Glenbrook expands nationally with new directors

The Manchester-based developer has brought in Mark Edwards to find sites in the South and Sunny Johal to look at the Midlands and South East.

Edwards joins from social housing developer HSPG, where he helped deliver £300m of housing stock in three years, as Glenbrook’s first land and property director. Johal becomes development director, having spent eight years working on the £1.2bn Paradise Birmingham development, five of them with Argent.

Glenbrook has delivered over £700m of build-to-rent schemes across the UK and has a further 4,000 homes in its pipeline, of which 1,500 are expected to start on site this year.

Edwards commented: “After training at an international law firm, I moved over to real estate and subsequently managed acquisition teams which acquired over £500m of residential and mixed-use investments in both the private and institutional markets. Glenbrook has an excellent reputation in the market and I’m hugely excited about the prospect of expanding the company’s reach across the UK in delivering exceptional residential-led projects.”

Johal continued: “The company’s track record, its size, values and entrepreneurial flair were all influencing factors in my decision to take on the role. I look forward to help fulfilling the company’s ambition to expand its presence in new territories; we are already underway with some exciting projects which we look forward to bringing forward over the next 12 months.”

Guy Butler, director of Glenbrook, said: “Mark and Sunny are fantastic additions to the team and provide us with additional experience and resource at a strategic level. With schemes already live in the North West and Yorkshire, we see the Midlands and the South East as a key area of growth for both our investment and development portfolios.”