Neeta City Shopping Centre (Aus)

In 1994 the Neeta City Shopping Centre in Fairfield Sydney was acquired comprising a Target Discount Department Store, Woolworth’s Supermarket, Bi Lo Supermarket and 67 speciality shops.
Less than half of the 22,000 sqm of net leasable space was occupied, sales were depressed and most of the remaining speciality retailers were leaving within 6 months.
The customer traffic flow design was flawed with too many entrances and half the centre was poorly anchore

d leading to virtually one end of the centre almost vacant. Coupled with poor management the centre was unviable.
After a complete redesign and renovation, Woolworth’s relocated to anchor the underperforming end of the centre with a larger supermarket providing a wider range of merchandise.
The old supermarket site was divided into smaller tenancies including Best and Less, Westpac, Retravision and many others.
Sports girl, Australia Post, McDonald’s, Sydney Water, Tandy and many more tenants were attracted to complete the tenancy mix.
The centre was now fully occupied and trading very well.
It was sold in February 1996 for more than 3 times its purchase price 18 months earlier

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Real Estate Development in New Zealand and Australia Led by H Investments

H investments (NZ) Ltd and Silverstream Estates Ltd are two of the most prominent real estate development companies in Australia and New Zealand. These family-owned businesses are now headed and managed by John Hayson, and have contributed greatly towards developing residential and commercial real estate development opportunities in both the countries.

The Styx Mill Estate residential development in North West Christchurch was purchased in 2005 by John Hayson and was completed in 2009. This estate offers a unique lifestyle experience, complete with beautiful villas and facilities such as tennis courts, indoor pool, spa and gymnasium. The Country Club at the Styx Mill Estate also accommodates the Jagz Café which offers alfresco style food and coffee morning across the week. The local attractions around the Styx Mill Estate also make this place worth living. Some of the nearby recreational areas around the Styx Mill include the Clearwater golf course, the Groynes picnic and boating area, Styx Mill Reserve and Willowbank Wildlife Reserve. Also, the central city, shopping centres and the airport are within easy reach from Styx.

Silverstream Estates, located north of Christchurch, is another successful project completed by John Hayson that offers a variety of housing solutions for all budgets. The development is being carried out in three stages, of which the first stage is completed and has been sold out, while the construction of second stage is underway and is expected to be issued by November 2012. The construction of the third stage would begin soon. The Estate is located on a picturesque land with a pristine stream running throughout, and is within the reachable distance of Kaiapoi’s riverside shops, restaurants and bars. There is an abundance of green reserves in and around the site, along with cycle tracks, playgrounds and stream side walkways. The most recent development in this area is that home buyers can now avail home insurance cover through Westpac, which has made home buying in Silverstream even more convenient.

The two companies are committed to deliver state-of-the-art living facilities in Australia and New Zealand, making home buying a stress-free job for majority of people.

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John Hayson Offers New House and Land Packages for New Home Buyers at Silverstream Estates

Silverstream Estates Limited is a real estate development company owned by Sydney-based    developer John Hayson. The company is conducting extensive residential development at Silverstream, Christchurch, which includes villas, green reserves, playgrounds, cycle tracks, fitness facilities and more.

Located 7 minutes north of Christchurch on a picturesque site with a pristine stream flowing by, the Silverstream Estates is a much larger project undertaken by Hayson. Once completed, the estate would provide up to 1115 lots of residential land for new homebuyers, promising a true village lifestyle. The site is very close to Kaiapoi’s riverside shops and restaurants, giving the residents enough opportunities to socialise and shop. To make this place safe and secure for its residents, John Hayson has also taken the initiative to remove the pylons and accompanying power-lines and place them underground. This milestone project would begin in early 2013.

The company is offering as many as 20 house and land packages priced to suit different requirements of the home buyers. In collaboration with its established building partners, the company has designed a range of houses with 4, 3 and 2 bedrooms.

Moreover, with home insurance cover available through Westpac bank, buying a house or land in Silverstream Estates is no longer a hassle. Westpac has successfully broken the deadlock in the city and has given a reason of joy for home buyers, especially those whose property and lives were devastated in the recent earthquakes. Under the ‘Canterbury New Build Pac,’ a Westpac home loan would be provided, along with a transactional account, contract works and home cover. The service is available to new and existing Westpac customers who are ready to start on residential builds or purchase a new house in Canterbury.

The Home cover would be on a sum insured basis, meaning customers insure for full replacement, up to the specified value.

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Park Terrace Apartments, Milton Brisbane (Aus)

A mixed development with retail shops and residential apartments in one of Brisbane’s cafe precincts, Park Terrace Apartments is the ultimate in inner city living in a highly sought after environment.

Located across the road from the railway station, a close walk to the rivercat, only 1.5 kilometres from the City centre and even closer to Suncorp Stadium, these apartments offer stylish living and easy transportation.

This project has gone through many design changes and now comprises 244 apartments and retail shops on ground level.

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John Hayson’s H Investments Plays a Crucial Role in Redevelopment of Shopping Centres in Sydney

Northbridge Plaza Shopping Centre in Sydney was a landmark project managed and redeveloped by H Investments, under the supervision of owner and manager, John Hayson. Purchased in 1987, the centre had several structural and performance issues. John took over his family business of real estate development in 1988 and completely transformed the way this centre looked and operated.
When purchased, the centre had a Woolsworth Supermarket and 34 speciality shops. The first reconstruction of the Northbridge Plaza shopping centre was completed in 1989, by correcting design flaws, redesigning the entire plaza and adding a new tenancy mix, through intensive management by John Hayson. The major redesign work was done in the internal mall area and new quality retailers were brought in to meet customer needs. After 4 major renovations, 11 shop additions and tenancy mix upgrades, the shopping centre was sold off in 2004. Moreover, additional land was purchased to extend Woolworth’s and create supermarket on the North Shore of Sydney. Since the redevelopment, the centre witnessed a significant improvement in sales and customer traffic.
Another underperforming shopping centre acquired by John Hayson was the Neeta City Shopping Centre in Fairfield, Sydney in 1994. The centre comprised of a Target Discount Department Store, Woolworth’s Supermarket, Bi Lo Supermarket and 67 speciality shops. Here too, the sales were depressed, customers were not coming in and retailers were moving out. The flawed customer traffic flow was caused because of too many entrances and poor anchoring of the centre, where one end of the centre was left almost vacant. During the redesign and redevelopment work, Woolworth’s was relocated to the underperforming end of the centre to give a good reason to customers to visit that end area of the centre. The old supermarket site was divided into smaller tenancies including Best and Less, Westpac, Retravision and many others. Since the redevelopment, new tenancies have been attracted, and the centre is trading well.
H Investments also conducted redevelopment work for Woolworths supermarket in Scone NSW. The company owned and jointly constructed a new free-standing supermarket in the city, offering new shopping opportunities to the locals in Scone.
The company has also been one of the leading real estate development firms in the residential sector. Some of the major residential projects developed by the company include Styx Mill Estates, Silverstream Estates, Gateway Estates and Park Terrace Apartments.

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John Hayson Estate Developer

The Director of H Investments International Pty Limited is John Hayson.

John Hayson is an experienced developer who for the past 24 years has planned and developed major retail, residential, and entire suburban developments in Sydney, regional NSW, Brisbane and in New Zealand.
John understands town centre design in the retail environment and how to establish a sense of community in    residential developments through best planning practices.

John has a Bachelor of Business Degree in Accounting from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), and a Post Graduate Diploma in Securities from the Securities Institute of Australia. He has been an Associate of the Australian Society of Accountants – Certified Practising Accountant (AASA CPA), a Registered Tax Agent, an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia (ASIA), and an Associate of the Australian Institute of Management (AIM).

Early in his career in the 1980s, John Hayson was an investment banker with the Bill Acceptance Corporation, Schroders Australia, and BT Australia.

John has consulted to Institutions on many shopping centres, and has also advised local Councils on the redesign of town centres. He also has been a speaker for the retail industry including the Foodweek conference on Retail in Sydney in 2002 alongside overseas and Australian speakers. He was the keynote speaker on retail regulation at the NZ Planning Institute Conference in 2008, and the Speaker on Retail at the Small Town Conference in NZ in 2009.

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