Mr
Triguboff’s projects provide high quality living
at affordable prices. His developments are well known
for their recreational amenities such as swimming pools,
gymnasiums and tennis courts.
Even during
the global financial crisis Harry Triguboff’s business
has remained strong – continuing to provide jobs,
economic activity and affordable housing.
Recent business
highlights include Meriton's purchase from Babcock and
Brown/Payce of the largest remaining parcel of the Victoria
Park site in Zetland, for $109 million. Meriton
estimates that this site, together with other recent acquisitions
from companies such as Mirvac, Stockland and weLive, will
provide the foundation for at least another decade of
construction and development opportunity.
Meriton has
also completed the final stages of its Crown
Square redevelopment on the former ACI glassworks site
in Waterloo in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, which
now boasts some 2,650 apartments, integrated communal
parkland, numerous meticulously restored heritage components
and a brand new shopping centre.
While Mr
Triguboff’s business has traditionally focused on
Sydney, he has now expanded into the Brisbane property
market. In fact, in the midst of the global financial
crisis he is the only developer to commence construction
on not one, but two high-rise residential apartment towers.
The first, ‘Soleil’ in Adelaide Street, will
be Brisbane's tallest building standing 234 metres, containing
some 464 apartments. However it won't be the tallest for
long, because Meriton has just received approval to construct
a second 236 metre tower, containing 568 apartments.
Meriton has
also continued to develop the highly successful "Brighton
on Broadwater" precinct on the site of the former
Sundale shopping centre in Southport on the Gold Coast.
Also on the
Gold Coast, Meriton has launched the latest of its highly
successful serviced apartment properties, containing nearly
200 apartments at Broadbeach. This increases Meriton's
portfolio of serviced apartments' to 1,400 dwellings.
On top of
this Meriton continues to provide long term rental accommodation
across a portfolio of some 2,500 apartments - the vast
majority of which are owned by Meriton - making
it Australia's largest private provider of housing.
Remarkably, all of this has been achieved without the
resort to debt, without any joint venture partners and,
in many cases, without pre-sales.
Mr Triguboff
is committed to supporting and funding significant philanthropic
interests including the Colorectal
Cancer Fund Research Fellowship and the Sydney National
Cancer Foundation. He has funded extensive medical
research including St Vincent’s Hospital for research
into arthritis, the Heart Research Institute for research
into anti-inflammatory drugs, the Murdoch Institute for
research into the early diagnosis of childhood diseases
and also research into breast cancer. He is also a major
benefactor of many schools and other charities in Sydney.
Mr Triguboff
is the first person to win the Property Person of the
Year award twice – he first won the award in 2003.
He was made an Australian Member of the Office of the
Order of Australia in 1990.
The Property
Person of the Year Award, now in its 7th year, will be
presented to Mr Triguboff at a gala charity dinner on
Wednesday November 4, 2009. Proceeds will be donated to
Warrah Disability Services and St Vincent’s Prostate
Cancer Clinic. In the past this
award and event has raised $1.4 million for charitable
causes.
Past winners
include
- Mr Wal King AO, Chief Executive Officer, Leighton
Holdings
- Mr Greg Goodman, Group Chief Executive Officer, Goodman
- Mr Bill Moss AM, Group Head and Chief Executive Officer
of the Banking and Property Group, Macquarie Bank
- Mr Lang Walker, Chairman of Walker Corporation
- Mr Liam Forde, Chief Executive of Baulderstone Hornibrook.
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