A housing developer has appointed a new director to oversee the delivery of more than 400 new homes in Northstowe.
Mark Shirburne-Davies has joined the House by Urban Splash board as director where he will oversee the use of modern methods of construction (MMC) in the new town north of Cambridge.
Mr Shirburne-Davies’ property career includes being construction director at Argent Related and COO for developer Pegasus Life, as well as three years in the UAE as executive vice president of ADAC, the fastest growing airport business in the world.
He said: “I’m excited to be overseeing the creation and delivery of the first House by Urban Splash homes in the East of England and applying my existing knowledge in modern methods of construction and off-site manufacturing strategies to the new community at Northstowe which we are helping to create.”
This appointment follows on from House by Urban Splash being appointed by the government’s housing delivery body, Homes England, in 2019 to develop the first-ever homes built by MMC at the new town of Northstowe.
Urban Splash group chairman Tom Bloxham MBE said: “We are thrilled to bring Mark’s skills into our House business; his international expertise will help us deliver an impressive new town for Cambridgeshire.”
Urban Splash was founded in 1993 by Mr Bloxham and creative director Jonathan Falkingham MBE.
The company has spent more than two decades working with architects and designers to restore old buildings and create new, sustainable communities.
House by Urban Splash is the newly-formed organisation between Japan’s biggest housebuilder Sekisui House, Homes England, and Urban Splash and is part of Urban Splash House Holdings.