ARIA is a privately owned development company founded in 2003 by Managing Director Tim Forrester. The firm has gone from strength to strength in recent years by delivering high quality developments in only the best locations. ARIA are a committed professional team that have an extensive range of experience and knowledge in property development, management, investment, construction, sales and marketing. This has produced a unique competitive advantage resulting in multiple award winning projects. ARIA’s last 8 projects have been award winning, with Austin recently being awarded best High Rise Development in Australia at the Asia Pacific Awards in Kuala Lumpur.

ARIA is passionate about creating amazing retail spaces and transforming the public realm at the ground floor spaces of its developments. Aria recently brought International fashion houses Hermes and Ermenegildo Zegna to Brisbane and established Edward Street as a luxury retail precinct in the process. ARIA is now transforming South Brisbane starting with Fish Lane and Melbourne Street. The process has started with bringing Julius Pizzeria, Maker, Gauge, Habitat and Merriweather to the area and celebrity chef Ben O’Donoghue opening BillyKart Restaurant later in 2015.

ARIA’s development pipeline is valued at $1.1 billion, which includes residential apartment projects in beachside locations, ski resorts, wineries, and primarily inner city urban renewal precincts throughout Brisbane.