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Capital Markets 2026: Who’s Buying, Who’s Selling, and What Wins

Liquidity, yields, consolidation, investment, and the state of the current market

Tudor Baidoc

Tudor Baidoc

Head of Global Strategic Properties NEU

Amazon

Thomas Blangy

Thomas Blangy

SVP, International Real Estate, Europe, London, UK

Quadreal

Alicia Peters

Alicia Peters

VP, Industrial and Logistics

Oxford Property Group

Tom Paton-Smith

Tom Paton-Smith

Partner

Montagu Evans

Scott Burn
Moderator

Scott Burn

Senior Associate

Maples Teesdale

Thomas Blangy

SVP, International Real Estate, Europe, London, UK

Quadreal

Thomas Blangy joined QuadReal in May 2019. As Senior Vice President, International Real Estate, Europe, he focuses on real estate investments across all asset classes in Europe.

Thomas previously served as Vice President at Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) in London as part of the pan-European acquisitions team, where he spent eight years investing in all real estate asset classes throughout both Western Europe and Central Eastern Europe.

Thomas started his career in 2010 with AEW Europe in London focusing on investments in Central Eastern Europe. Thomas holds a Master of Science in Management from HEC Paris.

Thomas is an employee of QuadReal UK Services Limited, which acts in an advisory capacity to QuadReal Property Group.

Tom Paton-Smith

Partner

Montagu Evans

Head of Industrial & logistics, Tom is a specialist in investment and development, with over 20 years of experience in investment acquisition, disposal and development funding of UK industrial real estate. He has a proven track record in leading advice on complex assets and portfolios.

Tom provides clients with skilled analysis of investments through financial modelling, development appraisals and market research. His extensive experience in the industrial markets coupled with in-depth knowledge of investor and occupier requirements provides invaluable advice to clients on asset disposals and acquisitions. Tom sits on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Scott Burn

Moderator

Maples Teesdale

Scott is a Senior Associate in the commercial real estate team at Maples Teesdale. Scott has experience in non-contentious commercial property work including acquisitions, disposals, financings, landlord and tenant work, as well as property management work for a variety of office and shopping centres in the UK with a particular focus on industrial, logistics and data centre assets.

Presentation: Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs), Debunked

Max Parr-Daniels

Max Parr-Daniels

Project Development Director

IDCSL

Max Parr-Daniels

Project Development Director

IDCSL

Max Parr-Daniels is an experienced energy and infrastructure professional across the planning and delivery of electricity networks within largescale development projects. With a strong background spanning both utility delivery and commercial energy strategy, Max brings a pragmatic, solutions focused approach to supporting developers, operators, and investors navigating the evolving power demands of the industrial and logistics sector.

Max represents IDCSL, an emerging Independent Distribution Network Operator (IDNO) focused on investing in, adopting, owning, and operating electricity infrastructure for new developments.

Keeping Warehouses Lettable: The Operations, Leasing, and Wellness Agenda

Running costs, energy strategy, compliance, data, and stronger tenant retention

Helen Thomas

Helen Thomas

Head of Property, Wales & Short Sea Ports

Associated British Ports

Melinda Cross

Melinda Cross

JLL

Head of UK Industrial and Logistics

Thomas Proctor

Thomas Proctor

CEO

NCG Global

Sarah Downes

Sarah Downes

Head of London & South East Industrial Multi-Let

JLL

Sanjaya Ranasinghe

Sanjaya Ranasinghe

Global Director of R&D

WiredScore

Dwynwen Lewis
Moderator

Dwynwen Lewis

Partner

Trowers & Hamlins

Helen Thomas

Head of Property, Wales & Short Sea Ports

Associated British Ports

Helen Thomas is Head of Property for ABP’s Wales and Short Sea Ports. She leads the property team across 16 ports and oversees a diverse and growing portfolio. Her work covers management of c. 500 industrial tenants, asset management, land strategy and masterplanning to support growth and operational efficiency.

Helen brings extensive experience and was previously Head of Property at Cardiff Council. Earlier work included the Government of Bermuda and agency at Lambert Smith Hampton. Her background spans land development, strategic planning and estate management, which supports ABP’s focus on sustainable industrial and logistics development across its ports.

Thomas Proctor

CEO

NCG Global

Thomas Proctor is the Founder and CEO of NCG Global, a global technology partner to commercial real estate, delivering connectivity and smart infrastructure across hundreds of sites internationally. The company works with landlords, operators and occupiers including Indurent, Prologis and Deliveroo to enable flexible, future-ready buildings. Operating across industrial and logistics, flexible offices and dark kitchens, Tom provides a broad perspective on how technology is reshaping real estate.

Sarah Downes

Head of London & South East Industrial Multi-Let

JLL

With two decades of experience in industrial and logistics real estate, Sarah Downes serves as Senior Director and Head of London & South East Multi Let Industrial and Logistics at JLL, specialising in the Western Corridor. Having worked with major institutional landlords including SEGRO, Tritax, aberdeen, Royal London, and Prologis, Sarah brings a solutions-focused approach to every transaction.

Sanjaya Ranasinghe

Global Director of R&D

WiredScore

WiredScore

At WiredScore, our mission is to make the world's buildings smarter and better connected. A champion of cutting-edge technology in real estate, WiredScore defines and certifies digital connectivity and smart technology in homes and offices on a global scale, ensuring that buildings provide the best-in-class infrastructure that businesses and individuals require to thrive.

Sanjaya

Sanjaya Ranasinghe is Global Director of R&D at WiredScore. In his role, Sanjaya develops, reviews and implements WiredScore’s scorecard criteria to make the world’s buildings smarter and better connected.

Joining the company in 2016 to drive the company’s global expansion, his work over the last four years has focused on building the world’s first smart building certification, SmartScore. SmartScore focuses on how smart technology is implemented to deliver user centric outcomes for building owners, operators and occupants.

Dwynwen Lewis

Moderator

Trowers & Hamlins

Dwynwen has 15 years' experience in the Real Estate sector, working on all aspects of commercial investment, portfolio and asset management, real estate finance and development projects for major private sector investors and developers.

Dwynwen has a diverse client base, acting for UK pension funds, banks, property companies and offshore investors across many sectors, and most notably within the Industrial and Logistics sector.

As well as sound technical ability, Dwynwen is known for being commercial, pragmatic and reliable. Dwynwen will get the job done in a way that is client focussed, understanding of her clients' overall business needs and by leading teams with maximum efficiency and to a high standard, without losing sight of ultimate transaction delivery. Dwynwen is described by her clients as "highly knowledgeable, with a focus on solving problems. She has become a vital part of our extended team".

Fireside Chat — IOS 101 - What You Need to Know About Industrial Outdoor Storage

James Rodwell

James Rodwell

Director, Partner

Marchmont

Charlie Barnes

Charlie Barnes

Senior Transaction Manager

Redevco

Morgan Baker

Morgan Baker

Co-Founder, Partner

Modal

Justin Horowitz
Moderator

Justin Horowitz

Senior Managing Director

Cooper Horowitz

James Rodwell

Director, Partner

Marchmont

James is a Director and partner at Marchmont, responsible for deal origination, fund management and structuring. James previously worked at Goldman Sachs JBWere, based in New Zealand, managing multi asset portfolios for UHNW individuals and institutions. Thereafter, he moved to the UK and has been with Marchmont since 2018. James graduated from Lincoln University with a Bachelor of Commerce and is a CFA Charterholder.

Charlie Barnes

Senior Transaction Manager

Redevco

Charlie joined Redevco in September 2025 as part of Redevco’s acquisition of Roebuck and occupies the role as Senior Transactions Manager (with a sector focus on Logistics – IOS). He is responsible for sourcing, underwriting and transactions with a market focus on UK and Europe. At Roebuck, Charlie was responsible for acquisitions on the Blackstone UK IOS SMA & ICG Spain JV. Charlie began his career in 2018 at Valor Real Estate Partners and worked at Mileway, Blackstone’s last mile logistics platform.

Charlie graduated from Kings College London and holds and MPhil in Real Estate Finance from the University of Cambridge.

Morgan Baker

Co-Founder, Partner

Modal

Morgan is Co-Founder and Partner at Modal, where he leads investment sourcing, due diligence, planning and development, as well as the operational performance of the platform.

Since inception, he has scaled the business to ~50 sites across the UK in two years, representing over £300 million GAV, and is now driving expansion into key European markets.

He brings over a decade of experience in real estate investment and strategy, with prior senior roles at Fabrix and Deloitte Corporate Finance. At Fabrix, he spent five years shaping investment strategy, delivering development projects, and driving asset management initiatives across a diverse portfolio.

Morgan was previously shortlisted for Young Property Person of the Year and holds a BA in Geography with Business from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Real Estate from Henley Business School at the University of Reading.

The Delivery Playbook: Modern Logistics Development and Construction

Managing risk across construction, utilities, compliance, and contractor capacity

Lawrence Harkness

Lawrence Harkness

Head of Development, Europe

Arrow Capital Partners

Chris Button

Chris Button

Head of Investment Management

Fiera Real Estate UK

Kris Britland

Kris Britland

Head of Development

Mirastar

Alan Gregory

Alan Gregory

Director

Seven Projects

James Needham
Moderator

James Needham

Partner

Shoosmiths

Chris Button

Head of Investment Management

Fiera Real Estate UK

Chris joined Fiera Real Estate in 2008 and is Head of Investment Management, taking overall responsibility for all funds and segregated mandates ranging from higher return strategies involving planning, development and/or repositioning of assets to core, progressive income, investment strategies. Most recently, he has been closely involved in the establishment of Fiera Real Estate’s UK industrial development joint venture with the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), overseeing the investment strategy targeting prime, sustainable urban industrial assets across the UK.

Chris leads Fiera Real Estate’s logistics and industrial investment activity, underpinned by a strong development-led track record delivered through the firm’s specialist operating partner model. Under his leadership, Fiera Real Estate has developed more than 11.8 million sq ft of space over the past five years, with a portfolio gross development value of £2.6 billion, and has achieved an average net internal rate of return of over 40% on projects sold since 2018.

Chris qualified as a Chartered Surveyor with CB Hillier Parker (now CBRE) before joining PruPIM in 2002. Chris was the Lead Acquisitions Surveyor for the high profile M&G retail investor funds before joining LaSalle Investment Management as Acquisitions Director for the UK Ventures Fund in 2006. Chris is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and a member of the Investment Committee.

Alan Gregory

Director

Seven Projects

Alan Gregory is a Director at Seven a global, independent project and programme consultancy. Alan leads the Industrial and Logistics sector, bringing over 30 years of project management and building surveying experience. Alan has delivered a wide range of commercial projects across the industrial, office, and retail sectors, managing schemes from £10k to £100m with a strong focus on technical rigour, client service, and practical delivery.

James Needham

Moderator

Shoosmiths

James is a partner in Shoosmiths’ Real Estate team, specialising in commercial development, funding and strategic land. He’s the national head of the firm's real estate development group and co-lead for the Mobility, Logistics and Manufacturing Sector.

James advises developers, investors and occupiers on forward-funded, pre-let schemes, often in the logistics and industrial sectors. He also has a wealth of experience acting on large-scale strategic schemes involving both residential and commercial elements - often involving land assembly, promotion, servicing and phased disposal - with all the legal and practical complexities they involve.

Keynote: Built for the Long Game — Why the Strongest Bets in UK Industrial Are Being Built on Partnership

Paul Crosbie
Keynote

Paul Crosbie

Park Lead Director, Asset Management

DP World

Paul Weston
Keynote

Paul Weston

Regional Head, SVP

Prologis

Paul Crosbie

Park Lead Director, Asset Management

DP World

Paul is a senior real estate executive specialising in the strategic asset management, development and scaling of logistics, industrial and mixed use platforms. At DP World, he leads the Asset Management team responsible for the long term income, capital value and positioning of London Gateway Logistics Park. He previously held senior roles at M&G Real Estate and Rockspring (Patrizia), where he led logistics, industrial and value-add investment strategies across the UK and Europe.

Paul Weston

Regional Head, SVP

Prologis

As Regional Head of Prologis UK, Paul leads our highly experienced and dedicated team of professionals and is passionate about providing our customers with the best buildings, in the best locations, across our network of Prologis Parks, which we own and maintain. Paul has worked in the UK industrial and logistics sector for 30 years and began his career in industrial agency at Jones Lang LaSalle before working with Gazeley Properties (now GLP) and Brixton plc (now part of SEGRO), joining Prologis in 2003. Together with our Executive Team, Paul is responsible for setting the strategic direction for our UK business and also works closely with our European and Global leadership teams to ensure we stay ahead of what’s next.

Why You Can't Miss This Industrial and Logistics Event

UK industrial and logistics real estate is moving fast in 2026 — and the stakes for getting your strategy right have never been higher. Demand for big-box logistics space is on track to exceed 25.5 million square feet this year, the highest on record outside the Covid peak years, while speculative supply remains critically constrained. Deals are happening at pace: Panattoni just broke ground on a 500,000 sq ft scheme at Wakefield Europort to fill a Yorkshire supply gap, Amazon took the largest Grade A logistics letting in the South East, and ICG acquired a £200.5 million five-asset UK industrial portfolio — all within weeks of each other. At the same time, the pressure to deliver net zero construction, EPC A+ ratings, and BREEAM Outstanding is no longer a differentiator — it's the baseline occupiers and lenders expect. Whether you're deploying capital, developing schemes, or managing assets, the decisions you make this year will determine returns for the next decade.

What You’ll Learn

  • Where capital is flowing across UK industrial and logistics in 2026 — which asset types, geographies, and ownership structures are attracting the most attention, and what that means for developers and operators competing for the same sites and tenants

  • What's setting price in 2026 — how location, lease structure, building specification, and ESG transition plans are being weighed differently by occupiers, developers, and investors, and where those priorities converge or clash on the ground

  • How lenders are underwriting logistics in 2026 — what developers and asset managers need to know about covenant structures, capex requirements for EPC upgrades, and how financing terms are shaping what gets built and how assets get repositioned

  • How the best schemes are getting to market faster — what operators, developers, and project managers are doing differently on procurement, cost control, utilities planning, and contractor engagement to reduce programme risk and protect delivery timelines

  • How to protect income and keep assets lettable over the long term — what stronger operational management, proactive energy strategy, green lease structures, and compliance planning look like in practice, and why these conversations are now happening earlier between owners, developers, and occupiers

How You’ll Do More Business: Identify where capital is actively deploying in 2026 and what it will pay for, so you can target the right assets and the right buyers. Pressure test your scheme assumptions with developers and lenders to reduce programme and utilities risk before you go to market. Leave with practical angles to originate opportunities, tighten your underwriting, and build a clearer value story for occupiers and investors.

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Agenda

Time Activity
7:00 AM
7:50 AM
Breakfast, Registration And Networking
7:50 AM
7:55 AM
Welcome From Bisnow!
7:55 AM
8:25 AM
Keynote: Built for the Long Game — Why the Strongest Bets in UK Industrial Are Being Built on Partnership
8:25 AM
9:10 AM
Capital Markets 2026: Who’s Buying, Who’s Selling, and What Wins

Liquidity, yields, consolidation, investment, and the state of the current market

9:10 AM
9:20 AM
Presentation: Independent Distribution Network Operators (IDNOs), Debunked
9:20 AM
10:05 AM
Keeping Warehouses Lettable: The Operations, Leasing, and Wellness Agenda

Running costs, energy strategy, compliance, data, and stronger tenant retention

10:05 AM
10:20 AM
Networking Break
10:20 AM
10:50 AM
Fireside Chat — IOS 101 - What You Need to Know About Industrial Outdoor Storage
10:50 AM
11:35 AM
The Delivery Playbook: Modern Logistics Development and Construction

Managing risk across construction, utilities, compliance, and contractor capacity

11:35 AM
12:00 PM
More Networking!