Avison Young appoints associate in Manchester

Avison Young has appointed Daniel Brown as an associate in its Manchester planning team.

Brown joins from WYG and has 14 years of consultancy experience in managing retail, leisure and mixed-use town centre development projects.

He will advise Avison Young’s existing and future retail client base, which currently includes Aldi, B&Q and M&S, alongside a range of private sector developers.

He has a particular specialism in the preparation of retail impact assessments. He also has experience in promoting and delivering major retail and leisure schemes for national and regional operators, and providing advice to local planning authorities on complex town centre policy matters.

Neil Lucas, planning director within Avison Young’s Manchester team, said: “From the Manchester office, we work with clients right across the country and we look forward to benefiting from Dan’s extensive experience and specialist retail skills to help drive forward this important sector of our business.”

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