Residential Development Summit 2014 Groundwork today for living tomorrow Principal Sponsor Event Sponsors Principal Sponsor Event Sponsors Programme 0830 Registration 0900 Welcome | Connal Townsend, Chief Executive, Property Council New Zealand 0915 Central Government Policies for Housing in New Zealand | Hon Dr Nick Smith - Minister of Building and Housing The Minister reports on government policies for the Housing Accord and Special Housing Areas, and discusses the legislation process and impact on development, and covers the next steps for housing affordability. 1000 Local Government Auckland Residential Update | Penny Hulse - Deputy Mayor, Auckland Council Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse will outline the issues facing Auckland in terms of supply and demand for housing, and will elaborate on what action Council is taking to enable growth in the housing market. 1045 Morning Tea 1130 Home Ownership - The NZ Obsession | Shamubeel Eaqub - Principal Economist, NZIER The fixation New Zealanders have with home ownership is causing economic and social despair. Shamubeel Eaqub elaborates and explains that this is why we need to fix the housing market. 1200 Greenfield Special Housing - Experience from the Coalface | Ian Craig - Manager Urban Design Unit, Harrison Grierson Ian Craig will elaborate on recent Auckland based work in greenfield special housing areas and relay his experiences. What is and isn’t working in the Special Housing Area Process, what will it deliver in greenfield areas, and how quickly? 1230 Living Tomorrow - Our Future Homes | Joshua Wheeler - Director, MGS Architects, Melbourne With a focus on ‘transforming housing’ in our cities and inner suburb housing, Joshua will discuss how the latest project partnerships, design solutions and project cost efficiencies are being applied to residential housing developments in Melbourne, informing the changes in the way we will live tomorrow. 1310 Lunch 1415 Demographics - Where is the Demand? | Peter Churchill - Commercial Sales Manager, Barfoot & Thompson Peter Churchill delivers the research results on residential demographics within the Auckland region and the housing market, with facts and figures on growth and sales. Highlighting the demand drivers such as immigration, school zones and an ageing population. 1445 Housing New Zealand Corporation - A New Approach | Glen Sowry - Chief Executive, Housing New Zealand Corporation Describing some of the new policies and key challenges within Housing New Zealand Corporation, Glen Sowry explains the new approach and the expected impact on the residential sector. 1530 Panel Discussion - Housing Supply and Meeting the Demand | Facilitated by Connal Townsend - Mark Fraser - Development Manager, Sales and Marketing, Hobsonville Land Company - Leonard Ross - Director, Tasman Cook - Steve Evans - Chief Operating Officer - Housing, Fletcher Building Connal Townsend facilitates a discussion from the expert panel above, highlighting a range of residential Auckland based projects, delving into issues such as cost efficiency, supply, funding and purchaser profile. 1615 1630 Thanks and Closing Cocktail Function Speakers Connal Townsend Chief Executive Property Council New Zealand Hon Dr Nick Smith Minister of Building and Housing Penny Hulse Deputy Mayor Auckland Council Connal Townsend is the Chief Executive of Property Council New Zealand. In this role he is our industry’s principal advocate on behalf of New Zealand’s commercial, industrial, retail, property funds and multiunit residential property owners. Dr Nick Smith was born and educated in North Canterbury in a bridge construction family. He subsequently completed a firstclass honours degree in civil engineering and a PhD in landslides at Canterbury University. Penny Hulse was selected to be the first Deputy Mayor for all of Auckland for her “inclusive style and fairness” and skill in uniting communities and groups across the political spectrum. Prior to his appointment in 2005, Connal worked for a number of years in the finance sector. Previously he was the lead consultant to the Housing New Zealand Establishment Board (1991); the Regional Manager North West for Housing New Zealand; a senior consultant with Deloittes specialising in strategic organisational development. He has also worked for Solid Energy (coalcorp), and as a political Researcher in Parliament. He was a member of this Government’s Technical Advisory Group on Resource Management Reforms (rMii-u), and he has been a member of the board of Towns and Cities New Zealand inc. since 2007. Connal is a Justice of the Peace, and has an M.A. (Hons) in Politics from Canterbury University. Nick was politically active from a young age and influenced by a year as an AFS scholar to Delaware, USA. He became a district councillor while studying and has held many offices in Young Nationals and in the senior National Party prior to being selected as the National candidate for Tasman in 1989. He won the Tasman seat in 1990 and 1993, and following the introduction of MMP, Nelson in 1996, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2014 despite both having a long previous history as Labour areas. Nick has held 12 Ministerial portfolios in the Bolger, Shipley and Key Cabinets, covering Conservation, Building and Construction, Housing, Education, Immigration, Corrections, Social Welfare, Treaty Negotiations, Environment, ACC, Climate Change and Local Government. She has led the public engagement on Auckland Council’s draft Unitary Plan, the document now being adapted by the community to govern how the Auckland region will grow over the next 30 years. Steel and determination are traits which Penny has regularly shown as Deputy Mayor of Auckland, and also previously as Deputy Mayor of Waitakere City. Colleagues say she is highly principled, judges every case on its merits and takes responsibility for council decisions, even those she argued against. Standing as an independent, she was the highest-polling candidate in the Waitakere ward, and served for 18 years on Waitakere local bodies. Penny has strong links with her community and cares passionately about the Auckland region. She is Chair of the Auckland Plan Committee and Deputy Chair of the CCO Strategy Review Sub-Committee. Shamubeel Eaqub Principal Economist NZIER Ian Craig Manager Urban Design Unit Harrison Grierson Joshua Wheeler Director MGS Architects, Melbourne Shamubeel heads up Membership Services, where he looks after NZIER’s economic forecasts and analysis of our Quarterly Survey of Business Opinion. Ian is the founder and manager of Harrison Grierson’s urban design division. He leads urban design inputs into a wide range of projects involving structure planning and master planning of residential and business growth areas. Joshua has experience in design, planning and architectural contract administration as well as urban design and master planning. Shamubeel holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Management with Honours in Economics from Lincoln University. He has worked as a macro economist in the private sector since 2001, both in New Zealand and Australia. His focus and interest is in analytical frameworks to aid economic forecasting, commentary and incisive research into topical areas of economics. Ian is skilled in the drafting of strategic planning documents, statutory planning provisions and design guidelines. He is a widely-recognised expert in subdivision design and medium density housing development, and has an impressive track record of implemented projects in this field. Joshua’s recent architectural projects include delivering 139 affordable dwelling units at Drill Hall, Melbourne and 87 Chapel Street, St Kilda, and the AIA Regional Prize winning Bendigo Library redevelopment. Urban design projects completed for local government include the Newport Urban Design Guidelines (2014), the Hampton/ Willis Street Precinct UDF (2013) and Glen Waverley Activity Centre Masterplan for the City of Monash. Joshua is currently undertaking the strategic master plan for La Trobe University Bendigo and the design of over 70 Independent Living Units for the Old Colonists Association of Victoria. Prior to joining MGS, Joshua was an Associate Director of a leading Californian architectural practice from 1999-2003 specialising in arts, cultural and large residential projects, and successfully ran his own architectural practice in Ireland prior to rejoining MGS in 2009. Speakers Peter Churchill Commercial Sales Manager Barfoot & Thompson Glen Sowry Chief Executive Housing New Zealand Corporation Peter Churchill is a Registered Valuer, a member of the Real Estate Institute, a senior member of the NZ Property Institute, having previously been a National Councillor for the Property Management Institute, has been on the Auckland Branch Committee of Property Council and was a member of the Property Council’s Research Committee. Housing New Zealand’s Chief Executive Officer Glen Sowry is leading the organisation though significant changes in the social housing sector. Peter has spoken at several property conferences at both a regional and national level on matters of interest. The experience and contacts gained in participating in these various committees and industry related activities provides an almost unprecedented platform for an agent to perform in the New Zealand market. Before joining Barfoot & Thompson, Peter spent 20 years looking after the property interests of the AMP group, spending time in the Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland offices. Major projects he had significant involvement in included PwC Tower and Botany Town Centre. Glen joined Housing New Zealand in early 2013. Previously he spent ten years in senior executive roles with Air New Zealand, running substantial parts of the airline, including as General Manager Operations. Prior to this Glen worked in corporate affairs at Telecom and TVNZ. In these roles he has shown an ability to build teams, contribute to the organisations success, and a commitment to customer innovation and service delivery. Outside of work Glen is a highly accomplished sailor who was part of the team that won the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race on Steinlager 2 in 1989/90 with Sir Peter Blake. He has sailed in many major events including four Round the World races, the America’s Cup and the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Mark Fraser Development Manager, Sales and Marketing Hobsonville Land Company Hobsonville Land Company (HLC) is the crown agency leading the development of Hobsonville Point. An exemplar medium density residential project that will deliver approximately 3,500 homes over the next 10 to 15 years. Mark has worked in the Auckland property sector for over ten years and has been with HLC now for 3 years. In his role immediately prior to that he was the project leader for the redevelopment of Queens Wharf, including shed 10 and the Cloud, for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. In Mark’s role at HLC his responsibilities include the whole of project sales and marketing including co-ordinated marketing working with the project’s developer and builder partners. Hobsonville Point is delivering a range of housing product from large stand-alone homes, through to terrace homes and apartments and even small affordable stand-alone and attached homes. Prices range from under $400,000 to over $1m and with a commitment to deliver 20 per cent at or below $485,000 the Hobsonville Land Company has had to innovate with its partners to address housing affordability in the Auckland market. Leonard Ross Director Tasman Cook Steve Evans Chief Operating Officer, Housing Fletcher Building Leonard is the Director of Tasman Cook and an experienced property developer. Steve hails from Melbourne and graduated with a structural engineering degree from Melbourne University. eonard’s expertise lies in feasibility, master planning and negotiation, and he holds a number of trustee positions and directorships of New Zealand companies. He started his career at Lend Lease in Australia before moving to Singapore with the company in the early 1990s, where he worked on a number of high profile projects throughout South East Asia. In 2003, he moved with Lend Lease to Britain where he worked on some of London’s best projects including 46 storey Heron Tower in the City. He also founded a development business focussed on the provision of mixed tenure housing in inner London. Steve estimates that he has been in charge of creating around 5000 residences throughout his life, mainly in the greater London area. His development experience also extends to apartment living, the tallest being a 45 level building containing 30 per cent affordable homes in Southwark. 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