Simon Beirne

As the State Chief Executive of Queensland, Simon's responsibilities include overall supervision of the Queensland business comprising of 6 offices and over 300 staff.  Simon also sits on the Australian National Executive Board.  

Simon has been with Colliers for 25 years and is proud of the  great culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing that delivers exceptional outcomes for our clients.  Simon is heavily involved and has an excellent reputation in the Capital Markets area and has formed strong relationships with major investors and institutions both domestically and internationally.  

During Simon's time with Colliers, he has completed mutliple transactions in the Industrial/Logistics asset class, settling over $10.1 billion in his career to date, and leasing over 650,000m².  He has been responsible for some of the largest transactions in Queensland over the past 25 years.

Simon has over 30 years’ experience in the real estate industry and the agency having previously worked for Primac Elders as an auctioneer prior to joining Colliers International in 1998.
 

Simon has personally been involved in the following Portfolio sales:

• GIC/Frasers Property Australia Portfolio | $1,073,000,000
• Australand Portfolio | $150,000,000
• RAND Portfolio | $146,200,000
• Valad Portfolio | $138,000,000
• Cromwell Industrial Portfolio | $81,700,000
• ACFS Portfolio | $75,000,000
• Radius Industrial City Portfolio | $44,000,000

Simon has personally SOLD the following properties:

• 220-260 Orchard Road, Richlands | $157,000,000
• 117 Brisbane Street, Ipswich | $145,000,000
• 105 Magnesium Drive, Crestmead | $126,000,000
• Movie World Roadshow, Gold Coast | $101,500,000
• 95 Gilmore Road, Berrinba | $81,306,167
• 82 Noosa Street, Heathwood | $62,621,315
• 69 Tingira Street, Pinkenba | $48,500,000
• 12 Arthur Dixon Court, Yatala | $48,000,000
• 62 Stradbroke Street, Heathwood | $37,983,192
• 45-53 Southpine Road, Brendale | $33,000,000
• 99 Radius Drive, Larapinta | $30,792,108
• 92 Sandstone Place, Parkinson | $30,316,103
• 77 Logistics Place, Larapinta | $30,124,601
• 260 Earnshaw Road, Northgate | $30,000,000
• 1 Sherbrooke Road, Willawong | $28,000,000
• Peacefield Poultry Farm | $28,000,000
• 163 Ingram Road, Acacia Ridge | $28,000,000

Property Type

Industrial, Land, Agribusiness

Services

Capital Markets, Investment Services

Skills

Institutional Capital Markets

ARIA,  Australia Post, AMP, Brisbane Airport Corporation, Caterpillar, Charter Hall, Cromwell,  Darveniza Family,  Energex, Frasers, GPT, National Storage, Port of Brisbane Corporation, Pradella, Rio Tinto, Sentinel, Walker Corporation, Wesfarmers

"The Colliers strategy around positioning the asset and executing on the sale campaign was extremely well thought and relevant.  Colliers also dealt with the challenges relating to border closures well through the high level of marketing information including videos and leasing data to assist decision makers that could not travel". 

Chris Davis, Head of Logistics | GPT 

"Your strategy around marketing this asset and executing a successful sale campaign was extrememly well thought through and drew out the unique aspects of this asset.  Also as you had promised at the outset you took a hands on approach throughout this assignment".

Hamish Fleet, Joint Managing Director | Arcadia 

"This was not an easy transaction and took a complex negotiation and conditional agreement period to complete the deal.  At all times Colliers were at hand to provide advice to Incitec Pivot and help to negotiate a deal which suited our key financial hurdles".

Frank Micallef, Chief Financial Officer | Incitec Pivot Limited