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Kevin Maton – Coventry City Councillor – cabinet member for Business Enterprise and Employment

This is my first visit to MIPIM as part of the Coventry and Warwickshire MIPIM Partnership, and my first impressions are certainly that it is bigger than I expected.

A deal has been signed which will lead to the “largest and most significant” development of Coventry University since it was founded.

Coventry City Council has agreed to sell four civic buildings between Little Park Street and Much Park Street to Coventry University, which will lead to a major expansion of the University onto the 4.3-acre site.

The deal, which comes a year after the two agreed an exclusivity agreement to allow the University to formulate plans, will see the land developed when the City Council moves to its new headquarters at Friargate in 2017.

Coventry and Warwickshire’s ‘fast-track’ message at the world’s largest commercial property show has been given an added injection of speed.

David Wheeler, Group Business Development Director at McLaren Construction

We arrive at MIPIM on the back of a good year and, as ever, we are looking to strengthen relationships and strike up new contacts during the week.

Les Ratcliffe, Head of Community Relations at Jaguar Land Rover and Chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire Place Board.

Each MIPIM differs slightly as certain countries and cities mount concerted marketing pushes.

The burgeoning digital gaming industry in Warwickshire will be making its presence felt on the international stage at the world’s largest commercial property show.