In 2011 Alconbury was selected to become one of the Government’s coveted Enterprise Zones and the project as a whole plans to create 8,000 jobs and 5,000 new homes over the next 25 years. Site owners Urban&Civic appointed Mills & Reeve to provide support on planning and construction work following a competitive pitch process.
Beverley Firth, planning partner at Mills & Reeve, said: “This is a really exciting project for the firm to be involved in and the site, with its Enterprise Zone status and excellent location due to its proximity to the A1(M)/A14 and the East Coast Main Line has the potential to help drive the region’s growth.”
James Scott, Planning and Regeneration Director of Urban&Civic, added: ‘”We are delighted to be working with Mills & Reeve on this project. Their appointment reflects our ambition to work with strong companies based locally to help us deliver a development which is recognised internationally, respected nationally and cherished locally.”
The Mills & Reeve team is led by planning partner Beverley Firth, alongside real estate partner Christine de Ferrars Green, corporate finance partner Claire Clarke, technology and commerce partner Greg Gibson and projects associate Stuart Thompson.