Peter Coyne ~ Coyne Associates Ltd

Peter Coyne MRICS, ASCS, MBA. is a Chartered Surveyor with considerable experience as a practitioner and as a general manager in property development, urban renewal and social & economic regeneration. He operates his development and regeneration consultancy under the name of Coyne Associates, a company formed in April 2005.

April 2005 to Present: Director, Coyne Associates
Peter Coyne has undertaken wide-ranging consultancies in regeneration and property development commissions for private and public sector clients across Ireland and internationally.

Key experiences – Coyne Associates:
• 2005/2006 Prepared, in association with Indecon Economic Consultants, an integrated economic, social and physical strategy for Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland as an agenda for intervention action which carried multi-agency support. Client: Ilex URC Ltd (see www.ilex-urc.com )
• 2005/2006 Prepared development Masterplan for 17 hectare Ebrington Barracks (1820), an ex-military site with strong partisan associations and valuable built heritage, as an economic engine and social integrator for the divided city. Client: Ilex URC Ltd (see www.ilex-urc.com )
• 2007 Led developer’s bid team for the integrated development of Limerick Docklands. Client: private development company
• 2007/2009 Project managed the preparation of the development Masterplan for 37 hectares of mixed use waterfront development (418,000m2) in Bahrain incorporating a private hospital and healthcare cluster. Opportunity subsequently marketed and joint venture partner secured. Client: RCSI (See http://www.rcsi.ie/healthoasis)
• 2007 Reviewed barriers to economic progress in the city of Limerick and advised on systematic and structural solutions. Client: Limerick City Council and Shannon Development
• 2007/2008 Led multi-disciplinary consultants consortium in preparing development Masterplan and Strategic (business) Plan for €1.6bn, 30 hectare inner-city education and healthcare campus. Client Grangegorman Development Agency per WK Nowlan & Associates and FGS (See http://www.ggda.ie/strategicplan.html)
• 2007/2009 Project managed development masterplanning of 80 hectare science and technology park development site close to Dublin Airport including securing optimal design of new metropolitan railway through site and local authority Local Plan. Client: private developer per WK Nowlan & Associates
• 2008/2009 Provided Project Director services in preparing strategic development strategy for 24 hectare Magee Barracks site in Kildare Town. Client Kildare County Council per WKN Nowlan & Associates and FGS.
• 2009 Provided advisory risk and programme management services for preparation of economic regeneration plan for North-west city region (Derry~Londonderry based) involving highly extensive and intensive stakeholder engagement. Client Ilex URC Ltd (see www.ilex-urc.com )
• 2010 Provided project management to preparation of economic regeneration strategy for River Foyle and an Urban Development Framework for Derry~Londonderry waterfront. Client Derry City Council and Ilex URC Ltd.
• 2009 Provided Technical Director services in preparation of strategic plan for comprehensive waterfront development of Dun Laoghaire Harbour. Client Dun Laoghaire Harbour Commissioners per FGS and WKN Nowlan & Associates
• 2009 Retained by private clients to advise on development strategy for 8 hectare edge of city site in Brasov, Romania.
• 2009 Retained by private clients to advise on development strategy for 1 hectare waterfront edge of city centre site in Maputo, Mozambique

Dec 1997 to April 2005: Chief Executive Dublin Docklands Development Authority
Prior to his consultancy work Peter Coyne was the first Chief Executive of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. He took office in December 1997 and saw the 520 hectare Docklands Project through its first seven and a half years. During that time Peter Coyne led his multi-disciplinary team in driving forward holistic urban regeneration over the docklands area, undertaking strategic and area master planning, land acquisition and de-contamination, mixed use property development, area environmental & infrastructural development and comprehensive social regeneration with specific emphasis on education. The self-financing Development Authority operates planning (exemption) powers over 98 hectares of Planning Scheme Areas in the central waterfront area of Dublin’s docklands and acts as a physical and social regeneration intervention authority across the wider area.
(See www.dublindocklands.ie)

Key experiences - Dublin Docklands Development Authority:
 Secured requisite legislative changes for extension of Authority’s planning exemption powers to south Docklands.
 Following comprehensive public and stakeholder consultation, secured mixed use planning exemption (Planning Schemes) over 30ha (Grand Canal Docks) and 32ha (North Lotts).
 Implemented the second phase of the International Financial Services Centre providing 180,000m2 of mixed use development (800 apartments, 85,000m2 offices, 4* Hotel, National College of Ireland/student residences and some 30 shops /bars/ restaurants), including seven joint venture development projects.
 Transformed the derelict and heavily contaminated 10ha gas site at Pearce Street into the hugely successful 250,000m2 Grand Canal Harbour development of 80,000m2 offices, 1,200 apartments, 10,000m2 retail/bars/restaurants together with a 2,200 seat theatre and a (150 bedroom) 5* hotel.
 Established and operated a development levy system to finance area infrastructure and amenity (light rail, parks, roads, sewers, etc).
 Established a rationale and methodology for provision of social/affordable housing in development schemes for adoption in legislation and extensive application through Docklands.
 Developed and implemented a programme of education interventions through 22 schools in and around Docklands which increased pupil self-esteem, aspiration, retention, and attainment.

April 1992 to December 1997: Regional Director (South), British Waterways
Between 1992 and 1998 Peter Coyne was the Regional Director (South), British Waterways. In this role he was responsible for the business re-structuring of the organisation for improved efficiency and effectiveness in engineering and leisure management, and the commercial exploitation of the property assets, particularly in London and in London’s Docklands. (See www.britishwaterways.co.uk/london/ )

Key experiences - British Waterways:
 Restructured operations and land-use to release major waterside development opportunities.
 Restructured national leisure business strategy and pricing policy
 Consolidated several multi-agency project partnerships and secured c.£70m EU/UK Gov/Lottery funding for corridor regeneration projects including economic restoration of Kennet & Avon Canal.
 Secured/marketed major London development sites at Paddington Basin, Brentford Docks, and Limehouse Basin.
 Acquired residual investment and operational properties of London Docklands Development Corporation in Isle of Dogs, London.
 Established and led Voies Navigable d’Europe, the pan-European Waterway group lobbying for pro-tourism and regeneration funding in EU Structural Funds (http://www.vne-waterways.eu/home.21.0.html ).

Pre 1992
Prior to 1992 Peter Coyne worked in Glasgow, Scotland, as a Chartered Surveyor (RICS-Planning and Development).

General
Peter Coyne has given papers at international regeneration conferences in Leeds, Naples, Riga, Amsterdam, London, Niagara, Glasgow and Birmingham. He has been invited to participate in a range of advisory workshops with governmental and quasi governmental bodies including the Port of Rotterdam, Birmingham City Council, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (UK), Limerick County Council, Strategic Investment Board of Northern Ireland and Cork County Council. In 2009 he was invited to participate on behalf of the British Urban Regeneration Association (BURA) in a review of the Maze-Long Kesh project in Northern Ireland on behalf of First Minister and Deputy First Minister and Strategic Investment Board.

Professional Qualifications
• Institute examinations leading to professional membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (1982), Member Society of Chartered Surveyors
• Executive MBA, University of Glasgow (1988)