The Northbourne Group was founded in the early 1980s by Roger Brock, formerly Director of Knight Frank International and Managing Director of their Sydney & Canberra offices.
In 1984 Northbourne Developments, the development arm of the Group, started work on the largest private sector central development ever undertaken in Canberra – the 500,000 sq ft National Capital Centre in the central business district. Since this milestone, the activities of the Group have been substantial – controlling development projects which have a total capitalised value in excess of £2 billion.
Subsequently, Northbourne has built a reputation as a company which specialises in genuinely prime CBD projects. The Macquarie Place development in Sydney and the company’s project at No.1 O’Connell Street reflect this selective policy.
In 2002 Northbourne went on to advise the Abu Dhabi Investment Company (ADIC) on the value and disposal of the high profile 540 bed Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Hotel & Conference Centre in Glasgow and in 2003, assisted ADIA in the placement of A$100 million equity into the Queensland State Government (QIC) A$4.0 billion regional shopping centre fund.
Northbourne has over the last five years been headquartered in Abu Dhabi and London, providing real estate development and investment advice to international companies in Europe and the Far East including ADIA and ADIC in the United Arab Emirates. For more information please visit the partners section of the website.
In 2008/09 Northbourne linked with the UK division of international US property behemoth, Hines, to tender for major London development opportunities which included the 25,218m2 American Embassy building, 24-31 Grosvenor Square, London and the Halabi Protractor Portfolio.