The master of the London residential development market, Dominic Grace, has almost three decades of property experience and a wealth of knowledge. Naming Victoria Mitchell as one of the major influences during the early stages of his career; referencing Dame Judith Hackitt’s golden thread of digital transformation; and crediting Redrow’s Steve Morgan and Berkeley’s Tony Pidgley for the profound impact they have had on his career so far amongst many other industry past, present, and future greats – Grace has seen it all. He joined Andrew Deverell-Smith in the virtual devcast studio, where they delved into his career, his knowledge on the residential property market, the truly special culture at Savills, and his thoughts on other industry icons as well as who to watch in the sector: did you make it onto his hit list?
Grace joined Savills in 1984 and 2 years later he opened the Savills Dockland office. Since then, he has partnered with a myriad of developers and landowners providing specialised advice on every aspect of the development process.
When people ask Grace about his career, he asserts that “so much luck has been involved, but the luckiest break of all was Savills which came from knocking on the door. I joined the firm at the most fantastic time and it's still on one hell of a ride now.”