The Developer podcast

Can property development be an enabler for improving the environment? London-based developer The Berkeley Group is committed to increasing biodiversity on all of their sites. Louise Clarke, Head of Sustainable Places from The Berkeley Group explains why and how they incorporated a focus on nature into their corporate vision, and explains their biodiversity toolkit. Recorded at The Developer Live: Risk & Resilience

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Once part of Ford's vast manufacturing outpost, the 720-acre post-industrial site will be transformed into a neighbourhood that includes 3,000 homes, a new train station, two schools and a medical centre. If you think brownfield sites are easy, listen to this. With Rob Wilkinson Managing Director Partnerships at Countryside and Evonne Clarke, Head of JV & Development East Region at L&Q

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Martin Farrington, Director of City Development at Leeds City Council, about how the city tackled flood risk and created public space at the same time with its moveable weir, recently used during Storm Ciara. This podcast was recorded live at The Developer's Risk & Resilience conference.

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We need to ‘depave’ our cities street by street, says De Urbanisten’s Dirk van Peijpe, whose famous water squares combine flood resilience with public space including basketball courts and skateboard ramps. In this podcast, we hear van Peijpe's talk at The Developer's Risk & Resilience conference, where he talks about combining budgets to combine urban drainage with green space.

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How do you evaluate climate risks such as flooding and build the momentum to invest in mitigation? We hear from industry leaders seeking to strike the balance between risk and resilience, including Dr Kathryn Oldham OBE, Chief Resilience Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority; Alexandra Notay, Build to Rent Fund Director, PfP Capital; Chantal Henderson, Director of Commercial Finance, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland; and Paul Berg and Jack Wolstencroft, both directors at Griffiths & Armour

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Natascha McIntyre Hall on the vision and people-first design for Tipner West in Portsmouth, which transforms an 140-acre post-industrial peninsular, home to a Ministry of Defence firing range, into a 4,000-home, car-free neighbourhood with one million square feet of marine employment.

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“How much of your [property] fund is at risk from flooding, severe winds or overheating? If people can’t go to the office, they aren’t going to pay their rent,” says Alastair Mant, Head of Business Transformation, UKGBC. The opening speaker at The Developer’s Risk & Resilience conference in November 2019, Mant describes how finance is leading the charge on climate change risk-mitigation, and why this, more than anything else, is accelerating change in how we build our cities.

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Selina Mason, Director of Masterplanning at Lendlease speaks to The Developer about the past and future of London’s 560-acre Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, a project she’s been involved with, on and off, since 2007; first, working on the delivery of the original 2012 masterplan for the Olympic Delivery Authority, then on the post-games Transformation Masterplan for the London Legacy Development Corporation, and now with Lendlease's 22-acre International Quarter London

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Architects are ivory-tower idealists and developers are profit-driven pariahs, or so the cliché goes. But in this interview, they agree on at least one thing – the need for radical change. Nick Searl, Partner of Argent and Argent Related and Daniel Hajjar, Managing Principal of HOK London and Dubai talk collaboration, communication and the climate emergency.

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What kind of cultural infrastructure is needed in our cities, how do we value culture and can it be curated? From music to food, we explore the ways in which culture contributes to place, and how to help creatives nest and grow. An on-stage conversation with Emma Warren, Author of Make Some Space: Tuning into Total Refreshment Centre, Danny Keir, Global Head of Business Development for Sound Diplomacy; Clarisse Tavin, Group Manager of Major Programmes and Projects at City of London Corporation; Akil Scafe-Smith, Founder of Resolve Collective and Mark Davy, CEO and founder of Futurecity

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