This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
QUEENSLAND property group Geon is launching a new division to fill a gap for build-to-rent, student accommodation and co-living operators and managers, appointing Dan Moore as Geon Living CEO to service the burgeoning sectors.
Moore comes to Geon with 21 years’ experience in property operations, overseeing 11,000 dwellings across 23 projects in build-to-rent and student accommodation both in the United Kingdom and Australia. His experience includes property management systems, integrations, compliance delivery and facility, asset and community management.
As a technology expert, he has extensive skills in information and communication technology design, mobilisation and integration and has developed and delivered purpose-built student accommodation and buid-to-rent OpCo service models, resident apps and local energy networks, to name a few.
Geon chief executive officer, Ben Griffin said Geon Living provided synergies with the broader business, complementing its established services in property management, leasing and funds management, and expertise in property development.
He said Geon would leverage Moore’s extensive experience to provide end-to-end management services for investors.
Geon Living would provide a full suite of services from efficient and automated administration and reporting tactics to service model and leasing journey design as well as sustainable utility solutions through local energy networks.
“These services are complemented by a purposeful community engagement program to give residents a sense of community pride and a feeling of being ‘home’,” he said.
Moore said, “The build-to-rent market is growing at speed, but we are yet to see the long-term outcomes of this model in Australia and I believe that will hinge on projects offering more diversity of building amenity, which in turn allows for more variety of management and service models being deployed.”
Geon is responsible for major sunshine state developments including Teneriffe’s Australian Estate Woolstores, and is behind the planned $750 million Albion Exchange retail, commercial and residential hub.
Queensland accounts for 24% of the nation’s build-to-rent pipeline. The state’s pipeline has been gathering steam this year with US giant Brookfield planning a $400 million dual-tower at Portside Wharf, Lendlease earlier announcing it would finally make its entrance into the Austrlian market with a 443-residence project at Brisbane Showgrounds, and Sentinel Real Estate Corporation getting the green light for a 300-apartment build-to-rent community on the Gold Coast.
