As cities and towns are being rethought and revamped, Estates Gazette and Avison Young brought together a group of built environment stakeholders to discuss the challenges in urban regeneration, the new thinking they need to show, and the changing mixes of asset classes being brought into focus in new visions. Listen to the panel, conducted at the UKREiiF conference, to hear insight from:

• Hattie Charlier-Poole, senior development manager, Henley Investment Management
• Chris Cheap, principal, managing director transactions, Avison Young
• Matt Cross, deputy director of markets and regions, Department for Business & Trade
• Mona Hassan, chair, Liverpool City Region Future Impact Board
• William Scoular, head of business development, Investec
• Tom Sleigh, chair of the planning and transportation committee, City of London Corporation Chaired by Tim Burke, Estates Gazette's editor

In this panel discussion, Nathan Atkinson, co-founder of Rethink Food, a not-for-profit with a focus on fighting food insecurity and food waste, discusses the organisation’s work with Savills, which has supported the venture since 2019.

Speakers:

• Nathan Atkinson, co-founder, Rethink Food
• Emma Saunders, director, commercial human resources, Savills
• Olivia Sutcliffe, associate director, Savills Earth
• Chair: Tim Burke, editor, Estates Gazette

How would real estate developments differ if the property managers who ultimately run the show when the doors open could be involved earlier – perhaps even during the design of the project?

That was the question posed by Savills and guests at an Estates Gazette panel at the UKREiiF conference, which set out to explore the benefits of a more integrated property management mandate that starts before a spade is put in the ground, let alone a key in the door. Listen to the conversation here.

Speakers:

• Matthew King, design director, Savills
• Heidi Stephenson, director, property management, Savills
• Craig Bluer, director, Savills
• Basil Demeroutis, founder, Fore Partnerships
• Alexia Laird, sustainability director, Landsec
• Chair: Tim Burke, editor, Estates Gazette