John Apps

John has over 30 years’ experience in all facets of property advisory including acquisition, disposal, management, leasing, asset management and oversight of building construction encompassing clients in both the private and public sectors.

John specialises in strategic property advisory including acquisition negotiation, leadership of strategic property management plans, delivery of return on investment and outcome based solutions.

During his career John has held senior positions in both local and overseas organisations and has led major leasing negotiations, new building commissioning, major capital works programs, overseeing major redevelopments and the creation of commercial precincts.

John is a fully licensed real estate agent and joined GVS Property in 2019.

Strengths

• Results driven self-starter.
• An inclusive leader of teams.
• Possesses an ability to achieve results in complex negotiations.
• Strong experience in managing strategic and operational outcomes.
• Attention to detail in all aspects of property advisory.

Recent Assignments with GVS Property

The North East Link project is Victoria’s biggest ever road project. Over 150 properties and businesses in the Bulleen industrial precinct were compulsorily acquired to make way for this project. John’s role has been to provide advisory services on behalf of GVS Property who act as one of the key negotiators with the Government on behalf of affected land owners and tenants involved in the compulsory acquisition of their properties and businesses.

The North East Link project has been one of the largest and most ambitious acquisition projects ever undertaken in Victoria and involves a mixture of owner occupiers and tenants, many of whom were third generation businesses. John’s role with GVS has been to deal with all stakeholders including North East Link Directors, Department of Transport Case Managers and Government officials to manage successful outcomes for all parties involved. The role has been largely autonomous and has involved understanding the drivers of each affected owner or tenant and delivering an outcome by either purchasing an alternate property, negotiating a lease on a newly identified property and project managing the relocation to assist in ensuring adequate compensation is paid.