FaaIza LalJI
MDes Real Estate '13
Faaiza is the Director of Planning and Development at Precis Advisory where she oversees a new residential-led mixed use build to rent portfolio and pipeline in London’s outer boroughs and connected to new infrastructure, currently representing 2,500 homes and 1 million sqft of workspace and storage. She also leads on the company’s life sciences and knowledge- and sustainability-focused developments. Faaiza sits on the Urban Land Institute’s UK Residential and European Life Sciences Councils, the British Property Federation’s Residential Build to Rent Committee, the New London Architecture Expert Panel on Science and Technology, and the Young Camden Foundation Trustee Board.
In terms of her voluntary commitments, Faaiza is a nominator for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, and through her role on the National Committee for the Aga Khan Foundation UK, leads on the partnerships with Open City and Open House London and the Prince’s Trust. She was a member of the Thinking Group for Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Architecture and Human Settlements in East Africa, and also works with a number of institutions in the art world to promote the culture of the Muslim world including the Aga Khan Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the British Museum, and Delfina Foundation.
Faaiza holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Art History and Practice (Architecture) and English from Williams College and Exeter College, Oxford University, as well as a Master in Design Studies in Urban Planning and Real Estate and the Built Environment from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. During her time at the GSD, she was the President of the Harvard Student Real Estate Consortium as well as the GSD’s Real Estate Development Club. Her Scholarly Paper on the role of Massachusetts smart growth legislation in promoting public health was supported by a Center for Geographic Analysis Fellowship and the Interdisciplinary Consortium on Urban Planning and Public Health.
Faaiza is a certified yoga teacher and longtime student of Ayurveda, and enjoys running.
