Edinburgh Development Plans 2017

Attend this event to hear the Edinburgh Development Plans – Informing you are FOUR of Edinburgh’s leading development figures who will be presenting their investment/development plans for the next few years!

Join us at the City Chambers in Edinburgh on 28 March to hear the Development Plans for Edinburgh over the next few years and network with peers from the Construction & Property Industry!

In attendance will be Architects, Surveyors, Engineers, Project Managers, Business Development Managers, Solicitors, Lawyers and many more Construction and Property Professionals, there to hear about the Edinburgh Development Plans and network with like-minded individuals.

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Edinburgh Development Plans Event Format

• 1530 – 1600; Registration
• 1600 – 1645; Networking with Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1645 – 1815; Speaker Presentations
• 1815 – 1900; Networking with Hot Food, Wine, Beer and Soft Drinks
• 1930 – 2200; After Event Speakers Dinner (VIP TICKET HOLDERS ONLY)

Edinburgh Development Plans VIP Tickets

We have an exciting new opportunity for you – buy a VIP ticket to this event and come to dinner straight after the event with the speakers who have accepted an invitation, see below.

Great food, good wine and excellent conversation.

Edinburgh Development Plans VIP Ticket Privileges

• FREE attendance at Speakers Dinner
• Reserved seating in the front two rows at the event
• Guaranteed tickets at Sold-Out events
• Only 15 VIP Tickets available at each event
• VIP Name Badges
• Maximum two VIP Tickets per Company

Edinburgh Development Plans VIP Dinner Venue – G&V Royal Mile Hotel

Come to dinner and join:

• Martin Perry – TH Real Estate
• Gordon Dewar – Edinburgh Airport
• Other to be confirmed

Edinburgh Development Plans Speakers

Gordon Dewar, Chief Executive; Edinburgh Airport

Martin Perry, Director of Development; TH Real Estate

Martin is the Director of Development, specialising in large-scale, retail-led, mixed-use development, and is responsible for management of developments in the UK and across mainland Europe.

He joined the company in 2006 as a Development Manager, following a career in architecture, master-planning and development after studying and tutoring at Oxford.

Over his career he has been responsible for taking over 13m sq ft of retail-led floorspace through the planning system, as well as working on the delivery of three shopping malls and numerous individual buildings both in the UK and internationally.

He has worked on the master-planning and development management of two new town centres, numerous city extensions and regeneration projects as well as numerous retail refurbishment projects in the UK. He has specialised throughout his career on retail-led mixed-use with a particular focus on financially and socially sustainable environments. He is a member of the British Council of Shopping Centres and is a Chartered Architect.

Clive Wilding, Development Director; Artisan Real Estate

Clive is an investment director and has been with the business since 2013. Clive comes from an Agricultural Land Management background he joined UK construction group M.J. Gleeson Group plc to build a strategic land bank, successfully promoting sites through the planning process for residential development. He soon rose to become Managing Director of Gleeson, where the business grew from a £20m turnover company to one with over £220m ‐ constructing over 1,200 homes per annum around the country. Clive has forged strong links with local authorities and government and has held founder board positions on the Housing Forum and other Public/Private partnerships. Over the last 15 years he has been with the Raven Group, then The Santon Group, focusing on mixed use, city-led residential schemes. Clive is a creative thinker and finding the best solutions to challenging practical development opportunities is what he thrives on.

Paul Lawrence, Executive Director of Place; The City of Edinburgh Council

Paul Lawrence is the Executive Director for Place at the City of Edinburgh Council. His responsibilities include planning, housing, transport, regulatory services and environment, as well as economic development and culture.

Paul joined the Council in late 2015. Previous to this, Paul was Corporate Director for Place at Stockport Council – one of the ten local authorities in the Greater Manchester city region, with a similar range of responsibilities.

Paul started his working life in the cultural sector, before being appointed as Head of Cultural and Economic Development at Newcastle City Council in 2000. He later became Assistant Chief Executive with responsibility for economic policy, city region partnerships, and corporate communications.