Hospitality Real Estate Summit

4 September 2025 - Doltone House Hyde Park, Sydney

PUBS / SUPERPUBS / TAVERNS

Investment, development, construction and design strategies for Australia’s hospitality sector

ABOUT THE EVENT

We're pleased to announce the Hospitality Real Estate Summit taking place September 4th in Sydney.

A wall of private and corporate capital chasing both capital city drinking holes and taverns in booming regional towns has turned the pubs and taverns sector into one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. It’s clear that property investors are now looking at alternative assets like pubs in equal esteem to more traditional retail investments. The demand for long WALE assets has never been stronger. Investors are now acutely aware that these assets provide strong tenant covenants, landlord-favourable leases and attractive underlying land value.

The Hospitality Real Estate Summit will bring together owners/operators of superpubs, pubs and taverns with investors, developers, sales & leasing specialists, capital markets, the AEC sector and Government to discuss the pub, club and hospitality property landscape today and the key trends shaping its future.

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Meet Our 2024 Speakers

Anita Mitchell

Chief Executive, Placemaking NSW

Rick Graf

Development Director, Billbergia

Natalie Slessor

Executive Managing Director, Property Management, CBRE

Matt McKibbin

Executive Director, Planning for Places, Transport for NSW

Deborah Kelly

Investment Director, AustralianSuper

Andrew Coward

Co-Founder, Reactivate & Chair, Sydney District Council of the Urban Land Institute

Victoria Moxey

Director Programs, Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner

Alison Webb

Head of Customer Strategy, Lendlease

THEMES BEING DISCUSSED

The Hospitality Real Estate Summit will bring together senior leaders to discuss the following topics:

Who Attends?

The Hospitality Real Estate Summit will bring together key industry stakeholders and government representatives to address the industry’s major issues as well as policy construction and design trends, lending conditions and an update on capital markets. Through panel discussions and peer-to-peer networking opportunities, the attendees will gather expert insights on how these factors will affect the development, operation, investment and design of hospitality real estate.

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PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Our attendees want to meet with organisations that can help them invest, plan, design, build and operate hospitality real estate more effectively, in particular:

Why Become A Partner?

FuturePlace events present unique annual opportunities across a number of channels, all designed to deliver business development and thought leadership opportunities.

Thought Leadership Presentations

Establish pre-eminence amongst your peers

Branding And Signage

Multiple opportunities exist before, during and after the event

Roundtable Hosting

Lead a roundtable of industry professionals in this powerful, interactive format

Networking

Impress the world with your team and hospitality

Lead Generation

New business opportunities from a highly targeted audience

Showcase

The exhibition is the place to showcase and build new business connections

Get in there to Reach

Get Direction to the Event

Schedule Dates

Conference Schedule

08:30

Conference registration & networking

09:00

Futureplace welcome

Roderic McLauchlan, Event Director, Futureplace

VALUE IN PLACE

09:05

Chair’s opening remarks

Mixed use development has emerged as the new development paradigm in today’s cities. However to work successfully, we need to move beyond the bricks to be real estate sociologists, to build community through common spaces and shared experiences.

Erika Pawley, Director Projects, Leamac Property Group
09:10

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Built for connection - Mixed-use developments that create sustainable communities

Mixed use development has emerged as the new development paradigm in today’s cities. However to work successfully, we need to move beyond the bricks to be real estate sociologists, to build community through common spaces and shared experiences.

Anita Mitchell, Chief Executive, Placemaking NSW
09:30

The power of social - social impact as a strategy to connect communities, create place and drive value

Mixed-use developments seek to connect and enrich their local communities. But it’s not enough to design, deliver and forget  – it’s the ongoing operational and placemaking strategies that defines the continued value of the asset. Alison will share how Lendlease has harnessed social impact as a strategy to connect communities and create meaningful places across their portfolio.

Alison Webb, Head of Customer Strategy, Lendlease
09:50

PANEL: Social impact and precinct developments – Ensuring lasting social value and community benefits from precinct design and activation

Our panel shares what they consider to be the key elements which support successful activation of precincts matched with the social value needs of the community. We consider the strategies adopted by investors and developers across the categories and which attract most value for stakeholders.

Moderator
Natalie Slessor, Executive Managing Director, Property Management, CBRE
Panelists include:
Alex Belcastro, Senior Vice‑President, Development and Precincts, Northwest Healthcare Properties
Rick Graf, Development Director, Billbergia
Letitia Hope, Head of Property Experience, ISPT
Sophie Forbat, Head of Arts and Placemaking, Randwick Heath and Innovation Precinct
Deborah Kelly, Investment Director, AustralianSuper
10:30

Morning refreshments & networking break

TRANSFORMATIVE INVESTMENTS

11:00

Precincts: Unravelling hidden drivers to increase economic and social value

Bringing human focus to precincts has become an important pathway to create vibrant and diverse activity hubs that are well connected to employment opportunities and the local community. We identify different precincts typologies and draw on international examples to identify the critical and often hidden drivers of precinct success. We also explore the cost-benefit implications of different use-mixes on the end economic and social value of a precinct.

Christina Hobbes, Partner, Advisory+, Cushman & Wakefield
11:30

PRECINCT INVESTMENT – Strategies that build engaged communities, improve social connectivity, and support sustainable asset value

Mixed-use developments, including by combining public and private uses, create closer-knit communities and enhanced convenience and are successfully reinventing the concept of urban working and living. We consider how precinct the strategies are evolving, how social infrastructure can add value to precincts and how to maximise value creation.

Tom Roche, Executive Director, Property, Plenary Group
11:50

CASE STUDY: Investment strategies for mixed use and the role of the precinct plan in the social impact assessment

Developers and long-term investors can have different views on value. For a pension fund with a social value mandate, activating successful placemaking for community value is an essential aspect of the asset’s value. But how do you assess the social impact value of a precinct placemaking strategy? 

Simon Furness, Director of Property & Housing, Uniting
12:10

FIRESIDE CHAT: Balancing Growth and Connection in Campbelltown City Centre

Precincts that combine innovative placemaking with digital technologies are becoming testbeds for urban innovation. Our panel shares their experiences of how technology innovations within place is finding ways to serve humancentric needs within public facing precincts.

Princess Ventura, NSW Regional Director, Urbis
Lindy Deitz, General Manager, Campbelltown City Council
12:40

Lunch & networking break

ACTIVATION MODELS

13:40

INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLES

Delegates split into moderated roundtables to share experiences of people-first, place-centric, activation strategies. Our moderators facilitate discussions and provide a summary of the table’s feedback.

1. Transport planning within mixed use developments for connected cities
Matt McKibbin, Executive Director, Planning for Places, Transport for NSW
2. Innovative place and precinct activation strategies to bring a property to life
Kat Smith, Founder and MD, Studio Perspective
4. Financing and investing risks in mixed use developments
Adrian Harrington, Senior Adviser, Lighthouse Infrastructure and NSW State Chair, Housing All Australians
5. Social housing and community engagement
Michelle Gegenhuber, CEO, PowerHousing Australia
6. What are the essential design ingredients for a successful precinct strategy?
Christina Hobbes, Partner, Advisory+, Cushman & Wakefield
7. Collaboration partnerships and occupant experience for smart precinct placemaking
Abigail Campion, National Placemaking & CX Manager, JLL

PRECINCT INNOVATION

14:30

INNOVATION TALKS – Effective strategies for delivering precinct plans, smart precincts and effective digital placemaking

Precincts that combine innovative placemaking with digital technologies are becoming testbeds for urban innovation. Our panel shares their experiences of how technology innovations within place is finding ways to serve humancentric needs within public facing precincts.

Moderator:
Marc Lane, Principal, Cities, WSP
Panelists include:
Lance Chia, Director, Investment & Innovation, Liverpool Innovation Precinct
Vy Nguyen, Executive Director Precinct Development, NSW DPI&E
Emile Rademeyer, Executive Director, Creative Strategy, VANDAL
15:10

Creating Innovation Districts that work

The best innovation districts are places that have been planned and curated to foster connection and character – to invite community in, and forge cross-sector relationships. When a precinct gets this right, innovation flourishes and investment flows. Businesses succeed and so do local communities. 

Andrew Hoyne, Founder & Principal, Hoyne
15:30

Afternoon Break

16:00

CASE STUDY: Better together: Driving place productivity through mixed use

Whether creating next-generation future-fit workplaces, one-stop shopping and “experience” centres or transportation hubs that offer more than just a ticket to ride, one thing we know for sure is that mixed use places, done well, can deliver productivity wins for business and more compelling experiences for communities. 

Jennifer takes us behind the scenes of leading projects, revealing the customer drivers and trends behind their appeal and shares how to unlock asset value through the power of mixed use. 

Jennifer Cook, Director NSW and QLD, Village Well
16:20

PANEL: Developing operational models for activating sustainable engaging precinct placemaking

Creating a mixed use development with a distinctive sense of place—rich in art and culture will certainly attract people. The issue is does it enhance the value of real estate? Our panel shares views on the mixed use precinct operations plan and how they ensure the placemaking strategy delivers effective results.

Moderator:
Alex Belcastro, Senior Vice‑President, Development and Precincts, Northwest Healthcare Properties
Panelists include:
Victoria Moxey, Director Programs, Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner
Andrew Coward, Co-Founder, Reactivate & Chair, Sydney District Council of the Urban Land Institute
Fiona Jones, Development Director – Mixed Use Origination, Stockland
Marianna Southwick, Principal, Southwick Advisory
Susan Skuodas, Director, Place Management, Sydney Olympic Park Authority
17:00

Chair’s conclusion & Cocktails and networking

Erika Pawley, Director Projects, Leamac Property Group
18:00

Close of Summit

Event Ticket Price

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AUDIENCE PROFILE

Organizations:

  • Developers
  • Asset Owners/Landlords/REITs
  • Real Estate Services
  • City Governments/Councils
  • Economic Development
  • Agencies
  • Investors (Institutional and Private Equity)
  • Engineering/Construction firms
  • Architects & Designers
  • Urban Planners
  • Placemaking experts
  • Technology Providers/Consultants
  • Legal firms
  • Advisory/Consulting firms

Job Titles (Head of):

  • Development
  • Precincts
  • Placemaking/Place
  • Community development
  • Activations
  • Capital markets
  • Investment
  • Mixed use
  • Planning
  • Housing
  • Community
  • Economic Development
  • Building
  • Projects
  • Clients
  • Cities
  • Places
  • Operations

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