ULI Conference Attendees Focus on Brexit, Climate Change

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WASHINGTON, DC—Less than a week after the UK finally left the European Union on 31 January, real estate professionals from across Europe were gathered in Amsterdam for an open and candid exchange of ideas on their industry’s priorities in a conference held by the Urban Land Institute.

Brexit was off the formal agenda of the conference, but the winners and losers were a popular topic during the meals and breaks. The big question is unchanged. How many relocations can we expect and where will they go? More granular issues are also exercising minds. Fund managers are listening to rhetoric threatening a low level of alignment between UK and EU policies and asking what that means for those UK assets held in European funds.