Dan McLennan, Founder and Co-CEO, Local: Residential
Dan is the Co-CEO of Local, an Australian Build-to Rent platform which seeks to empower Australians to live a sustainable and socially conscious lifestyle. In particular, Local provides quality, sustainable rental communities incorporating at least 10% social, affordable, specialist disability accommodation in every project alongside mainstream market rental product.
Dan has over 20 years’ experience in the Australian real estate industry with an exceptional track record in creating, structuring, funding, and delivering some of the country’s most iconic buildings, including: Liberty Place, Sydney; Swanston Square Apartments, Melbourne; The W Hotel, Darling Harbour; and The 2018 Commonwealth Games Village, Gold Coast.
In addition to his previous roles as a development executive, adviser and corporate lawyer, Dan was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Summer Housing Ltd, a national not-for-profit NDIS housing provider. In this role, Dan raised over $350M in institutional social infrastructure funding to fully fund the acquisition of over 400 apartments for people with disability across Australia.
Local: Residential is a Melbourne-born Build to Rent platform, established in 2021 by Matt Berg and Dan McLennan in conjunction with Macquarie Asset Management Real Estate. Local has a project pipeline of over 1,600 apartments currently under management across four sites in Melbourne.
Local is opening the door to a sustainable and more secure way of renting.
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