Land Managers. A green shoot?
As a consultant for LandLounge.com a large part of my role is to help land managers source and secure prime development sites. However, since the downturn, land managers have become a rare breed.
Many found themselves as early victims of the property crash, their roles made redundant almost overnight. It’s been heartbreaking to call development company after development company only to find that the people I’ve dealt with for years were suddenly no longer there to answer the phone.
During the good times, competition for good land finders was fierce. You only had to leaf through the recruitment pages of Estates Gazette to see that it was possible to earn a staggering remuneration package. But times have changed and it’s been many, many months since I last saw a job ad for a land manager. That was until the other day, when the latest edition of EG boasted not one, but two companies advertising for land managers.
I can only see this as a good sign – albeit small one – of further improvement in the development land market. More and more of the developers we speak to are optimistic of their prospects for 2010 and beyond so fingers crossed we’re starting to see the first green shoots of recovery.
I’m looking forward to working with land manager contacts old and new. Remember, if you need any help finding that next killer development site – large or small – you know where to turn!
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