Manchester’s tour de force at MIPIM

A RECORD 70 private and public sector organisations will be flying the flag for Manchester at the MIPIM event in France next month.

MIPIM, the world’s largest property market event, takes place in Canne every year.

‘Team Manchester’ will showcase some of the city-region’s newest developments including Factory Manchester, a new events space to be created on the former Granada Studios site, and The Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation.       

More than 20 organisations are first-timers and they include Russells Construction, Civic Engineers, Capita, Renaker Build and Jones Lang LaSalle.    

Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive of Manchester City Council, said: “Manchester’s growth and transformation over recent decades has been achieved through strong private-public partnerships, world class academic institutions and the conscious support of key growth industries underpinned by the city region’s property market.  

“Our activity at MIPIM is vital to the city’s development and with the sheer number of partners on board this year, we have a solid expression of the growing confidence and ambitions for Manchester.  With such a variety of private sector support, this is a perfect opportunity to celebrate our achievements and also prepare for the infrastructure opportunities and challenges that will determine the city’s future.”     

Andrew Stokes, chief executive of Marketing Manchester, the agency responsible for coordinating the city’s presence at MIPIM, said: “I’m delighted to welcome the large contingent of property experts and organisations that make the Manchester at MIPIM partnership this year.”           
MIPIM takes place from March 10 – 13 in Cannes.