St. Modwen Properties
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| Public (LSE: SMP) | |
| Industry | Property and Regeneration |
| Predecessor |
Clarke St. Modwen Redman Heenan International plc |
| Founded | 1966 |
| Headquarters | Birmingham, United Kingdom |
Key people |
Sir Stanley Clarke CBE, (co-founder) Jim Leavesley, (co-founder) Bill Shannon, Non Executive Chairman Bill Oliver, CEO |
| Revenue | £287.5 million (2015)[1] |
| £255.0 million (2015)[1] | |
| £217.3 million (2015)[1] | |
| Website | www.stmodwen.co.uk |
St. Modwen Properties plc (LSE: SMP) is a British-based property investment and development business specialising in the regeneration and remediation of brownfield land and urban environments. It is headquartered in Birmingham and owns a portfolio of over 180 property investment and development sites across the UK.
History
The business was founded by Sir Stanley Clarke CBE and his brother-in-law Jim Leavesley in 1966 as a property development business called Clarke St. Modwen.[2] In 1986 the management reversed the business into Redman Heenan International plc, a listed former engineering concern that had become a shell company.[2] At that time the name was changed to St. Modwen Properties plc.[2] In the 1980s the company developed the Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival site.[2]
More recently the company has taken ownership of large former industrial sites such as the former MG Rover site at Longbridge.[3] Other sites in St. Modwen's development portfolio include the brownfield reclamation site at Glan Llyn and the town centre sites at Edmonton, Farnborough and Wembley Central[2] as well as the Great Homer Street site in Liverpool.[4] The company are also developing the old Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows.[5]
Operations
The company has a strategy to add value to the properties it owns through remediation, enhanced planning approvals and asset management. The company's portfolio comprises some 5,800 developable acres.[6] The portfolio was valued at £0.9bn at 30 November 2014.[1]
The land at the former MG Rover Longbridge site was obtained by St Modwen Properties at a fraction of the actual value after the company paid a £100,000 commission to a firm run by an associate of the Phoenix Four.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2015" (PDF). St. Modwen Properties. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "History". St. Modwen. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ Mark Milner. "Hope for 10,000 jobs in car plant redevelopment". the Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Great Homer Street". greathomerstreet.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ↑ "Vulcan Foundry". Brownfield Briefing. 20 November 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ↑ Full Year Results Presentation
- ↑ MG Rover report reveals lies, cover-up and bribery Daily Telegraph, 11 September 2009
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