Stuart Grant joined developer less than two years ago

Stanhope鈥檚 managing director Stuart Grant is leaving the developer to run his own real estate investment and asset management firm called CoreLife Investors.

Grant (pictured), who has been the firm鈥檚 MD and a board member since 2018, said the London-based business will focus on opportunities in London, Edinburgh, Oxford and Cambridge.

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He is due to leave Stanhope shortly with the firm鈥檚 chief executive David Camp saying he will stay at the helm of the firm for the foreseeable future.

Grant led Stanhope鈥檚 purchase last month of Chiswick Park building 7, the original developer of the west London office campus, from his former employer Blackstone, where he spent 18 years including a stint as the company鈥檚 senior managing director for the Asia Pacific.

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Camp said Grant had broadened Stanhope鈥檚 client base and improved systems and processes.

The developer behind the Stirling Prize-winning Bloomberg building, Stanhope is currently working on the 拢200m redevelopment of the former IBM building on London鈥檚 Southbank and a massive overhaul of White City in west London.

Stanhope is based on London鈥檚 New Oxford Street and employs around 70 staff.