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This week we are joined by David Leonard from Leonard Design Architects.

David is a Chartered Architect with 23 years of project experience in the design and delivery of some of the most significant mixed-use developments in countries around the globe. For seven years, he was the UK Head of Design at Westfield, the world’s largest listed retail property group. Before that, between 1987 and 2000, David was a director at Benoy Architects.

He set up LDA in 2006, and is currently working on a wide range of development and asset management projects in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, India and Asia, in collaboration with other leading architects and specialist designers.

David’s expertise encompasses a full range of skills from master planning and urban design through to the detailed design of retail, leisure, entertainment, office, hotel and residential projects, together with a detailed knowledge of public transport facilities and car parking. His particular specialism is all aspects of retail design ranging from retail planning and interior design to negotiations with tenants.

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