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INVEST HERTFORDSHIRE
ANNOUNCES SPONSOR
PARTNERS FOR UKREIIF 2025
The Crown Estate and Gascoyne Estates are to sponsor Invest Hertfordshire’s presence at
the UK’s Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF) in Leeds, 20-22 May.
I
nvest Hertfordshire, the county’s
inward investment service, is returning
to Leeds following its sell-out launch
at UKREiiF 2024. This year, it has secured
two major sponsors, The Crown Estate and
Gascoyne Estates, who will form a key part
of the Team Hertfordshire delegation.
team on site. It will also be hosting Meet
Hertfordshire’s Place Pioneers, at the
SCAPE Public Sector Stage on Wednesday
21 May, 3.30-4.30pm. This will be followed
by a drinks reception in association
with Hertfordshire Infrastructure and
Development Board, (HIDB), a subsidiary
of Hertfordshire Growth Board.
Bringing over 16,000 professionals
from national and local government,
investors, developers and the wider built
environment industry together, UKREiiF is
now the largest UK investment forum with
representation across the UK’s cities and
regions.
This year, the Hertfordshire team will bring
a more consolidated offer of investor-ready
propositions focusing on town centre
regeneration, housing-led and commercial
site developments – all available to view in
one Invest Hertfordshire prospectus.
For those heading up to Leeds, Invest
Hertfordshire, managed by Hertfordshire
Futures, will be at J30, Royal Armouries
Hall with a dedicated inward investment
The Crown Estate is developing a new 1.8
million sq ft business park, just off junction
8 of the M1 as part of its wider allocation
at East Hemel, which will also deliver
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4,000 new homes, four new schools and
a country park within the Hemel Garden
Communities growth area.
The Hemel Garden Communities
Programme will create attractive,
sustainable new neighbourhoods to the
north and east of Hemel Hempstead by
2050. It includes Hertfordshire Innovation
Quarter (Herts IQ) enterprise zone at its
heart, anchoring the transformation of
Hemel Hempstead and the wider area. The
Crown Estate’s site at East Hemel is just
one of the organisation’s projects that is
seeking to support national, regional and
local economic growth as part of its wider
strategy.
Gascoyne Estates is bringing forward a
major residential-led development at
