WE ARE RB PROPCO
RB PropCo brings you FTSE100 expertise in a lean and fast moving set up.
We offer advice, solutions and delivery across a broad spectrum of property development matters.
RB PropCo brings value without compromise on quality and results.
What we do
INNOVATION and delivery
Projects
Through this company, and previously Hammerson plc, RBPropCo founder Richard Brown has delivered award winning developments across the UK.
RB PropCo is currently retained on Grand Central Birmingham, the premium shopping and leisure destination situated directly above,
and integrated with the £750 million regeneration of Birmingham New Street Station.
Previous projects include the £350 million award winning Highcross Leicester development ; masterplanning concept (750,000 sq ft) and revised development
agreement on Sevenstone in Sheffield; concept masterplanning with the ambition of extension on Union Square in Aberdeen;
taking Victoria Gate in Leeds (£150 million) through to start on site and concluding the CPO; masterplanning on extension scheme
at Queensgate shopping centre Peterborough.
Gallery
click an image to view more
About us
RB PropCo founder and managing director Richard Brown has extensive experience of delivering multi million pound retail led mixed use schemes for Hammerson plc
Formerly Project Director of Highcross Leicester, and for Hammerson’s on-going interests in both Sheffield and Leeds,
his knowledge is firmly founded on 25 years client side and agency experience including Tesco, Knight Frank and CBRE (formerly Insignia Richard Ellis).
RBPropCo has a network of associates and affiliates in disciplines including design, planning, cost control and marketing
who can be called upon as required. All affiliated companies and individuals have a minimum of 20 years experience in
their chosen field of expertise. RB PropCo can manage all instructions and co-ordination of these additional activities
on your behalf, giving you just one point of contact for all your needs.
Testimonials
Richard Brown “gets” town centre regeneration. His thoughtful and measured approach to negotiation and strategy pays clear dividends compared to more aggressive tactics, but that is not to say he is afraid to stand his ground when circumstances dictate. Richard is particularly adept at operating in, and managing, multi stakeholder environments, striking a fair balance between the competing pressures of public aspiration and development viability. Richard has been the lead negotiator on a number of complex land assembly agreements with which Nabarro has been involved in recent years, and has the rare distinction of being highly experienced in the esoteric world of compulsory purchase and compensation. Richard is a genuine all-rounder when it comes to regeneration projects. He is a pleasure to work with.
Chris Bowes, Simon Staite, Rob Raimes and James Madden,
Nabarro LLP
I worked with Richard when he was leading Hammerson’s £300m High Cross development in Leicester and I was CEO of the city’s Urban Regeneration Company. He delivered this complex project in a very short time frame and to the highest quality. The key to that success was his winning combination of astute, focused and forceful negotiation with being unfailingly pleasant and personable. He has a deft touch in grasping the competing aims and pressures of multiple project partners and in reconciling them without being deviated from progressing the project to time and budget.
John Nicholls,
ex CEO Leicester Urban Regeneration Company
Richard’s role, as Project Director for Hammerson, was to deliver and open the new Highcross shopping centre in Leicester kick starting the city’s regeneration masterplan as mapped out in 2001. Highcross is the new £350 million shopping and leisure offer in the heart of Leicester’s City Centre. He actively engaged across many departments in the Council, not just updating Members and Officers on delivery progress and on matters such as planning and highways, but more importantly, he was active in citywide issues collaborating with the Council and other stakeholders on the employment and training legacy, sitting on the Council’s public realm board which delivered the streets and spaces strategy in the city centre introducing wide ranging improvements including granite paving and new street lighting, and on the city’s park and ride strategy.
Richard is dynamic and thrives on hard work at pace. He brought a problem solving approach and infected the whole team with his can do attitude and enthusiasm. Richard was a loyal supporter of the Council’s stakeholders and demonstrated his excellent negotiation skills. I hope I have the opportunity to work with Richard again.
Andy Keeling,
COO Leicester City Council
