How to Apply to Mirvac

13 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 57 open positions

Key Takeaways

  • Mirvac is a Sydney-headquartered ASX 100 diversified property group combining a listed REIT with one of Australia's largest residential, office, retail, industrial, and Build-to-Rent platforms.
  • All applications flow through the Mirvac careers portal at mirvac.com/careers, so a clean, single-column, keyword-rich CV and a fully completed candidate profile materially improve your shortlist odds.
  • The culture is design-led, sustainability-forward, and customer-centric, inherited from a decade under Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz and now being recalibrated by CEO Campbell Hanan with sharper focus on capital discipline and Build-to-Rent.
  • Compensation is competitive for Australian property: development analysts and investment analysts at A$100k to A$150k base plus super and bonus, mid-career development and asset managers A$150k to A$250k, senior development managers and fund managers A$250k to A$500k, and executive leadership well above A$500k with significant MGR long-term incentive.
  • Sector specialisation matters; pick the Mirvac platform you want to join (Residential, Office and Industrial, Retail, Build-to-Rent, or Mirvac Capital) and tailor your story to it rather than presenting as a generalist property professional.
  • Sustainability literacy in concrete frameworks (NABERS, Green Star, Climate Active, embodied carbon, net zero pathways) is a genuine differentiator at Mirvac rather than a tick-box, particularly for development, asset management, and BTR roles.
  • Hybrid working is the norm, with most teams expected at the Sydney 200 George Street HQ or relevant state office three or more days per week.
  • The Mirvac Graduate Program is one of the more competitive Australian property graduate intakes; applications open around February and March each year and recruit primarily from property, finance, commerce, engineering, architecture, and construction management backgrounds.

About Mirvac

Mirvac Group (ASX: MGR) is one of Australia's most established diversified property groups, combining a major listed REIT with a fully integrated residential and commercial development platform. Headquartered in Sydney with around 2,000 employees across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, and the ACT, Mirvac was founded in 1972 by Bob Hamilton and Henry Pollack and listed on the ASX in 1987, growing from a Sydney apartment developer into an ASX 100 constituent that today touches almost every Australian property asset class. The group is structured around four core platforms: a Residential business that is one of the country's largest apartment and master-planned community developers across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth, with flagship projects ranging from Green Square and Pavilions in Sydney to Yarra's Edge in Melbourne and Smith's Lane in Clyde North; an Office and Industrial division that owns and develops premium-grade Sydney and Melbourne office towers (including landmark assets such as 200 George Street, EY Centre at 200 George, 477 Collins Street and Heritage Lanes in Brisbane) along with a growing national logistics platform; a Retail business focused on urban and metropolitan centres including Broadway Sydney, Birkenhead Point, and the East Village precinct; and a fast-growing Build-to-Rent platform that has positioned Mirvac as the most credible large-scale BTR operator in the country, with assets such as LIV Munro in Melbourne, LIV Anura in Brisbane, and a national pipeline of stabilised and in-delivery BTR communities. The group also has a Mirvac Capital funds management arm that partners with global institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, Australian superannuation, and offshore pension capital. Mirvac competes directly with Stockland, Lendlease, GPT Group, Charter Hall, Dexus, Goodman Group, Scentre Group, Vicinity Centres, and Frasers Property Australia for both capital and talent, and recruits heavily from peer REITs, property investment banking teams, top-tier construction companies, and the Big Four real estate practices. The company is in a period of strategic transition: long-serving CEO Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, who led Mirvac for a decade and shaped its sustainability, culture, and design-led identity, retired in June 2023 after one of the most respected tenures in Australian property; she was succeeded by Campbell Hanan, previously Mirvac's Head of Integrated Investment Portfolio, who has emphasised continuity of strategy alongside a sharper focus on capital recycling, balance sheet discipline, the Build-to-Rent rollout, and active management of an office portfolio under sustained post-COVID pressure. Mirvac is also one of the leading Climate Active certified property groups in Australia, with a long-running 'This Changes Everything' sustainability strategy and credible NABERS, Green Star, and net zero performance across its managed portfolio. For candidates, Mirvac represents a rare combination in Australian property: integrated end-to-end capability across residential, office, retail, industrial, and build-to-rent; a design-led, sustainability-forward culture inherited from the Lloyd-Hurwitz era; and the discipline of a listed ASX 100 platform now being recalibrated under Campbell Hanan for the next cycle.

Application Process

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    Search and apply through the Mirvac careers portal at mirvac

    Search and apply through the Mirvac careers portal at mirvac.com/careers, which lists every open role across Residential, Office and Industrial, Retail, Build-to-Rent, Mirvac Capital, and corporate functions; submit a tailored CV and a short cover letter that names the specific platform, project, or asset you want to join.

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    Expect an initial recruiter screen of 20 to 30 minutes covering your motivations

    Expect an initial recruiter screen of 20 to 30 minutes covering your motivations for Mirvac specifically (rather than peer REITs), comp expectations in Australian dollars including superannuation and short-term incentive, work rights or visa subclass, and your understanding of Mirvac's diversified strategy under Campbell Hanan.

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    For investment, capital, finance, and Mirvac Capital roles, prepare for a techni

    For investment, capital, finance, and Mirvac Capital roles, prepare for a technical interview with the hiring manager covering DCF and direct capitalisation valuation, IRR and equity multiple math, debt sizing, hurdle rates by sector, and a clear point of view on the current Australian residential, office, and Build-to-Rent cycles.

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    For development and construction roles, expect deep dives into your project hist

    For development and construction roles, expect deep dives into your project history including total development cost, GFA delivered, planning pathway navigated (particularly through City of Sydney, City of Melbourne, or Brisbane City Council), trade procurement strategy, and how you have managed cost escalation and program risk through the post-COVID construction cycle.

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    For asset management, leasing, and property management roles, expect leasing str

    For asset management, leasing, and property management roles, expect leasing strategy and tenant-retention scenarios for premium office or urban retail, capex prioritisation discussions, NABERS and Green Star uplift case studies, and questions on how you would respond to a softening sub-market or a major tenant relocation.

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    Most candidates then progress to a panel of two to three Mirvac leaders, often c

    Most candidates then progress to a panel of two to three Mirvac leaders, often combining a divisional head, a project or fund lead, and a People and Culture business partner; this round tests both technical depth and cultural fit with the design-led, sustainability-forward Mirvac identity.

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    Senior, head-of, and director-level candidates meet members of the executive lea

    Senior, head-of, and director-level candidates meet members of the executive leadership team, which may include the relevant divisional CEO and, for strategically important hires, Group CEO Campbell Hanan or CFO Courtenay Smith.

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    Reference checks are thorough and frequently informal; the Australian property n

    Reference checks are thorough and frequently informal; the Australian property network is small, so assume any past colleague at Stockland, Lendlease, GPT, Charter Hall, Dexus, Goodman, or a major builder may be contacted via back-channels alongside formal references.

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    Offers detail base salary plus statutory superannuation, a short-term incentive

    Offers detail base salary plus statutory superannuation, a short-term incentive opportunity tied to financial and non-financial KPIs, and for senior staff a long-term incentive in MGR securities; expect a clear conversation about hybrid working expectations at the Sydney HQ at 200 George Street or the relevant state office before sign-off.

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    End-to-end timelines typically run four to eight weeks from application to offer

    End-to-end timelines typically run four to eight weeks from application to offer, with the Mirvac Graduate Program intake following a separate annual cycle that opens around February and March each year and closes ahead of an autumn assessment centre.


Resume Tips for Mirvac

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Lead your CV with a one-line headline that names the asset class, capability, an

Lead your CV with a one-line headline that names the asset class, capability, and city, for example 'Residential development manager, A$1.5bn delivered, Sydney and Melbourne apartments and master-planned communities' rather than a generic property professional summary.

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Quantify every achievement in Australian dollar terms: total development cost in

Quantify every achievement in Australian dollar terms: total development cost in A$m, settlement volumes, GFA delivered, presales achieved, occupancy improvements in basis points, NABERS ratings achieved, leasing volume in square metres, and BTR lease-up velocity in weeks to stabilisation.

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Name the Mirvac platform you want to join (Residential, Office and Industrial, R

Name the Mirvac platform you want to join (Residential, Office and Industrial, Retail, Build-to-Rent, Mirvac Capital, or a specific project such as Harbourside, Waterloo, or LIV Aston) so the recruiter can route your CV to the right hiring leader.

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Surface direct experience with peer Australian REITs and developers (Stockland,

Surface direct experience with peer Australian REITs and developers (Stockland, Lendlease, GPT Group, Charter Hall, Dexus, Goodman Group, Scentre Group, Vicinity, Frasers Property Australia, Meriton, Cbus Property) or with property investment banking teams at UBS, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie, or Moelis Australia.

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Highlight credentials that Mirvac recruiters consistently flag: CFA, AICD Compan

Highlight credentials that Mirvac recruiters consistently flag: CFA, AICD Company Directors Course, RICS, Australian Property Institute (API) certified practising valuer, Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) registration where relevant, and a current Construction Induction (White Card) for site-based development roles.

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Call out sustainability literacy with specific frameworks: NABERS Energy and Wat

Call out sustainability literacy with specific frameworks: NABERS Energy and Water ratings achieved, Green Star Design and Performance ratings, Climate Active certification work, embodied carbon analysis, and any TCFD or ISSB reporting exposure - this is a meaningful differentiator at Mirvac.

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Use a clean, ATS-friendly resume format: single-column reverse-chronological lay

Use a clean, ATS-friendly resume format: single-column reverse-chronological layout, ATS-readable fonts (Arial, Calibri, Helvetica), no text in headers or footers, and section headings that any ATS will parse cleanly (Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications).

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For development and construction roles, list specific projects you led or suppor

For development and construction roles, list specific projects you led or supported, including project name, total development cost, GFA, dwelling count where residential, key consultants, and your specific contribution from feasibility through completion and handover.

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For asset management roles, include a short Notable Assets section with two or t

For asset management roles, include a short Notable Assets section with two or three buildings or portfolios you managed, gross lettable area, anchor tenants, and the value-add or leasing wins you delivered, particularly anything relevant to the Sydney or Melbourne office market.

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Close with a short Industry Contributions block noting any Property Council of A

Close with a short Industry Contributions block noting any Property Council of Australia committees, Green Building Council of Australia involvement, Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) participation, or guest lecturing at universities such as UNSW, Sydney, Melbourne, RMIT, or Bond.



Interview Culture

Mirvac interviews carry the imprint of a design-led, sustainability-forward Australian property house now in a measured strategic transition under Campbell Hanan.

Expect interviewers to test whether you can hold a credible view on the Australian residential cycle, the post-COVID office market, and the emerging Build-to-Rent thesis, rather than simply recite textbook valuation theory or generic ESG language. Hiring managers care about commercial judgment, design and product instincts (particularly for residential and BTR roles), tenant and customer relationships, and how you would behave when a project runs into planning resistance, a leasing campaign stalls, or a development encounters cost escalation. The Sydney head office at 200 George Street has a notably modern, open, and design-conscious culture, with smart-casual to business attire as the norm and most senior interviews happening in person rather than over Zoom. Panels typically include a mix of platform leaders, project or fund leads, and People and Culture partners, and for senior roles you should expect a meeting with a divisional CEO or executive leadership team member where the conversation moves quickly between technical questions, strategic discussion of Mirvac's diversified positioning versus peers, and a frank read on cultural fit. Candidates who succeed are usually those who combine sharp commercial answers with humility about what they do not know, a clear point of view on sustainability as a value driver rather than a compliance overlay, genuine curiosity about Mirvac's distinctive integrated platform, and an articulate appreciation of the cultural continuity from the Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz era while engaging seriously with Campbell Hanan's strategic recalibration. Graduate Program interviews are more structured, often featuring a behavioural panel, a case study or design exercise, and a values-based assessment, but still reflect the same emphasis on commercial reasoning, design sensibility, and sustainability fluency over polish.

What Mirvac Looks For

  • Direct Australian property industry experience, ideally from a peer diversified REIT, residential developer, BTR operator, property fund, property investment banking team, or a Big Four real estate advisory practice, with a clear narrative about the projects, deals, or assets you have touched.
  • Sector specialisation that maps to a Mirvac platform: residential apartments and master-planned communities, premium-grade office and industrial, urban and metropolitan retail, Build-to-Rent operations and development, or Mirvac Capital institutional fund management.
  • Quantitative and analytical rigour appropriate to the role, from Excel and Estate Master modelling for analysts through to portfolio construction, capital allocation, and project feasibility thinking for senior development managers, fund managers, and divisional leaders.
  • Demonstrated commercial judgment in real situations, such as recovering a stalled apartment project, navigating a complex DA through City of Sydney or City of Melbourne, restructuring a major tenant, repositioning a tired office asset, or stabilising a new BTR community.
  • Sustainability fluency expressed in concrete frameworks (NABERS, Green Star Design and Performance, Climate Active, embodied carbon, TCFD, ISSB) rather than generic ESG language, with an understanding of how ratings and net zero pathways drive value, debt pricing, and customer demand.
  • Capital markets and investor literacy, including how listed equity, wholesale fund, BTR institutional capital, and offshore sovereign and pension capital differ in their return expectations, liquidity needs, and reporting demands.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, since divisional leaders, fund managers, IR, and capital teams produce extensive investor reporting and present regularly to institutional clients, the board, and the ASX market.
  • Cultural alignment with a design-led, sustainability-forward, customer-centric environment that values long tenure, strong relationships across the Australian property network, and genuine pride in the assets, projects, and communities being delivered.
  • Right-to-work in Australia, with sponsorship considered selectively for hard-to-fill specialist roles in development, investment, BTR operations, and senior asset management.
  • Willingness to be present in office on a hybrid pattern, typically three or more days per week at the Sydney 200 George Street HQ or the relevant state office, reflecting the relationship-driven and project-collaborative nature of the business.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Mirvac actually do?
Mirvac Group (ASX: MGR) is a fully integrated Australian diversified property group and listed REIT. It develops, owns, and manages assets across five main platforms: Residential apartments and master-planned communities, Office and Industrial, Retail, Build-to-Rent, and Mirvac Capital institutional funds management. The group is one of the largest residential developers in Australia and one of the most active premium-grade office owners in Sydney and Melbourne.
Where is Mirvac headquartered and where can I be based?
The head office is in Sydney at 200 George Street in the CBD, a building Mirvac developed and partially occupies. There are major state offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and the ACT, with project and asset operations staff across each major Australian capital. Most corporate, investment, capital, and divisional roles are concentrated in Sydney and Melbourne, with strong development and project teams in Brisbane and Perth aligned to the active project pipeline.
What does Mirvac pay across the main role families?
Indicative ranges in Australian dollars plus statutory superannuation and short-term incentive: development or investment analyst A$100k to A$150k, senior analyst or associate A$150k to A$200k, development manager A$180k to A$280k, senior development manager A$250k to A$400k, asset manager A$140k to A$220k, senior asset manager A$220k to A$350k, fund manager A$300k to A$550k, divisional head and executive leadership A$500k plus with meaningful MGR long-term incentive. Build-to-Rent operations roles broadly mirror equivalent residential and asset management bands.
How does Mirvac compensation compare to Charter Hall, Stockland, Scentre, and Lendlease?
Base salaries are broadly comparable across the major Australian REITs and developers, with differences driven more by role weighting, incentive structure, and asset class than by employer. Charter Hall and Mirvac Capital tend to weight more heavily toward funds management bonuses; Stockland and Mirvac Residential reward development and settlement performance; Scentre Group and Vicinity emphasise retail leasing, marketing, and asset performance; Lendlease layers in global construction and project delivery exposure. Total compensation at the senior end is typically within 10 to 20 percent across these peers for equivalent roles, so candidates often choose on platform fit, project pipeline, and culture rather than headline base.
Does Mirvac sponsor work visas in Australia?
Selectively, yes. Sponsorship is most common for senior development, investment, Build-to-Rent operations, and specialist asset management roles where Australian talent is genuinely scarce. For graduate, analyst, junior development, and most asset and property management roles, candidates are typically expected to already hold work rights such as Australian or New Zealand citizenship, permanent residency, or an open work visa.
How competitive is the Mirvac Graduate Program and how do I apply?
The Mirvac Graduate Program is one of the more sought-after Australian property graduate intakes, recruiting from property, commerce, finance, engineering, architecture, urban planning, and construction management backgrounds. Applications generally open around February and March each year through the Mirvac careers portal, with online assessments, video interviews, and assessment centres following over the southern autumn and winter. Strong applicants combine a relevant degree, demonstrated commercial reasoning, design or sustainability sensibility, and genuine interest in Australia's diversified real estate market.
How does Mirvac compare to Charter Hall, Stockland, Scentre, Lendlease, and GPT?
Mirvac sits closest to Lendlease and Stockland as a vertically integrated developer-investor, but with a distinctly broader mix than either: Lendlease is more construction and global infrastructure heavy, Stockland is more weighted to master-planned communities and retirement living, Charter Hall is closer to a pure funds-management model with deep agriculture exposure, GPT is a more traditional diversified office and retail REIT, and Scentre Group is a pure-play premium retail (Westfield) operator. Mirvac's distinctive feature is the combination of large-scale residential, premium urban office, urban retail, and Australia's leading institutional Build-to-Rent platform under one ASX 100 listed structure.
What does a career path look like inside Mirvac, especially across Residential, Office, and Build-to-Rent?
Residential development paths typically run development analyst to development manager to senior development manager to project director to general manager development for a city or sector. Office and Industrial paths include asset analyst to assistant asset manager to asset manager to senior asset manager to head of asset management for a portfolio or sector. Build-to-Rent offers parallel paths in BTR development, BTR operations and resident experience, and BTR investment, which is currently one of the more attractive growth tracks given the platform's expansion. Internal mobility across platforms is reasonably common given Mirvac's integrated structure, and many senior leaders have moved between Residential, Office, and Capital over their tenure.
What is the Mirvac culture really like after the Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz to Campbell Hanan transition?
The cultural identity Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz built over a decade as CEO from 2012 to 2023 remains visible: design-led, sustainability-forward, customer-centric, with strong commitments to gender equality, inclusion, and long-term placemaking. Campbell Hanan, who took over in June 2023 from his prior role leading Mirvac's Integrated Investment Portfolio, has emphasised continuity of that identity while introducing a sharper focus on capital recycling, balance sheet discipline, active office portfolio management, and accelerating the Build-to-Rent platform. Candidates should expect a workplace that still cares deeply about design and sustainability, but with a more measured, capital-disciplined operating tone reflecting the current cycle.
What is it actually like working in Mirvac's Build-to-Rent platform versus traditional residential development?
Build-to-Rent is one of the most distinctive career paths Mirvac offers. Unlike traditional Residential development, which is sales-led and concludes at settlement, BTR is an operating business: long-term ownership, recurring rental income, resident experience and amenity, and stabilisation metrics measured in occupancy, lease-up velocity, and net operating income. Working in Mirvac BTR exposes you to development, operations, technology, customer experience, and institutional capital partnerships under one platform. It is currently one of Mirvac's strongest growth narratives and a meaningful differentiator versus competitors who have approached BTR more cautiously.
How important is sustainability and ESG experience for Mirvac roles?
Very important. Mirvac is one of the most prominent Climate Active certified property groups in Australia, with a long-standing 'This Changes Everything' sustainability strategy and credible NABERS, Green Star, and net zero performance across its managed portfolio. Candidates with concrete experience improving NABERS ratings, delivering Green Star Design and Performance projects, embedding embodied carbon analysis into design decisions, or running TCFD and ISSB-aligned reporting tend to stand out, particularly for development, asset management, BTR, and sustainability-specific roles. This sustainability identity is a genuine cultural marker at Mirvac, not a tick-box.
Where does the current Australian property cycle leave Mirvac, and how should I talk about it in interviews?
Speak honestly. Australian residential is navigating affordability constraints, planning system pressure, and shifting buyer demand across apartments and master-planned communities. Office values softened materially through 2023 and 2024 under hybrid work and higher rates, with premium-grade Sydney and Melbourne assets holding up better than secondary stock. Industrial demand has stayed robust and retail recovered through 2024 and into 2025. Build-to-Rent is in an early but accelerating institutional growth phase. A credible candidate will recognise the headwinds in office and parts of residential, the structural tailwinds in industrial and BTR, and will show how their skills help Mirvac navigate that environment under Campbell Hanan rather than pretending the cycle does not exist.
Sydney HQ versus state offices - how should I think about location when applying?
The Sydney HQ at 200 George Street is the centre of corporate strategy, capital markets, Mirvac Capital, executive leadership, and most national functions. Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and ACT offices are organised primarily around the active project pipeline in each city, so development manager, project director, asset management, leasing, and BTR operations roles are often based locally where the assets are. If you want exposure to corporate strategy, IR, fund management, or executive leadership, Sydney is the natural choice; if you want to build a development or asset management career anchored to a specific city's pipeline, the relevant state office is often the better fit.
Which credentials do Mirvac recruiters value most?
Commonly cited credentials include the CFA charter for investment, capital, and Mirvac Capital roles, the AICD Company Directors Course for senior leaders moving toward board exposure, RICS and the Australian Property Institute (API) certified practising valuer designation for valuation-heavy work, Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) registration for design-led roles, project management certifications (PMP, PRINCE2) and a current Construction Induction (White Card) for site-based development roles, and recognised sustainability accreditations such as NABERS assessor and Green Star Accredited Professional.

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Sources

  1. Mirvac Group - Corporate Website
  2. Mirvac - Careers Portal
  3. Mirvac - About Us and Leadership
  4. Mirvac - Investor Centre and Annual Reports
  5. Mirvac - News and Media Releases
  6. Mirvac - LIV Build-to-Rent Communities
  7. Mirvac Group (ASX: MGR) - ASX Company Profile
  8. Australian Financial Review - Mirvac coverage
  9. Australian Financial Review - Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz retirement and Campbell Hanan succession
  10. JLL Australia - Office, Industrial, and Build-to-Rent market research
  11. CBRE Australia - Residential, Office, and Retail market research
  12. Property Council of Australia
  13. Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA)
  14. NABERS - National Australian Built Environment Rating System
  15. Green Building Council of Australia - Green Star
  16. Climate Active - Australian Government Carbon Neutral Certification
  17. Glassdoor - Mirvac Reviews (Australia)
  18. LinkedIn - Mirvac Company Page
  19. Australian Property Institute (API)