This week in the Development Ready Podcast, Rob Langton and TC Bakhour were joined by Kris Daff, Director of Make Ventures. This episode was incredibly insightful as Kris shared his broad and detailed experiences through the property development sector. Topics broached were Kris' movements from Docklands Authority to Evolve Developments, experiences with is Assemble venture and his views on and the exciting build-to-rent sector.

 

Show notes

• 01:48 - Introduction
• 02:40 - Who Kris is and what he does
• 03:51 - How he got into working in property
• 06:14 - His time at Docklands Authority
• 09:19 - The Docklands development
• 15:41 - Ashley Williams, Evolve Development
• 22:54 - Learnings from his time at Evolve
• 25:38 - Ron Walker and his involvement at Evolve
• 28:43 - Greenfield development
• 31:57 - Make Ventures
• 38:15 - Socially responsible development
• 41:40 - Assemble & their partnership with ANZ bank
• 49:12 - Inspiration for the Assemble business model
• 52:50 - Assemble’s pilot project
• 01:02:43 - Community focus, tenant retention, risk
• 01:10:47 - Future of Assemble
• 01:15:39 - Marketing, how his companies stand out
• 01:18:32 - What it takes to excel in development
• 01:21:31 - Best piece of advice, life or business

 

Links

• Kris Daff
• Make Ventures
• Evolve Development
• Ashley Williams
• Fieldwork
• Assemble & ANZ partnership