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
