The AI District: Simon Ruck and Jonathan Kendall on Future-Proofing Oxford North

The AI District: Simon Ruck and Jonathan Kendall on Future-Proofing Oxford North

June 29, 2026 · 28 min · Season 4 · Episode 7

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The episode discusses the ambitious Oxford North development and its implications for innovation and urban planning.

In this episode of Urban Forecast, hosts Oli Lowrie and Jon Ackroyd are joined by Simon Ruck, Managing Director at Oxford North Ventures, and Jonathan Kendall, Partner at Fletcher Priest Architects, to explore one of the UK's most ambitious innovation districts in the making. Oxford North is a one-million-square-foot mixed-use development on the edge of Oxford, backed by Saint John's College, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, and Stanhope. Far from a traditional science park, it has been conce...

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