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The head of Urban&Civic transformed east London for the Olympics. Now he is aiming to create homes in huge numbers beyond the capital

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An agreement on how to progress with a major scheme in Baldock has been reached between Herts County Council and its development partner Urban&Civic. The...

By Joseph Aloysius Hansom2021-07-16T05:00:00+01:00 Bunker mentality Nigel Hugill, chief executive of Urban & Civic, is showing reporters around one of his favourite buildings at Alconbury Weald, its development on an old RAF airfield in Cambridgeshire. This is not one of Urban & Civic’s smart new buildings. This is the Magic Mountain, a Cold War nuclear bunker which boasts a blast cap made of rubble and a gravel lower layer that would absorb a nuclear blast. Completed in 1988, it was never used in anger because almost as soon as it opened the Iron Curtain started to fall. It cost £58m to...

Jessica Newman – deputy news editor, Property Week Lynda Shillaw – chief executive, Harworth Group David Silverman – executive director, Derwent London Harvey Soning – founder and chairman, James Andrew International Jace Tyrrell – chief executive, New West End Company Tom Welton – executive director, Shaftesbury With Mipim postponed, Property Week swapped Cannes for Covent Garden and hosted a lunch at The Ivy alongside sponsors James Andrew International and the New West End Company to debate issues ranging from diversity and the reputation of the real estate sector to the high...