HubStar is exhibiting at Local Authority Property & Estates 2026

HubStar is heading to Manchester this April for Local Authority Property & Estates 2026 — and we’re looking forward to the conversations it will bring.

Taking place on 30 April in Manchester, the conference is a long-standing fixture in the public sector property calendar. It brings together local authority estates leaders, central government representatives, and industry partners to explore how public sector estates are evolving — and how they can deliver greater value to communities.

Rethinking the role of the public estate

Across the public sector, estates teams are under increasing pressure.

Budget constraints, rising expectations from communities, and the need to meet sustainability targets are all reshaping how property portfolios are managed. At the same time, many organisations are still dealing with legacy estates that are costly to maintain, underutilised, and no longer aligned with how services are delivered.

This creates a fundamental challenge: how do you move from managing assets to actively shaping places that deliver social, economic, and environmental value?

From utilisation to outcomes

A growing theme across the sector is the need to move beyond anecdotal decision-making.

Public sector estates generate vast amounts of data — from occupancy and utilisation to cost, energy use, and service delivery — but it often sits in disconnected systems. Without a clear, unified view, it becomes difficult to answer basic questions:

• Which buildings are truly needed?
• Where is space underused — and why?
• How can estates better support integrated, community-based services?

The shift now is towards creating a single, reliable view of the estate — one that enables more confident decisions about consolidation, investment, and long-term strategy.

Meet HubStar at stand 5

You’ll find us at stand 5 in the exhibition area.

If you’re responsible for property, estates, or asset strategy within a local authority or wider public sector organisation, this is an opportunity to step back and explore how others are approaching similar challenges.

Whether you’re:

• Rationalising your estate
• Looking to improve utilisation across buildings
• Exploring new models like shared or community spaces
• Or trying to build a clearer, data-driven estate strategy

we’d welcome a conversation.

We’ll be sharing perspectives on how organisations are bringing together fragmented data to better understand their estate — and how that clarity supports more effective, outcome-driven decision-making.