Property People Ep 69 | Raising £14M in Equity and Doing £35M Worth of Property Development with Ben Richards
In this episode, Saam speaks to Ben Richards - multiple award-winning business owner, architect and property developer.
Ben is the Owner of AURA Architecture and Interiors, and Co-Founder of XP Property (a property development business) and XP Surveys (a Measured Building and Topographical Survey business).
With 12 years in the construction industry working with Architects, Structural Engineers and as a Technical Manager for the Berkeley Group, Ben brings a technical prowess that lives for the detail.
His development project experience ranges from £50k refurbishments to £1Bn mixed-use schemes in central London and his role in XP Property is to lead the design and delivery teams to ensure our schemes are built successfully, on time and to budget.
LISTEN THE FULL EPISODE to learn how Ben navigates growth across multiple property businesses, how XP Property have raised over £14,000,000 in equity for development projects, and how he helps investors generate profitable returns from their development schemes.
This episode is sponsored by XP Surveys.
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Saam has 20 years of experience in residential & commercial property, sales, lettings, management and finance. Saam was a founding member of a Property Finance Provider which grew its fund from £0 to £300m. He also founded Merryoaks Property Finance in 2021 to provide bespoke property finance to investors & developers and launched Property People in 2018 to connect with investors and developers across the country to share valuable information and stories.
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