Legal & General Property (LGP) has appointed Neil Crawford as retail development manager as part of its drive to strengthen its in-house development and asset management expertise.

Legal & General Property (LGP) has appointed Neil Crawford as retail development manager as part of its drive to strengthen its in-house development and asset management expertise.

Crawford will be working with Simon Russian, the head of Retail Development, in strategically managing and delivering LGP's pipeline of retail development projects, as well as working closely with both existing and new joint venture partners.

He joins from Hammerson, where he worked for the last four years as Development Manager, reporting to the Director of Retail Development, and was particularly involved in the Centrale and Whitgift Shopping Centres in Croydon, Queensgate Shopping Centre and the North West Gate extension in Peterborough, and various retail parks.

Reporting ultimately to Gordon Aitchison, director of Investment and Development, LGP’s development team is currently progressing major town-centre retail and leisure regeneration projects in Bracknell, Eastbourne, Hounslow and Trowbridge, as well as a number of other add-value opportunities across the LGP portfolio.