#015: Kris Daff of Make Ventures

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