Arkadia specialises in the acquisition, management, leasing and development of a diversified property portfolio throughout Australia.
Arkadia's core business and area of expertise is focused in the retail and leisure asset classes. Today, the group mandate has expanded to three hotels and 10 centres along the East Coast of Australia. The retail portfolio alone includes a mix of neighbourhood and large format retail centres, while the wider retail portfolio including retail arcades, retail complexes and free-standing retail shops, all located in prime trade areas on the Eastern Seaboard. Typically, our retail centres are anchored by major blue chip national tenants whilst incorporating a wide cross-section of high-quality specialty retailers.
Being a private group of our size and scale allows us to be both nimble and dynamic in how we operate existing assets and view new opportunities. We maintain a low gearing throughout the group to be able to take advantage of evolving real estate markets.
"Arkadia specialises in the acquisition, management, leasing and development of a diversified property portfolio throughout Australia."
Head of Property
Senior Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Manager
National Leasing Executive
Senior Property Accountant
Property Accountant
Marketing Manager
Regional Marketing Manager
Property Services Asisstant
Office Executive Assistant
Peter Cortis-Jones jointly established Arkadia with Greg Karedis back in 2006. Since its inception, Arkadia has continued to innovate and evolve. Today, Peter remains responsible for charting the course of the business, together with delivering growth of assets under management. He was previously a Director at CB Richard Ellis. Prior to that, Peter held roles with GPT and Lend Lease.
George Mihailou is the Portfolio Manager of all shopping centre assets within the group. George also works together on projects and major tenant leasing for the group, including new shopping centre projects. George has formerly held Asset Management roles within AMP Capital Investors and Jones Lang LaSalle. George also holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Property Economics) degree.
Karlene Orpin is the Senior Portfolio Manager of Arkadia’s Large Format Retail centre assets, including Aspley Homemaker City in Brisbane and Nunawading Homemaker HQ in Melbourne. Karlene has worked in shopping centre asset management for the past 16 years and works closely with Arkadia’s leasing and marketing teams in ensuring the best strategic tenancy mix and centre branding is achieved. Karlene’s previous roles managing large retail format centres in Sydney included the rebranding of a large scale development, and the re branding of a large metropolitan centre, and involvement in marketing, leasing, tenancy mix, and strategic development.
Jay Ridgeway is a Portfolio Manager responsible for the management of a portfolio of large format retail centres, together with other investments. He has previously held roles with DTZ in London and Sydney and Workman Retail, a UK-based Property Management firm. In each of these roles, he gained invaluable experience managing shopping centres, retail parks, factory outlets and strip shops for a range of clients, including a number of very high-profile investors.
Steve James is the National Leasing Executive for Arkadia. Steve is responsible for new leasing, major tenant relations and major project leasing. Steve is a specialist in large format retail and retail leasing. He has completed a Master of Property Development, Graduate Diploma in Property Development, Advanced Diploma in Property Valuation and Diploma of Property in Real Estate. Steve is a registered Valuer and a Licensed Real Estate Agent. Steve has recently joined Arkadia from CBRE, where he was the Manager of Large Format Retail for NSW.
Joe Adra is the Property Accountant for Arkadia Property Services. With almost 15 years of accounting experience within the property industry, Joe is an invaluable member of the group. Joe’s previous experience includes portfolio and trust accounting at Jones Lang LaSalle and property accounting with Ipoh. Joe holds degrees in Economics and Accounting.
Dina Jenkins has specialised in property accounting over the past 13 years for Stockland, Colonial First State Global Asset Management and Jones Lang LaSalle. Prior to this she worked for 10 years in Funds Management with Perpetual Trustees, IPAC and CBA. Dina is a qualified CPA.
Robyn Cubis is responsible for the delivery of strategic marketing initiatives for Arkadia's portfolio of shopping centres and large format retail assets. Robbie oversees marketing and planning, brand marketing, public relations, market analysis and research, web development and event management. Robyn holds an MBA and has formerly held senior marketing positions at Westfield, Luxottica (OPSM & Sunglass Hut) and Sunbeam.
Jillian Christie is the Regional Marketing Manager, responsible branding and strategy for large format and neighbourhood centre assets within the group. For over 15 years, Jillian has specialised in retail channels and believes that creating a meaningful consumer journey with a focus on place-making, branding and marketing is vital. Having worked with a range of retailers, Jillian joined Arkadia in 2018. She previously held marketing positions at Aventus Property, Apple, Yellow Brick Road Wealth Management, Wizard Home Loans and McGraths Estate Agents.
Rebecca Boyd-Bais is responsible for assisting with the management of a number of large format retail centres. Rebecca has completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in International Trade and Commerce Law, and applies these learnings to her role at Arkadia.
Hazel is responsible for organising and co-ordinating office operations and procedures, as well as looking after our team. After completing a Diploma in Hospitality Management in the UK, Hzael went on to work as a French Speaker for British Airways First Class. Since moving to Australia, she has held a variety of corporate administration roles which have included bookkeeping, office management and working as a corporate receptionist. Her focus in the company is to ensure the smooth running of the office and to maintain excellent customer relationships.