UKREiiF 2025: What did it give us to build on? - Grant Thornton
The key concerns in capital programmes were clear at UKREiiF2025. Find out more about viability, and the need for public sector support and systemic reform.
www.grantthornton.co.ukHere are the latest public highlights about UKREiiF 2025.
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Event scope and attendance: UKREiiF 2025 is described as the UK’s largest real estate and investment forum, with claims of around 16,000+ attendees and hundreds of speakers across multiple stages. This aligns with the event’s ongoing growth narrative and its role as a central marketplace for investors, developers, and public sector leaders.[1][4]
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Focus areas and themes: The 2025 edition continued to emphasize housing and data centre development as core topics, alongside regional growth in the North and Midlands and broader devolution and funding discussions. This reflects the event’s recurring objective to catalyze investment for thousands of homes and regional infrastructure across the UK.[3]
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Regional and policy context: Post-2025 discussions highlight the North and Midlands as focal regions, with initiatives aiming to accelerate green energy investments, devolution, and regional economic renewal. Attendees and speakers frequently connect project pipelines to government policy and funding stability, underscoring UKREiiF’s role as a barometer for the sector’s public-private collaboration.[3]
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What happened at the Leeds-hosted forum: UKREiiF 2025 delivered a program of multiple fringe events and sessions across a large event footprint, reinforcing Leeds as a central hub for national real estate and infrastructure dialogue. The event is positioned as a catalyst for deals and for showcasing regional opportunities to a global investor audience.[4]
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Follow-up and industry analysis: Post-event reviews (by firms such as CoStar, Grant Thornton, and Lichfields) emphasize lessons learned, ongoing needs for public-sector support, and calls for systemic reform to support viable capital programmes. Stakeholders view UKREiiF 2025 as a platform to shape subsequent policy and investment actions rather than a one-off gathering.[6][7][8]
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- UKREiiF 2025 event scale and attendees:[1][4]
- Thematic focus on housing and data centres, regional emphasis:[3]
- Leeds as a conference hub and fringe program:[4]
- Post-event analyses and policy implications:[7][8][6]