I am a strategic retail planning and design consultant, who over the years has undertaken a wide spectrum of projects ranging from concept master planning including retail planning, tenancy mix selection, merchandising & marketing and designing of shopping centres; to the developing of prototypical concepts for national & international retail operators.
Whether it was consulting to the likes of the late Eddie Kornhauser during the halcyon days of Surfers Paradise’s Paradise Centre, and directing the strategic planning and leasing involved in the introduction of the 1st full line supermarket (Safeway) to a Mixed-Use Urban Style development on the Queensland Gold Coast , or as General Manager, Shopping Centre Development for Lewis Land and creating the vision for the original Harbour Town on the Gold Coast; – one that effected a radical and complete departure from the traditional multi-level, inwardly focused, air-conditioned shopping centres of that day. I believe in harnessing an individual approach when developing sustainable retail concepts and design programmes, that whilst effectively increasing sales and profits for a shopping centre/clients’ retailing strategies; the need to introduce a sense of discovery by providing compelling product offerings and exceptional shopping experiences for their customers is essential.
