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The Life Science space is now seen as a core product when it comes to alternative asset classes and Collen O’Connor, Vice President of Leasing at Biomed Realty for the East Coast and UK markets, is a sounding specialist! Not only is she responsible for 5.9 million square feet on two continents but she has elevated Biomed’s profile by establishing trusting relationships in the real...

Spotify Apple podcast BTR ascending? It doesn’t take an expert to recognise the speed the sector is scaling through investment, consumer demand and shift in market needs. However, it does take an expert to understand how to be a market leading BTR operator. In this week’s episode of A New Lease of Life, Nick was joined by Co-Founder of Ascend Properties, one of the...

At 21, Joseph Michael Daniels felt like he had hit a wall. He was with without qualifications, a place to call home and a purpose in life. He’d been living on the streets since the age of 15 and was seeking the stability that escaped him throughout his childhood. He tried to join the army, started building websites and then studied architecture online after experiencing an epiphany –...

Spotify Apple podcast It’s time to freshen up! In this week’s episode, Nick chats with the highly open, engaging and driven leader: Jeremy Fletcher – CEO at market leading, third-party residential for rent manager, This is Fresh. Jeremy is relatively new in post at Fresh having moved over at the start of the year from leading operations for Tipi, now Quintain. But...

Spotify Apple podcast In today’s episode, we’re diving into the career of Michael Howard – he’s a build to rent titan and the Managing Director and Founder of the award-winning residential property operator, urbanbubble. His vision? To make urbanbubble the greatest residential property operator in the UK and make our cities better places to live.He founded Urban Bubble back...

In the summer of 2017 and straight out of university, Sarah founded the commercial awareness and career development initiative, The Land Collective – aiming to encourage millennials and gen-zs to provide commentary and engage with the property market and the wider built environment sector.The success of this platform then led her to launch Sqft Digital, an employer branding and social...

In this episode of devcast… Senior Consultant, Ryan Doyle, was joined by Regional Partner of Knight Frank, Christopher Dewe. Throughout the conversation, Christopher Dewe goes into detail about his early life where he lived and worked on a farm and how this experience led him to finding out he loved selling houses! This led to him joining Knight Frank in the early 90s where he has grown...

Spotify Apple podcast As a talent expert in the fresh and fast-growing area of BTR, Nick is always looking for transferable skills which will not only compliment alternative asset class sectors but help them excel. Richard Smith, Managing Director of Moda Life Management, is a prime example and the most recent guest on, A New Lease of Life. Richard Smith is tasked with...

Spotify Apple podcast Welcome to #ANewLeaseOfLife, a sub-series of the devcast…podcast, where you’ll be learning how experts of the build to rent and alternative investment sectors have climbed the ladder of their professional careers. Hosted by Nick Hammond, Head of Build to Rent at deverellsmith. This episode is all about efficiency: build to rent is one of...

Diversity and inclusion is in the top five things that Gen Z’s are mentioning in their employer wish list.Tobi Ogundipe, 2021 Tobi Ogundipe is the founder of DIVERSE, a careers platform supporting underrepresented young professionals whose mission is to democratise access to the best early career’s advice through engaging format, before connecting job candidates to inclusive employers....

Leadership

True Chemistry… with Colleen O’Connor

A New Lease of Life… with Ged McPartlin

Project Etopia: Building Tomorrow Sustainably

A New Lease of Life… with Jeremy Fletcher

A New Lease of Life… with Michael Howard

Paving the pathway to Property with Sarah Hayford

The grass is always greener with Christopher Dewe

A New Lease of Life… with Richard Smith

A New Lease of Life… with Alastair Mullens

Young, wild and unemployed with DIVERSE Founder, Tobi Ogundipe