Sponsorship Opportunities

This is an opportunity to sponsor the AREF Members Summer Drinks Reception 2023, the first Reception we've had since before the Pandemic.

Once again, we are delighted to hold this in the beautiful bar, The Listing, just a minute from Cannon Street station.  AREF have exclusive use of this light and airy modern venue for the evening and it will include a champagne reception, cocktails and canapes/bowl food. 

As well as displaying your company logo on all promotional material leading up to the event, there is a chance for you to brand the space as you wish as well as having the opportunity to give out company literature and giveaways at the event.

The event will be by invitation only to all AREF members including Full, Affiliate, Associate & Investors - this includes our FutureGen Network as well.

What was included in the package:

• Your company name/logo will be included on all ongoing promotional material and correspondence for the event (email campaigns, AREF website, email circulars and newsletters).
• Acting in good faith, we will mention and tag your company in all online social posts about the event (including pre, during and post event).
• Your company name/logo will be on all post-event marketing and write-ups following the event.
• An opportunity to do a welcome at the event*
• Opportunity to brand/display pop-up stands and/or screens at the event (costs to be covered by sponsor)*
• Opportunity to brand the space in your company colours (this could be with balloons, ice sculputure or something else)*
• Opportunity to give out freebies and company literature/giveaways throughout the event.

* To be discussed/agreed with AREF before the event

We are delighted to announce that Carey Olsen will be sponsor for the AREF FutureGen Conference.

This unique 1.5 day conference will be held at Worcester College, University of Oxford in early September 2023 at their new lakeside state of the art conference facilities. 

The conference theme will be the Future of Real Estate and include four seminars on ESG, tech, social housing and the economy, with our lead speaker being Andrew Baum, Emeritus Professor at Said Business School, University of Oxford. There will also be two site visits to a city-centre life sciences development, a networking activity, lunch and dinner.

We are expecting this conference to be very popular and hope to start selling places for it in the New Year.

• Your company name/logo will be included on all ongoing promotional material and correspondence for the event (email campaigns, AREF website, email circulars and newsletters).
• Acting in good faith, we will mention and tag your company in all online social posts about the event (including pre, during and post event).
• Your logo will be included on all slides throughout all four seminars.
• Your company name/logo will be on all post-event marketing and write-ups following the event.
• An opportunity to do a welcome or speak at one of the seminars*.
• Opportunity to brand/display pop-up stands etc during the seminars, at the lunch, at the dinner and the activity.
• Opportunity to give out company literature and giveaways throughout the event.
• 2 free places at the conference (includes overnight accommodation, access to all seminars, lunch, activity and dinner).

* To be discussed/agreed with AREF before the event.

If you are interested in any of these packages and would like to discuss further, please email Clare on [email protected].

We are delighted to announce that Crestbridge will be the sponsor for this years AREF Awards 2023

Each year the Association gives out a number of awards to recognise achievement and contribution, by our members and others who support the work of AREF.

In 2023 we will have four awards:

1. Investors' Award for Outstanding Achievement (open to our Fund Members with a submission required to enter)
2. The AREF Research Award (open to all Members with a submission required to enter)
3. Affiliate of the Year  (open to all Affiliate Members - members are nominated by the AREF Team and then a poll takes pace for the AREF Board, Management Committee & Team to vote)
4. Outstanding Individual Contribution (open to all Members - candidates are nominated by the AREF Team and then a poll takes pace for the AREF Board, Management Committee & Team to vote.

Submissions for awards will open on 3rd April 2023 and the awards will be presented at the Annual Dinner in September 2023 so there will be a lot of communications around this from March to October 2023.

• Acknowledgement and logo on all promotional campaigns leading up to the opening of the Awards (March Newsletter, dedicated member emails, on the AREF website, on our social networks).
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on all reminders throughout April, May and June (April and May Newsletter, dedicated member emails, on the AREF website, on our social networks).
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on all posts building up to event, as nominations & short-lists are revealed (August Newsletter / August posts).
   
• Sponsor’s logo to be included on:
  • The Annual Awards page of the AREF website;
  • The Awards page on the dedicated webpage for the Annual Dinner, hosted on the AREF website;
  • On the slides relating to the Awards in the Chairman’s speech;
  • A mention/thank you by the Chairman;
  • A dedicated slide in the rolling video in the main ballroom shown on the large stage screen throughout the evening.
     
• The opportunity to show one pop-up banner at the entrance to the main Lancaster Ballroom.
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on social posts throughout the Awards ceremony on the evening.
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on post-event communications announcing the Winners (on the AREF website, in our press release, in the September Newsletter, in the write-up on our website, including links to photos).
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on the Webcast recording of the interviews with the winner of the AREF Research Award & the winner of the Investors’ Award for Outstanding Achievement, to be released on the AREF website in Q4 2023.  This will be published on the AREF website, the monthly Newsletter and on social posts.  

Timeline for Investors Award for Outstanding Achievement & Research Awards 2023:
Awards open Mon 3^rd April
Submissions to be made by Fri 30^th June
Judging panels decide by Fri 25^th Aug
Awarded on the evening of the Dinner – Tues 26^th Sep

Timeline for Affiliate of the Year & Outstanding Individual Contribution Awards 2023:
Nominations list is put together by AREF Team by Friday 30^th June
Management Committee, Board & AREF Team vote for winner by poll by during July.
Awarded on the evening of the Dinner – Tues 26^th September

We are delighted to announce that Aztec Group will be sponsor for the Annual Dinner 2023!

Open to AREF members only, this is a chance to sponsor one of the biggest event of the year in the real estate calendar, the AREF Annual Dinner, which will be held at the iconic Savoy Hotel on Tuesday 26 Septemer 2023. 

The event will include a pre-dinner Champagne Drinks Reception in the beautiful, double-height River Rooms, with a view over Embankment Gardens towards the Thames with the Dinner being held in the main Lancaster Ballroom at The Savoy, one of the largest and most historic ballrooms in London.  There will also be entertainment (previous years have included Nina Conti, Lord Sebastian Coe, Rory Bremner, Ian Hislop, mind-reader Graham Jolly, Lucy Porter & Mile Jupp) as well as live music during a post-Dinner Drinks Reception.

The Sponsorship Package will include:

• Acknowledgment and logo on all promotional campaigns leading up to the Dinner throughout 2023 (including: in monthly newsletters, member emails, on the AREF website, on our social networks). 
   
• The opportunity to brand The River Rooms for the Pre-Dinner Champagne Drinks Reception.  These rooms are a blank canvas with a bar and up to 20 poseur tables for hosted bars (sold separately through AREF).  The sponsor can brand the room entirely and could include: balloons/lights/extra branded drinks & cocktails/ice sculptures etc.  All branded items to be supplied and paid for by the sponsor (lights to be ordered & paid through the Savoy’s AV team) *.
   
• The opportunity to also brand The River Rooms for the Post-Dinner Soiree with live music (band to be selected by AREF).  {This Soiree was a new addition in 2022 and proved highly popular with our members and their guests.}
   
• Sponsor's logo to be included on:
  • The front page of the electronic ticket (pdf);
  • The front page of the dedicated webpage for the Dinner, hosted on the AREF website;
  • The front page of the online programme, hosted on the AREF website (a QR code will direct dinner guests to this online programme);
  • On the menu cards on each table (at least two per table);
  • On the slides used during the Chairman’s speech {not through the Awards Ceremony};
  • A dedicated slide in the rolling video shown in the ballroom on the large stage screen throughout the evening.
     
• A call out and thank you in the Chairman’s speech.
   
• The opportunity to show one pop-up banner at the entrance to the main Lancaster Ballroom.
   
• The opportunity to place a small, branded table gift on all x34 tables in the main Ballroom (all gifts to be supplied by sponsor).
   
• 10 x complimentary tickets to the Annual Dinner with premium table location in the Ballroom (drinks not included).
   
• Complimentary hosted bar with premium location (drinks not included).
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on social posts throughout the event.
   
• Acknowledgement and logo on post-event communications (on the AREF website, in the September Newsletter, in the write-up on our website, including links to photos).
   

*to be agreed with AREF ahead of event

We are delighted to announce that PGIM are the sole sponsor for this event. 

This is a unique opportunity to sponsor our first event on the important topic of Diversity and Inclusion.  The event will focus on Social Mobility and will include a moderator and panellists from different organisations who are working on various initiatives in this area. 

The event will be held on a June afternoon, at a City based venue (to be confirmed).  The room for the presentation has capacity to seat 120 theatre style and includes floor to ceiling windows, letting in plenty of natural light.  We then have access to a lovely outside area for a 2 hour drinks/canapes networking evening, for 150+ AREF members.

Because D&I is such an important subject to everyone in the industry, we are expecting this to be a sell-out event.

What's included in the package?

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all promotional material and correspondence about the event (including email campaigns, invitations, articles on our website and in our monthly newsletter (all regularly sent to the entire AREF database of circ. 3500 contacts).
• AREF will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about this event (pre, during and post event).
• AREF will mention your company name/logo in all post-event marketing about this event (including on our social media platforms, in our Newsletter and on our website).

Social Mobility Presentation:

• Room for 120 guests (room set up theatre style)
• Refreshments (tea/coffee/water/biscuits) available to guests before the presentation
• Your company logo will be included on the opening slides of the presentation.
• Opportunity to give a short welcome at the event.
• Opportunity to display pop-up stands in the room / on the stage.
• Opportunity to give out company literature and giveaways.
• 10 spaces for your staff/clients at both the presentation and drinks.

Networking Drinks:

• Opportunity to brand the room as you wish.
• Opportunity to give out company literature and giveaways.
• Refreshments and canapes for guests.

We are delighted to announce that Crestbridge is the sole sponsor of this networking series for 2022.

We recognise the industry’s need for networking opportunities.

Following the success of AREF Connect during 2021, we are now planning four networking events to be held quarterly throughout 2022. Each one will take place either in-person over an informal breakfast, or if in lockdown, they will be virtual.  We received fabulous feedback following the last networking session, so we expect these to be popular.

What's included in the package?

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all promotional material and correspondence about ‘AREF Connect’ throughout 2022 (including email campaigns, invitations, articles on our website, in our monthly newsletter (all regularly sent to the entire AREF database).
• AREF will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about these sessions throughout 2022 (pre, during and post event).
• AREF will mention your company name/logo in all post-event marketing throughout 2022.
• If in-person:
  • An opportunity to speak/give a short welcome at each session.
  • Tea/coffee and continental breakfast available for all attendees.
  • An opportunity to display a pop-up stand and give out any merchandise/freebies at each session*.
  • An opportunity to host a session at your offices.
• If virtual:
  • An opportunity to give a short welcome at each session.
  • An opportunity to chair one of the break-out rooms at each session.
  • Your company logo will be included on the opening slides.

We are delighted to announce that Crestbridge are the sole sponsore for this series. 

Brand new for 2022, this series of three podcasts aims to discuss COVID-19 experiences with real estate experts from across the globe, including the US, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Each podcast will be around 20 minutes and will include a moderator and two real estate experts from different continents.  They will discuss current market conditions and how their countries are dealing with the ongoing pandemic and specific effects on real estate, as well as reflecting on how their market predictions of last year have panned out.

Each podcast will be published on our website and on our social media channels - the podcasts will be publicly available so have the capacity to reach a large audience.

What's included in the package?

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all ongoing promotional material and correspondence for the podcast series (including email campaigns, on our website and in our newsletters) during Q1 2022.
• AREF will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about the podcast series (both before, during and after each podcast).
• Your company logo will be included on the opening slide of each podcast and the moderator will mention your company name during the podcast.
• AREF will mention your company name/logo in all post-event marketing.
• Your company name/logo will be on each recording - emailed to the whole of the AREF membership and posted onto the AREF website and social media channels.
• This podcast will be promoted to the public, as well as our members through the AREF website, so will be available to send out to your clients too and we will encourage all our members and the participants to share this widely through their social media channels.  The podcast series will remain on the AREF website throughout the year so could have the potential to reach a large audience over many months.

We are delighted to announce that RSM are the sole sponsor of the AREF Pub-chat Podcast Series 2: 'The Road to Recovery'. 

The second series of the Pub-chat podcast series includes six closed podcasts; informal discussions between experts in their field for around 30 minutes, recorded and then published on our website and on our social media channels - the podcasts will be publically available.

We will publish each recording weekly, every Friday for 6 weeks, starting in May. Topics include:

• Discussion on the future of Retail & Leisure
• Discussion on the future of Residential
• Discussion on the future of Offices (London and Regional)
• Discussion on the future of Logistics/Industrial
• Discussion on financial implications
• Discussion on hotels

What's in the package?

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all ongoing promotional material and correspondence for this five week podcast series (including email campaigns, on our website and in our newsletters)
• AREF will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about the podcast series (both before, during and after each podcast)
• AREF will mention your company name/logo in all post-event marketing
• Your company name/logo will be on each recording - emailed to the whole of the AREF membership and posted onto the AREF website and social media channels
• This podcast will be promoted to the public, as well as our members through the AREF website, so will be available to send out to your clients too and we will encourage all our members and the participants to share this widely through their social media channels
• Your company logo will be included on the opening slide of each podcast

We are delighted to annouce that Carey Olsen are sole sponsor for this series, hosted virtually throughout the summer 2021. The series of three events are aimed at future generation members of staff at AREF member and investor firms, and will cover Investment Management from the Investor's point of view. This year's series aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of the investment manager in an indirect real estate portfolio, from the beginning to the end of the process - including pitching to clients and agreeing a mandate, constructing a diversified portfolio and managing that portfolio once established.

Event 1: 26 May 2021

Event 2: Date TBC June 2021

Event 3: 21 July 2021

What's in the package?

• Your company name/logo will be included on all ongoing promotional material and correspondence for the series (including email campaigns, on our website and in our monthly newsletters)
• Acting in good faith, we will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about the events.
• Your logo will be included on all slides at each event.
• Your company name/logo will be on all post-event marketing for each event.
• Your company name/logo will be on both the post-event video.  This is emailed to the whole of the AREF membership after the event and are also available to members as a future download.
• An opportunity to do a welcome or speak at the events.*
• 5 free places for your non-AREF member FutureGen clients to attend the events (valued at £25+VAT per person).

* To be discussed/agreed with AREF before the events.

We are delighted to announce that Sanne will be the sole sponsor of the ESG Video Podcast: 5 Year Roadmap for Commercial Real Estate.

Like our previous ESG initiatives, this podcast, which will be published publicly on the AREF website and widely distributed to AREF members and the industry, is anticipated to be extremely popular.

The podcast will include five educational themes which will impact the real estate industry over the next 5 years, these are:

• Net Zero Carbon
• Impact
• Taxonomy & SFDR
• TCFD
• MEES (Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards) & EPCs

We are working in collaboration with our Affiliate Member, Carbon Intelligence on this initiative.  Each theme will be presented by a representative from Carbon Intelligence, who will be joined by different ESG specialists from different fund managers’, including Aberdeen Standard Investments and CBRE Global Investors (+ more tbc).  Each theme will include an explanation on what it is and how it will impact the industry, details on how fund management houses will be affected and insight from industry leaders on the importance of the topic and how they can prepare.  

The edited podcast will be available as both a full podcast video and also five individual podcast videos.

Included in the package:

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all promotional material relating to the 5 Year Roadmap Video/s.  This includes dedicated email campaigns to the entire AREF membership, posts on our website and articles in our monthly newsletters (we will include an article on this initiative in at least 3 monthly newsletters).
• AREF will mention and tag your company as sponsor to this initiative in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about this initiative.  As the recordings will be public, we encourage the sponsor to retweet/post to their contacts.  We will also encourage Carbon Intelligence and the fund manager speaker firms to also retweet/repost on their social media plants – to gain maximum online exposure.  A social media plan will be provided to the sponsor and fund manager speakers firms to assist with this.
• Your company name/logo will appear on the opening of the full and individual podcast recordings. 
• We will include a banner of this initiative on other email campaigns sent out to the membership after the initial recordings have been distributed.

If you are interested in taking this package, or discussing in more detail, please email Clare on [email protected].

We are delighted to announce that CMS UK is the sole sponsor for 'AREF Connect' 2021 (virtual networking sessions).

With the Covid-19 pandemic and the move to working from home, we realise that important networking opportunities have been put on hold. We are therefore launching 'AREF Connect' - offering all our members (including FutureGen and investor members) the opportunity to expand their network digitally. Members will meet virtually in groups of up to 6 people with a ‘Chair’ leading the informal discussion. The sessions will be quarterly throughout 2021.

This initiative was launched with to the FutureGen Network last year, who have had fantastic results and continue to meet virtually for short networking sessions throughout 2021. We anticipate these sessions to be just as popular with the wider membership. 

What's included in the package?

• AREF will display your company name/logo on all promotional material and correspondence about ‘AREF Connect’ throughout 2021 (including email campaigns, invitations, articles on our website, in our monthly newsletter (all regularly sent to the entire AREF database).
• AREF will mention and tag your company in all tweets and posts on Twitter and LinkedIn about these sessions throughout 2021 (pre, during and post event).
• AREF will mention your company name/logo in all post-event marketing throughout 2021.
• AREF will advertise AREF Connect for new members every month, throughout 2021.
• The opportunity to chair one of the sessions every quarter, throughout 2021.