Partnerships in Urban Property Development

Nigel Dubben, MSc, BSc (Econ), MRICS, is Postgraduate Course Director in the School of Surveying at Kingston University. He was Development Surveyor for Slough Estates in the 1970s, a Partner in Conspectus Project Management in the 1980s and a Director of Grosvenor Waterside plc in the 1990s. He was also a Director of Hall, Pain and Foster before its takeover by Chesterton, now Atis Real, where he was Associate Director. He has been responsible for many development schemes, particularly in the retail sector and has managed major public and private sector projects.

Dr Brendan Williams lectures in Urban Development and Urban Economics at University College Dublin and is also Deputy Head of the School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD. In addition, he is a Chartered Planning and Development Surveyor who has worked on urban development projects in both a research and consultancy capacity in Ireland and internationally.