Alan Frost
06 February 2023
Alan joined Cedar Pacific in 2022 as Director of Development responsible for the company’s development business across the Living Sector including Build-To-Rent (BTR), Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and other emerging Living Sub-sectors. Alan will assist in setting the company’s strategy as part of the executive committee and brings over 30 years of experience in development and property banking to the company.
Prior to joining Cedar Pacific, Alan was Group Executive – Head of Residential at 151 Property focusing on all residential asset types with particular focus on Build to Rent (BTR). In his role, Alan was responsible for the development and ongoing management of Blackstone’s 637-unit BTR portfolio consisting of the 200-unit REALM, Kangaroo Point BTR property (a Build-to-Sell conversion) and the 437-unit REALM, Caulfield BTR project, two of the first wave of BTR properties to become operational.
Prior to this Alan held senior roles with Lend Lease in Australia as the Project Director of Aurora Place, Sydney, in Asia, and the USA where he was responsible for bidding, converting and developing military housing privatisation projects for Actus Lend Lease in its initial years. Later, Alan held the role of Executive Vice-President, Capital and Real Estate Services based in New York focused on identifying and converting development opportunities in conjunction with the recently acquired Bovis (Lend Lease) business. Alan returned to Australia and joined Babcock & Brown (B&B) where he was responsible for B&B’s equity investment in major development projects together with securing Project Finance and providing Mezzanine funding for numerous Australian residential projects.
Alan Holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) from The University of Sydney and a Master of Business Administration (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management at The University of NSW.