The Community of Madrid played a leading institutional role during the Spain Real Estate Summit 2026, held on 5 and 6 May at La Finca, Madrid, reinforcing the region’s positioning as one of Europe’s most active destinations for international real estate investment.
Organised by Iberian Property in collaboration with CBRE and JLL, the event gathered more than 300 international investors and senior industry leaders, consolidating its role as Spain’s main platform for cross-border real estate capital and market dialogue.
As Host Region of the event, the Community of Madrid participated through Invest in Madrid, its regional investment promotion agency, strengthening the alignment between public institutions and private capital at a moment when Madrid continues to attract growing volumes of international investment across the living, logistics, office, retail and digital infrastructure sectors.
Institutional participation was visible throughout several of the Summit’s key moments, including high-level discussions, networking initiatives and the Iberian Property Investment Awards ceremony.
Among the most notable interventions was the participation of Ramón Cubián, Managing Director of Housing and Land at the Community of Madrid, in the session ‘Madrid: Europe’s centre of Mega Developments’, dedicated to analysing the large-scale urban projects reshaping the region’s growth strategy. Chaired by Patricia Gross, Business Development Manager for Spain at Sonae Sierra, the panel featured as co-chairs Miguel Hernández, Director of Strategy and Corporate Development at CREA Madrid Nuevo Norte; Luis Roca de Togores, Chairman of Valdecarros; and Carolina Roca, President of Asprima.
The discussion focused on Madrid’s capacity to deliver major urban transformations through coordinated public-private collaboration, highlighting the strategic importance of projects such as Madrid Nuevo Norte and Valdecarros in addressing housing demand, attracting investment and reinforcing the region’s long-term competitiveness. Participants also underlined the role of planning flexibility, infrastructure delivery and land management in supporting Madrid’s positioning as one of Europe’s most dynamic urban development markets.
The Summit also served as a platform to reinforce Madrid’s broader positioning strategy at an international level, combining institutional support with private sector participation and investment attraction initiatives led by Invest in Madrid.
One of the central institutional moments of the event took place during the Iberian Property Investment Awards Gala Dinner, where José María García Gómez, Deputy Minister for Housing, Transport and Infrastructure at the Community of Madrid, delivered the award for Deal of the Year in Spain.
The distinction was awarded to IBA Capital Partners, recognising one of the most significant real estate transactions completed in the Spanish market during the past year. The participation of the Deputy Minister in the ceremony further reinforced the institutional backing of the initiative and the growing relevance of the awards within the Iberian real estate industry.
The Iberian Property Investment Awards, now established as one of the sector’s benchmark recognition initiatives in Spain and Portugal, received around 50 applications this year from a broad range of industry players, including asset managers, investment funds, SOCIMIs, insurance companies and developers. According to figures presented during the gala, the submitted projects represented more than €2 billion in real estate activity across six nationalities.
The awards are supported by an independent jury comprising 52 professionals from the Spanish and Portuguese real estate sectors, with categories focused on investment transactions and ESG-related initiatives.
The continued involvement of the Community of Madrid in the Spain Real Estate Summit reflects the increasing importance of institutional collaboration in promoting the region internationally and supporting Madrid’s positioning as one of Europe’s most dynamic real estate investment markets.
With record levels of investor activity in recent years and a growing pipeline of urban development, infrastructure and housing projects, Madrid continues to strengthen its visibility among global capital allocators seeking scale, liquidity and long-term growth opportunities in Southern Europe.
