Getting to Know Walker Corporation
- As one of the LFRA’s newest Gold Associate Members, who is Walker Corporation and what services do you offer?
With experience across the entire property spectrum including commercial, residential, retail, resort and industrial, Walker Corporation brings a unique and incomparable level of expertise across all property, enabling a point of difference for our Large Format Retailers.
Walker Corporation is Australia’s largest private and diversified development company, and a leader within the property industry for over 50 years.
We specialise in identifying the potential in difficult sites and revitalising them with creative outcomes into places for people to live, work and play – accompanied by the best in mixed-use retail and homemaker centres.
- Can you tell us a little bit about your experience in Large Format Retail?
Walker Corporation’s experience in the retail sector is extensive, delivering a portfolio of high-profile Large Format Retail projects throughout the country.
We have worked with clients such as Harvey Norman, Ikea, Bunnings, Fantastic Furniture, Beacon Lighting, and Costco, some of Australia’s strongest retailers.
Walker’s specialisation in creating mixed-use spaces, combining retail and homemaker centres, guarantees our retail tenants’ consistent demand and convenience, appealing to nearby consumers.
- How can LFRA Members collaborate with Walker Corporation?
Walker Corporation’s centrally based head office and single point of contact provide a streamlined collaboration process for all LFRA members.
Our ability to understand our members’ desired needs and outcomes and provide suitable solutions across the broad market ensures LFRA members will experience the best outcome collaborating with Walker Corporation.
With our unrivalled experience as Urban Transformation Specialists, Walker Corporation looks forward to working together with LFRA members and sharing advice and opportunities that enable our clients to access competitive prices, locations, and logistics across Australia.
- What role can Large Format Retail play in master planned communities?
Large Format Retail plays an important role across all current and future Walker masterplanned communities.
It is important when masterplanning to ensure your new community has access to Large Format Retail in their neighbourhood so they do not have to travel far distances but equally so that we can attract potential customers from nearby neighbourhoods to visit.
Walker Corporation are developing close to 30,000 home sites in masterplanned communities around the country.
In this new world of remote working, individuals prioritise convenience so having Large Format Retailers incorporated within Walker’s masterplanned communities provides a constant level of demand and provides future tenants with strong sales success.
- And finally, what can we expect from Walker Corporation in coming months?
There are a number of key projects underway at Walker Corporation, including our most recent development at Forest Springs in Gladstone as well as four planned Large Format Retail and Homemaker Centres which will feature in our emerging masterplanned community, Riverlea.
As we continue to develop and execute these key developments, the priority of our existing and emerging clients remains paramount.
At Walker Corporation, we are continuously looking for opportunities that provide the best facilities, location, and affordability to our tenants.
Lang Walker AO reinforces Walker’s drive to succeed: “It’s amazing the opportunities that present themselves when you’ve got a bit of vision.”
