October Mingtiandi Event Brings Together More Real Estate Pros

James Shepherd of Cushman & Wakefield and Neill O’Brien of JLL discuss the market

Mingtiandi’s monthly happy hour continues to be the leading industry gathering in Shanghai as the October edition of this regular event brought in 105 leaders from across the real estate industry.

By creating an informal, unstructured opportunity for property professionals to meet and exchange ideas in only its fourth installment, Mingtiandi’s event has already become a can’t miss opportunity for business development in Shanghai.

This month the range of real estate executives represented continued to expand with large contingents attending from private equity, real estate and investment advisory and corporate real estate functions.

In October, real estate investors and developers continued to be be among the major attendees, with leaders from both local and international firms attending, including Fosun Property Holdings, Warburg Pincus, Mapletree, Ascendas, Jiabao Ashmore Real Estate, KBG Global Funds, Parco, Caohejing and more.

Property and investment advisory firms also turned out in strong numbers with contingents from PWC, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield CBRE, Colliers International and DTZ all in attendance.

In addition to these groups, a large number of corporate real estate professionals attended from companies including McKinsey, as well as representatives of industry organisations such as the Building Managers and Owners Association (BOMA), and the Hong Kong Real Estate Chamber of Commerce.

Mingtiandi is currently planning its next event for November in Shanghai, with programming in Hong Kong due to start early in 2015.

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