Some £1.2 billion of investment opportunities across Derby will be showcased when the Derby Property Summit returns next month.
Hundreds of business leaders, key decision makers and investors to attend the event on Wednesday, July 14, which will be a mix of in-person and online.
The showcase will be hosted by journalist and former BBC business correspondent Declan Curry and feature a line-up of respected keynote speakers and panellists.
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Marketing Derby, which is behind the event, said over the last five years alone, £2.8 billion has been invested in Derby, while current public sector funding projects in the pipeline total £267 million.
Speakers include Paul Simpson, chief executive of Derby City Council, Paul Morris, development director at St James Securities – which is delivering the £200 million Becketwell regeneration scheme – and Ken Ford, advisor to Cale Street, which owns the Derbion shopping centre.
A networking element will take place in the Market Place Al Fresco Dining Experience, with the conference held in Derby’s QUAD cinema.
Numbers will be limited to 120 in-person – with tickets to the live event and face-to-face networking area limited to event sponsors only – with unlimited numbers online. So far more than 300 people have registered to attend.
Towards the end of last year, Derby launched a new Investment Prospectus and film, outlining 17 key investment opportunities, worth more than £1.2 billion with the potential to create 8,000 jobs.
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Paul Simpson is expected to give an update on many of the schemes while Paul Morris will share some updates on the vast Becketwell regeneration project, which will deliver new homes, offices, public space and a new performance venue.
Phase one involves the construction of 259 build-to-rent apartments, along with a new public square.
Becketwell was boosted by the recent news that Grainger plc, the 海角视频’s biggest listed provider of private rental homes, had agreed to forward fund, acquire, and operate the build-to-rent element of the scheme at a cost of £37.4 million.
The second phase will involve creating a new 3,500-capacity performance venue –with ASM Global recently announced as preferred bidder to operate and manage it.
Another recent investment in the city came from Cale Street – the London-based Kuwait Investment Fund - which took full ownership of the Derbion shopping centre from Intu last year. It has pledged further investments in the centre.
Ken Ford will explain why the fund was drawn to Derby as a place to invest – and outline some of its plans.
The summit will also include a panel discussion featuring:
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- Vicky Critchley, chief executive of Bam Boom Cloud, which recently moved its global headquarters to Derby city centre,
- Ruth Hobbs, whose company, Urban Sister, has been investing in transforming empty spaces in the city centre into high quality apartments,
- Kamil Omoteso, from the University of Derby, which recently unveiled its vision for a new business school in the city centre,
- Mike Wingfield, from Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust, which has an ambitious vision to make more of the city’s waterways.
John Forkin, managing director of Marketing Derby, said: “The Derby Property Summit has become a landmark event in providing delegates with insight into the investment journey and future pipeline.
“This year, we have an incredibly exciting line-up of speakers and panellists – all of whom are playing critical roles in repurposing Derby for the future.”
To register go to the Marketing Derby website.