Alister Walker

Executive summary

Alister is a Director in the Project & Infrastructure Advisory team with BDO in Brisbane. With more than a decade of experience as a real estate adviser, Alister is a trusted adviser who provides real estate advisory services, including financial and commercial advice and modelling on significant projects, transaction management and support, and property valuation.

Alister has experience across multiple real estate asset classes with a special focus on social and affordable housing, short-term accommodation, residential development, and build-to-rent development. He is committed to bettering outcomes for his clients by providing practical solutions and advice.

Expertise

• Financial and commercial advisory
• Real estate transaction management, advice and due diligence
• Contract and lease negotiation
• Property valuations and development feasibility
• Financial and investment analysis
• Market research and analysis
• Options analysis and highest and best use analysis
• Property portfolio reviews and strategic advice.

Experience

• Advised the State Government on multiple social and affordable housing funding programs to support the delivery of essential housing
• Advised the State Government on the Build-to-Rent pilot project, resulting in three of the state’s first successful developments across private and government sites
• Provided commercial advice to the State Government on a priority land dealing request, enabling a major mixed-use redevelopment including a luxury hotel, apartments, retail precinct, and marina
• Delivered specialist real estate advice to the State Government for a significant grant funding program aimed at incentivising residential development
• Acted as strategic acquisition adviser to the State Government for large-scale accommodation and land supply acquisitions
• Provided strategic property feasibility advice to local governments for redevelopment of key land holdings, including commercial office towers, residential and hotel developments, and optimisation of operational assets
• Conducted strategic lease review and advice for a community organisation to support potential lease renegotiation and redevelopment by the sitting tenant
• Delivered detailed options analysis for a state government department on a proposed mixed-use commercial and hotel tower adjacent to a stadium, including planning pathways and funding models
• Completed value assessments and options analysis for multiple city blocks to inform site selection for a major new health facility for a state government department.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Property
• Graduate Certificate in Business (Applied Finance)
• Certified Practising Valuer, Associate Member of the Australian Property Institute (CPV, AAPI)
• Registered Valuer, Valuers Registration Board of Queensland
• Chartered Member (MRICS), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
• Registered Real Estate Salesperson (Queensland).