Julian Counsel is the Executive Director of Aalto Projects Pty. Ltd.

Julian was a Solicitor in his own Law Practice in Melbourne for 16 years specialising in Property and Commercial Law, having acted for a number of Melbourne's developers especially in the emerging market of inner city residential off plan apartments.

Julian's experience in “off plan” developments started in 1989 when acting as Solicitor for a number of purchasers in one of Central Equity’s first inner City off plan developments. This was at the time of the birth of inner City Residential development in Melbourne. His early experience lead to Julian acting for a number of Melbourne's Developers and included numerous “road show” exhibitions to Asia.

As a solicitor Julian's area of practice included -

• Conveyancing
• Off plan developments
• Building contracts
• Town Planning
• Capital raising for property developments
• Joint venture agreements
• Commercial agreements
• Intellectual property

Julian left the law in 1995 and joined one of his clients, Flagstone Developments, becoming a Director and Shareholder.

During the five years with Flagstone he was
a key player in the development of a
number of residential & industrial projects
around Melbourne including:

• A major crash repair centre for the
  RACV in Mitcham
• One of the first factory outlet shopping malls in Australia - Brand Smart at Nunawading, Victoria, which consists of 10,000 m2
  of retail in 45 different stores
• Several inner city residential projects including Gallery Tower consisting of 22 levels comprising 130 serviced apartments operated by Pacific International and 48 Own Your Own units.

In recent years Julian has been developing projects on the Sunshine Coast ranging from residential land subdivisions, off plan unit developments to house & land projects.

Julian was instrumental in establishing and managing in its formative years, Arc Funds Management Ltd, a public company with a Securities Dealers Licence. Arc was established to raise funds and invest in Listed Property Securities but has since changed its focus to property syndication - having now syndicated in excess of $115 million worth of property. Arc's major shareholder at the time was Professional Investment Services, Australia's largest independent financial planning group. Julian was instrumental in obtaining and managing all aspects of the Securities Dealers Licence and was one of the key Responsible Persons on the Licence.

Julian is currently providing development management services to several residential unit developments in Melbourne

Aalto Projects Services

We work with the developer or land owner to identify appropriate strategies, milestones and reporting protocols to ensure a project's desired results are indentified and able to be achieved.

Having set the parameters for the project we can then deliver the services required to undertake the project and these include -

• Development management advice
• Feasibilities
• Project Cash Flows
• Town Planning assistance including
  VCAT hearings
• Project consultant selection including
  fee quotations
• Architect selection
• Project design assistance
• Sales Agent selection and assistance
• Marketing selection and assistance
• Legal selection and assistance
• Finance selection and assistance
• Body Corporate selection and assistance
• Total development management