sixth April 2025
International actual property agency Avison Younger in the present day proclaims the London-based appointment of Aisling O’Kane (pictured) as Director of City Planning, boosting the agency’s nationwide logistics planning providers.
O’Kane is an achieved Chartered City Planner with intensive expertise in strategic planning, mission administration, and stakeholder collaboration. Bringing over 15 years’ expertise, she has a confirmed observe document in managing complicated planning directions providing worthwhile expertise from each a consultancy and developer perspective.
Becoming a member of Avison Younger from Bridge Industrial, the place she was Vice President and Head of Planning, O’Kane has centered on industrial and logistics sectors in recent times. In her new function at Avison Younger, she can have a nationwide remit, driving the agency’s industrial experience and develop its planning portfolio.
Efficiently main mission groups on developmental alternatives for main industrial schemes throughout the UK, O’Kane has secured planning permission for over 1.5 million sq. ft. of commercial floorspace. She is adept at speaking and negotiating with various stakeholders and has a robust background in making ready complete planning studies. Efficient at implementing environment friendly methods to make sure initiatives are inside finances, O’Kane provides sturdy industrial abilities and administration abilities to guide groups via improvement initiatives, with sturdy expertise managing multidisciplinary consultancies to ship strategic planning goals.
Nick Alston, Principal, Senior Director, City Planning at Avison Younger, mentioned: “Aisling brings a wealth of experience in strategic planning and stakeholder collaboration from the economic and logistics sectors. Her sturdy information of mission managing various and large-scale improvement initiatives delivered cheaply and to excessive environmental requirements will likely be invaluable. This appointment emphasises our dedication to attracting top-tier expertise to drive our planning capabilities ahead.”
Aisling O’Kane mentioned: “I’m excited to affix Avison Younger and contribute to the growth of our nationwide planning providers. Spotlighting our wider industrial and logistics experience, we’ll drive ahead our planning capabilities via a various portfolio of purchasers. I sit up for rising our shopper base and shaping a robust industrial technique.”
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