City Shapers Podcast

The Urban Developer•www.theurbandeveloper.com

Welcome to the City Shapers podcast - a series where we sit down in conversation with the creators and custodians of Australia’s property and built environment industry. In this series, we’ll be talking to corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, designers and placemakers, innovators and disruptors. We’ll be exploring what’s important in this industry and how we tackle the challenges and opportunities that confront us in the future. This series is brought to you by The Urban Developer - Australia’s largest, most-engaged and fastest growing community of property and urban development professionals. Head to www.theurbandeveloper.com for more.

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Episodes

City Shapers Podcast: Hip v. Hype - Liam Wallis

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 Li...

Jul 16, 2021•41 min

City Shapers Podcast: Fiducia - Ben and Marie Doyle

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 b...

Jul 09, 2021•26 min

City Shapers Podcast: Hames Sharley - Chris Maher and Dustin Brade

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.

Jul 07, 2021•29 min

Series Two: Episode Three - Brad Krauskopf, Founder & CEO, HUB 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 s...

Mar 07, 2019•25 min

Series Two: Episode Two - Drew and Brodie Haupt - WLTH, Properlytics, Inception Wealth

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 infl...

Feb 28, 2019•33 min

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