurbishment, and retrofitting of current stock in the Greater Manchester region, writes David Sandbrook of Curtins.

More than 16,000 property professionals and public sector leaders will be gathering at Leeds’ Royal Armouries in May. Place can help you make the most of the convention, with an array of services to help your business stand out.

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Place Capital Group chief executive David Smith-Milne joins a robust line-up of speakers, including Manchester City Council’s Becca Heron, McLaren Regeneration’s Tom Gilman, and Igloo’s Joe Broadley, at Place North’s City Living Summit on 30 April.

Set to accept tenders this summer, the national framework will include region-specific lots for development agreement, joint venture, and strategic partnership work.

The chair of Homes England and the chief executive of the newly launched National Housing Bank sat down with Place to to outline how £16bn of public funding will be mobilised to unlock housing delivery at scale.

The investor, developer, and the government’s newly launched housing investment agency will work with Homes England to deliver up to 3,300 rental homes across towns and cities in the UK.

Headquartered in Leeds, the public financial institution will provide flexible capital to housebuilders, developers, and registered providers to support the delivery of more than 500,000 homes.

The House of Lords Built Environment Committee is pessimistic about the government’s ability to build a series of new large settlements due to a lack of clarity on delivery strategies and the country’s constrained planning system.

Leaving MIPIM behind for another year, the focus now moves on to how those conversations in Cannes translate into real projects back home, says Steven Gregory, area director of Morgan Sindall Construction.

City Investment Funds were just the start of chancellor Rachel Reeves’ announcements on Tuesday for reshaping the Northern economy – she also teased additional fiscal devolution measures that would provide mayors with control of some of the national tax income.

The development manager has no interest in being a sector specialist, recognising agility as an antidote to market volatility and eyeing projects across industrial, offices, and housing.

With the dust just beginning to settle on MIPIM 2026, managing partner Dino Moutsopoulos joined deputy editor Dan Whelan to look back on a busy week of networking events, interactive panels, and front-line news and ponder what next year has in store for the North of England and Scotland when their delegations return to Cannes.