Strategic Partners
"A team of specialist strategic partners is assembled to ensure every project is built to the highest possible standard and within time and budget constraints."
Golden Group works closely with specialised strategic partners across the entire development cycle, including architects, town planners, landscape and environmental consultants and real estate agents. Each of the partner companies are leaders in their respective fields and bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to every Golden Group project, ensuring the company's vision, maximising each project's benefits and delivering a high quality outcome for all stakeholders.
Architects
FOSTER + PARTNERS, London, U.K.
Foster + Partners led by Founder and Chairman Norman Foster is based in London with project offices worldwide. The practice has pioneered a sustainable approach to architecture through a wide range of work, from urban masterplan to product design. Projects include the world's largest airport terminal in Beijing, Swiss Re's London Headquarters, Millau Viaduct in France, the German Parliament in the Reichstag, Berlin, The Great Court of London's British Museum, and Headquarters for HSBC in Hong Kong and London. The practice has received over 580 awards for excellence and won over 100 national and international competitions since its inception in 1967.
HASSELL Architects, Perth, Western Australia
HASSELL is a privately owned international network of design studios. Each has the flexibility and autonomy to service its local clients, and the advantages of access to our integrated culture, combined resources and collective experience. It is a multidisciplinary design practice structured around the key disciplines of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and planning, with integrated sustainability and urban design capabilities. Informed by a depth of design thinking, HASSELL delivers results that are unique and exceed client expectations. HASSELL topped the list of six Australian firms included in the 2010 list of the world's 100 biggest practices, published in association with UK magazine Building Design.
HAMES SHARLEY, Perth, Western Australia
Hames Sharley is an award winning design firm specialising in architecture, interior design, urban design and planning, and landscape architecture. Established in Adelaide in 1975, the practice currently operates offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth and Sydney. Hames Sharley's portfolio of work is diverse as it is innovative, including major complex architectural projects such as Fiona Stanley Hospital and the iconic Perth Bell Tower, positioning them as a leader in the international marketplace. Sustainability is a core value at Hames Sharley. With accredited Greenstar professionals on board, they offer clients advice on sustainable retail and commercial design and inform what realistic long term benefits will be achievable in the final building product. Hames Sharley has a rich culture of provoking and sharing new ideas and dedicate themselves to exceeding client expectations in project delivery.
Town Planners
DPS, Perth, Western Australia
Development Planning Strategies (DPS) provides the highest level of urban design skills to the land development industry. With offices in Perth and Sydney, DPS have extensive experience across Australia and South East Asia, offering a full range of Urban Design and Town Planning services focussing on the delivery of large urban masterplan projects, significant urban redevelopment projects, and resort projects. Chee Mok, Frank Arangio, Graham Meredith and Nigel McAndrew are experienced in project inception, approvals and negotiating quality urban outcomes. The DPS team have had extensive involvement in Local and State Government levels both in WA and NSW providing a full comprehension of statutory procedures and a clear understanding of planning policy and practice which is applied to major urban projects and urban strategies.
TAYLORS, Melbourne, Victoria
Taylors Development Strategists is a multidisciplinary organization providing quality and expert consultancy services across the Urban Development, Built Environment and Infrastructure sectors. Their blend of experienced and young professionals has built a reputation for delivering solutions in a broad range of services including site acquisition advice and feasibility, project management, urban and regional planning, urban design and design guidelines, architecture, landscape design, environmental consulting, land surveying, and GIS.
Environmental and Landscape
Emerge Associates, Perth, Western Australia
Emerge Associates is a landscape architectural and environmental services consultancy offering fully integrated science and design services. The multi award winning landscape architectural team has a project portfolio that extends throughout Australia and has designed and delivered hundreds of million dollars of landscape works across numerous high profile projects over the last 13 years. The companies landscape services specialise in practical design solutions for urban and residential communities and in working as a compatible project team member. Our role typically encompasses concept and detail design, documentation, gaining approvals, tendering and site management of delivery through to the final handover of complex projects.
Engineers
JDSi Consulting Engineers, Perth, Western Australia
JDSi is a privately owned Western Australian based Civil Engineering company offering a full range of civil engineering, project management and construction services in land development and resource industries. We are committed to accurately understanding the needs of each client and to identifying innovative, economically feasible and environmentally responsible solutions. Using our extensive knowledge base, JDSi specialises in creating innovative and industry leading land development projects. JDSi provides efficient solutions for all types of civil infrastructure projects including urban, rural and industrial subdivisions.
Real Estate
Des Leo, Perth, Western Australia
Des Leo is one of the country's leading real estate agents specialising in sourcing land and development projects for developers and investors. With many years prior experience as a farmer and business proprietor in the agricultural sector, he has extensive understanding and knowledge of the property requirements of this community.
Lawyers
Sukhwant Singh - Magister Legal, Perth, Western Australia
Based in the Perth CBD, Magister Legal through its Business Client Division, provide advice in corporate, property, domestic and international transactions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, business structures, financing transactions and business migration. In addition, the Private Clients Division offers advice in private trusts, family business, succession planning and asset protection.
Martin Bennett - Bennett + Co, Perth, Western Australia
Martin Bennett has recently re-established his corporate and commercial law firm, Bennett + Co. - acting as a corporate and commercial advisor and litigator for a wide range of clients. Instrumental in securing several landmark decisions in corporates cases, commercial disputes and intellectual property, this brilliant and hard-hitting litigator has been described by IMF Chief Executive Hugh McLernon as a "battering-ram" and says, "He's got no fear and is prepared to front anyone" (The West Australian,11 March 2011). Mr Bennett was formerly General Counsel at Lavan Legal.
John Naughton - Mallesons Stephen Jaques, Perth, Western Australia
John Naughton is a Partner in the property, construction and environment group and the financial services group of the Perth law firm - Mallesons Stephen Jaques, now a part of global firm Kings & Woods Mallesons. With broad experience and specializing in property, project and corporate financing, developments and acquisitions, Mr Naughton acts for financiers, institutions, developers and investors of large scale property related activities throughout Australia and internationally, with a particular focus on the Asian market.
Peter Beekink - Lavan Legal, Perth, Western Ausralia
Peter Beekink is the lead partner of Lavan Legal's property services group and has practiced in the area of commercial property for over 25 years. Mr Beekink has wide experience in land development, leasing, acquisition and disposal of assets and the financing of commercial projects.
Anthony Zita - John V Hayes & Co, Melbourne
Anthony Zita is a Barrister and Solicitor for Melbourne law firm John V Hayes & Co. With broad experience and expertise in commercial property throughout Australia, Mr Zita acts for a range of clients including developers and investors, providing legal and commercial advice in relation to all aspects of property acquisition and disposal, development, ownerships structures, due diligence, financing, leasing and asset management.
Angela Romeo - John V Hayes & Co, Melbourne
Angela Romeo is Legal Executive for Melbourne law firm John V Hayes & Co. Ms Romero has a background specializing in all aspects of property matters, acquisitions and developments.
Accountants
Grant Burgess - Ernst & Young, Perth
Grant Burgess is a Partner within Ernst & Young's Western Region's Strategic Growth Markets team. With over 25 years business advisory and corporate tax management experience, he is one of Perth's most sought-after advisors.
With clients in the property, mining, finance and telecommunications sectors, Mr Burgess works with businesses in emerging and mid-sized markets to achieve accelerated and managed growth. His broad commercial experience enables him to provide clients with industry specific solutions for implementation and management of effective tax strategies
Charles Napoli - Barringtons CA, Perth
Charles Napoli is a Director of business advisory firm Barringtons. An experienced chartered accountant, he has been providing taxation and business services to clients for over 30 years. Mr Napoli specialises in providing financial, taxation and business advisory services to the property development industry.