Richard Upton is a visionary entrepreneur and one of the leading figures in the real estate industry on an international scale. In 1998 he founded Cathedral Group Plc, a pioneering real estate development company known for its use of innovative mixed-use regeneration models.

As one of the trailblazer of public-private partnerships, Upton has always promoted a community-conscious model of urban and real estate development. At Utopian Hours an authoritative point of view on the future of an industry that is now at the center of a highly topical debate.