Place Capital Group, the housing estate regeneration specialist that works with large social landlords to revive inner urban communities, has added two senior property industry specialists to its board of directors.
Joining the business as non-executive director is Scot Morrison (pictured), a senior partner at Pinsent Masons in Manchester with 25 years’ experience in property, housing and regeneration.
Also joining is Karl Eddy, former senior partner at Grant Thornton.
Founded by David Smith-Milne and Peter Martin earlier this year, Place Capital Group is working with major owners of social housing stock to bring new life and place led investment to large scale housing estates.
With a strong project and acquisition pipeline, the company is now expanding its board to support the group’s corporate development and governance.
Morrison has spent over 25 years advising public and private sector clients ranging from central government bodies such as Homes England, local authorities and a variety of developers on structuring large-scale regeneration and urban development projects. He is recognised for structuring and delivering public private JVs, partnerships and finance arrangements with the ability to navigate the public private space and associated regulatory space.
Commenting on his new appointment, Morrison said ‘Place Capital Group is bringing real innovation to the comprehensive revival of our essential former council estates through its development partnering model and the outputs of this will benefit thousands of people through better quality, affordable homes set within renewed urban spaces.’
David Smith-Milne, CEO of Place Capital Group, said, ‘We are delighted to announce the appointment of Karl and Scot to the board. Their knowledge of the regeneration sector and the strength of their experience will be invaluable as we grow the business, both organically and through acquisition.’
