All MIPIM articles
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NewsThe future’s bright (honest)
Maybe it was the weather. Warm sunshine bathed Mipim last week, sweeping away the industry’s gloom. The chatter in all my meetings was arrestingly upbeat – albeit with shades of that Monty Python song about the bright side of life.
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Spin class: return from Mipim
Our week away in the south of France at Mipim is over for another year and it’s back to a banking crisis.
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MIPIM Day 3: blog by Susan Freeman
Today was meant to be the warm, sunny day, but I ended up in a woolly bobble hat and coat.
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Mipim: plus ça change?
I am by no means a Mipim regular, and my first impression on arrival at this year’s Cannes jamboree was that a large section of the UK had been displaced en masse to the south of France. The number of English voices contributing to the hubbub in the busy cafés ...
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MIPIM Day 2: blog by Susan Freeman
Day 2 didn’t start particularly well. In my rush to get to the 8.30am British Property Federation (BPF) Investors breakfast on time, I committed the cardinal error of putting on an empty lanyard without a Mipim pass and had to hotfoot it the 20 minutes back to the hotel to ...
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Agent P: Return from MIPIM
Thursday 16th 22.00hrs: Nice Airport, International lounge, Eyes fixed on floor. Please, let no one speak, like EVER AGAIN. I’m tired and I wanna go to bed. My fellow refugees from The Bunker feel the same, judging by their hangdog expressions. We’ve all had our fill of small talk and ...
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MIPIM Day 1: blog by Susan Freeman
It’s good to be back in Cannes for another Mipim, although the city is still undergoing a major facelift, with one side of the Croisette excavated and closed to traffic and barricades preventing direct access to some of the beach restaurant venues.
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Centrick launches new BTR platform at MIPIM
Property developer Centrick has created a new build-to-rent (BTR) platform VICI, which it is launching this Wednesday at Mipim in Cannes.
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Spin class: MIPIM 2023
When Soph and I land in Nice on Sunday, the temperature is forecast to be 24°C. This is a little nugget of information we like to share with our cold UK clients.
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This is a relationships business
Life is increasingly complex and less certain, as much of the market chat at Mipim will confirm. Sentiment in the EU seems more bearish than in the UK.
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Mipim 2023: Vive la différence
After a Covid-affected few years, delegates are expected to return in large numbers for this year’s Mipim in Cannes. Event director Nicolas Kozubek outlines to Adam Branson the main topics of the 2023 programme.
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‘Change’ is not the same as ‘end’
Last month saw the return of Mipim after an absence of three years. During that time there were restrictions and lockdowns, and the restoration of an international conference for more than 20,000 delegates in the south of France felt about as realistic as attending a conference on Mars.
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A step change for the climate challenge
At last month’s Mipim conference in Cannes, where ESG issues were a central theme, partners in Property Week’sClimate Crisis Challenge came together to discuss the next step in the campaign to boost the industry’s sustainability credentials.
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It’s great to see the City bouncing back
Last week’s Mipim in Cannes was buzzing, with the organisers hailing an attendance of 23,000 – just 15% down on 2019’s pre-pandemic turnout.
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Green developer EDGE eyes more UK sites and Irish debut
Developer plans to add more London projects to the two it has under way and is also looking beyond the capital.
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Russian war on Ukraine casts shadow over a muted Mipim
Impact of Ukraine conflict among the key issues debated at first full-scale gathering in spring time since 2019.
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London – the view from Mipim
After a pandemic-induced hiatus, it was a welcome return to Mipim last week, where more than 20,000 attendees tackled some of the big issues for the property, real estate and corporate sectors.
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Lessons learned in two decades of Mipims
This is my 20th Mipim and it may be my last. Provence is still as beautiful: sunlit lavender bays and hypnotic azure sky. But everything else has changed. When I first saw the Croisette, my eldest son was in a baby-grow and I could cradle him in one arm.
