MIPIM is large. Very large. Tens of thousands of people, dozens of national pavilions, an airport's worth of lanyards, and four days of conversations that range from the genuinely useful to the optimistically speculative.
CGA was in Cannes for MIPIM 2026, not as a global developer chasing international capital, but as a London contractor keeping up the relationships that support the work back home.
For a business like CGA, MIPIM is a different kind of event than it is for the major developers and institutional investors who dominate the headlines. It is a chance to spend time with clients, consultants and developers somewhere more relaxed than a site meeting and more useful than a formal pitch. The conversations over coffee on the Croisette or at dinner on the last night are often the ones that matter.
The market mood at MIPIM 2026 was cautiously optimistic in places, and still dealing with cost and planning pressures in others. London remains a focal point for investment and development. That is the context CGA works in.
A useful week.
