158: Project Manager turned Developer - The Story of Smout Property with Francisco Smout

About this episode

David Hamilton interviews Francisco Smout about his journey from project manager to property developer in Brisbane.

In this episode, host David Hamilton is joined by Project Manager turned Property Developer Francisco Smout to talk about the building of one of Brisbane's most luxurious home developers. In this chat, we discuss the following: - How Francisco's background in valuation has served him well. - Experiences and lessons from working across the world - The early projects - what were they and how did they turn out. - Why SMOUT is different to a lot of other development models - The deals that put SM...

People in this episode

Host: David Hamilton

Guest: Francisco Smout

Topics covered

• property development
• project management
• luxury homes
• real estate
• global experiences

Keywords

• property development
• Brisbane
• luxury homes
• real estate
• project management
• Smout Property

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Smout Property

Places: Brisbane

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