Christoph-A. Böhme joined the Robert C. Spies Group (RCS) in 2016 and has two key responsibilities. On the one hand, he is responsible for transactions relating to the retail asset class in Germany, and on the other hand, Christoph is Head of Investments Nordics and is largely responsible for all transactions across all asset classes in Denmark. Robert C. Spies (RCS) was founded in 1919 and has always been privately owned. It currently employs approximately 125 people in offices in Bremen, Hamburg, Oldenburg, Frankfurt and Copenhagen, including architects and urban planners, so that the expertise for the preparation of master plans, concepts for the transformation of properties is in-house. Before joining RCS, Christoph worked independently as an asset and property manager for international investors - e.g. for LaSalle IM, GPT Halverton, London family offices - and managed a real estate volume of over €500 million in the retail and office asset classes. He started his career as a banker in Hamburg at Deutsche Bank and EUROHYPO and was responsible for the nationwide acquisition of commercial real estate financing. Christoph has a global network of investors, retailers, bankers and many other market participants with a focus on real estate.

Since my early days as a geography student, I have been passionate about retail and real estate. No other industry is more exciting in my opinion. And even more so in the digitalization age and with regard to sustainability, it has never been more important to find smart solutions. I am passionate about these current challenges as I was before as a consultant, researcher and property developer. Currently I work in business development and relationship management as well as being a corporate social influencer for one of the global leaders in food retailing. I like the ULI since my early carreer for its always open minded discussions on the future of our cities. My philosophy on life: It's all about people, relations and trust. And as a native Bavarian: Think global, act local.

Rebeca Guzman Vidal is the group head of retail at international investor, asset manager and developer Chelsfield, where she works on retail strategy across a global portfolio that spans gateway cities including London, Paris, New York and Hong Kong. Chelsfield is currently redeveloping a third of the 3.5 acre Knightsbridge Estate, a mixed-use, retail-led portfolio in London, on behalf of owner The Olayan Group. Rebeca is heavily involved in bringing new retailers to the development and leveraging relationships that cross over into the Paris and New York portfolios. More recently, she has also focused on refining the long term retail strategy of the portfolio to ensure its resilience as the world prepares for a global recovery. In Paris, Rebeca is working on projects on Avenue Montaigne that will significantly change the retail landscape of the Triangle d’Or whereas in New York she is working closely with the team in delivering a best-in-class amenities and retail strategy for the redevelopment of 550 Madison Ave., a Philip Johnson-designed tower that has been completely re-imagined by the ownership team including delivering the largest public green space in the Plaza District in recent decades. Prior to joining Chelsfield, Rebeca worked at CBRE where she was part of the London retail advisory team working for some of London’s major landlords including Grosvenor, The Crown Estate, Cadogan Estate and Great Portland Estates. She specialised in luxury assets and worked on a number of high-profile placemaking schemes including Regent Street, Sloane Street and Mount Street. She started her career in the Barcelona office and subsequently moved to London and later Hong Kong. Throughout her experience, Rebeca grew more enamoured with global retail and regularly visiting key “gateway cities” to check out the latest store and restaurant openings. In her free time, Rebeca typically enjoys travelling and is a real foodie, so will travel for food, a neat combination. Since the Covid crisis started she has been living in London and turned her attention to starting a “positive talk only” retail podcast with two co-hosts who also work in retail real estate ironically called “Retail is Dead” as well as cooking new recipes and religiously working out both at home and where permitted in gyms too as a fervent supported of local gym group Third Space.