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Marcus Penniford

Real Estate Editor

“Reads a planning brief the way most people read a novel.”

Marcus Penniford edits Cayman Journal's real-estate desk and has covered Caribbean property markets for more than a decade. His patch runs from the Seven Mile corridor to the wider regional condominium economy, with a particular focus on how planning policy, capital flows, and climate adaptation reshape the built environment. Marcus broke the 2023 reporting on the Cayman Compass developer disclosure framework and writes the monthly Penniford on Property column. Before journalism he was a chartered surveyor with a London commercial practice, work that still informs how he reads a planning brief or a feasibility study. He is RICS-credentialed, holds a master’s in urban planning from UCL, and serves on the regional council of the Caribbean chapter of the Urban Land Institute.