DR Seek Ngee Haut and the late Jim Service AO have been inducted into the Property Council’s Australian Property Hall of Fame.
The Property Council of Australia’s Australian Property Hall of Fame Gala Dinner at Parliament House was set to take place on the night of Tuesday 7 June, with Seek and Service to be recognised for their “pioneering contributions and remarkable legacies”.
“The Australian Property Hall of Fame celebrates those individuals who have left a lasting legacy to the industry and the community, and both Jim Service and Dr Seek can sit proudly among this group,” said Ken Morrison, chief executive of the Property Council.
The Hall of Fame was established in 2012, with other notable inductees over the decade including Frank Lowy AC, Carol Schwartz AO, Sir John Pidgeon, Sir Keith Campbell, and Sir Albert Jennings.
“It is a pleasure to be inducted into the Property Hall of Fame; joining such a prodigious list of inductees is an immense honour,” said Seek.
Seek is being inducted in acknowledgement of his role in establishing Australia’s institutional property sector’s foundations, as well as for his extensive global career, particularly throughout Australia and Singapore.
“Australia is renowned for having one of the world’s most transparent and professional property industries, and for this we owe a debt of gratitude to Australia’s first property PhD,” said Morrison of Seek.
Seek contributed to the research base which has had an enduring positive impact on the country property industry, before going on to build GIC’s global real estate portfolio.
“Transparency and global capital partnerships are two defining characteristics of the Australian property industry and Dr Seek created legacies in both,” said Morrison.
Service is being honoured in recognition of his significant service to the property industry and impact on Canberra.
“Jim was known as ‘Mr Canberra’ and he was tremendously influential in the evolution of the nation’s capital for more than two decades,” said Morrison.
“He also left a legacy across the industry, overseeing the transformation of the Property Council in 1996 with a fresh focus on our industry’s role in working with governments to help solve the public policy challenges facing the country.”
