Steve is the National Head of Occupier Strategy and Solutions for Bayleys Knight Frank. He provides expert strategic advice to corporate and public sector clients that occupy real estate, but for which real estate is not a core activity. In addition to strategic advisory services, he provides project managed brokerage and tenant representation services all commercial asset classes - office, industrial and retail - and all of New Zealand. He works closely with our complementary business lines – particularly capital markets, office leasing, and industrial and logistics – to provide an end-to-end service.

Prior to joining Bayleys, Steve was a Partner with Russell McVeagh, one of New Zealand’s leading law firms, in the real estate and construction team. He has extensive experience advising on complex real estate transactions, including development, divestment/acquisition and construction, and has acted for various private clients and institutions.

Examples of Steve’s recent work at Bayleys include:

Office leasing advisory

• One NZ, new 10,500sqm corporate office lease at 30 Daldy Street, Wynyard Quarter with Mansons TCLM
• Craigs IP, renewal and restructure of ~2,400sqm corporate office lease at the Vero Centre, Auckland
• Russell McVeagh, renewal and restructure of ~4,200sqm head office lease at the Vero Centre, Auckland
• Warner Brothers Discovery, extension and restructure of head office lease at Flower Street, Auckland
• T&G Global, new head office lease at Central Park, Greenlane, Auckland

Strategic advisory

• Advisor to Cornwall Park Trust Board on appointment of new events operator for the Auckland Showgrounds facility
• Advisor to Auckland Council/Eke Panuku Development Auckland on the structure of and future options associated with the Council’s “Own Your Own Home” elderly housing scheme
• Advisor to Higgins Family Private Office and Carrus Development on future residential development pipeline

Capital markets

• Mortgagee sale of the ex-Nido land and buildings for $46.3m
• Sale of 207-hectare Western Hills residential development land for undisclosed price to private consortium
• Sale of 60 hectares of development land at Drury South for $39m to private investor
• Various sale and leaseback transactions for T&G Global including facilities in Palmerston North and Pukekohe