“They are all high end, high quality products in high quality locations,” Josh says. “With each of them, our goal has been to push the boundaries and raise the bar in the Gold Coast.” Josh has been working in development for roughly 20 years, both in New Zealand and Australia. Roughly 10 years ago, he moved to the Gold Coast and founded Ignite Projects in collaboration with fellow director Gary Gordon. Initially, they started with a small land subdivision in order to test the waters and get a feel for the local market. That project fully sold out fairly quickly, and Josh and Gary rolled the profits onto their next project, which was a multi-residential apartment in Palm Beach. That first multi-res project – Periscope, on 1265 Gold Coast Highway in Palm Beach – set a high standard that Ignite Projects wanted to exceed with every subsequent endeavour. “Now that we’ve set such high expectations for quality, we believe we have to live up to them,” Josh explains. “But that’s fine with us. We’re getting very good at delivering that quality. We’re getting very good at finding the best locations and selling the best product.” These days, when evaluating an opportunity, Ignite Projects first looks for beachfront property. They want to build projects that THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRAL IA “We know that we can’t tell the market what people want,” Josh says. “We have to know the market, and then we have to give people what they expect. Our projects are extremely considered in that respect.”
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