Join your peers from every sector of the industry October 13–15 for the most important event in real estate.  Registration for the ULI Virtual Fall Meeting opens 4 August. Find out more.

Find out about the latest activity across ULI Europe, including upcoming events. Read the July monthly newsletter.

A team from Politecnico di Milano have been revealed as the inaugural winners of a pan-European virtual real estate competition for university students and will receive a one-year ULI membership and fast track to Hines’s internship programme. Read more.

William Riordan, director at Value Retail Management, has been appointed chair of ULI Europe Young Leaders. Riordan, who succeeds Hala El Akl, director at PLP Architecture, will serve on a voluntary basis for a two-year term starting on 1 July 2020. As part of his role, Riordan will represent the views of those aged under 35 and become a member of the ULI Europe Executive Committee, which oversees ULI’s activities across the region. Read press release.

Marnix Galle, executive chairman of Belgian developer Immobel, has been appointed ULI Europe Chairman. Galle, who succeeds Juergen Fenk, member of the executive board, SIGNA Holding GmbH, will serve on a voluntary basis for a two-year term starting on 1 July 2020 and will also join the ULI Global Board of Directors. Read press release.

A new update from ULI Europe to its Reshaping Retail report, which was published earlier this year prior to the coronavirus pandemic taking hold across Europe, has forecast that the impact of COVID-19 will accelerate the restructuring of the retail property sector, particularly in the United Kingdom. Read