Alex Cook Email & Phone Number

ResortBrokers Director Alex Cook is one of the most experienced and well-respected management rights brokers in the country.With ResortBrokers since 2011, Alex has settled 185 management rights deals with a combined worth of more than $568 million. His success has been recognised with the industry’s highest awards, including REIQ’s 2023 Commercial Salesperson of the Year and ARAMA’s 2023 Broker of the Year, having previously won the award in 2019.Alex’s notable 2024 management rights sales include the 317-key Gabba Central in Brisbane, which set a record sale price in excess of $10 million, and the sale in one line of neighbouring Rockhampton CBD hotels, the 95-room The Edge Apartment Hotel and 118-room Empire Apartment Hotel, which sold for over $10 million, setting a record as the largest ever management rights transaction for a regional location anywhere in Australia.In 2015, Alex achieved a career highlight with his $25.7 million sale of the management rights to Peppers Soul Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, a then record management rights sale.A ResortBrokers Director since 2018, Alex focusses on large transactions nationwide, with particular attention to the development/off-the-plan projects as well as the short-stay/hotel sector.In 2021, Alex was appointed Associate Director of ARAMA, the peak body for the management rights industry representing more than 4,000 operators across the country. With ARAMA, Alex has played an integral role in the review of the strata industry currently being undertaken by the Queensland Government and spearheaded a continuing lobbying effort to protect the industry in Queensland.In 2019/20, Alex successfully lobbied the Victorian Government against proposed changes to the Owners Corporation Bill, which would have threatened the future establishment of certain short-stay businesses. He has had particular success in Melbourne in recent years, assisting several high-profile developers in establishing and selling short-stay businesses within their projects.Alex is one of the principal authors of ResortBrokers annual Management Rights Report, the only quantitative study of its kind to examine the vast impact of the industry across the country.As a leading figure in Australia’s management rights sector, Alex is a much sought-after speaker at industry events.

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