Alan Stent-Smith purchased 220 Ha on the Capricorn Highway outside of Emerald with the goal of building a residence and grazing land, before it was subsequently re-zoned to Special Purpose Industrial use by the local council. The following 3 years consisted of many pain points with the council, during which Alan enlisted the assistance of Rawdon Briggs, Agribusiness Transaction Services and David Skerrett from Colliers International Strategic Advisory.
The project faced challenges in aligning and coordinating stakeholder interests and priorities and gaining the support from all levels of Government. Coordination was required to bring together all parties and to gain support for Government funding for major rail and road infrastructure without which the project could not be delivered.
Colliers presented a holistic approach to ‘step in’ to assist the client to realise the opportunity that the project presented. Agribusiness brought in Strategic Advisory to take the lead in facilitating the coordination of the project. Services provided included commercial advisory, deal management, stakeholder engagement in addition to master agency for the project.
The collaborative approach resulted in the sale of the anchor site to a major ASX listed grain handler, successfully gaining funding support for catalyst road and rail infrastructure from the Local, State and Federal Government and the delivery of a regionally significant container freight, logistics and industrial hub for Central Queensland. The project is now under construction and is having strong interest in the market.
Alan Stent-Smith purchased 220 Ha on the Capricorn Highway outside of Emerald with the goal of building a residence and grazing land, before it was subsequently re-zoned to Special Purpose Industrial use by the local council. The following 3 years consisted of many pain points with the council, during which Alan enlisted the assistance of Rawdon Briggs, Agribusiness Transaction Services and David Skerrett from Colliers International Strategic Advisory.
The project faced challenges in aligning and coordinating stakeholder interests and priorities and gaining the support from all levels of Government. Coordination was required to bring together all parties and to gain support for Government funding for major rail and road infrastructure without which the project could not be delivered.
Colliers presented a holistic approach to ‘step in’ to assist the client to realise the opportunity that the project presented. Agribusiness brought in Strategic Advisory to take the lead in facilitating the coordination of the project. Services provided included commercial advisory, deal management, stakeholder engagement in addition to master agency for the project.
The collaborative approach resulted in the sale of the anchor site to a major ASX listed grain handler, successfully gaining funding support for catalyst road and rail infrastructure from the Local, State and Federal Government and the delivery of a regionally significant container freight, logistics and industrial hub for Central Queensland. The project is now under construction and is having strong interest in the market.