WILLMOTT Dixon has launched a new national business focused on regeneration, residential, student accommodation and public-private partnership (PPP) schemes.
Willmott Dixon Developments was unveiled at UKREiiF, the real estate forum, at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The operation brings together the group’s existing development, investment and regeneration capability under a single national platform.
It is led by David Atkinson, director of development and investment, and Chris Wheeler, national head of land and development, supported by regional development teams across England and Wales.
Willmott Dixon Developments is already leading on a series of regeneration schemes to bring forward portfolios of sites rather than one-off projects. In Torbay, the team is acting as regeneration partner across a multi-site town centre and waterfront portfolio. In Great Yarmouth, it is leading masterplanning and planning strategy to unlock North Quay, a mixed-use redevelopment. And alongside joint venture partner Milligan, the team has been appointed by Dorset Council to a regeneration partnership shaping Weymouth’s future.
Graham Dundas, CEO at Willmott Dixon, said, “Willmott Dixon Developments is an important next step for our group and creates a clear national platform for the development, investment and regeneration work we have been doing successfully for nearly a decade. Over that period our specialists have developed a track record for unlocking complex sites, turning early-stage ambition into viable, fundable and deliverable schemes.”
