Special Report - No Shortage of Talent - Mount Anvil on Development Partnerships

In our final episode from Westminster, co-sponsor Mount Anvil’s newly-appointed Chief Growth Officer Lisa Ravenscroft describes the developer’s commitment to building robust public-private partnerships as a model for driving new homes delivery – exemplified by the Church Street regeneration to provide 450 homes, 50% affordable, and additional placemaking.

On the difficulties of translating the soft, emotional aspects of a strong relationship into a corporate culture, she says setting out shared aspirations and expectation enables partners to operate “shoulder to shoulder, looking at the targets, rather than sizing each other up”.

With five London schemes going through planning, Lisa responds to the demands that multiple tenders for more work, expected imminently, might place on the sector’s capacity to deliver: "There's no shortage of talent and capability,” she says. “I think sometimes there are shortages of environments that unleash that.”