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GRI Light Industrial & Logistics Europe 2023

Matching product to global capital across Europe's
light industrial and logistics assets

8 - 9 November
87 people are attending
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ABOUT GRI LIGHT INDUSTRIAL & LOGISTICS 2023

Now in its fourth year, participants find the discovery process for sourcing deal flow is most advantageous. Over two days they will engage in a series of informal roundtables where everyone can participate, and navigate the current challenges presented by demand, purchasing, and future trends.

Light Industrial & Logistics real estate seems to be the global darling for buying, and with eCommerce forever on an upswing, it makes sense for real estate investors to get in on the deals now. Over two days they will engage in a series of informal roundtables where everyone can participate, and navigate the current challenges presented by demand, purchasing and future trends.

Format
Closed-door discussions, keynote speakers, case studies, debates, presentations and insights.

Audience
Private Equity Investors, Fund Managers, 3PL’s, Operators, LP’s Developers, Asset Owners, Operators and Lenders invested in the asset class

 
Discussion format that enables you to interact and engage
 
In-depth industry knowledge
 
Networking made easy

Discussions

8th November, 13:30 - 14:45

Light Industrial & Logistics Investments

Keeping faith amongst market volatility?

  • Rates & Pricing Fluctuations - When will normality return?
  • Where should the smart money go and what’s the strategy?
  • Secondary Markets - Where are the buyers?
  • Buy, Sell - Should we already buy into the next cycle or are the risks too big?
8th November, 15:15 - 16:15

Last Mile & Urban Industrial

Shine worn off or supply/demand opportunities still prevalent?


  • Is the supply/demand rental imbalance still driving appetite?
  • Creating Value - Which Cities which strategies?
  • Cap Rates Rising - How much further can yields push?
  • Scale Up & Acquisitions - Is this the time to buy big?
  • Specialist Storage & Niche Industrial Assets - Key to yield creation or diversified value drivers not quite there?
8th November, 16:40 - 17:30

Debt, Distress & Refinance

Preferred over equity or too cautious to play?


  • Will distress come from debt markets?
  • Debt Funds & Alternatives - Eyes on logistics?
  • Debt Refinancing - Can alternative lenders bridge the gap as senior debt takes a back seat?
  • Debt Funding Gap - Will lenders step in when equity investors face setbacks?
  • Asset classes - Which are stealing the show and what’s the key to successful market refinancing?
9th November, 09:30 - 10:30

Southern Europe

Will repricing create a goldrush or international capital going elsewhere?

  • Investment Volumes - Keeping pace with market transactions or opportunities on hold?
  • Development & Rental Markets - Will prices in key markets continue a positive trend?
  • New Locations & Bets - Getting more ground with repricing?
9th November, 09:30 - 10:30

Rental Growth & E-Commerce Demand

Still roaring or starting to slow?

  • Investors, Owners, Operators, Developers, Tenants - Who's in the hot seat?
  • What risks and rewards to win the repricing war?
  • Last Mile - Rising Rents Vs Property Demands - A paradox full of opportunity?
  • Tenant demand – Still strong or slowing down with the economy?
  • ESG - Do tenants still want it with rising rents? How can landlords and tenants compromise?
9th November, 11:00 - 12:00

Value-Add & Opportunistic

Wait for distress or already buy into the next cycle?

  • Dealflow - Uncertainty still shaping investment decisions?
  • Strategy - Manage to core only way? Does core exist?
  • Resilience - Does logistics have the edge factor?
  • Buyers - Wait for distress or buy into the next cycle?
  • Funds - Ready to rise above interest rate hikes?
9th November, 11:00 - 12:00

CEE Market

Overseas capital shining bright or prey to geopolitical risks?

  • Deals Standstill - Is the market going to pick up again in 2024?
  • Domestic vs. International Capital - Who’s leading the way?
  • Tenant Demand - Seeing eye to eye with Investors, Owners & Developers?
  • Location - CEE the best in Europe or vulnerable to geopolitical pressures?
  • Prague, Poland or Elsewhere - Who’s got the resilient factor?
9th November, 13:00 - 13:10
Florian Bauer
Florian Bauer
Partner
McKinsey
Florian Bauer
Florian Bauer
PartnerMcKinsey
Netherlands
Florian is a core leader of McKinsey’s digital and analytics work, coleading the firm’s efforts for European travel, logistics, and infrastructure industries, as well as the firm’s technology platforms areas, such as enterprise-resource planning (ERP), transportation-management systems, and warehouse-management system solutions. He also heads McKinsey’s digital and analytics work in Austria.
http://www.mckinsey.com/
http://www.mckinsey.com/
+31 (20) 551 3777
Amsterdam | Netherlands

How are Gen-AI & digital enabling new value and disruption?

9th November, 13:10 - 14:00

Spec & BTS

Off the table or only way to improve supply and create value?

  • Build to Suit (BTS) - How to tailor-made and create solution-driven improvements on assets?
  • Spec - The key to responding to market trends and demands?
  • Logistics Demand - How technology is impacting the value-chain of new developments?
  • Location - Where are the premiums still to be found?
  • E-commerce & Tenants Needs - Industry to keep up the demand?
9th November, 14:30 - 15:30
Walther Ploos van Amstel
Walther Ploos van Amstel
Professor, Scientific Director Centre of Expertise City Net Zero
Hogeschool van Amsterdam
Walther Ploos van Amstel
Walther Ploos van Amstel
Professor, Scientific Director Centre of Expertise City Net ZeroHogeschool van Amsterdam
Netherlands
Dr Walther Ploos van Amstel of the AUAS Faculty of Technology has been professor in City Logistics at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences since September 2014. He's Scientific Director in the Centre of Expertise City Net Zero, Hogeschool van Amsterdam. He focuses on logistics process innovations, cooperation in logistics chains and networks, service logistics, sustainable logistics, chain management and zero-emission city logistics.
https://www.hva.nl/
Amsterdam | Netherlands

On-Shoring & Near-Shoring

The importance of aligning first and last mile

  • How to decarbonise supply chains?
  • How to link European first-mile with local last-mile: from sustainable first-mile to a high-value customer-centric last-mile?
  • The future of logistics real estate is in sharing - but is the industry aligned to adapt?
  • What risks and opportunities will the new Physical Internet bring to real estate?

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https://cms.law/en/int/publication/our-real-estate-capability-at-your-service
Warsaw | Poland
With the largest commercial real estate team in Europe and one of the biggest worldwide, CMS is well positioned to help investors, funders, developers, landlords and occupiers navigate all aspects of the real estate market and maximise their assets. Whatever the size and scope of your project or deal, with almost 800 real estate lawyers in 46 countries we have the resources to meet your needs quickly and efficiently, offering expert advice. We have been active in real estate in our markets for decades, so we understand the culture, the economic context, the local legal context and the history.
https://www.accenta.ai/
Boulogne-Billancourt | France
Accenta s'attaque à un immense défi environnemental : décarboner le chauffage et la climatisation des bâtiments, qui représentent 10% des émissions mondiales de CO2. Elle est issue de 3 années de R&D au X-Novation Center de l'Ecole Polytechnique. Grâce à des innovations portées par l'Intelligence Artificielle, l'entreprise a mis au point des technologies énergétiques uniques qui rendent accessibles et garantissent aux propriétaires immobiliers une décarbonation drastique du chauffage et de la climatisation. Avec la chaufferie bas carbone et la plateforme d'optimisation d'Accenta, vous chauffez et climatisez vos bâtiments de manière compétitive en divisant par 14 vos émissions de carbone et réduisant vos émissions carbone jusqu’à -95%.
http://www.colliers.com/en-pl/poland
Warsaw | Poland
Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) is a leading diversified professional services and investment management company. With operations in 68 countries, our more than 15,000 enterprising professionals work collaboratively to provide expert advice to maximize the value of property for real estate occupiers, owners and investors. For more than 25 years, our experienced leadership, owning approximately 40% of our equity, has delivered compound annual investment returns of almost 20% for shareholders. In 2019, corporate revenues were more than $3.0 billion ($3.5 billion including affiliates), with $33 billion of assets under management in our investment management segment.
https://www.sienna-im.com/services/real-estate/
Paris | France
Sienna Real Estate is a pan-European investment manager with over 30 years of experience in the European real estate investment and asset management market. Sienna Real Estate positions itself as a long-term strategic partner for local and international investors, advising and accompanying them throughout the entire investment cycle of a property, from the acquisition, administration of the asset or property, to the sale process.
http://www.wolftheiss.com/
http://www.wolftheiss.com/
+48 22 378 8900/ 48 22 378847
Warsaw | Poland
Wolf Theiss is one of the leading law firms in CEE and SEE. We have built our reputation on a combination of unrivalled local knowledge and strong international capability. We opened our first office in Vienna 60 years ago. Our team now brings together over 340 lawyers from a diverse range of backgrounds, working in offices in 13 countries throughout the CEE and SEE region. Over 80% of our work involves cross-border representation of international clients, and we offer full range of services.
https://yardreaas.it/it/servizi
milano
Yard Reaas is an independent group, a leader in Italy in real estate consultancy and integrated management of real estate services. The Group, with its subsidiaries Yard CAM and Yard RE, operates in both the institutional market and the distressed segment for Italian and foreign investors, banks, SGR/funds, industrial groups, private equity funds, and family offices. Yard Reaas has over 30 years of experience in the technical sector (due diligence, project management, and monitoring), environmental, valuation, and management (property management). In the context of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria and investment sustainability, in 2015, it became the first real estate consultancy company registered for Italy in PRI – Principles for Responsible Investment.
https://www.globaltalent.com.br/
Brazil
We are your strategic partner in talent acquisition for the real estate and infrastructure sector. With over 20 years of experience and a strong presence in Europe, we specialize in optimizing performance by maximizing human resources and operational strategies. Our commitment to excellence drives us to find tailored talent, reshaping organizations and empowering professionals for success. In collaboration with the GRI Club, our global network spans 30 countries.

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