Taylor McWilliams

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Taylor McWilliams
Born1980or1981(age 44–45) [1]
NationalityAmerican
Occupationproperty developer

Taylor McWilliams (born October 1980) is an American real estate developer and part-time DJ, who owns most of London's Brixton Market. [2]

McWilliams is originally from Texas, and by 2014, was based in Earls Court/Fulham, London. [1] [3]

In 2018, McWilliams acquired Brixton market against competition from Mike Ashley and Aidan Brooks. [4]

McWilliams is a part-time DJ, part of the Housekeeping quartet along with Carl Waxberg, Sebastian Macdonald-Hall and Jacobi Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe.

In July 2020, McWilliams's company, Hondo Enterprises evicted Nour Cash & Carry from Brixton Market after more than 20 years there, leading to local protests and the founding of the Save Nour group. [1] [5] [6] [7] [8] On 3 November 2020, Hondo Enterprises won planning permission for the development of a 20-storey office block in Brixton, next to a conservation area and Electric Avenue. [2] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The Brixton grocer whose eviction sparked a gentrification fightback" . The Independent. 25 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 Doward, Jamie (2 January 2021). "Battle for Brixton's soul as billionaire Texan DJ plans 20-storey tower block". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Davies, Susan Ward (2 May 2014). "What's my Weekend: Taylor McWilliams, Housekeeping". ELLE. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rich List 2019: profiles 251-298=". The Sunday Times.
  5. ↑ Satariano, Adam (6 July 2020). "'He's Buying Up Brixton': Beloved Grocer's Eviction Sparks Gentrification Fight". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Thousands sign petition protesting Brixton Market's billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams". Mixmag. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Dazed (27 April 2020). "Housing activists crashed landlord's Zoom party to protest forced evictions". Dazed. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "The battle to save one shop from eviction in a gentrifying Brixton". inews.co.uk. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams wins controversial planning application for 20-storey office tower in Brixton". DJMag.com. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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