RPM| Is Your Property Design Quietly Killing Your Profit?

A room for serious property people to build connections, stay close to opportunity and move forward with the right people around them.

Raquel Aparicio is the founder of Mar Design, a multi-award-finalist architecture and interior design studio that helps property developers and investors increase GDV, accelerate sales, and achieve stronger ROI through strategic, design-led solutions.

With 20 years of international experience spanning hospitality, gaming, and super-prime residential projects, including the Four Seasons Hotel, Chelsea Barracks, and The Ferrari Hotel, Raquel brings together design excellence with an investor’s mindset.

In this session, Raquel will cover:

• How to align design with your target market to increase GDV and ROI
• Where developments lose profit when design is treated too late
• What buyers and tenants actually respond to in today’s market
• How to use design to accelerate sales and lettings
• How to turn design from a cost into a profit driver

This is a practical session for property developers, investors, and operators who want to understand how design influences profit, make smarter decisions earlier in the process, and build developments that perform better in the real world.

Reading Property Meet is a room for people who are serious about property.

Each month, investors, landlords, sourcers and developers come together to talk about what they’re doing, what they need and where they’re going.

You meet people, you hear what’s happening in the market, and you start to see where the opportunities are.

The value is in the room.

• Conversations with people who are actively doing deals
• A clear view of what others are working on
• Insight you can use in your own decisions
• The chance to say what you need and connect with the right people
• Relationships that continue after the event

People come back because the room stays useful.

📅 Thursday, 25th June 2026
📍 Thames Lido, Reading

7:00 PM – Open Networking
Arrive and start conversations.

7:30 PM – Introductions
Quick overview of who is in the room.

7:45 PM – Guest Speaker (Raquel Aparicio)
A practical session on building property that produces income and long-term value.

8:30 PM – Q&A
Ask questions and go deeper.

9:00 PM – Targeted Networking
Share what you are working on and connect with the right people.

🎟 Your ticket includes drinks and pastries.

If you want to make progress in property, it helps to be around people who are doing the same.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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Host or Publisher Property Foundations Group