The West Midlands has confirmed that it will exhibit at the UK’s Real Estate and Infrastructure Investment Forum (UKREiiF) in May.

For the first time at UKREiiF, investment opportunities from Birmingham, Coventry and Warwickshire, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton will highlight the collective, transformational power of the West Midlands.

Set to take place between 21-23 May 2024, UKREiiF brings together key influencers and decision-makers within the investment and real estate markets.

Led by the West Midlands Growth Company, the region’s destination management agency, the West Midlands delegation includes senior public sector figures who will showcase a portfolio of transformative development opportunities and regenerative schemes worth more than £20 billion.

These will include the recently announced West Midlands investment zone, comprising Coventry & Warwickshire Gigapark, Birmingham Knowledge Quarter and Wolverhampton’s Green Innovation Corridor, with the potential to drive up to £5.5bn of growth and 30,000 new jobs across the region.

Across the three days, topics such as “Levelling Up”, devolution and brownfield development will be high on the agenda in the West Midlands pavilion, alongside lively discussions around the impact of creative clusters, innovation-led real estate and the night-time economy on regeneration.

A full event programme has been launched today, with a limited number of partner packages remaining.

Neil Rami, Chief Executive of the West Midlands Growth Company, said:
“One of the great strengths of the West Midlands is the collective scale at which we can operate. Taking the combined power of our local authorities means we’ll be speaking with investors about over £20 billion worth of investment opportunities – all with the potential to continue driving transformational change across our cities, towns and high streets.”

The West Midlands’ presence at UKREiiF 2024 is sponsored by Wavensmere Homes, Mott MacDonald, Nimbus, Stoford, Cordia UK, WSP and Arup.