THE CHANNEL 7 BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR
WINNER: DAVID H T DEVINE, DEVINE LIMITED
About David H T Devine
After commencing his working career with a Victorian chemical company, David joined Hortico Australia Limited. Over 12 years, he gained wide experience in Hortico's production, manufacturing, advertising, distribution, marketing, administrative and management systems. After being promoted to manager of Hortico's operations in Queensland, then Western Australia, David left Hortico to set up his own aluminium boat building business. In 1993, he entered the property development market and established Devine Limited.
About Devine
ASX listed and a top 500 company, Devine is one of Australia's most trusted residential property brands. Over 25 years it has helped in excess of 17,000 families in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia achieve their dream of home ownership.
Devine is highly regarded for its innovation, modern, quality homes and dedication to service. Among numerous awards it has received are the HIA Quality Builder of the Year Award, four consecutive customer service awards, and two highly sought after environmental awards.
Its Devine Communities division has been creating quality residential communities for a number of years now and their quality has been recognised for excellence throughout Australia.
Among their current communities are: (Qld) Nautical Edge, Gold Coast, Cedar Rise, Redbank Plains, The Pines at Morayfield, Wattle Park, Burpengary, (SA) Lakeside, Andrews Farm, (VIC) Cardinia Grove, Pakenham, Central Park at Brimbank.
The Devine Communities division is also an advocate of GreenSmart and WaterWise initiatives. With its theme "places you'll love to call home" the division endeavours to maximise the use of environmentally sustainable principles as a matter of course.
Devine also specialises in apartment construction and its Unit and Townhouse Division has been responsible for some of Australia's premier high-rise CBD developments.
Among them are Cathedral Place, River Place, River City, Casino Towers, Festival Towers and Charlotte Towers in Brisbane and the $336 million multi-use development, Victoria Point at Melbourne's Docklands.
It is now using its own in-house construction division, Devine Constructions Pty Ltd to build its latest Brisbane project, Charlotte Towers.
The company also recently expanded into Commercial property development. Among its first projects is the $200 million mixed use Hamilton Harbour development and a $125 million 25-level commercial tower at 333 Ann Street, Brisbane.