James Weaver

James Weaver is a property executive with over 30 years experience in the real estate industry. Beginning his career as a solicitor, James took up a position with the Macquarie Group property funds management business in 1996.

In his capacity as State Manager for Victoria, South Australia and the ACT, James was part of a global team that grew the business from $300 million in property assets under management in 1996 to over $14 billion at its height in 2007. Before transferring to Charter Hall in 2010 as part of the sale of Macquarie’s business, James built up the Victorian team to 12 staff and oversaw an investment and development portfolio of over $1 billion in value.  

James’s significant expertise covers all sectors of the commercial property market, and most property disciplines including asset management, capital transactions, leasing, development and corporate activity. Some of the keynote transactions which James has either led or had a significant involvement in throughout his career include:

• Merger of the Celsius House Trust with Property Income Investment Trust to form the Macquarie Office Trust; 
• The public float of what has now become Coast Entertainment;
• The acquisition and syndication of a 50% interest in No. 1 Martin Place, Sydney; 
• The establishment of several stand-alone office property funds for a variety of local and international investment groups.

James has also been responsible for the acquisition, leasing, asset management and in some cases, development of a number of significant buildings across the markets for which he was responsible including:  

• The iconic Orica Building at 1 Nicholson Street, Melbourne; 
• BHP's headquarters at 171 Collins Street, Melbourne
  
• Argus Centre, 300 Latrobe Street, Melbourne; 
• 200 Queen Street, Melbourne; 
• 17 Moore Street, Canberra; 
• Shape Building, 5 Queens Road, Melbourne; 
• Cat Logistics Facility, Cnr Fitgerald and Boundary Roads, Laverton; 
• Riverside Centre, North Terrace, Adelaide

Since leaving Charter Hall in March 2012, James has run his own property advisory and consultancy business, Killila Property Group, which has intermittently involved him working with clients on an exclusive basis. In between these roles, he was involved in some major advisory transactions for significant clients including:

• Carlton Connect project for the University of Melbourne 
• Sale of the World Trade Centre complex for Asset1 to Abacus / KKR 
• Development Victoria
• Advent Private Capital 
• Davies Collison Cave / QANTM Group  

Some keynote transactions handled by James while consulting to clients include:

• Purchase of Novotel Glen Waverley, a 200 room, 4 star hotel for $73.66m 
• Acquisition of the adjoining Century City Walk retail complex for $45m. The two assets were subsequently re-sold for $140m, delivering investors a $20m+ profit within 2 years 
• Pullman on the Park, a 419 room, 4.5 star hotel for $158.88m 
• Purchase and development of a 20,000 sqm manufacturing facility for Thornton Engineering in Corio, Victoria 
• Purchase of 333 Kent Street, Sydney for $88.88m 
• Park Regis Hotel, Sydney, which was acquired for $44m in December 2016 and on-sold less than 2 years later for $54.18m 
• Sale of 33 King Street, Caboolture for $18m  

James holds a double degree in commerce and law from the University of Queensland.