He recently had it altered to give it a new life as a fishing vessel based at Kokomo. The first holiday Walker ever took with his wife, Sue, was in Fiji, and the couple have returned here in Louie Douvis. Lang has five lines. As he approaches the landmark three-quarters of a century, you can sense Walker remains a big fish, five-line, well-done kind of guy, both in the office and on the yacht.
Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Help using this website - Accessibility statement. Fiona Carruthers Travel editor. Updated May 28, — Save Log in or Subscribe to save article. Print article License article. Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you. Find out more. During this time he has delivered over 1, projects which include national landmark destinations, and come out on top of two major recessions. His passion, enthusiasm and natural intuition for property development are undeniable.
Fully immersed in all projects, he takes pride in every development we embark on, using his acute eye for detail to create inspiring master plans; overseen from concept to completion. Lang has proven his visionary approach for troublesome projects time and time again. Taking on and transforming the most challenging of sites. Not one to rest on his laurels, he constantly pushes the boundaries. In the past 10 years alone he has developed over projects that have embraced cutting-edge design and industry-leading environmentally sustainable standards.
In he was awarded an Order of Australia Officer AO for his varied and continual philanthropic efforts. Having started his sailing life at the tender age of nine, when he was growing up in the Sydney suburb of Yowie Bay, Walker has never been far from boats and yachts, despite his many business commitments. However, it may still be a while before life is back to pre-Covid levels.
One trend that he sees accelerating is that of companies looking beyond central business districts and establishing offices in cheaper locations, such as suburban or regional centers, allowing for easier commutes for staff. Walker thinks more Australians will also want to seek a better lifestyle in the Sunshine Coast—already a trend before the pandemic. To that end, Walker Corp. The project will include , square meters of commercial and retail space, with a convention center, and about 4, residential dwellings.
A similar logic of looking for potentially affordable destinations with good lifestyles applies to his projects in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The train system, which started construction in January, is being built to carry 10, passengers per hour each way between the two cities—replacing an antiquated train system that was there before.
Opened in , the resort has had to dramatically shift gears to adapt to the pandemic. After being closed for a year due to Covid, it reopened in April—but only to 12 guests or more from the U. They will have the run of the place and their choice among the nine villas and four residences at the resort. Kokomo had barely been opened long enough to recoup its investments when the pandemic halted operations.
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