SIOR EUROPEAN ROUNDTABLE ON THE FUTURE REAL ESTATE TRENDS
As part of our interest to exploring the future of the European Commercial Real Estate, the SIOR European Chapter hosted a virtual roundtable discussion bringing together insights from a select group of SIOR members, representing diverse markets across Europe.
The discussion focused on key trends shaping the industry, opportunities and challenges ahead, and how the real estate landscape may evolve over the next decade. By gathering expert perspectives, we aimed to provide valuable insights into the future of European real estate, career opportunities in the industry, and the sector’s long-term outlook.
We would like to thank Daniel Francis, Head of Research at our sponsor Carter Jonas, who led this report and the SIOR members across Europe who shared their valuable insights.
Find out more by downloading the PDF.
Closing date for entries is 23rd March 2025.
SIOR’s Global President Mike Ohmes, SIOR, will be in attendance.
HE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY SIOR COLLEAGUES:
We encourage you to bring a colleague who may be interested in learning more about SIOR.
The Grenache Cannes Wine Cellar (previously Vallauri’s Cave à Vin) is located at 10 Rue des Halles behind the Marché Forville, Cannes’s local food & flower market, just a short walk from the Palais des Festivales.
Thanks to the support of the SIOR Foundation, Colliers Italia, and under the patronage of RICS Europe (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors), Milan is hosting the international event IREC 2025 (International Real Estate Challenge) at Politecnico di Milano – Campus Leonardo.
IREC involves over 50 students, from eight countries, divided into different teams who challenge each other on a real case-based business study: This year, a company decides to open a new headquarters in a European city. Which is the best location? What is the best building? Why?
Cities involved: Ankara, Barcelona, Bratislava, Brussels, Dublin, Istanbul, London, Milan, Prague and Valencia.
Matthew Leguen de Lacroix, SIOR, FRICS, European trustee of the SIOR Foundation and head of Business Development, EMEA for SIOR Global said “IREC 2025 exemplifies the extraordinary potential of international collaboration in shaping the future of real estate. By bringing together the brightest young minds from eight countries, this challenge not only fosters innovation but also highlights the critical role of strategic decision-making in our industry. The SIOR Foundation is proud to support this unique initiative, which empowers the next generation of real estate leaders to navigate complex, real-world scenarios with creativity and precision.”
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The SIOR Europe Chapter AGM will take place virtually on Teams at 4pm BST and 5pm CEST on Thursday, 15th May 2025.
This year we hold the meeting on line and with members in over twenty countries, we hope that most of you will be able to join on Teams.
ON-LINE REGISTRATION IN ADVANCE IS REQUIRED. The link to the event will be sent by separate email, only to those who have registered, closer to the date.
You are invited to the first European Chapter’s Mind Your Own Business event of 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal. Join the SIOR European event to connect, explore, and uncover new opportunities—immerse yourself in the spirit of explorers and get inspired for your next big deal!
Lisbon, is a city deeply rooted in the Age of Exploration, earning its place as the first true global city. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portuguese explorers set sail from Lisbon’s harbours, pioneering new trade routes and establishing connections across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Visionary navigators like Vasco da Gama, who discovered the sea route to India, and Ferdinand Magellan, whose expedition completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, cemented Lisbon’s status as a centre of maritime power. The wealth and cultural influences brought back from these voyages transformed the city into a melting pot of global commerce, ideas, and diversity.
Thursday 3rd April all day – Friday 4th April half day.
For the conference agenda and to register
‘Mind Your Own Business’ events are open to members only. We welcome partners and guests to the leisure and optional activities.
MIPIM, The World’s Leading Property Market
11-14 March 2025 – Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
MIPIM brings together the most influential players from all international property sectors, offering unrivalled access to the greatest number of development projects and sources of capital worldwide. This unique environment provides exceptional networking, showcasing and commercial opportunities for property advisors, developers, regional authorities, investors and corporate end-users.
SIOR members may benefit from SIOR’s delegate stand rate.
Contact events@sioreurope.com for further details or to find out more about adhering to SIOR.
The Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) Foundation has awarded a $22,000 grant to Kyiv School of Development (KSD), the school of professional real estate development, to train at least 100 reconstruction specialists to help rebuild Ukraine.
SIOR is the leading global association for real estate brokers and the SIOR Foundation is made up of real estate leaders from within the organisation, with a purpose to give back to the sector by supporting initiatives that Educate, Enhance, and Expand the commercial real estate community. It promotes best practices, responsible and sustainable development, and helps educate the next generation.
KSD, in the city centre of Kyiv, is a school focused on real estate development and construction management. Since 2017, more than 450 managers, owners of real estate development and construction companies, project managers, architects and other market specialists have graduated from this educational institution. Kyiv School of Development seeks to form an active community to change the rules of the market, as well as to educate specialists with the world standard values who create modern and progressive development projects. A new ‘Recovery Manager’ programme has now been developed by KSD to train property professionals in the reconstruction of Ukraine, regenerating towns and villages damaged by the Russian aggression against Ukraine. Funded by the SIOR Foundation, it will provide free of charge training for at least 100 reconstruction specialists.
Iain Finnegan SIOR, FSCI, FRICS, President of the European Chapter and Managing Director of Dublin-based Chartered Surveyors firm Finnegan Menton, said: “The European Chapter applied to the SIOR Foundation for this grant to enable the ‘Recovery Manager’ programme to be established and benefit not just the 100 people who will enter the real estate profession by undertaking the course, but also the Ukraine as a whole. With the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2024) recently held in Germany focused on a whole society approach and bringing together stakeholders to facilitate recovery, we want to play our part, bringing our experience for the benefit of Ukraine.”
Matthew Leguen de Lacroix, SIOR, FRICS, as Head of Business Development at SIOR, who visited Ukraine and the school last year, said: “Having seen first-hand the devastation of towns and cities across Ukraine as a result of war, teaching the younger generation the skills to rebuild will be essential. We are pleased to support this educational programme.”
SIOR has conducted a survey of its European membership to assess the outlook for the office and logistics markets. The survey considers supply, demand, and rental growth for prime space, as well as the opportunities and challenges highlighted by our respondents. Other themes include the impact of technology and respondents’ business focus for 2024.
We would like to thank Daniel Francis, Head of Research at our sponsor Carter Jonas, who led this report and the SIOR members across Europe who shared their valuable insights.