The District is the leading Real Estate event where Real Business happens

#TheDistrict2023 has finished its second edition that took place from Wednesday 20th to Friday 22nd in Fira Barcelona – Gran Vía with the participation of 10,467 attendees.

The largest European congress focused on all sources of capital is articulated through Vertical Forums for each Segment of the Real Estate sector (Residential, Data Centers, Offices, Healthcare, Senior Living & Student Living, Retail, Hotels, Industrial & Logistics, and Alternatives Real Estate Assets) and professional agendas for each management area (corporates, agents and principals) to guide global capital in its decision making.

391 international experts have participated at The District World Summit to lead and examine ESG implications from a capital perspective with purpose-driven projects and macroeconomic megatrends among other issues. Professionals such as Guillermo Baygual (Managing Director at J.P.Morgan), Ana Estrada (Managing Director Merchant Banking – Europe RE Investments at Goldman Sachs), James Piper (Partner at TPG), Adolfo Favieres (Managing Director at Blackrock), Leticia Fusi (Managing Director at Castlelake), Michele Russo (Executive Director at J.P Morgan Asset Management), Vanessa Gelado (Senior Managing Director & Country Head at Hines Spain), Paul Brennan (Managing Director, Co-Head of Real Estate at King Street Capital Management), Jan Mischke (Partner at McKinsey Global Institute), Pere Viñolas (Chairman at EPRA – The European Public Real Estate Association), Covadonga Sanz (Director Asset Management at Greystar), Miguel Hernández (Managing Partner & CEO at Alantra Investment Banking), Eduardo Richi (Managing Director at Stronghold Partners), Rafael Coste (Real Estate Special Situations at Bain Capital), Gregg Gilbert (Managing Partner at Pinebridge Investments), Esther Escapa (Local Head of Transactions (Iberia) and Developments (Iberia and Italy) at AXA Investments Managers), Fahad Altomaihy (General Manager at The Real Estate Processes), Itamar Volkov (Managing Partner at Frux Capital Investments), Martin Fauchille (Head of Acquisitions Spain and Portugal at Batipart Immobilier Europe), Alberto Nin (Managing Director at Brookfield Asset Management), David Martínez (CEO at AEDAS Homes), Eduard Mendiluce (CEO at Aliseda Inmobiliaria / Anticipa Real Estate), Jordi Soldevila (Executive Manager & Foreclosed Assets at Caixabank), Adolfo Ramírez-Escudero (Chairman at CBRE Spain & Latam), Carmina Ganyet (Corporate Managing Director at Inmobiliaria Colonial), Jesús Silva (General Manager at Cushman & Wakefield), Agustín Manzano (Senior Manager – ESG & Technical RE at Deloitte Spain), Raquel Guijarro (Head of Workplace Strategy Spain at JLL), Hernán San Pedro (Head of Investors Relations at Lar España Real Estate), Antonio Gámiz (innovation Officer at Merlin Properties), Guillaume Baron (Executive Director Commecial RE at Banco Santander) and Borja Goday (CEO at Servihabitat), among others.

Among with 274 exhibitor firms that have moved their offices for 3 days and organize one-to-one meetings with leading investors such as AEDAS Homes, Aliseda Inmobiliaria, Anticipa Real Estate, Caixabank, CBRE, Inmobiliaria Colonial, Cushman & Wakefield, Deloitte, JLL, Lar España Real Estate, Merlin Properties, Banco Santander, Servihabitat, Addient, Arcadis, Busquets Gálvez, Cevasa, Civislend, Cuatrecasas, Deepki, Dekra, Eurofund Logistics Capital Partners, Fiduciam, Garrigues, Glenwell Group, BCN Fira District by Iberdrola Inmobiliaria, Indoorclima, Neinor Homes, Osborne Clarke, Panattoni, Prologis, Renta Corporación, RGZ, Banco Sabadell, Savills, Smartrental, Smart Point, Urbania, Woodea and Zennio, among others.

THE DISTRICT has organized networking activities such as the Leadership Summit, The World Class District Awards 2023, a Welcome Party, the Economic Brunch and the Proptech Startup Forum where the selected startups shared their pitch to investors and leading companies in the sector.

Finally, Bilbao has been the guest city and The United Kingdom the country partner of this second edition of The District.