A commercial property seminar that will focus on funding and financing current and future property schemes in the Leeds city region is expected to attract a large audience of property professionals and advisers later this month (17th March).
Property Forum 2010 - a New Beginning – is being organised by Financial Leeds, Leeds Chamber Property Forum and RICS who have arranged a varied panel of speakers to debate the issues of financing in the current climate of restricted credit and hear new ideas.
Among the topics will be the idea of an Infrastructure Bank and alternative funding mechanisms, presented by Alistair Jackson of Arup. Alan Gay, the finance director of Leeds City Council will take on Accelerated Development Zones (ADZs) and also speaking will be Naz Parker, the West and North Yorkshire director of the Homes & Communities Agency, the government agency for housing regeneration which is in the middle of a £385 million investment programme in the region.
Further events are being considered by the organisers to maintain and stimulate interest in Photo taken at Property Seminar in July 2009, Broad Gate property development in Leeds city region including a Property Expo in September.
Commenting on the event, Financial Leeds chief executive, Howard Kew said:
“We need to think of 2010 as a year of new starts and new horizons. We can safely say that the terms and lending models used in the past have gone, for the foreseeable future at least. The challenge is to change our mentality towards securing new funding and to consider new models and methods of funding future development, whilst working in different ways to ensure we have a long term and sustainable property development landscape.”
The seminar is form 4pm to 7pm on 17 March at Broad Gate, the Headrow, Leeds. For more details, please click here. Bookings by email to events@financialleeds.com or call Leeds Chamber of Commerce on 0113 247 0000.