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Tuesday 23 June 2026, 8:30 - 6:30

The REP & The Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2ND

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M-RES: Midlands Real Estate Summit

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Place Midlands is launching its first major regional conference. Taking place in Birmingham, the event will bring together senior leaders from across the Midlands’ built environment for a broad development and investment summit covering offices, residential, industrial & logistics, regeneration and place-making.

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The programme will include a private leaders’ dinner, a full day conference and a closing drinks reception, alongside Place’s proven offer of high-quality content, top-tier speakers and curated networking, creating meaningful opportunities to profile your business to a decision-making audience.

Speakers confirmed include

Tim Heatley

co founder & director, Capital&Centric

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Tim Heatley

co founder & director, Capital&Centric

Heatley co-founded Capital&Centric in 2011 with Adam Higgins. He has delivered many high-profile regeneration projects in partnership with local authorities. Tim has won prestigious awards such as the UKREiiF Property Personality of the Year for his entrepreneurial approach and social impact. Tim is leading on the generation of new business and has been responsible for identifying a number of large-scale projects including Weir Mill in Stockport and the Goods Yard in Stoke-on-Trent. Tim established Regeneration Brainery, assisting those from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds to get into the property industry.

Maggie Grogan

managing director, Muse

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Maggie Grogan

managing director, Muse

Grogan joined Muse in 2020 and having launched the Midlands office in 2022, she secured Muse as regeneration partner for the £3.2bn Arden Cross project – one of the Midlands most important regeneration opportunities. Grogan has also led a ground-breaking deal between the English Cities Fund – a partnership between Muse, Homes England, and Legal & General – and the City of Wolverhampton Council to regenerate City Centre West, one of Wolverhampton’s most important projects. In less than three years Grogan has risen through the ranks, blazing a trail for women in property and becoming the first female regional Managing Director at Muse, delivering the Company vision to create new places across the Midlands.

Joanne Roney

managing director, Birmingham City Council

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Joanne Roney

managing director, Birmingham City Council

Before her move to Birmingham, Roney was the first female chief executive of Manchester City Council between April 2017 and August 2024. Throughout her career to date, she has built a strong track record in transforming public services and delivering major regeneration initiatives across many cities in the UK. Roney has extensive experience in local government, having previously worked as director of housing at Kirklees Council and executive director with responsibility for housing, communities and adult care services at Sheffield City Council.

Eliot Postma

partner & group leader, Heatherwick Studio

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Eliot Postma

partner & group leader, Heatherwick Studio

Postma currently oversees a portfolio that spans the Americas, Europe and Asia. Projects include a 62,000-capacity stadium for Birmingham City Football Club; the Hainan Art Center in China and a new school for sustainable design for Universidad Ean in Bogotá, Columbia. Past projects include a 3-million-square-foot campus for Google in MountainView, California and the Bombay Sapphire Distillery in Hampshire, a masterplan which included the restoration of Grade II-listed buildings and the addition of two custom glasshouses, which became the first refurbishment project to have been awarded BREEAM 'Outstanding’ for sustainability. In Eliot’s role as a group leader at the studio, he is responsible for leading all aspects of a portfolio of projects from concept development through to delivery.

Moe Ali

associate director, Bruntwood SciTech

Huw Edwards

delivery director - Stations & Placemaking, HS2

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Huw Edwards

delivery director - Stations & Placemaking, HS2

A chartered civil engineer with over 30 years’ experience in the delivery of major infrastructure projects, Edwards has worked on the Jubilee Line extension, Crossrail, HS1 and the Docklands Light Railway. Huw is passionate about maximising the positive social and economic impacts of transport schemes.

Tim Johnson

chief executive, Wolverhampton City Council

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Tim Johnson

chief executive, Wolverhampton City Council

Johnson has been chief executive of the City of Wolverhampton Council since 2018. An experienced local government leader, he specialises in place shaping, organisational change and regeneration. Johnson has led the transformation of the council and city, overseeing a £4.4 billion investment programme and nationally recognised improvements in performance. He is a passionate advocate of fairness and equality and has embedded these values in how he leads the workforce, ensuring staff voices are heard in decision-making. Johnson also works with regional partners to drive growth and improve outcomes for Wolverhampton.

Richard Lawrence,

executive director, place, prosperity & sustainability, Birmingham City Council

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Richard Lawrence,

executive director, place, prosperity & sustainability, Birmingham City Council

Richard Lawrence is the executive director of place, prosperity & sustainability at Birmingham City Council. In this role, he plays a key part in creating a successful Birmingham, with the aim of achieving the city’s mission to become one of Europe’s most liveable cities – resilient, sustainable, inclusive, equitable, economically productive, and supportive of good health and wellbeing. Lawrence leads the development and delivery of a range of growth and community-related strategies, working with a wide array of local, national, and international partners to realise skills, employment, and investment opportunities and maximise sustainable growth.   Bringing a wealth of experience to Birmingham, he previously served as the director of city development at the City of Wolverhampton Council since August 2018. With over 25 years of experience in regeneration across both the private and public sectors, he has held senior positions in local authorities and consultancy firms, successfully delivering projects in housing, property, economic development, skills, transport, conservation, and tourism. Lawrence is well equipped with the resilience, vision, and drive to shape Birmingham's future success.

Stuart Cain

chief executive, Warwickshire County Cricket Club

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Stuart Cain

chief executive, Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Caine is currently chief executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Edgbaston Stadium, as well as the Birmingham Phoenix Hundred franchise, a joint venture with Knighthead Capital (owners of Birmingham City FC). Formerly Chief Executive at Wasps RFC/Ricoh Arena and managing director of Commercial Media at the NEC Group where he ran national ticketing agency, The Ticket Factory. Prior to that Cain was global managing partner of Sport & Entertainment at Mindshare (part of WPP plc) and commercial director at Rangers FC and Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.

Lewis Rapley

logistics research associate, Savills

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Lewis Rapley

logistics research associate, Savills

Rapley is a logistics research associate in Savills’ Commercial Research team in London, where he delivers market intelligence and strategic insight for the UK industrial and logistics property sector. He supports agency teams and investors through data-driven analysis and forecasting. He works closely with senior researchers and sector specialists on reports that guide decisions for developers, investors, and occupiers, and he also presents regularly at industry events, sharing insights on regional and national logistics trends.

Rachael Glaving

UK business development director, EDF

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Rachael Glaving

UK business development director, EDF

As business development director for EDF, the UK’s largest generator of zero carbon electricity, Glaving is responsible for developing future commercial and development opportunities across a range of generation technologies and asset classes including nuclear, renewables and energy storage. Previously she was Commercial Director for EDF’s Nuclear Operations business with responsibility for strategic development, supply chain and nuclear fuel procurement for the UK’s nuclear power station fleet.

Adam Farrell

director, Cavendish Consulting

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Adam Farrell

director, Cavendish Consulting

Farrell leads the Cavendish Consulting Midlands team, a communications agency specialising in the built environment and supporting clients to navigate politics, planning and local engagement. A former local councillor in the region, with experience working for a Midlands MP, he has a strong understanding of the regional political landscape and the communities that shape planning decision‑making. He has advised some of the UK’s largest real estate companies and worked on a range of high‑profile schemes across the Midlands, helping clients build support, manage risk and secure planning permission in complex and sensitive environments.

Jay Squier

managing director, Henley Investment Management

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Jay Squier

managing director, Henley Investment Management

Squier has over 20 years’ experience leading major mixed-use projects and at Henley, is responsible for the planning and delivery of 8,000 homes between Salford, Birmingham, London and Kent. Prior to Henley, he was a board member at Native Land, and for 10 years led their Bankside Yards project, the largest active site in central London with a GDV of £2.5bn which included 50-storey Opus and the multiple award-winning Arbor office building. Before that he led their Burlington Gate, Mayfair project. Starting his career at Grosvenor his track record also includes multiple schemes in Mayfair and Belgravia including The Peninsula London, alongside international joint ventures.

Andy Godber

business unit director - Birmingham, Curtins

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Andy Godber

business unit director - Birmingham, Curtins

Godber is a chartered structural engineer and business unit director for Curtins’ Midlands team, based in Birmingham. With more than 25 years’ industry experience, Godber has delivered projects across a wide range of sectors, with a particular specialism in residential development, including build-to-rent. He brings extensive experience in regional masterplanning, with a strong focus on how the reuse of existing buildings, combined with strategically connected brownfield development, can unlock sustainable regeneration across the Midlands.

Nick Smith

head of infrastructure, Birmingham City Football Club

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Nick Smith

head of infrastructure, Birmingham City Football Club

Smith has been involved in the sport, health and fitness industry for more than 30 years. Smith is chief infrastructure officer at Birmingham City Football Club where he is leading on the development of the Birmingham Sports Quarter. Smith has created, developed and applied innovative product and service solutions that have benefited elite sports’ athletes and health club members globally. He works closely with leading sports’ organisations such as FIFA, Birmingham City FC, Manchester City FC, Liverpool FC and England RFU on the development of infrastructure and products in the areas of; elite sports, functional design & build concepts, commercial, community enhancement, fan experience, pitch construction & maintenance and stadium renovations.

Sandeep Shambi

partner, Howells

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Sandeep Shambi

partner, Howells

In his career at Howells, Shambi's work has focused on thoughtful interventions and the delivery of high-quality buildings and masterplans which have the potential to enrich lives and create jobs. Shambi oversees design studios in Birmingham, with his projects predominately located in the West Midlands and the North West. He works closely with clients and developers to deliver projects that comprehensively redevelop underused but significant city centre sites and is currently working on Midlands’ masterplans at Typhoo Wharf, Digbeth and Mell Square, Solihull.

Mark McFadden

head of investment & development, Walsall Council

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Mark McFadden

head of investment & development, Walsall Council

McFadden has recently joined Walsall Council from his previous role as planning & development director at CBRE, where he advised public and private sector clients across the Midlands on feasibility studies, masterplanning, HM Treasury Green Book business cases and partnership working. He leads on the borough’s regeneration pipeline including the M6 Junction 10 Growth Zone and projects within the Wolverhampton to Walsall Growth Cluster such as the Walsall Town Centre Framework. He is also responsible for leading the Business Growth service, working closely with the region’s new Economic Development Vehicle.

Steve Weir

interim director for economic growth, Coventry City Council

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Steve Weir

interim director for economic growth, Coventry City Council

As director for economic growth, Weir is responsible for planning, strategic transport and sustainability, including the Strategic Energy Partnership with Eon. Most recently, Weir spent seven years as head of economic development, responsible for the Council’s work to attract investment from businesses all around the world. Key achievements over two decades at Coventry City Council include establishing the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), a £130m state of the art R&D facility funded by the UK government, which serves the entire UK automotive industry and leading the set up of Coventry Airport Investment Zone.

Ian Romano

vice president, head of land & development, Prologis UK

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Ian Romano

vice president, head of land & development, Prologis UK

Romano is a vice president and head of land & development, with responsibility for land and development projects in the UK. Romano has over 20 years’ development experience with particular expertise in land assembly, planning and developing large-scale mixed use and Industrial & logistics schemes.

Simon Raiye

head of Midlands, HBD

Agenda

8:30 am

Arrival, networking & breakfast

9:30 am

Welcome from:

Paul Unger, publisher, Place Media Group

Mike Sheridan, editor, Place Midlands

Maggie Grogan, managing director, Muse

10:00 am

Presentation: The Future of Birmingham

Joanne Roney, managing director, Birmingham City Council

10:10 am

Panel discussion: HS2, The Knowledge quarter & the Future of Birmingham 

Huw Edwards, delivery director, HS2

Joanne Roney, managing director, Birmingham City Council

Jay Squier, managing director, Henley Investment Management

Richard Lawrence, executive director – place, prosperity & sustainability, Birmingham City Council

Moe Ali, associate director, Bruntwood SciTech

 

10:55 am

Networking & coffee break

11:20 am

Presentation: Industrial update 

Lewis Rapley, logistics research associate, Savills

11:30 am

Panel discussion: Transforming brownfield sites in the Midlands: where the market is now – and what comes next

Rachael Glaving, UK business development director, EDF

Mark McFadden, head of investment & development, Walsall Council

Ian Romano, vice president, head of landscape & development, Prologis UK

Simon Raiye, head of Midlands, HBD

12:30 pm

Council Hotspot: Wolverhampton City Council

Tim Johnson, chief executive, Wolverhampton City Council

12:45 pm

Lunch & further networking

1:45 pm

Presentation: Changing face of BTR

Tim Heatley, co founder & director, Capital&Centric

1:55 pm

Panel: The changing Shape of BTR in the Midlands

Tim Heatley, co founder & director, Capital&Centric

Maggie Grogan, managing director, Muse

Andy Godber, business unit director, Curtins

Adam Farrell, director, Cavendish Consulting

Sandeep Shambi, partner, Howells

2:40 pm

Council Hotspot: Coventry City Council

Steve Weir, interim director for economic growth

2:55 pm

Networking & coffee break

3:35 pm

Presentation: Birmingham Sports Quarter

Eliot Postma, partner & group leader, Heatherwick Studio

3:45 pm

Panel: Sport-Powered Regeneration in the Midlands

Eliot Postma, partner & group leader, Heatherwick Studio

Nick Smith, head of infrastructure, Birmingham City Football Club

Stuart Cain, chief executive, Warwickshire County Cricket Club

4:30 pm

Closing remarks:

Paul Unger, publisher, Place Media Group

Mike Sheridan, editor, Place Midlands

Maggie Grogan, managing director, Muse

4:40 pm

Drinks reception

Tickets cost £125+VAT. There will be a mix of presentations and panels. Breakfast and lunch are included, providing plenty of opportunity for business development.

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