Positivity under the palms

More than 20,000 representatives of investors, financial institutions, developers, construction and engineering firms, urban planners, architects, law firms, local authorities and any else interested in the property sector from 90 countries around the world converged on the Palais des Festivals. In fact, a third of all attendees were representatives of international institutional investors, managing a total of EUR 4 tln of assets. On the first evening, Eurobuild attended JLL’s opening party, where the numbers of Poles attending was noticeably high. This proved to be a sign of things to come, as the Polish contingent was particularly well represented at MIPIM, led by the cities and regions of Warsaw (‘Grow with Warsaw’), Łódź (‘Invest in Łódź’), Gdańsk, Wrocław, Katowice and Silesia, Poznań, Kraków and Pomerania, while the Warsaw stand was partnered by such notable companies as 7R, BBI Development, Develia, Echo Investment, Griffin, Karimpol, Liebrecht & Wood, Noho