Australand is one of Australia’s major diversified property groups, with activities across Australia covering development of residential land, housing and apartments, development of and investment in income producing commercial and industrial properties, and property management.

Australand was listed on the Australian and Singapore Securities Exchanges in June 1997 and was formed into a stapled group in November 2003 with the stapling of units in Australand Property Trust to the ordinary shares in Australand Holdings Limited. In October 2005, Australand Property Trust No.4 and Australand Property Trust No.5 were merged with Australand. As a result of this merger, Australand is now a stapled group that comprises Australand Holdings Limited, Australand Property Trust, Australand Property Trust No.4 and Australand Property Trust No.5.

Australand trades on the Australian Securities Exchange and Singapore Securities Exchange as the one stapled security.

Australand has been involved in property development for more than 80 years and Australand has progressively widened the scope of its activities to satisfy the needs of an ever changing and more sophisticated client base.

Australand has three operating divisions being Commercial & Industrial, Residential and Investment Property. It employed 540 people as at 30 June 2010. Its operations are located in Sydney, Melbourne, South East Queensland, Adelaide and Perth and a sales office in Hong Kong servicing the Asian market. As at 30 June 2010, the Investment Property division had a total portfolio value of $2 billion with 69 properties, including 2 properties under development and 1 property held for sale. The portfolio had a total lettable area of 1.1 million sqm and included a total of 168 tenancies.

As at 30 June 2010, Australand had a market capitalisation of approximately $1.4 billion. Its major securityholder is the Singapore based property group, CapitaLand Limited, which owns approximately 59% of the issued capital.

Australand Property Group (ASX:ALZ)
Company Directors
Mr Ee Chee Hong (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Ian Hutchinson (Non Exec. Director, Independent Director)
Mr James G Service (Deputy Chairman, Non Exec. Director, Independent Director)
Mr Kieran Pryke (CFO)
Mr Lui Chong Chee (Chairman)
Mr Michael Newsom (General Counsel)
Mr Olivier Lim (Non Exec. Director)
Mr Paul Isherwood (Non Exec. Director, Independent Director)
Mr Robert Johnston (Managing Director, CEO)
Mr Stephen Newton (Non Exec. Director, Independent Director)
Contact Information
Phone: (02) 9767 2000

Address
Level 3, 1C Homebush Bay Drive, RHODES, NSW, AUSTRALIA, 2138
Media Releases

Latest Company News
  • 09 Feb 2012 - Shares in Australand Property Group (ASX:ALZ) firm after the company forecasts an increase in operating earnings this year, despite posting a fall in profit last year.
  • 08 Feb 2012 - Aus shares hover. Rio Tinto Limited (ASX:RIO) says it’s investing a further US$3.4 billion in the expansion of its iron ore operations in Western Australia.
  • 27 Jul 2011 - Aus dollar hits record after CPI. Shares in Aquila Resources Ltd (ASX:AQA) jump on news the company has resolved its dispute with Vale at the Isaac Plains Coal Mine in Queensland.
  • 06 Jul 2011 - Aus shares rise. Virgin Australia (ASX:VBA) may be flying planes on oil sourced from eucalypt trees.
  • 14 Apr 2011 - Aussie shares in the red. Ten Network Holdings Ltd (ASX:TEN) director Peter Viner is stepping down next month.
  • 01 Apr 2011 - Australand Property Group (ASX:ALZ) inks a deal with the Victorian Government to develop a residential neighbourhood called Valley Park.