Date: Tuesday 5 March 2024, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Horizon, 3rd Floor, 2 Brewery Wharf, Kendall St, Leeds LS10 1JR
Email: [email protected]
Yorkshire Emerging Development Hotspots
Date: 5 March 2024, 8:00 - 12:00
Location: Horizon, 3rd Floor, 2 Brewery Wharf, Kendall St, Leeds LS10 1JR
Email: [email protected]
Prime sites in large city centres are easier to identify when it comes to development, but where are the up and coming locations to invest in? This event will tell you all you need to know.
Agenda:
8.00am Arrival, networking, and breakfast
9.00am Welcome from Neil Tague, senior reporter, Place Yorkshire
9.05am Presentation: Martin Farrington, director of city development, Leeds City Council
9.25am Presentation: Edward Highfield, director, skills and regeneration, Kirklees Council
9.45am Panel discussion:
Adam Varley, development director, Scarborough Group International
Hannah Blunstone, director, CBRE
Amy Stanbridge, director, Henry Boot Construction
David Rolinson, chairman, chartered town planner, Spawforths
10.30am Refreshment and networking break
11.00am Presentation: Simon Dew, development director, Muse
11.20am Presentation: Gill Osgerby, programme director for major projects, Hull City Council
11.40am Presentation: Sean McClean, director of regeneration and development, Sheffield City Council
12.00pm Closing remarks, lunch and further networking
Organisations attending include Muse, Wainwrights, Barclays, Russell WBHO, Mott Macdonald, Whitbread, Hydrock, Placefirst, Caddick, Aew Architects, Marshalls, Green Earth Developments Group, Lexington, Gleeson Homes, Savills, McCarthy Stone, and many more.
- SIMON DEW, MUSE | Simon has more than 25 years’ experience in property acquisition and development, joining the Muse team in 2010.
- DAVID ROLINSON, SPAWFORTHS | David provides strategic advice on all aspects of planning and development and regularly gives evidence at major Public Inquiries.
- MARTIN FARRINGTON, LEEDS CITY COUNCIL | Martin has worked in local government for more than 30 years and is the director of city development at Leeds City Council.
- AMY STANBRIDGE, HENRY BOOT CONSTRUCTION | Amy's key role sees her involved in business development and strategic decisions, and also provides her with a platform to focus on people, social value, environmental actions and governance.
- HANNAH BLUNSTONE, CBRE | Hannah joined the Northern planning & development team at CBRE, and has more than 15 years’ experience as a chartered town planner across a range of sectors.
- SEAN MCCLEAN, SHEFFIELD CITY COUNCIL | Sean will be talking about Attercliffe, a long-overlooked area of Sheffield undergoing an exciting rebirth, with projects coming forward to reinvent heritage buildings and bring new uses to redundant sites.
- GILL OSGERBY, HULL CITY COUNCIL | Gill is responsible for the strategic oversight of over £60m worth of high-profile capital investment projects across Hull City Centre. These transformational projects set the heritage strategy for future physical change across the city.
- ADAM VARLEY, SCARBOROUGH GROUP INTERNATIONAL | Adam is working on the group's Northern powerhouse projects across Yorkshire, creating new communities & exemplary buildings for businesses and people to thrive.
Tickets for this event are now sold out.
This event is sponsored by WSP, Overford, AB Finance, and Henry Boot Construction.
