1. A PROPOSAL FOR
DEVELOPMENT | RETAIL GROUP
FEBRUARY 2016 1
ALISTAIR PARKER
HEAD | DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, RETAIL GROUP
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
Alistair is a property development specialist of national repute advising both private and public sector clients on
retail led urban renewal, both in the UK and abroad. With a creative and analytical approach, long experience and
high level contacts across the industry, he has an innovative track record. Alistair has particular expertise in;
 Town planning, public law and urban design
 Financial modeling, development feasibility and site assembly (CPO)
 Development partnerships, joint venture structures and preleasing agreements
 Town centre retail studies, infrastructure & tax increment finance and gap funding support.
EXPERIENCE
Notable past involvements include CANTERBURY Whitefriars (41,800 m² 1996-2005); one of the first ‘urban
renaissance’ retail led mixed use schemes arranged around open streets. Another city renewal exemplar where
Alistair advised the City Council from the outset was LIVERPOOL ONE (234,000 m² 1998-2008) which
transformed 17 hectares of the city centre. CAIRO Citystars (740,000 m² 1998-2009) was a mixed use project of
similar epic scale where he advised the developer on a scheme that blended 150,000 m² of retail/leisure with
hotels, offices, apartments and conference centre on a single 11.5 ha city block.
A partner of Cushman & Wakefield since 1989, he has played an integral role in implementing a number of major
developments collectively representing to date some 1.164 million m². On behalf of the public sector, these include
Banbury’s Castle Quay, Staines’ Two Rivers, Didcot’s Orchards and Basingstoke’s Festival Place. Experience abroad
includes the Beirut Souks, Sharjah’s Sahara, Lisbon’s Vasca da Gama, Warsaw’s Zlote and Porto’s Via Caterina.
KEY ASSIGNMENTS
 FILM QUARTER, EALING – advising the Council on development, site assembly and partnership.
 NORTH STREET, GUILDFORD – advising the Council on the 40,000m² North Street development
 HIGH ST QUARTER, HOUNSLOW – advising Barratt on the 11,000 m² retail/leisure + 400 homes
 ARTISAN QUARTER, LEEDS - advising Burberry on their new 50,000m² campus
 JOHN LEWIS ‘AT HOME’ – joint agency instruction to acquire store sites for the Partnership.
EDUCATION, MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS
 B.A. Hons University of Manchester
 B.Pl. Hons University of Manchester
 Memberships
− Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
− Member, Royal Town Planning Institute
 Committees
− Member, Outer London Commission (Mayor of London) 2013-2016
− Development & Regeneration Committee, British Property Federation
− Advisory Board and Urban Development Committee, British Council of Shopping Centres
− State of English Cities Research Advisory Group 2006
Born in Uganda and educated in England, Alistair is married with two children and lives in Islington, London.