Who are Advise Transact?
It is widely regarded that no individual nor sales team achieved a level of control in the Melbourne Commercial Property market quite like that of Mark Wizel and Lewis Tong during their time at Global property firm CBRE. Through the experience of handling in excess of 1,200 Sales & Leasing Transactions, Advise Transact was founded.
Advise Transact is a progressive and open minded commercial property consultancy firm assisting clients purchase, divest, finance, lease and providing strategic advise on single asset or multiple asset portfolios. Their experience is being sought by some of the countries leading private, institutional and non for profit property holders.
Irrespective of property type we oversee all facets of the divestment to mitigate risk and maximise outcomes for our clients. To date, Advise Transact have been tasked with asset divestments between $500,000 and $250,000,000.
2024 Advise Transact divestment success.
The Advise Transact difference
12 Lakeside Drive, Burwood
Asset Profile: Commercial Office Building
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Mars Group
35-39 Albany Road, Toorak
Asset Profile: Prestige Residential
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Haines Family
1-3, 5-7, 15 Weir Street, Glen Iris
Asset Profile: Retail
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Hayes Family
216-228 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Asset Profile: Commercial Office Investment
Method of Sale: Off Market
Client: Private international investor
Macedon Lodge, Macedon
Asset Profile: Horse Training Facility
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Hudson Conway
1406-1424 Dandenong Road, Oakleigh
Asset Profile: Large Format Retail
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Preston Motors Group
424-426 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Asset Profile: Development Site
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Mars Group
87-105 Racecourse Road, Nth Melbourne
Asset Profile: Development Site
Method of Sale: Expressions of Interest
Client: Pace Development
7 Daughters, Ballarat
Asset Profile: Horse Training Facility
Method of Sale: Private Sale
Client: 7 Daughters Pty Ltd
A selection of our current clients
Mark holds over 15 years experience in the Australian property industry, previously heading CBRE as the National Sales Director where he was involved in large-scale asset disposal projects and proved his strengths in marketing, process building, sales and leasing. In the seven years between 2012 to 2019, he assembled and trained an agency team that would go on to dominate the commercial property market across nearly every asset class. Across a career spanning nearly 15 years in commercial agency, Mark Wizel’s experience in handling vast commercial property transactions is without peer.
Ashley begun her career over a decade ago, and has since transacted multiple asset classes including, industrial, development, medical and retail throughout Victoria. Her focussed and determined nature saw her join CBRE where she teamed up with Mark Wizel and Lewis Tong working on multiple transactions with them over a number of years. She applies her skills around negotiation, marketing and due diligence coordination to all campaigns to ensure her clients achieve price maximisation without compromising on risk mitigation from beginning through to final settlement.
In 2006, Lewis joined CBRE as a commercial property valuer in industrial, office, retail, and development sites, and in 2009 moved into commercial property transactions where he specialised in transacting commercial property with a specialisation to Asian Capital. He was made National Director of the Australian Asian Desk in 2018 and managed a team of 30 people. During his time at CBRE, Lewis transacted over $8 billion worth of properties and developed strong relationships with private investors and institutional investors throughout Asia.
Over 25 years experience in master planning, design and development of large-scale property infrastructure. As a Founding Senior Executive of Crown Melbourne, Tony’s 16-year tenure encompassed a variety of roles including Chief Operating Officer and Project Director - Design and Development. He also served as the Design Director for City of Dreams Macau, a $2 billion integrated casino-hotel-entertainment complex. Tony brings extensive operational experience at senior executive level, as well as a global perspective having worked in the United States, Hong Kong, Macau and Canada.
