Planning and Development Specialist

3 weeks ago


Manchester, United Kingdom CBRE Group, Inc. Full time
Role Purpose

This is an exciting opportunity to work with our team on major schemes, while having a clear structured pathway for career development.

The CBRE Planning and Development team is 20 strong and has four distinct core activities around Development Management, Development Promotion, Regeneration/Economics, and Viability.

This role is to work within the Development and Regeneration part of the team, supporting two Directors across a mandate for developers, investors, Local Authorities, and Public-Private Partnerships.

The team is involved in the largest planning/development/regeneration schemes across the North, with a substantial pipeline of new instructions for 2024 and 2025, including:

  • MIX Manchester - 2M sq ft of advanced manufacturing, R&D, laboratory, and office space with complementary hotel and amenity uses to the north of Manchester Airport for a JV comprising MAG Property, Columbia Threadneedle, BCEG, and GMPF.
  • Major mixed-use, multi-phase development and regeneration projects across the North West & Yorkshire.
  • Huyton Town Centre Regeneration – mixed use Town Centre scheme for Genr8 Kajima.
  • Arden Cross – supporting Muse Places to develop 6m sqft advanced manufacturing, commercial, and innovation floorspace alongside 3,000 residential dwellings.
  • Chorlton District Centre – residential-led redevelopment of existing shopping centre in conjunction with PJ Livesey and GMPVF.
Key Responsibilities
  • Providing planning and development advice to public and private sector clients, with a focus on regeneration projects across, but not limited to, the North.
  • Day-to-day project management and coordination of projects – including Business Case preparation, Development Framework Strategies, and Option Appraisals.
  • Preparing Regeneration and Development Framework Strategies, including analysis of strategic policies, planning policy, development constraints, and opportunities, and client objectives to develop place-based strategies.
  • Undertaking project due diligence.
  • Advising, directing, and managing project outputs from a range of disciplines/professionals, including working in multi-disciplinary teams.
  • Financial responsibility and management of projects.
  • Dynamic, enthusiastic, flexible, and commercially astute with excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Strong attention to detail, commitment to achieving high-quality client deliverables, and hands-on involvement in the shaping and review of client deliverables and other outputs.
  • Manage and coordinate the input and activities of other professionals within project design teams, give advice and direction, and make decisions.
Equal Opportunities

CBRE is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations.



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