Runway Park Development
Background
Appointed by the University of Sheffield to provide strategic development advice for Runway Park, a 100-acre science park anchored by the AMRC and Factory 2050. The scheme will support occupiers ranging from SMEs and scale-ups to international manufacturers across key sectors including aerospace, green energy and defence.
What We Are Doing
Helped shape the delivery strategy for Runway Park, optimising the development plan, refining phasing and funding opportunities, and supporting the business case for the first phase of this 100-acre science and innovation park.
Development Initiatives
Help the University to refine the strategic objectives for the development.
Review the current concept design to ensure optimisation of development and commercial viability.
Refine phasing and planning strategy and identify funding opportunities.
Develop business case for Phase 1 of development.
- University of Sheffield
- Appointed by
- 100
- acre site
- Current
- Status
Meet the team who are working on the Runway Park project
Kylie has extensive experience in retail, office and mixed-use sectors, particularly in Central London and The City. She joined Quadrant in January 2025.
Kylie is a qualified Chartered Surveyor, having started her real estate career at DTZ before moving into portfolio management at Custodian Capital. She spent 10 years at M&G Real Estate, managing a diverse UK portfolio before specialising in Central London and City mixed-use and office assets.
Kylie leads Quadrant’s Strategic Development team, advising clients on asset positioning, development potential, value enhancement and long-term strategy to maximise performance and unlock opportunities.
Sam has experience across the office, industrial and logistics sectors in both the UK and Australia. He joined Quadrant in April 2026. Sam started his real estate career at JLL in Melbourne before moving to Frasers Property Australia, where he spent over three years working within the Investments team on acquisitions, underwriting and asset management initiatives across a range of commercial real estate sectors. He subsequently relocated to London and joined Chancerygate, one of the UK’s leading industrial and logistics developers, focusing on development appraisal, acquisitions and portfolio strategy. At Quadrant, Sam works across the firm’s investment and asset management activities, supporting acquisitions, disposals, strategic asset initiatives and capital markets transactions. He holds a Master of Property and a Bachelor of Environments (Property) from the University of Melbourne