St. Modwen, the UK’s leading regeneration specialist, has bolstered its planning and project management team at its Avonmouth offices, with two new appointments.
Gareth Scannell joins the company as Project Director and will be responsible for the delivery of the Defence Infrastructure Organisations’ surplus brownfield site at Ashcurch, near Tewkesbury, to provide much needed housing, employment opportunities, retail outlets, parkland and community facilities.
Gareth has over 27 years of project management, land acquisition and planning experience throughout the Midlands and South West of England, having worked for both private and plc house builders including Crest Nicholson, Wainhomes, Bovis and Redrow.
Mark Thorne joins the company as Planning Manager and will be responsible for managing planning applications across South Wales and South West and assisting the development managers in appraising sites and development potential for land opportunities.
Mark is a Charted Town Planner with 16 years’ experience, starting in local authority and then moving into consultancy and property development. Previous companies include Tesco Stores Ltd, Turley and Taylor Wimpey Ltd.
Rupert Joseland, South West and South Wales Regional Director for St. Modwen, said:
“We are very pleased to have both Gareth and Mark on board. Their vast experience across the private and public sector will help St. Modwen to improve and grow our successful regional portfolio.”
In the South West, St. Modwen’s property portfolio comprises 14 development regeneration projects based across Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon and Devon. Collectively, St. Modwen manages circa 910 acres (circa 580 acres net developable land) across the region on which it will build over 8 million sq ft of commercial accommodation and create circa 2,940 homes.
The company’s major projects in the South West region include the £105 million regeneration of Firepool in Taunton, the £400 million Locking Parklands development in Weston-super-Mare, the £210 million Skypark development in Exeter, the £150 million Littlecombe scheme in Dursley and the £150 million Access 18 scheme in Avonmouth.
