People Property Place Matthew Watts

Morwenna Hall, Chief Operating Officer - Related Argent.
Related Argent is a complete developer, owner and operator with a c. £13bn, 21 million sq ft portfolio and an unrivalled track record of delivering global exemplars of city-building.
It creates and manages a diverse portfolio across workspace, residential, education, retail, hospitality, leisure and public realm with schemes ranging from 270,000 sq ft to 8 million sq ft.
Morwenna joined the former Argent business in 2011 and in addition to her corporate leadership role, Morwenna led the design and delivery of several major projects at King’s Cross, including Coal Drops Yard, the Fish & Coal Building and Gasholder Park. At Brent Cross Town, Morwenna is responsible for the ground plane experience, retail, leisure and public realm.
She is a chartered mechanical engineer and started her career at Arup as a mechanical building services engineer.
I sat down with Morwenna to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

* How she got into real estate
* Transition from advisor to principal
* Placemaking
* Ground floor activation
* Generalist > Specialist
* Related Argent future
* Forging your own career path
* Challenging the status quo


Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Morwenna would invest should she have £500m of capital at her disposal.

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BGO is a leading, top 10, global real estate private equity investment management advisor and a globally recognized provider of real estate services.
Its specialist central London office fund, Welput, was formed in 2001 and is the largest unlisted specialist real estate fund to invest in and develop Central London offices.
The fund currently holds a portfolio of 9 assets, comprising over 1 million sq ft of accommodation, spread across Central London’s core sub-markets.
Alexander has previously worked at Tishman Speyer, Minerva PLC, ALM Associates as well as Gardiner & Theobald.
I sat down with Alexander to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:
 
* How he got into real estate
* Early career moves
* Being the Central London Tower Expert
* Raising capital
* Complexities reimagining listed buildings
* Importance of mentorship
* ES + G
* Making the Sustainability Consultant the project lead
* BGO's Social Value Strategy
 
Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Alexander would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal.
 
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You can check out 105VS’s website using the link here: https://findalternative.co.uk/
 
Below is a list of all the charities supported by the 105VS social strategy mentioned in the conversation:
@The Abbey Centre
Westminster Wheels
@Wondering Minds
@Mind
@Cardinal Hume Centre
The Grey Coat Hospital School
St. Matthew’s Primary School
@Westminster City School
 
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Oli started his career at Architype, as a Project Architect where he spent 9 years honing his skills in Project Management, Design and Project Delivery.
He left in 2014 to set up Ackroyd Lowrie with business partner Jon Ackroyd to build an innovative architectural practice with a reputation for putting people at the heart of the design process, they are able to deliver characterful, sustainable, high-quality schemes to anchor new neighbourhoods.
As well as his day job, Oli hosts the popular Urban Forecast Podcast where he speaks to a broad cross section of guests who are defining the future of our cities.
He also manages to find the time to run the Breakfast Club Briefings – a series of events focused on bringing together planners, policy markers, developers and consultants.
I sat down with Oli to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:
How he got into real estate
Setting up his business
The projects they work on
Building marketing funnels
Giving back to the industry
The academy they have launched
Planning challenges
 
Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Oliver would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal.
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Rod Lockhart CEO of LendInvest PLC.
 
LSE Listed LendInvest (LINV) is the UK’s leading FinTech platform focussed on mortgages.  They offer residential, buy-to-let, short term and development mortgages to intermediaries, landlords, developers and homeowners.
 
Rod joined LendInvest in 2015 to lead the business’ Capital Markets and Fund Management division. Within that time Rod has overseen LendInvest’s AUM growth from £100m to £3bn+ and managed the launch of its listed Retail bond and RMBS programmes. Rod became CEO of LendInvest in January 2020.

Rod is a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years’ experience in property and property finance. He was previously Senior Director and a board member of the Investment Advisory Committee for CBRE advising UK and global institutional clients managing a range of property and property debt portfolios
I sat down with Rod to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

* How he got into real estate
* Early career moves
* What is - RMBS & CMBS
* LendInvest’s product offering
* Leveraging technology
* The GFC
* Opportunities in the market place
* Transition to CEO

Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Rod would invest should he have £500m of capital at his disposal.

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Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com
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Nigel set Fusion Residential up in 2006 with business partner Warren Rosenberg, where they sourced land and build remarkable homes. In 2012 they formed Fusion Students where you guess it they focus on developing and managing UK student accommodation in the UK.
They have developed over 5000 PBSA beds, with a pipeline of over 9000 beds underway, and this is where Nigel now devotes most of his time.
In addition to his work at Fusion Nigel advises some younger companies in the property world and is a trustee of several charities.
I sat down with Nigel to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

* Dropping out of school at 15
* How he got into real estate
* Using 3 credit cards to buy his first property
* Naming the business
* Injecting personality into the product
* Co-Living expansion plans
* European expansion ambitions
* The Perfect Fusion PBSA scheme
* Institutionalising the business
 
Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Nigel would invest should he have £500m of equity at his disposal.

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Podcast produced and edited by Matt Cook at https://mattcookproducer.com 

Nneka Ejindu- Senior Asset Manager - formally of LaSalle Investment Management.
Nneka was responsible for the proactive asset management and asset transformation of business space (primarily offices and industrial) assets in the London & South East of England.
As well as driving results across various portfolios she manages she is passionate about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

I sat down with Nneka to discuss a broad range of subjects which covered some of the following topics:

How she got into real estate

Disappointing her family with her career choice

Early career moves

Reverse mentorship

Changes in the industry

Asset management

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion


Oh and one last question - who are the People, what Property, and in which Place Nneka would invest should she have £500m of equity at her disposal.

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