What Griffith Group does

Griffith Group is a privately owned Australian property investment and development group founded in 2012 and headquartered in Teneriffe, Brisbane, with a second Queensland office at Mermaid Beach. The group develops and invests in three core asset classes: residential, retail and commercial, and purpose-built childcare. Its residential pipeline is operated through the FORME subsidiary (created 2019), which delivers design-led, luxury beachfront apartment projects on the Gold Coast, including Norfolk Burleigh Heads (2021) and Luna Burleigh Heads (2022). Retail and commercial assets are developed for national tenant chains across service stations, quick-service restaurants, large-format retail, mixed-use precincts, and financial services branches, with operations across Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. The group maintains many of these commercial developments in a captive investment vehicle holding over 100 tenants, which generates recurring rental income alongside the one-time transaction revenue from residential and commercial sales.

The business model is a hybrid of development margin and rental yield. Revenue streams include one-time sales of residential apartments and commercial assets (through FORME and direct channels) and recurring rental income from the long-term commercial investment vehicle. Customer segments are (1) affluent residential buyers seeking premium beachfront and luxury product, (2) national retail, F&B and service-station tenants requiring high-exposure sites in growth corridors, (3) established early-learning operators taking purpose-built childcare facilities, and (4) large-format and industrial tenants. Go-to-market is direct sales for residential and direct B2B enterprise leasing for commercial assets, supported by industry-event participation and earned media. Notable tenant logos include 7-Eleven, Caltex, McDonald's, KFC, Starbucks, Hungry Jack's, Guzman y Gomez, Taco Bell, JB Hi-Fi, Dan Murphy's, Super Cheap Auto, Petbarn, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, Suncorp, and childcare operators Eden Academy, Guardian Childcare & Education, Joy Early Learning, and Nido Early Learning. Since inception Griffith Group has delivered over 50 projects with a cumulative value of approximately $1 billion; the company is founder-led by Managing Director Byron Griffith and has 11–50 employees.

Name

Griffith Group

Legal name

Griffith Group

Website

https://griffithgroup.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Griffith Group is a privately owned Brisbane-based property developer and investor founded in 2012 that delivers residential (via subsidiary FORME), retail/commercial, and childcare property projects across eastern Australia, serving affluent home-buyers and national tenant chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Teneriffe

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property Development Sales: Development and sale of residential properties (apartments, beachfront residences) through their subsidiary FORME, generating one-time transaction revenue.
2. Commercial Property Leasing: Long-term leasing of commercial, retail and childcare properties to national tenants. The group maintains many commercial developments in an investment vehicle with over 100 tenants generating recurring rental income.
3. Retail and Commercial Development: Development and sale of retail and commercial properties including service stations, quick-service restaurants, childcare centres, and large-format retail.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Griffith Group is a privately owned property investment and development company that develops, leases, and sells residential, retail, commercial, and childcare properties across eastern Australia. The company generates revenue through one-time development sales of luxury residential apartments (via subsidiary FORME), long-term leasing of commercial properties to national tenant chains, and development of purpose-built childcare centres leased to early learning operators. Since 2012, the group has delivered more than 50 projects valued at approximately $1 billion and maintains over 100 commercial tenants in its investment portfolio.

Product overview

Griffith Group is a privately owned property investment and development company based in Brisbane that operates across three main property sectors: residential developments, retail and commercial properties, and childcare centers. The company has delivered over 50 projects valued at approximately $1 billion since 2012. In 2019, Griffith Group established Forme as a dedicated residential development subsidiary that specializes in luxury beachfront apartments. The portfolio includes premium residential towers on the Gold Coast (Norfolk, Luna, Sea, Pacific, North), mixed-use retail and commercial centers across eastern Australia, and purpose-built childcare facilities leased to major early learning operators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• FORME: A designated residential development entity created in 2019 that has delivered multiple high-end residential projects including Luna and Norfolk at Burleigh Heads.

Products and services

• Residential Developments

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FORMEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019FORME is a designated residential development entity created by Griffith Group in 2019. It operates as a separate brand focused on high-end residential developments, including Luna and Norfolk beachfront projects. FORME brings design-led development expertise to the group.
• Spiro Property GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint development partner for Little Lane project in New Farm. Spiro Property Group collaborated with Griffith Group on this boutique retail development featuring over 1,100m² of restaurant, dining and retail over 3 levels.
• Richards & SpencecoreTechnology or IntegrationAward-winning architects for Brera mixed-use development in Teneriffe. Richards & Spence designed the six-level high-end development with 18 apartments, rooftop pool, and ground-level hospitality.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Peet Limited: ASX-listed Australian residential land and developer with a portfolio of master-planned communities. Comparable as a similarly-sized Australian residential developer targeting owner-occupier and investor buyers across multiple east-coast growth corridors, making it the closest mid-market pure residential peer to FORME.
• Centuria Capital Group: ASX-listed Australian real estate investment platform with direct property and listed-REIT holdings across industrial, office, healthcare, and agriculture. Comparable as a mid-market Australian property investor running multi-sector direct property portfolios under a parent group structure similar to Griffith Group's holding-company model.
• Growthpoint Properties Australia: ASX-listed Australian REIT with industrial, office, and retail assets. Comparable as an Australian direct property investor with diversified sector exposure across commercial real estate leased to corporate tenants.
• Arena REIT: ASX-listed Australian REIT specialising in early childhood education and healthcare property leased to operators including Guardian Childcare and Goodstart. Comparable as the most direct childcare property peer — both build purpose-built childcare facilities and lease to national early-learning operators on long-dated net leases.

Broad incumbents

• Mirvac Group: ASX-listed Australian residential and commercial developer with a significant build-to-rent and office portfolio. Comparable because it develops premium Australian residential apartments and operates an investment portfolio of commercial assets — the same combined develop-and-hold model Griffith pursues with FORME and its 100+ tenant investment vehicle.
• Lendlease Group: ASX-listed Australian-headquartered global property and infrastructure developer. Comparable because it develops large-scale Australian residential and mixed-use projects alongside commercial investment holdings, though at materially larger scale and with global operations.
• Stockland Corporation: ASX-listed Australian diversified property developer with residential, retail, and commercial logistics assets. Comparable because it operates across the same three verticals Griffith targets (residential communities, retail town centres, commercial/logistics) and serves similar national retail tenants, but at materially larger scale and capital base.
• Dexus: ASX-listed Australian commercial property group managing office, industrial, and retail assets. Comparable because of overlapping commercial property investment activity, though Dexus is principally an office/industrial investor rather than a developer and does not focus on residential or childcare.
• Charter Hall Group: ASX-listed Australian diversified property investment and funds management group with office, industrial, retail, and social infrastructure assets. Comparable for the commercial and retail property investment and leasing arm, including long-WALE net-lease portfolios leased to national tenants.

Regional players

• Stride Property Group: NZX-listed New Zealand diversified property investor and developer with office, retail, and industrial assets across New Zealand. Comparable as a trans-Tasman mid-market property developer/investor with a multi-sector portfolio and recurring rental income, though operating primarily in a different geographic market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/griffith-capital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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