ON THE MOVE

Unprecedented Growth Leads To New Gardian Business Hubs

It’s no secret that Queensland is the place to be, and that locally, Mackay has experienced unprecedented population growth. In fact, Aussies are flocking to Queensland at the fastest pace in 20 years and in the five years to 2021, more people moved interstate to Queensland than any other state or territory.

Ensuring its service keeps up with demand, Gardian has a big move planned over the festive season, consolidating its entire real estate team on Victoria Street while the finance, financial planning and insurance teams create an all-in-one hub on Wood Street.

General Manager Gillian Smith said that Gardian had experienced substantial growth in recent years.

“With the rapid growth in Mackay, partly due to the migration of southern buyers, Gardian Real Estate is committed to offering the most convenient service possible all in one location,” Ms Smith said.

“Gardian Real Estate Sales, Property Management and Commercial Sales and Leasing will all be together assisting buyers, sellers, tenants and investors from 88 and 94 Victoria Street.

“Gardian Finance, Insurance and Financial Planning will be located in the Gardian building at 73 Wood Street.”

With the addition of a commercial real estate sales offering to match its commercial insurance service, Gardian can now offer a holistic approach to commercial clients.

Luke Phillips, Director of Gardian Insurance said the creation of the hubs would create an all-in-one location to make it easier for clients to talk about all things finance.

“It just makes sense to have real estate together and financial services together,” he said.

Ben Phillips, Director of Gardian Finance agreed, saying the consolidation of the location for insurance and finance would make it simpler on the business as a whole.

“Having the offices co-located will certainly help those clients looking for a complete finance solution, from saving them money on insurance or finance to helping them to take those important steps towards financial freedom,” Mr Phillips said.

Ben Kerrisk, Director and Sales Agent for Gardian Real Estate said with the addition of Gardian’s commercial sales division, the move to consolidate all real estate services on Victoria Street was a necessary step for the business’ growth.

“We often see investors selling or buying both retail and commercial property, or new residential purchasers interested in investing, so there are mutual clients across residential sales, commercial sales and property management,” Mr Kerrisk said.

“The growth seen in our real estate division has paved an exciting pathway for Gardian and we have some exciting new developments coming in 2023, including the addition of an experienced commercial salesperson.”

Founding Director Peter Phillips said, “it just makes sense to have all of real estate together in one location.”

“The five-year plan will be to move into a bigger premises that can hold the entire Gardian family, this is a step in that direction,” Mr Phillips said.

“Our staff have been very supportive of the move.”

The Gardian businesses will be open in their new locations after the Christmas holidays on Tuesday 3rd January.

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Gardian is on the move, with commercial and residential real estate moving to Victoria Street and insurance and finance co-locating on Wood Street. L-R: Gardian Directors Ben Phillips, Ben Kerrisk, Peter Phillips, Denise Phillips, Luke Phillips. Photo credit: Amanda Wright

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