Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Michael Lloyd is generally considered as one of Australia’s leading authorities on the development and management of shopping centres. He is a well-known industry commentator and a regular speaker at international industry conventions. In 2007, he was the first foreigner to be appointed to Mall China Advisory Board. Mall China is the leading shopping centre industry representative body in the PRC. In 2012, he was appointed as Honorary International Ambassador for Mall China.
Michael is a Director of Santric Capital leading the Investment team. Santric Capital is a private equity investment management firm focusing on high-potentials assets in Asia Pacific markets. www.santriccapital.com
*Retails* In 1996, Michael Lloyd, as CEO of The Tomlik Group, took over the lease of the Argyle Stores in Sydney’s Rocks area. The Argyle Stores are one of the most historically significant buildings in Australia with the earliest part of the structure dating back to 1828 – just 40 years after the First Fleet. In close association with the Sydney Cove Authority, he redeveloped the 4-level building turning it into a department store – The Argyle Department Store – in which the various outlets were concessions to individual retailers with no physical delineation between the departments *Publishing* In 1997, The Tomlik Group purchased Shopping Centre News. SCN (shoppingcentrenews.com.au) is today the leading publication for the shopping centre industry in Australia and New Zealand and is generally regarded as one of the most authoritative publications in the world relating to the shopping centre industry. *Hospitality* Over the period 1996 to 2012, The Tomlik Group developed from scratch a chain of 10 leading edge cafes in the city of Sydney known as Paradiso. During this time, the group also purchased the signature restaurant ‘bel mondo’ in Sydney’s Rocks and ran it for over 10 years. *Consulting* Michael Lloyd himself consults to a variety of clients on shopping centre development and management throughout the Asia Pacific region. Consulting projects he worked on: - Power Plant Mall in Makati, Manila, Philippines - Dalian Peace Plaza, Dalian, China - Centropolitan Shopping Centre, Chengdu, China - Appointed as Senior Consultant/ Development Director, Naiknavare Developers, Puna, India, for the development of 3 shopping centres in Puna for the group - Contracted by Shinsegae, one of the largest retailers in South Korea operating department stores, Hypermarkets, for development of several major shopping centres with individual values ranging between $500 million and $1.5 billion.
China Shopping Center Development Association of Mall China was founded in 2002, has became the most representative and the most influential shopping centre information center and cooperation promoter in China. Mall China has 800 corporate members and 3000 individual members comprising commercial real estate developers, investors, shopping center operators, retailers, and consultancy and service companies. With the purpose of 'profession, responsibility, cooperation and win-win', Mall China has created the biggest industry data platform and decision support center, providing members with a series of service including website, magazine, research report, Annual Conference (International Symposium), Commercial Real Estate Trade Fair, manager accrediting training, project assessment and overseas shopping mall study tour. Having accumulated rich experience, Mall China also has gained trust and recognition from numerous famous companies and senior industry practitioners. Twelve years of history, Mall China has become professional communication channel and the most productive cooperation platform between global market and Chinese enterprises.
Shopping Centre News stands as the foremost, most authoritative publication for the shopping centre industry in Australia and New Zealand, and now enjoys increasing exposure overseas in markets such as China and the USA. Subscribers include everyone from CEOs, marketing personnel and fund managers to retailers, architects and retail designers. In 1988, Michael purchased a small industry newsletter. He and industry mover and shaker Sabina Rust developed it into heavyweight title Shopping Centre News, introducing such iconic, essential features as the annual Guns rankings and analysis.
The GPT Group is one of Australia’s largest diversified property groups and a top 50 ASX listed company by market capitalisation. GPT owns and manages a $25.3 billion portfolio of retail, office and logistics property assets across Australia. The General Property Trust was launched as Australia’s first ever property trust when it was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in 1971. The trust was launched and managed by Lendlease who wanted to provide retail investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of high quality commercial property assets. Michael acted as senior member and often Chairman of PCG (Project Control Groups) of General Property Trust