KERRIE YOUNG

Senior Research Analyst – Development Advisor

Kerrie has 25 years experience in the Australian property industry in market research and forecasting, sales and target marketing, property acquisition, project design, master planning and policy development. She has held senior roles with the private and public companies, Industry bodies and all levels of government since 1980. Kerrie is a confident, experienced professional who is ethical, highly motivated and well regarded in her field. She has an extensive network of strategic contacts throughout government and industry.

Professional Qualifications:

  • Land Economist and an Associate of the Australian Property Institute (AAPI)
  • Fellow of the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)
  • Bachelor of Arts - UQ majoring in Psychology and Behavioral Science
  • Real Estate Agency Practice Certificate IV, Commercial and Industrial Sales Course
  • Justice of the Peace in Queensland. (JP Qual)

Professional and Community Involvement:

  • Gold Coast Housing Company – Director & Board Member , Foundation Steering Committee member
  • Gold Coast City Council (GCCC) “Bold Futures” Advisory Committee (2007- 2008/09)
  • International Women’s Day “Leadership Award” – Community Service (2009)
  • Griffith University – Steering Committee “Real Estate & Property Development” Bachelor Business Degree – (2006 – 2007)
  • Griffith University – Guest lecturer “Real Estate & Property Development”  2008 and 2009
  • President of the UDIA Gold Coast Tweed branch and UDIA State Director (2005 – 2007)
  • UDIA Mentor program participant
  • Vice President - Property Council of Australia (PCA) Gold Coast  (1989 -2005)
  • GCCC “Housing Strategy Steering Committee (2002 – 2006)
  • GCCC  Property Industry Advisory Committee (1999 – 2005)
  • UDIA QLD Award for Excellence 2004
  • Chairman UDIA – Women in Development Group (2001 – 2006)
  • Australian Indicative Planning Council for the Housing Industry – Dept. Science Industry & Technology (1992 - 1994).

Guest Speaker

Kerrie Young regularly speaks on property market trends at industry forums such as the Property Council of Australia, Urban Development Industry of Australia, and Australian Property Institute functions and to various client groups, Banks & financiers, Agents and Developers. She also conducts training sessions for real estate sales staff and has guest lectured for the Real Estate Institute of Queensland Licensing course and the Real Estate and Property Development degree at Griffith University.

She completed the UDIA QLD Regional branch “State of the Market” presentations in 2008, a lecture series highlighting the economic impacts and strengths and weaknesses of the regional economies of Queensland and on the local development industry. Venues: Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Whitsundays, Rockhampton / Yeppoon, and Toowoomba.

Industry Experience

Kerrie has held senior roles with the following groups since 1981.

KERRIE YOUNG PROPERTY PTY LTD

A Research and Development consultancy established in 2001 specialises in market risk assessments and project development for property investors and financiers. The company provides Property market research, site assessment, feasibilities and property marketing advice to banks, developers, real estate agents, designers and planners, investors, home purchasers and other clients on a consultancy basis.  Past clients the BRB Group and the IKIN Group invited Kerrie to join their Advisory Boards.
Position:                Director - Senior Research Analyst
Period:                   April 2001 – October 2007; February 2009 - date

CONICS

A Queensland based development consulting firm, 12 offices and 600 staff. Conics have a number of service lines including Town planning, Surveying, Mining and Infrastructure, Community Consultation Sustainability issues and Economic and Advisory. Based at Varsity Lakes, Conics Economics & Advisory had fourteen full time research staff working across all areas of economic and property market research and development advisory work. In February 2009, Kerrie returned to her private consulting practice.
Position:                Partner - Senior Research Analyst – Economics and Advisory
Period:                   October 2007 – February 2009
Key Responsibilities – Win and write minimum of $50,000 per month in billings, Business Development and promotional activities, promote Conics through Industry presentations and participation in community forums, Chair of Affordability Research and Development group within Conics, manage and direct career development for research assistants and junior staff.

CITIE CENTRE LIMITED / VILLAWORLD

Position:                Sales and Marketing Manager
Period:                    1999 – 2001
Key Responsibilities –
In 1999 Kerrie joined the developer Citie Centre Ltd a Gold Coast based publicly listed property development company. Villaworld Limited bought out Citie Centre in late 2000 (now called Geo Property Group) During Kerrie’s time in the role the group successfully developed 12 medium density projects in South East Queensland and further diversified the company into the Melbourne and Sydney marketplace.
Kerrie was responsible for risk assessment on property acquisitions, target market research for input into feasibility and product design, creating the marketing campaign including brochures and the advertising campaign, management of an in-house sales team of 8 licensed agents, liaising with outside agents, contract preparation and administration, management of marketing and sales budgets and project profitability.  The role included regular reporting to Board meetings.  In the period as Sales & Marketing manager with Citie Centre / Villaworld    745 homes were sold for a combined value of $160.95 million.

HERRON TODD WHITE (Gold Coast)

Position:                Senior Research Analyst
Period:                   1997 – 1999
Key Responsibilities – Compile and present statistical data on the performance of the property markets, produce quarterly industry publications and provide commentary and training to the company’s network of Valuers across QLD and NSW.  Provide consultancy services to developer and financier clients.

PRD REALTY (now trading as Colliers PRD Nationwide)

PRD Realty at this time was a franchised group of over 45 real estate agencies.  The corporate office was located on the Gold Coast. The group had a heavy commitment to Property Market Research dating back to its establishment in 1974.
Position:                Senior Research Manager
Period:                   1994 – 1997
Key Responsibility – In 1994 Kerrie joined PRD Realty as Property Research Manager for the Gold Coast and New South Wales supervising 4 research staff. In this role she worked closely with the project marketing division and provided statistical market overviews to over 40 franchises in the group. Kerrie instigated a number of marketing tools for PRD Realty including, “Property Watch” and the “Development Map” which are still produced today.  Main tasks involved due diligence reports for clients and market demand studies and commentary in media and compiling project marketing material for major projects.

GCCC / ALBERT SHIRE COUNCIL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD

The joint economic development committee of the two bordering Councils was created to provide data to industries looking to locate in the Gold Coast region.
Position:                Research Manager
Period:                   1990 -1992
Key Responsibilities - created the “Regional Information database” to help encourage industry to relocate to the Gold Coast.

CENSUS 1991 – AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS

Position:                Divisional Manager – South Coast
Period:                   1991
Key Responsibilities – Gold Coast Divisional Manager for the Australian Bureau of Statistics “Census ‘91”, managing and training over 300 staff for the Census collection period. Distribution and collection of over 30,000 census forms.

BAILLIEAU KNIIGHT FRANK

A leading international Commercial and Industrial Real Estate agency now known as Knight Frank. 
Position:                Research Manager
Period:                   1986 – 1989
Key Responsibilities - Compiling statistical data for use by managers and agents in the group. Producing National Research publications and input into marketing reports and due diligence.  Instigated the PCA Office Space Committee on the Gold Coast and began collecting primary data which is still provided in the PCA Office market Report.

MAX CHRISTMAS REALTY

General and Project marketing agency that had the lions share of project marketing and international business in the Gold Coast. Major clients were the Japanese major investors, Quintex – Christopher Skase and other colorful characters of the time.
Position:                Research Manager
Period:                   1983 – 1985
Key Responsibilities – collating and compiling statistical market overview reports. Wrote and produced the first “Gold Coast Market Overview” report which contained population growth and demographics, Property ‘Cycles” graphs and other relevant commentary. This was launched on a quarterly basis at functions at the Sheraton Mirage hotel to around 400 invited guests.

BURCHILL BATE PARKER

Town Planning, Urban design, Structural and Civil Engineers employing over 150 staff at the time. The company was heavily involved in the early development of the Gold Coast and South East QLD. Master planned the suburb of Robina, created the Shinko Hope Island Resort and Sanctuary Cove master plans, including the lobbying for the Integrated Development Resort Act and the Foreign Investment Review Board Guidelines to accommodate the developments.
Position:                Research Analyst
Period:                   1980 - 1983
Key Responsibilities – Collecting data on the supply and demand of residential land in South east Queensland. Data collection involved review of Council minutes, interviewing of developers and sales staff, tallying sales recorded by the Valuer General.

 
   

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