Season 1 / Episode 3
Mark Robinson & Alan Anthony:
The future of high street and urban regeneration
Show Notes
Our guests in today’s episode are two of the UK's leading lights in High Street and Urban Regeneration, Mark Robinson and Alan Anthony.
Mark is the Founder of Ellandi, one of the UK's most successful independent property companies and the Chair of the UK Government's High Street Task Force.
Alan is the Founder of 360Architecture, an architectural practice that delivers considered design for buildings, places, and spaces. He is also the Chair of Revo Scotland.
Both equally passionate about building urban environments around the needs of their communities, they are here to share their perspective on choosing the right way forward in urban regeneration and the importance of visioning with purpose in order to make a real change to UK towns and high streets.
An insightful conversation with two incredibly knowledgeable experts talking about the future of our cities. No fluff, no filter - straight from The Horse’s Mouth.
In today’s episode, we cover:
[02:05] Mark and Alan share the details of their companies, their roles within them as well as their work outside of their companies and their mission in high street and urban regeneration.
[06:21] Our guests explain how they went from architecture/development into repairing and developing communities and exploring the potential ways forward in urban regeneration.
12:19] Finding a purpose behind the visioning to tell a town’s story through community engagement; collecting the right data and rediscovering the right stories.
[20:38] Mark and Alan share their perspective on who is included in the community and how to get investors excited about investing in town-centers again.
[26:40] New opportunities that come with falling shopping centers; reusing and repurposing existing structures.
[31:02] Mark and Alan talk about their experiences in working with governments and dealing with policy-makers and the importance of good leadership.
[37:56] Challenging Mark and Alan to pick and choose their favorite versions of urban regeneration to create their fantasy urban center; the idea behind creating 15-minute cities.
[41:33] Fighting isolation and equality issues in our society with urban regeneration.
Notable Quotes:
I rail against this sort of dichotomy that you have in the industry and in narrative, that you can either be interested in money or you can be interested in community. I think the two things are completely and utterly aligned. You don't have a successful place financially unless you take your community with you.
Mark Robinson [08:38]
That's why the visions that we work on are so important; so, people can see the destination and get excited about it. Not only make it happen but be satisfied that it’s going in the right direction and remain excited and remain aligned.
Alan Anthony [26:26]
Resources:
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