James Mannix, the Head of Residential Capital Markets and Partner at Knight Frank gave an overview of London’s residential capital market. The talk highlighted recent transactions, new developments and the investment market growth in the past decade. Knight Frank is one of the world’s largest property consultancies in agricultural, commercial and residential real estate

The event gave an overview by leading agents like Mark Lethbridge and Amy Bryant of Gerald Eve who gave a presentation on the commercial City of London property market covering investors and occupiers, recent deals and a look at the changing skyline. Mark Lethbridge is a Partner at Gerald Eve’s City of London Office Agency department, he was previously a Partner at Deloitte Real Estate’s City office. Mark has been involved in some of the most high profile transactions in the City market, acting exclusively for tenants. He specialises in Occupation Strategy and Acquisition.

This event included a panel of recent graduates in the property market which gave a taste of what it is like working in the property industry and how to break into it. The panel was followed by networking and a chance to ask questions to the panellists and ask them about their firm’s internships & graduate scheme programs.

The Directors of King’s Estates were invited to give a talk about the development of the University Real Estate. The Directors covered the Strand redevelopment, Aldwych Quarter, Waterloo Campus, redevelopment of Guys Campus and the planned new Halls in Canada Water.

Students worked alongside some of the most accomplished professionals with diverse backgrounds including finance, engineering, science, technology and the humanities. All were invited to learn more about careers in Corporate Services and Real Estate, and joined them at their offices.