MAKE PROPERTY GROUP - Key Persons

Jason Wood

Job Titles:
  • Development Director
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MAKE Clayton

MAKE acquires its second precinct scale asset in 209 Carinish Road, Clayton a 2.1ha strategically located middle ring industrial asset suitable for higher order use, located within the Monash National Employment & Innovation Cluster.

MAKE Preston

MAKE acquires its third precinct scale asset in 687 High Street, Preston, a 1.6ha strategically located investment asset suitable for a transition to higher order mixed use over time.

Matt Ablethorpe

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  • Managing Director Read More
  • Real Estate Executive

Stuart Baird

Job Titles:
  • Associate at MAKE
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MAKE is led by Managing Director, Matt Ablethorpe, a highly experienced real estate executive with over 18 years working across the residential, commercial, retail and industrial sectors. An experienced leader, Matt has a demonstrated ability of building and developing cross-functional, resilient, high performing management teams spanning finance, investment, portfolio and development and marketing. Matt's property experience spans a range of sectors and disciplines which is applied at MAKE's communities comprising a portfolio of projects with a combined end value of over $1.8b comprising 2,400 apartments and over 20,000sqm of non-residential programming with key responsibility of business strategy, site acquisition assessment, capital management, feasibility and risk analysis, due diligence and project strategy implementation including design, planning, stakeholder engagement. Most recently, Matt lead a multi-disciplined team as Director, Development and Director, Portfolio in areas of transaction, development and portfolio management at Assemble Communities, an end-to-end build-to-rent development, investment and community manager, with an objective to affordably house moderate- and low-income Australians in response to the rise of housing affordability issues across Australian capital cities. Matt played a key management role in scaling and structuring the Assemble business to facilitate institutional investment into affordable housing, with AustralianSuper owning a 25 per cent share in Assemble with an equity commitment of $500m for the investment into institutionally owned residential housing. Previously a subsidiary to the MAKE Group, Assemble is now a key investment and housing partner to MAKE following further investment into Assemble by AustralianSuper and Hesta in 2024. Stuart is an Associate at MAKE and supports the financial and investment management of our existing portfolio of projects, including input into and execution of strategy. Stuart also works closely with the directors to assist with the analysis, endorsement and execution of new property acquisitions and debt/equity proposals.

Tom Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager Read More