City Shapers Podcast The Urban Developer

This episode we are joined by Liam Wallace, founder of Hip v Hype, an ethical, socially conscious and environmentally focused property developer, sustainability consulting practice and work share provider.

Liam is a creative entrepreneur who believes in the power of design thinking to resolve intuitive solutions to project delivery and value creation. He is passionate about cities and is driven by a desire to achieve better outcomes.


In this episode, we explore:
the origin of the business and Liam’s passion for sustainability in the built environment
sustainability principles that underlie Hip v. Hype’s projects
Delivering carbon neutral housing and projects underway
The importance of workplaces and inclusiveness
connecting the dots within industry for better urban outcomes.

This episode we are joined by founder and chief executive, Ben Doyle and development director and partner, Marie Doyle of Fiducia Property Group.

Husband and wife in business together, Fiducia have completed over 700 apartments and homes to date with over half a billion dollars of completed projects and a healthy pipeline into the future.

In this episode, we explore:
the Fiducia business from a security guard to award winning developer
the dynamics, strengths and challenges of running a family business
how humanising a business as a philosophy has contributed to their approach of projects
maintaining a work-life balance and the importance of quality in all aspects of life.

In this episode, founder and chief executive of The Urban Developer Adam Di Marco speaks with national director urban development portfolio, Chris Maher and principal, Dustin Brade from leading national design practice, Hames Sharley.

For over 40 years, Hames Sharley has been responsible for creating carefully considered and significant projects across Australia, including Macquarie Centre in New South Wales, Forrest Chase, and many projects within Subiaco, Western Australia.

In this episode, The Urban Developer’s Adam Di Marco will be speaking with Brad Krauskopf, Founder and CEO of coworking provider Hub Australia.

Brad launched Hub Australia in 2011 as a solution to connect people and organisations with talent, ideas and resources.

Hub is now the country’s largest Australian-owned and operated coworking provider with locations in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about:
- The importance of creating a unique and memorable space;
- How the coworking culture has evolved from a few first-movers to an established segment of the office market;
- How large corporates are now jumping on board the coworking bandwagon;
- And finally, we’ll learn how Hub Australia plans to harness the power of virtual reality to take workplaces into our digital future.

If you are interested in more conversations like this, head to www.theurbandeveloper.com to subscribe to our free daily news, features, interviews and more.

Also, visit us on social media by searching The Urban Developer on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram.

If you’re interested in checking out our events, conferences and workshops, head to our website for all the details.

If you like what you hear, you can support us by commenting, rating and sharing this podcast on iTunes, Soundcloud or any of our social channels.

And finally, let us know who you want to hear from next by contacting us at podcast@theurbandeveloper.com

Thanks and we look forward to you tuning in next time.

In this episode, The Urban Developer’s Adam Di Marco will be speaking with the very entrepreneurial brothers, Drew and Brodie Haupt.

Brodie and Drew originally founded Inception Wealth Group in 2013 as a financial services business and have since grown their group into a diversified wealth management, property development, fintech and proptech business.

In this episode, we’ll be talking about:
- The highs and lows of starting and building businesses;
- How the current funding environment is influencing property investor appetite;
- How the TV show Billions inspired their high performance culture;
- And finally, we’ll learn how a passion for property investment evolved into a fully fledged property development business.

If you are interested in more conversations like this, head to www.theurbandeveloper.com to subscribe to our free daily news, features, interviews and more.

Also, visit us on social media by searching The Urban Developer on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram.

If you’re interested in checking out our events, conferences and workshops, head to our website for all the details.

If you like what you hear, you can support us by commenting, rating and sharing this podcast on iTunes, Soundcloud or any of our social channels.

And finally, let us know who you want to hear from next by contacting us at podcast@theurbandeveloper.com

Thanks and we look forward to you tuning in next time.