MIPIM 2023, the latest edition of the world’s largest global real estate event, begins today in Cannes with more than 23,000 visitors expected at the French seaside resort for the four-day event, including delegates from over 90 countries and 2,400 exhibiting businesses.

As a key global event to source capital for real estate’s core and emerging asset classes, investors comprise around a quarter of all attendees. 76 of the world’s top 100 investment managers, advising on €4 trillion of assets, are participating, including Isabelle Scemama, global head at investment manager AXA IM Alts, and Commerz Real’s chief executive, Henning Koch.

On top of investment managers, major institutional investors will also attend: Abu Dhabi Investment Authorities, Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC), Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), Alecta Tjänstepension Ömsesidigt, AP2, APG, ATP Real Estate, Aware Super, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, CPP Investments, Danica Real Estate, GIC Private Limited, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Investment Corporation of Dubai, Ivanhoé Cambridge, Korea Investment Corporation, Lægernes Pension, Oman Investment Authority, P+, Pension for Academics, PBU The Pension Fund of Early Childhood and Youth Educators in Denmark, PGGM, PSP Investments, Qatar Investment Authority, Temasek International (Europe) Limited, Texas Retirement Investment Company of Texas, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.

This year, the RE-Invest Summit which has been an integral part of MIPIM for over a decade, will focus on how the built environment is currently navigating its way to deliver positive urban change in a post pandemic and global warming world. The RE-Invest Summit is an exclusive opportunity for sovereign wealth, pension and insurance funds, family offices and other capital owners to debate investment strategies for real estate in developed and emerging markets.

Alongside major European cities and regions, investors will be joined by delegations from Japan, Canada, USA, Brazil, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt among others, making MIPIM a truly global event in 2023.

Among the European cities so far signed up for exhibiting at MIPIM 2023 are: Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Copenhagen, Tallinn, Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm, Paris, Aix-Marseille, Bordeaux, Dijon, Grenoble, Dijon, Grenoble, Montpellier, Nantes, Toulouse, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Calais, Cannes, , Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Milan, Riga, Warsaw, Krakow, Lodz, Poznan, Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, Barcelona, London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Belfast and Cardiff.

… we’re expecting a strong interest in new asset classes and discussions around how to invest in sustainable places

Nicolas Kozubek, MIPIM Director, says: “We are looking forward to welcoming the world’s investment community to MIPIM 2023, who will comprise around a quarter of all delegates. With an end to low interest rates and continuing macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty, this promises to be a crucial year for cities and regions looking to secure vital capital investment to support building and regeneration projects.

“From the MIPIM Co-Liv Summit to our new Road to Zero area, we’re expecting a strong interest in new asset classes and discussions around how to invest in sustainable places, including the central role of real estate’s core assets for achieving global net zero targets.”

MIPIM is also launching a new Road to Zero area with the aim to accelerate the transformation of the built environment towards a more sustainable model. The new 400 sqm zone will combine exhibition, networking and conference space with a focus on practical methods to decarbonise the real estate industry.

The inaugural edition of The MIPIM Co-Liv Summit, was held yesterday to consider responses to the growth in alternative ways of living within the residential real estate asset class.