Ian Shimmin Email & Phone Number

Ian is a leading economic advisor with over 25 years experience specialising in the retail, shopping centre and entertainment industries, as well as economic planning matters. He has a Master of Science degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a focus on economic and development issues.He provides advice on major acquisitions, focussing on growth & risk, as well as development projects, site location strategies and shopping centre performance improvement initiatives, throughout Australia and overseas. He also has a keen interest in retail planning matters and economic impact assessments (EIAs) and regularly prepares evidence reports and appears as an expert witness on a wide range of development proposals and issues, generally relating to need, demand and economic impacts, in various jurisdictions including: the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT); Independent Panels and Ministerial Advisory Committees (VIC); the Planning Commission (WA); the Planning Commission, and the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal (TAS); the Land and Environment Court (NSW); the Land Court, QCAT and the Planning and Environment Court (QLD).Ian also organises and leads the Urbis Overseas Retail Study Tour.

Listed skills include Strategy, Feasibility Studies, Due Diligence, Real Estate, and 19 others.