Marcus Ford

Experience

• Advising two principal residential developers, the developer of the shopping centre and the developer of the business park in all aspects of the infrastructure and planning for the Rochedale master planned community development, including negotiating critical infrastructure agreements with Brisbane City Council.
• Acting for two property groups in relation to strategic planning, infrastructure requirements and agreements for their large proposed communities of Ripley Valley and Flagstone, both of which are areas governed by the Minister of Economic Development Queensland.
• Advising a property group in relation to their proposed development at Palmview on the Sunshine Coast, which is a major greenfield development site for the region. The team’s services include strategic planning, infrastructure planning and general property advice.
• Acting for a property group in the sale of a shopping centre in 2012. The centre was set on 3.85 hectares of land within the high growth master planned areas of Peregian Springs and Ridges Peregian Springs on the Sunshine Coast. The sale included 4,386sqm of additional land available for further expansion of the centre.
• Working collaboratively with various consultants in respect of negotiations with state government, local authorities and various other stakeholders.
• Representing a property group in its acquisition from a residential property developer of a major residential development at Currumbin, Gold Coast, with an end value of about $500 million.
• Advising the Department of Housing and Public Works through his appointment to the Logan Renewal Evaluation Committee.