AN unrivalled resource

SPECIALISTS IN THE SCIENCE & ALCHEMY OF PLACEMAKING.

This Must Be The Place is a unique, interdisciplinary placemaking consultancy. We bring extensive design, event, brand activation, marketing, comms and property experience to each project.

We provide tailored placemaking services, supporting innovative developers, landlords, local authorities and BIDs to achieve their ambitions in creating and sustaining places where communities flourish and people thrive (all while fulfilling our clients’ obligations).

We specialise in place, catalyst and meanwhile strategies and their implementation - off-setting costs and generating revenue for our clients through contextual visions, considered programming, curated partnerships and the commercial management of spaces. 

We also curate cultural and enlivenment programmes; create brand platforms and identities; write and facilitate workshops and design charettes; commission participatory art installations; run community engagements and deliver engaging event programmes. 

We are passionate about narratives and community, ensuring that both form the foundations of any work we undertake. Our work is inclusive and participatory, and driven by the desire to empower, support and foster the communities we work with.

We have influenced some of the UK’s most exciting regeneration projects, including Silvertown Quays, Mayfield Depot, Meridian Water, Euston Station, Smithfield Meat Market, Birmingham Smithfield, Better Queensway (Southend) and Croydon town centre, helping our clients to redefine what is possible in the short, mid and long term.

Please get in touch to discuss how we can support you with your placemaking requirements.