Taylor McWilliams explained

Taylor McWilliams
Birth Date:[1]
Nationality:American
Occupation:property 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Brixton grocer whose eviction sparked a gentrification fightback. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/london-brixton-gentrification-nour-grocer-taylor-mcwilliams-a9625101.html . 26 May 2022 . subscription . live. 25 July 2020. The Independent.
  2. News: Doward . Jamie . Battle for Brixton's soul as billionaire Texan DJ plans 20-storey tower block . 2 January 2021 . The Guardian . 2 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Susan Ward. Davies. 2021-01-02. What's my Weekend: Taylor McWilliams, Housekeeping. 2 May 2014. ELLE.
  4. Web site: Rich List 2019: profiles 251-298=. The Sunday Times.
  5. News: Adam. Satariano. 2021-01-02. 'He's Buying Up Brixton': Beloved Grocer's Eviction Sparks Gentrification Fight. The New York Times. 6 July 2020. 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: 2021-01-02. Thousands sign petition protesting Brixton Market's billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams. Mixmag.
  7. Web site: Dazed. 2021-01-02. Housing activists crashed landlord's Zoom party to protest forced evictions. 27 April 2020. Dazed.
  8. Web site: 2021-01-02. The battle to save one shop from eviction in a gentrifying Brixton. 12 June 2020. inews.co.uk.
  9. Web site: 2021-01-02. Billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams wins controversial planning application for 20-storey office tower in Brixton. 5 November 2020. DJMag.com.

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