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EP 022723 December 2024 · 49 min
Switching Careers from Architecture to Real Estate: Ft. Aqeel Sourjah at Quadrant Estates
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Switching Careers from Architecture to Real Estate: Ft. Aqeel Sourjah at Quadrant Estates
Moving from architecture into real estate development can look like a leap, but the design training, spatial judgement and project understanding can be highly valuable on the developer side.
Stephen Drew speaks with Aqeel Sourjah of Quadrant Estates about managing ESG-led office developments, moving from architecture into real estate and understanding the commercial roles that shape major workplace projects.
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How ESG, sustainability and workplace expectations shape office projects
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That's right. Are you an architect? Are you in development? Maybe this episode's for you. Maybe you've been knocking around town in the past. We're going to go to the Quadrant for you, what you hear your friends saying, spend a bit of money. Now, let's see what they're up to. Hello everyone and welcome to this non livestream livestream special. That's right. When my technical problems are
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sorted, we will be back properly live. But this episode was too important to wait. We had to get it down because I I frequently get asked by architectural professionals, part ones and part twos, who think, Oh, I quite like the world of real estate.
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