Major Projects and Development

Minter Ellison has one of Australia's leading major projects and property development practices, having played a role in the delivery of many of Australia's most iconic projects. Our substantial experience and industry participation places us at the forefront of the issues affecting the development industry.

Our team advises on the full spectrum of large development projects, including urban renewal projects, transit oriented development, master planned residential communities, mixed use developments, retirement villages and aged care developments, strata development, tourism and leisure developments, university and student accommodation and major infrastructure projects.

Our work includes site acquisition, due diligence, land resumption, project structuring, development applications and approvals, project financing, PPPs, infrastructure agreements, joint ventures, environmental compliance, titling and land tenures, land use integration and strata schemes.

Government clients include the Queensland Government, Places Victoria, East Perth Redevelopment Authority, Port of Melbourne Authority, Railcorp, QRN, North Queensland Bulk Ports and Sydney Ports Corporation. Private sector clients include Mirvac, Australand, DEXUS, Westfield, Brookfield Multiplex, Springfield Land Corporation, Coles and IKEA.

New Parallel Runway

The cornerstone of the Brisbane Airport Corporation's infrastructure program for Australia's third-busiest airport is a new Parallel Runway, expected to be completed by 2020. The new runway will be the first new major runway planned and built in Australia for decades and be among very few privately built runways in the world.Minter Ellison is currently supporting BAC with the development and implementation of a procurement strategy for Stage 1 of the proposed $1.3 billion runway.  This is one of the most significant transport sector projects in Queensland involving complex civil, dredging and reclamation work.