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business in their home country, the process is often very different in Australia.
By developing our relationships early, we can establish trust and confidence and share a deeper understanding of each other’s local practices. Ultimately, it
is about helping our Chinese/Asian de-
velopers find the balance between their
way and the Australian way to maximise financial outcomes.
Furthermore, being a family business parallels with many Clients who also
have family enterprises. We are currently working with several Asian families whereby the younger generations are
being handed the task of growing their
global businesses within Australia. The
key to working effectively with them is to
have patience and to provide them with a high degree of transparency, explaining how our regulatory processes work and how best to achieve desired outcomes.
This approach builds trust, which is the main ingredient in establishing sound relationships for future growth. It is
our passion, commitment and patience,
together with our understanding of Asian Cultures that have allowed us to excel in this segment of the market.
APR John:
I am aware that building costs are con-
tinuing to rise putting further pressure
adjoining properties, ease of access,
can you provide to Developers to protect
ination and potential hazardous mate-
on the viability of projects. What advice them from building prices exceeding their feasibility allowances?
Mark:
We place great emphasis at the outset
of our engagement to ensure buildings
existing services, demolition, contam-
a high probability that the building cost estimate will be inaccurate.
rials. Without understanding these site
APR John:
underestimate the true cost of a proposed
projects over its 48 year history, can you
specific factors, we often see developers development.
Therefore, it is critical that prior to apply-
Pomeroy Pacific has done so many
name 3 projects you are most proud of? And why?
can in fact be built to an agreed budget
ing for a planning permit, the above con-
Mark:
achieved by focusing on factors such
advice obtained from an independent
development projects over a 48 year com-
without compromising quality. This is
as; the design of the building including its efficiencies, percentage of amenity
provided, basement structural design, the number of cores and possessing a
deep understanding of the site specific
constraints such as ground conditions, 78
siderations are properly considered and quantity surveyor and project manager.
The build cost is the single largest cost in a project and if sites are purchased using simplistic costing analysis such as a cost per apartment or a square meter rate
across Gross Floor Area (GFA), there is
Having delivered in excess of $3 billion in pany history, it is not easy limiting my
answer to just three projects. However, the following stand-out for me:
(1) 553 St Kilda Road Melbourne
office building. Pomeroy Pacific were