{{Short description|American real estate developer}} {{Use dmy dates|date= December 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Taylor McWilliams | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |39|2020|07|25}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/london-brixton-gentrification-nour-grocer-taylor-mcwilliams-a9625101.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/london-brixton-gentrification-nour-grocer-taylor-mcwilliams-a9625101.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=The Brixton grocer whose eviction sparked a gentrification fightback|date=25 July 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | education = | occupation = property developer | known for = | networth = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = }} '''Taylor McWilliams''' (born October 1980) is an American real estate developer and part-time DJ, who owns most of London's [[Brixton Market]].<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |last1=Doward |first1=Jamie |title=Battle for Brixton's soul as billionaire Texan DJ plans 20-storey tower block |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jan/02/battle-brixton-texas-dj-taylor-mcwilliams-electric-avenue-20-storey-tower-block |access-date=2 January 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=2 January 2021}}</ref>
McWilliams is originally from Texas, and by 2014, was based in Earls Court/Fulham, London.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|first1=Susan Ward|last1=Davies|accessdate=2021-01-02|title=What's my Weekend: Taylor McWilliams, Housekeeping|url=http://www.elleuk.com/travel/holiday-inspiration/what-s-my-weekend-taylor-mcwilliams-housekeeping|date=2 May 2014|website=ELLE}}</ref>
In 2018, McWilliams acquired Brixton market against competition from [[Mike Ashley (businessman)|Mike Ashley]] and [[Aidan Brooks]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sunday-times-rich-list-2019-profiles-251-298-lkqrqgnkb|title=Rich List 2019: profiles 251-298=|newspaper=The Sunday Times}}</ref>
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.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite news|first1=Adam|last1=Satariano|accessdate=2021-01-02|title='He's Buying Up Brixton': Beloved Grocer's Eviction Sparks Gentrification Fight|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/world/europe/brixton-london-eviction-grocer-nour.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-01-02|title=Thousands sign petition protesting Brixton Market's billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams|url=https://mixmag.net/read/housekeeping-dj-brixton-market-protest-taylor-mcwilliams-nour-cash-carry-news|website=Mixmag}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dazed|accessdate=2021-01-02|title=Housing activists crashed landlord's Zoom party to protest forced evictions|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/politics/article/49014/1/housing-activists-crashed-landlords-zoom-party-protest-forced-evictions-brixton|date=27 April 2020|website=Dazed}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-01-02|title=The battle to save one shop from eviction in a gentrifying Brixton|url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/food-and-drink/save-nour-brixton-supermarket-property-developer-taylor-mcwilliams-444616|date=12 June 2020|website=inews.co.uk}}</ref> 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, Brixton|Electric Avenue]].<ref name="Guardian"/><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-01-02|title=Billionaire landlord DJ Taylor McWilliams wins controversial planning application for 20-storey office tower in Brixton|url=https://djmag.com/news/billionaire-landlord-dj-taylor-mcwilliams-wins-controversial-application-20-storey-office-tower-brixton|date=5 November 2020|website=DJMag.com}}</ref>
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