Stephen Gaitanos, Managing Director & Group CEO, Scape
Stephen is a founder, Group CEO and Managing Director of Scape Group with over 16000 student rooms operational nationally across Scape, a further 6,000 under development. Scape has invested over $9 billion into Australia’s education market over eight years with a further $1 billion to be invested in the current pipeline. Scape Group is the largest private commercial investor in the education market in Australia and the largest owner-operator of residential accommodation for lease in Australia.
As CEO of Scape, Stephen is responsible for the Scape Group’s platform in Australia, a position he has held since November 2013.
Stephen is a founding principal of Telopea Capital Partners and has 17 years’ real estate investment, private equity and investment banking experience in Australia, Asia and Europe.
Stephen has previously held real estate investing and corporate finance positions with Morgan Stanley Real Estate, Merrill Lynch and Macquarie Bank.
Stephen has significant experience within the student accommodation sector in Australia (previously Executive Director and shareholder of PAD Student Living), leisure, hospitality, affordable housing & education asset classes in Australia.
Scape was established in Australia in 2013, and is a leading, fully integrated owner, operator, investment manager and developer of premium branded student accommodation (PBSA) and lifestyle solutions, with billions of dollars in assets under management, on behalf of global wholesale and institutional investors. Scape’s existing Australian portfolio comprises 46 high quality assets located in the key education precincts of Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth with ~17,000 operational beds and ~8,000 beds under development, and over 700 staff across the country.
For more information, please visit www.scape.com.au.
Past Mingtiandi Events
Multi-Family Investment Forum 2021 — Emerging Classes in Rental Residential
APAC Residential Forum 2022 — Multi-Family Investment in Australia
APAC Residential Forum 2023 — Residential Investment in Australia
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