Quentin Keeble joins from Lend Lease to oversee 7,000-home pipeline
Residential developer Essential Living has hired Quentin Keeble from Lend Lease to become its new development director.
Keeble will co-ordinate Essential Living鈥檚 development pipeline, which currently includes 2,000 homes across eight sites in the South-east, with plans to build a further 5,000 homes to rent.
Keeble spent five years at Lend Lease, working on schemes including the 2012 Athletes鈥� Village and Elephant and Castle.
Scott Hammond, managing director of Essential Living, said: 鈥淗aving made great progress acquiring sites we are now switching our focus to construction and development.
鈥淨uentin is a development heavyweight who brings a rich mix of experience, expertise and innovative thinking that will be crucial in underpinning our success.鈥�
Quentin Keeble, development director, said: 鈥淭his is a pivotal time for Britain鈥檚 housing sector, so to be working for a business that is truly leading the industry, and to be helping develop the UK鈥檚 first genuine institutionally backed rental brand, designed from the ground up, is a great privilege and a real opportunity to raise the bar on renting.鈥�
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