Greystar creates new leadership position

Greystar Real Estate Partners has created a new European leadership position to drive the continued growth and expansion of the firm’s business across Europe. Sequentially, Greystar has appointed a new head of its established U.K. development team.

Michela Hancock, managing director, will immediately take on the new European role and focus on expanding and strengthening Greystar’s third-party platform and strategic partnerships. She will work closely with Greystar’s six country leaders in France, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom to identify new opportunities across student, build to rent and senior living.

Dave Thomas, senior director, will now lead the U.K. development team and oversee the delivery of all current development projects (circa. 4,000 units). Developments currently under construction include Nine Elms Parkside, the redevelopment of two plots of the former Royal Mail depot in Battersea, and Greenford Quay in Ealing, whe