John Grimes, Land Securities’ retail leasing director, has left the firm to join Hammerson.
Grimes will become head of development leasing at Hammerson, and will work on preletting the firm’s retail schemes in Brent Cross and Croydon.
With more than 20 years of development leasing experience, Grimes has worked on UK shopping centres including the Bullring in Birmingham; Whitefriars in Canterbury, Kent; Princesshay in Exeter; and Trinity Leeds.
Grimes’s departure follows that of three of his former LandSec colleagues.
He has also worked on major mixed-use London schemes such as Cardinal Place, SW15; Bankside, SE1, and One New Change, EC4.
Iain Mitchell, UK commercial director at Hammerson, said: “John has extensive long-standing relationships with key retailers and his energetic and enthusiastic approach to development leasing makes him the ideal person to join our team as we intensify our retailer discussions on both Brent Cross and Croydon.”
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