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EVENT MANAGER
Giovana
Giovana Caravetti
Head Southern Europe & FranceGRI Club
Graduated in Advertising and Marketing from Pontifícia Universidade de Campinas. Experience in the service and sales business. Currently focused on developing relationships among entrepreneurs in the real estate market.
Responsible for the RE Club in Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. Actively involved in the decisions and organization of meetings for members, and the relationship between them. Focused on bringing new members and relevant companies from the sector, to develop the Club in the Andean countries, and Argentina. Also responsible for the Hospitality sector throughout Latin America, concentrating efforts, for the main meeting of the sector at a regional level.
Ludwig
Ludwig Menke
Global Production, Real Estate, EuropeGRI Club
International Relations and Affairs Analyst and Economist at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP). Study abroad in France and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA Program) at ICN Business School. Currently, Global Production, Real Estate, Europe at GRI Club.
I'm an experienced conference/event producer with +45years of experience in the real estate industry, producing local and global private gatherings for leading real estate players and companies. Responsible for the whole cycle of production activities, including project management, market research, program and business development, for online and face-to-face meetings. Brief work with commercial team and customer relationship.
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Portugal Office Market View
What makes sense for future demand, investment, location, and pricing?
- The Great 'De-Densification’ - Past months' vacancy levels highlights
- Workspace Occupation - How has the space demand impact leverage, portfolio size, rent payments, and revenue costs?
- Investment Transactions - Main Portuguese real estate deals too concentrated in office assets?
- Urban Integration, Location and Mobility - How to readjust the urban spaces to a value trend towards the suburbs?
- Tenant Experience - What are the main strategies being adopted with employees returning to the offices?
- Asset Pricing & Value - How might the acceleration to newer offices hinder investment returns on older stock and what to expect from future pricing and values?
Moderator
Claude Kandiyoti
CEO
Krest Real Estate
André
Gomes de Sousa
Partner
Bedrock Capital Partners
Francisco
Horta e Costa
Managing Director
CBRE Portugal
Gilles
Emond
Head of Real Estate
Ageas
Luis
Antunes
Managing Director
Acacia Point Capital Advisors
Tiago
Violas Ferreira
Partner
Violas Ferreira
Claude Kandiyoti
CEOKrest Real Estate
Belgium
André Gomes de Sousa
PartnerBedrock Capital Partners
Portugal
André has accumulated extensive experience in the Construction and Real Estate sectors, since 2002, having led €1.8Bn of buy and sell-side transactions and managed assets of +500.000 sqm, across all segments and in different markets (Australia, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, UK, USA)
Main skills: Structuring/Execution, Strategic Asset Management, Licensing, Development
Prior to founding Bedrock Capital Partners, André was Head of International Real Estate Investment at Fidelidade. Previously worked at ECS Capital, Crimson and Savills / Aguirre Newman
MS Civil Engineering, IST Lisbon | Master in Real Estate Valuation and Management, ISEG Lisbon | Master in Finance, UCP Lisbon
Main skills: Structuring/Execution, Strategic Asset Management, Licensing, Development
Prior to founding Bedrock Capital Partners, André was Head of International Real Estate Investment at Fidelidade. Previously worked at ECS Capital, Crimson and Savills / Aguirre Newman
MS Civil Engineering, IST Lisbon | Master in Real Estate Valuation and Management, ISEG Lisbon | Master in Finance, UCP Lisbon
Francisco Horta e Costa
Managing DirectorCBRE Portugal
Portugal
Gilles Emond
Head of Real EstateAgeas
Belgium
Luis Antunes
Managing DirectorAcacia Point Capital Advisors
Portugal
Luis has a degree in Business and Administration and 23 years’ experience in the Portuguese real estate market. Luis leads the Portuguese business and focuses on identifying new investment opportunities and is responsible for the execution of portfolio business plans and driving value creation. He is at the forefront of dialogue with municipalities, architects, professional service suppliers and other stakeholders. Previously, Luis was Head of Cushman & Wakefield’s Portuguese Capital Markets team and served on its Management Board. He is one of Portugal’s real estate veterans, transacting more than €4bn, including offices, retail and logistics. Luis’s career started at the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission.
Tiago Violas Ferreira
PartnerViolas Ferreira
Portugal
Tiago Violas Ferreira joined University of Porto – (FEP) Faculty of Economics - in 1988. Latter on, in 1996, he started to work as a Financial Director in his family company and would remain in the office about 10 years. Since 2006 he is the CEO of Holding Violas Ferreira SGPS, where currently he ́s leading development project ́s in the area of real estate, mostly in Porto city.
K-Tower is a Grade A office development with impressive architectural design by Saraiva+a and Metrourbe, exhibiting innovative solutions as well as up to 5,000 sqm of exterior private gardens. K-Tower is adjacent to the new Moxy Hotel, also developed by Krest Real Estate Investments, which helps create a vibrant environment for tenants as well as add amenities to tenants traveling for business. It also faces the impressive Gare do Oriente train station, designed by Santiago Calatrava. K-Tower, once completed in Q2 2023, will redefine Parque das Nações’ skyline adding a new architectural icon to the urban micro location. Today, it is 100% pre-let to Critical Techworks and Spaces. It was the biggest lease contract for the occupation of offices on the Portuguese market in 2021.
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Associate DirectorInsula Capital SGFII
Portugal
Francisco Horta e Costa
Managing DirectorCBRE Portugal
Portugal
Julio Luz
Board MemberRio Capital
Portugal
Matthew Walker
Managing DirectorAcacia Point Capital Advisors
United Kingdom
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