Neil Eccles
Neil Eccles, head of innovation at Rochdale Development Agency, sharing his takeaways from the Insider Greater Manchester Real Estate Investment Summit, which took place in London on 30 September 2024.
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00:00So, hi, I'm Neil Eccles, I'm Head of Innovation at Rochdale Development Agency and I've been
00:15at the GM Investment Summit in London here today. Had some really interesting discussions
00:20with the panel and on the roundtable, thinking about what the future of Greater Manchester
00:25is. In Rochdale, we're looking at Atton Valley, which is our big opportunity to regenerate
00:31Oldham, Rochdale and Bury, linked to three large industrial estates, large developments.
00:36It's really interesting to hear what other places are doing in Greater Manchester and
00:40what investors are looking at. In particular, trying to find that unique place within Greater
00:47Manchester, within Manchester and there's been some takeaways about how investors think
00:51and how they look at sites and they look at places, what they're thinking about Manchester
00:55and need to be distinctive, they need to have a supportive local authority, they need
00:59to have a proposition in terms of transport connectivity and these are all things being
01:04factored into our plans. I'm really interested to network and talk to the sector about what
01:08we're doing and learn from their ideas. So, it's been a really informative day, I look
01:13forward to reading more and following up on all the connections I've made.