David Pringle is stepping down from his role as the Co-operative Group’s director of NOMA, the company’s £800m regeneration project in Manchester city centre.
Pringle will leave at the end of September, becoming a part-time consultant for the Co-op and its joint venture partner on the project, Hermes Real Estate.
A Co-op spokesman said: “After nearly 17 years, David Pringle has decided to leave the Co-op.”
It is understood that no-one is lined up to succeed Pringle. The 20-acre masterplan will be driven forward by the existing Co-op team led by Alistair Asher, general counsel to the Co-op board, alongside the team at Hermes Real Estate.
NOMA includes the Co-op’s existing 1m sq ft office estate and surrounding landholdings which will accommodate a further 3m sq ft of future developments.
From February 2016: David Pringle talks PRS
The first phase of NOMA was the development of the Co-operative Group’s new 400,000 sq ft head office at 1 Angel Square, which was completed in 2013. Pringle’s team has also overseen the delivery of infrastructure improvements, public realm and plans for 395,000 sq ft of offices at 2 and 3 Angel Square and close to 1,000 flats at Angel Meadow and Angel Gardens.
He has been director of NOMA for five years. Prior to that he held Co-op roles as director of investment and property strategy and investment manager.
Pringle joined Co-op in 2000 from Evans of Leeds, a property development and investment company, where he was a director in charge of a regional property portfolio.
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