Rich List 2012: No.22 - Caspar McDonald-Hall (£340m)
Assets at Kingswinford-based London and Cambridge Properties rose to close on £500 million in 2009-10, an increase of £80 million on the previous year. London and Cambridge is one of the UK’s largest private owners of retail and industrial property.
The company owns industrial, office and retail properties from Durham and St Helens and in the north to Aldershot, Sidcup and Maidstone, plus a large amount of property in and around the Black Country.
The company, which is 40 per cent owned by Caspar MacDonald Hall, has significant retail holdings in the town centres of Dudley and Walsall and industrial interests in Pensnett, Burntwood and Bloxwich. In all London and Cambridge Properties runs a portfolio of nearly 15 million sq ft.
Recent major schemes include a £1.25 million 9,500 sq ft store for Home Bargains in the Churchill Shopping Centre, Dudley, a £3.2 million project on the Burntwood Business Park in Staffordshire and a new £1 million Lidl store in Aldershot.
There are also office lettings in Kingswinford, Sidcup and Maidstone.