What Fractional Real Estate is, How it Works, Is it an Opportunity?
Co-hosts Horwath HTL and Blake Dawson are pleased to announce an exciting pre-event for ANZPHIC 2010 - Fractional Real Estate Essentials, a new business to business conference that will be held from 10am to 5.45pm on Wednesday 7th July 2010 and will conclude with the opening of ANZPHIC 2010 at a networking cocktail function in the Hilton Sydney.
Fractional Real Estate Essentials will provide delegates with an introduction to the emergence and growth of this dynamic new sector within the global real estate industry and will provide insight on the opportunities, challenges and issues for its introduction within Australia and New Zealand. Speakers include leading overseas and local experts in the sector.
Fractional Real Estate Essentials will include
- A beginners guide to the fractional ownership concept, structures and product types, including how fractional ownership has developed globally
- Where fractional ownership is up to in its development in Australia and New Zealand
- Local market research on consumer demand potential for fractional real estate
- How fractional ownership works in mixed use developments and interacts with both hospitality and residential products
- Overview of key legal issues
- The importance of the Exchange component
- Investment perspectives for developers and lenders, including pricing, cost and other financial considerations
- Prerequisites for a successful fractional ownership project and traps to avoid
- Sales and marketing, management and other implementation issues in an Australian context
Leading global and local speakers at Fractional Real Estate Essentials will include:
International Speakers
- Dr Richard Ragatz, President, Ragatz Associates – the world's leading adviser on fractional projects
- James Walker, Director, Head of Investments Asia Pacific, Blue Sky Capital – a global fund manager and investor in the luxury fractional project at Firstlight Noosa
- John Small, Chairman, ResortCom International
- Len Silverfine, President, The Big Idea Co.
Local Speakers
- Joe Buchanan, Director, Head of Sales, Firstlight International
- John Berenyi, Managing Director, Bergent Research
- Paul Dean, Director, Dean & Associates
- Rhonda Hare, Partner, Blake Dawson
- Dean Dransfield, Director, Shared Ownership by Dransfield
- Robert Williams, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
- Charisse Cox, Managing Director Pacific, The Registry Collection
- Andrew Taylor, Development Manager, Mirvac Hotels & Resorts
- Leigh Ratcliffe, Chief Executive Officer, Private Residence Clubs Australia
- Ric King, Managing Director, Lifestyle Fractions
Registering for Fractional Real Estate Essentials
Subject to availability, 2 day delegates of ANZPHIC 2010 are invited to attend Fractional Real Estate Essentials for free. However as only a limited number of seats will be available and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis interested attendees are urged to register early for ANZPHIC and for this pre-event. No credit or refund of the ANZPHIC 2010 registration cost will be provided if an ANZPHIC delegate is unable to attend Fractional Real Estate Essentials due to their being insufficient space.



