Quintain was formed in 1992. Two years later £28 million was raised through an institutional placing and the Company was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1996.

In 1997 Fiscal Properties plc and Croydon Land & Estates Ltd were acquired for £77m.

1998 saw the acquisition of Estates Property Investment Company Ltd for £4.2m and the creation of a £212m nursing home joint venture with Morley.

In 1999 Quintain acquired English & Overseas Properties plc for £32.3m and Chesterfield Properties Ltd for £139m.

In 2002 Wembley (London) Ltd was acquired for £48m, and with it the land surrounding Wembley Stadium. In the same year a deal was signed with the Government to develop the Millennium Dome and the adjoining land at Greenwich Peninsula into a new sustainable district for London.

The following year an application was submitted to the London Borough of Brent for 5m sq ft of mixed use development at Wembley.

In 2004 planning permission was issued for 14.1m sq ft at Greenwich Peninsula, an application for consent was submitted for 65 acres of development at Emerson’s Green in Bristol and consent was granted for 5.3m sq ft at Wembley.

A corporate banking syndication with HSBC, Bank of Scotland, Barclays Capital and Lloyds TSB for £400m was also signed that year.

In 2005 the Government Office for London / ODPM approved the regeneration scheme at Wembley and the start of a £36m, 190 degree re-orientation of Wembley Arena to face the new National Stadium.

2006 saw the beginning of construction of Wembley’s residential blocks, W01 and the opening of a major new piece of public realm – Arena Square – linking Wembley Arena to the Stadium.

In 2007 planning permission was granted for the first residential block at Greenwich Peninsula and BioRegional Quintain won preferred bidder status for the Mayor of London’s zero carbon exemplar scheme at Gallions Park in Beckton. In August detailed consent was granted for the Hilton Hotel and student accommodation block at Wembley, adjacent to Wembley Arena. In November the first commercial pre-let at Greenwich Peninsula was made, with regulatory authority Transport for London taking 135,000 sq ft of space and an option on a further 60,000 sq ft, on Peninsula Square.

Construction of the marketing suite at the UK's largest zero carbon development, RiversideOne, was completed in 2008 and all the released apartments were reserved on the opening weekend at higher than expected prices.