London: In-person event
Real Estate Outlook
How the pandemic will drive relative performance into the 2030s
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Capital Economics, 100 Victoria Street, SW1E 5JL
9:00am | 12:30pm | 3:30pm
Five years on and the pandemic is continuing to shape the real estate industry, influencing how we work, where we live and how we spend. But while some of these structural shifts are now better understood, there’s widespread uncertainty about how they will determine the sectors and markets that will outperform and lag in the coming years.
To help you understand how the pandemic will shape real estate through the end of this decade and beyond, we’d like to invite you to this exclusive roundtable briefing in our London office on Wednesday 2nd April. During this session, economists from across our UK, Europe and US property teams will discuss the key risks and opportunities across these markets over the next cycle.
This is a chance to network with peers from throughout the industry, get answers to your questions and hear from the team about key issues, including:
• Whether and when the wider office market could see a recovery;
• Which sectors and markets are likely to provide the best returns in the coming years;
• If CBDs can recover and suburban markets can continue to prosper.
Meet the speakers
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Kiran Raichura
Chief Commercial Real Estate Economist
Kiran heads up our Commercial Real Estate Team, having spent more than 15 years analysing and forecasting global real estate markets, including five years running our European Commercial Property service. Prior to joining Capital Economics, Kiran spent four years at AXA Real Assets, a global fund manager, where he was the team’s macroeconomic lead and was responsible for the firm’s Nordic and Central European investment strategies. Prior to this role, Kiran spent four years at Colliers International in London, leading its UK Commercial Property forecasts. Kiran holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from The University of Warwick and a Masters in Real Estate Investment & Finance from Henley Business School & Reading University. He is a member and former chairperson of the Society of Property Researchers and is a member of the ULI.
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Matthew Pointon
Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist
Matthew Pointon is a Senior Economist who leads our UK Commercial Property service, having previously been responsible for our US and UK housing research. Prior to Capital Economics, Matthew worked as an economist at HM Treasury, where among other roles he covered the macroeconomics of the housing and household sector. He holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Bath, and an MSc in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Bristol.
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Amy Wood
Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist
Amy leads our European Commercial Property Service. She joined Capital Economics in 2018 and spend her first two years with the firm working on our UK Commercial Property Service. Previously, she worked as a senior economic analyst at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. She also spent one year on a work secondment at the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland. Amy holds an Honour’s degree in Economics from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
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James McMorrow
Senior Commercial Real Estate Economist
James McMorrow joined Capital Economics as an Economist in June 2022 and currently works on our Europe Commercial Property service. Prior to joining Capital Economics, he worked as an Assistant Economist at the Department for Transport in its Regions and Cities and Rail Analysis divisions. James holds a BSc in Economics and Accounting from Queen’s University Belfast and an MSc in Economics from Trinity College Dublin.