The District is the new international professional event where the future strategy of the Real Estate sector in Europe is defined

#TheDistrict2022 has finished its first edition held at Fira de Barcelona from Wednesday 19th to Friday 21st with the participation of 7,198 attendees.

The largest European congress in the sector, articulated through Vertical Forums for each segment of the Real Estate sector (Residential, Offices, Industrial & Logistics; Retail & Hospitality; and Alternative Real Estate Assets) and professional agendas for each management area (corporates, agents and principals).

Relive the best moments of THE DISTRICT 2022!

387 experts have participated at The District World Summit to lead and examine ESG implications from a capital perspective with purpose-driven projects. Sector professionals such as Filippo Taddei (Executive Director at Goldman Sachs), Javier García-Carranza (Group Senior Executive VP at Banco Santander), Michael Swank (Senior Managing Director in Real Estate at The Blackstone Group), Pere Viñolas (Chairman at EPRA – The European Real Estate Association), Michael Abel (Chairman & Partner at TPG), Cristina García-Peri (Senior Partner at Azora), Dirk Paelinck (CEO & Founder at Interoffices & Workero), Ismael Clemente (CEO at Merlin Properties), Iheb Nafaa (CEO at Servihabitat), Gustavo Cardozo (Managing Director Spain & Portugal at Panattoni Europe), Matt Calner (Managing Partner at Stronghold Partners), Adolfo Ramírez (CEO at CBRE España), Fátima Sáez del Cano (CEO at Newdock), Eduard Mendiluce (CEO at Anticipa Real Estate & Aliseda Inmobiliaria), Esther Escapa (Local Head of Transactions at AXA Investments Managers), Alberto López (CEO at AEXX Capital), David Martínez (CEO at AEDAS Homes), Carmina Ganyet (Corporate Managing Director at Inmobiliaria Colonial), Howard Barners (Partner at Arrow Capital Partners), Beatriz Toribio (Deputy Country Manager at Masteos), Ebba Lund (CEO at IASP), Francesco Zanella (Senior VP at Starwood Capital Group), Cristina Rosón (Sustainability Manager at Almar Consulting), Itamar Volkov (Managing Partner at Frux Capital Investments), Miguel Pereda (VP at Lar España Real Estate / President at Grupo Lar), Sergio Fernandes (Head of Capital Markets at JLL), Howard Pierce (Partner at Urban Input) and Tomás Gasset (CEO at Urbania), among others.

Among with 203 exhibitor firms that have presented their proposal to lead the transformation and reimagine the future of the real estate sector such as AEDAS Homes, Aliseda Inmobiliaria, Anticipa Real Estate, Banco Santander, Caixabank, CBRE, Inmobiliaria Colonial, Deloitte, JLL, Lar España Real Estate, Masteos, Merlin Properties, Neinor Homes, Servihabitat, Testa Home, Alfred Smart, BeCorp, BNP Paribas Real Estate, Busquets Galvez, Cevasa, Cushman & Wakefield, DIGLO, Garrigues, Habitat Inmobiliaria, Limehome, MASID – Madrid Science Innovation District, Metrovacesa. Savills España, Urban Input, Urbania, Vía Celere, Woodea and Zennio, among others.

THE DISTRICT has brought together networking activities such as the Leadership Summit, The World Class District Awards 2022, a Welcome Party and the Proptech Startup Forum where the selected startups shared their pitch to investors and leading companies in the sector.

Finally, Málaga has been the guest city and Portugal the country partner of this first edition of The District.