Trusted Industry Leader
Villawood Properties is Australia’s most trusted residential land developer and greenfield development specialist. It is an industry leader, with award-winning communities across Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
Villawood is a private company driven by innovation, creativity, passion and sustainability. It constantly seeks to break new ground for how Australians live. Its communities impact positively on residents and the planet. Social sustainability is valued as much as environmental and economic sustainability.
Our Leadership
Villawood Properties is spearheaded by executive directors Rory Costelloe and Tony Johnson, and CEO Alan Miller.
Rory is also an engineer and contributes to numerous boards and leadership committees, and industry, academic and government think-tanks. He lectures in RMIT Planning and Property courses, is a Fellow of the Victorian Planning and Environmental Law Association and mentors property sector students and workers.
Tony, a valuer turned developer, has extensive private and public sector experience across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. He has been president and a director of the Victorian UDIA over many hears, responsible for several award-winning Villawood projects and led its acquisitions team and Queensland operations.
Chief Executive Officer Alan Miller, a structural/civil engineer and accountant, has held leadership roles with CIC, Peet, Delfin and Lendlease across South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Alan is expert in masterplanned urban development with a strong record in government joint ventures and product innovation.
Our Portfolio
Villawood has accrued an enviable catalogue of innovative, community-focussed and award-winning projects for 35 years.
These projects are distributed across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.
New acquisitions are in constantly being negotiated and Villawood is actively broadening its horizons with innovative projects targeting new and exciting market opportunities.
Stakeholders
Central to Villawood’s modus operandi is the principle of partnership.
Numerous stakeholders – be it government, community groups, financial institutions, public agencies or private partners – make up a very real college of like-minded partners with Villawood.
The glue of these partnerships is an unwavering commitment to pursue the best interests of all through benchmark developments characterised by expertise, innovation, community, integrity and delivery.
Villawood’s partnerships are communities built on common ground. Each joint project is a financial entity in its own right and some of Villawood’s most ground-breaking efforts have involved government – viz, Aquarevo and South East Water – as well as banks and other financial bodies.
In Their Words
Villawood is very fortunate, and very proud, to enjoy an extensive array of endorsements across business, community and public sectors. Here is a very small sample:
Our Awards
Villawood is frequently recognised for its creativity, innovation and ongoing industry contribution. It has received over 30 awards in the past 35 years for its various projects.
These include multiple master planned community at State and national levels, design, environmental, community engagement, healthy design, residential, sustainability and professional awards.
Directors Rory Costelloe and Tony Johnson have both been awarded Lifetime Achievement Awards by the Urban Development Institute of Australia.
Recognition of the Villawood team’s efforts is a source of pride, but the real source of personal pride for staff is seeing plans become a reality and then hearing the comments of residents as their communities flourish and thrive.
