Sarah Townsend In the first in a series of interviews with the region’s place makers for the Christmas period, Place North West asks Michael Dong, chief executive of developer Investar Property Group, about his lockdown hobbies, approach to life and his hopes, dreams and regrets. Why did you choose a career in property? My personal mission is to make a positive impact of scale. Placemaking and technology are top on my list to achieve that. Placemaking delivered and carefully considered as part of the planning and design process for my property developments and regeneration work would naturally help me to achieve this goal and would go a long way to help me create sustainable, inclusive, community-friendly, great places to live and work.