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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