AREL Day – Dialogues on Real Estate between economy, market and future – took place at the Centro Svizzero in Milan, bringing together industry associations, professionals, and key players from the economic and business landscape for an open and forward-looking discussion.

Among the speakers, Federica De Leva, Partner at GBPA Architects and Board Member of AREL – Associazione Real Estate Ladies, moderated one of the roundtables focused on “Urban regeneration: what lever for economic and social value.”

The discussion featured Gabriele Barucco, author of the Lombardy Region Law 18/2019 on urban regeneration, Maria Grazia Lanero, Partner at BLV Belvedere & Partners, and Marisa Spisso, Fund Director at DeA Capital Real Estate SGR S.p.A., offering a multifaceted perspective on the forces currently shaping the real estate sector.

At the core of the conversation was a key question: what does a real estate investor truly look for today?

A clear perspective emerged. Beyond design quality and strategic vision, the real differentiating factor lies in the certainty of the process—the ability to guide every phase of a project with clarity, consistency, and reliability.

Urban regeneration is therefore not only about transforming physical spaces, but about building credible, sustainable, and shared processes capable of aligning feasibility, social impact, and economic value.

One insight stood out: today, the difference is made by those who can structure a concrete, solid, and achievable path.

In this context, GBPA Architects’ approach reflects a vision that combines design excellence, complexity management, and a deep understanding of evolving market dynamics—transforming each project into a structured, reliable process oriented toward the future.