Australia's specialist in Highest and Best Use.
At Mollard Property Group, we are proud to be recognised as Australia's leading analytics-led, agentic-capable property advisory built over three decades — and the integrated team that delivers what the analytics recommend, across childcare, residential, commercial, heritage and mixed-use sites Australia-wide.
What sets us apart is our deep understanding that exceptional early learning environments begin with the right expertise — and Mollard Property Group brings that expertise to every project.
We do more than develop properties — we deliver enduring value through considered, long-term outcomes.
Phil Mollard
Managing Director · Mollard Property Group
A boutique advisory, built on rare expertise.
Mollard Property Group is an Australian property development consultancy with roots in residential and heritage practice, and a current focus on analytics-led Highest and Best Use advisory across childcare, commercial conversion, build-to-rent, mixed-use and education sites.
Founded in 1992, the firm has evolved through three deliberate eras. Today our lead capability is Highest and Best Use analysis — a structured, agentic-capable platform that scores every site against 90+ alternative uses and ranks them by financial viability, planning risk and execution time. The eleven services that follow are how we deliver what the analytics recommend.
We work with merchant bankers, fund managers, family offices, institutional developers, lawyers, operators and not-for-profit boards across Australia. The work is confidential by default. The recommendations are evidence-led, written for board, and defendable under scrutiny.
Built on residential. Broadened by childcare. Sharpened by analytics.
Mollard Property Group has consciously evolved every decade — keeping the disciplines we earned, and adding the analytical capability the market now demands.
Founded
Established by Phil Mollard as a Melbourne residential and heritage development practice.
Residential growth
60+ townhouse, medium-density and heritage projects delivered across metro Melbourne.
Childcare specialism
Recognised as Australia's leading childcare-development specialist. 42+ centres delivered, 100% DA approval record.
Analytics platform
In-house analytics capability stood up, pairing demand modelling with planning intelligence at concept.
Agentic pre-screening
Live-listing and off-market leads now scored against our 90+ alternative-use library in hours, not weeks.
HBU lead service
Highest and Best Use analysis formalised as the lead engagement — the front door to every other service.
Five principles that hold across every engagement.
Not aspirations. Operating commitments — testable on every project, in every fortnightly client report.
Evidence over intuition
Every recommendation is backed by analytics — catchment, demand, planning, EBIT. Intuition is a check, not a substitute.
The right use, not the obvious one
Highest and Best Use is the question every engagement opens with. Often the answer is not what the client walked in expecting.
Integrated, not assembled
Eleven services, one team, one accountable manager. Coordination is the product, not an afterthought.
Confidential by default
Off-market is the norm. Open campaigns run only when the brief calls for them — and never both at once.
Long-term outcomes
We measure success in twenty-year operator covenants and second-engagement clients — not in close rates.
Principals, analysts and design managers — under one roof.
Strategic advisors, development experts, design managers, project coordinators, financial analysts, research and project administration professionals — all hands-on across property of every scale.
Six capabilities, one accountable team.
We function as a seamless extension of your team, drawing on both individual expertise and collective strengths to add measurable value to every project.
Analytics & HBU
The lead engagement. Agentic pre-screening of sites against 90+ alternative uses, with the case for the recommended one written for board.
Acquisition & Origination
Off-market sourcing, due diligence, financial modelling and aligned-terms negotiation, pre-screened against the HBU library.
Architectural Design
In-house architecture and design management across residential, mixed-use, commercial, heritage and childcare — registered childcare designers on staff.
Development Management
Permit pathways, consultant coordination, programme and risk management — the 100% DA approval record runs through this team.
Project Administration
Contract admin from award to defects — the discipline that defends the HBU economics through construction.
Leasing & Brand Development
Operator matching, lease structuring, naming, identity and parent-facing collateral — calibrated to the same analytics that size the centre.
The track record beneath the analytics.
— Mary McGilvray · Director, Mirambeena Children's CentreMollard Property Group and in particular Phil Mollard and his team have been incredibly proactive, supportive and easy to work with throughout our journey. From the beginning, they took the time to understand our vision for our centre and genuinely listened to our ideas and goals. Their guidance around branding was especially valuable. The brand review and thoughtful suggestions they provided gave us practical ways to strengthen our identity and position ourselves competitively, while still ensuring the centre reflected who we are and what matters most to our families and community.
What has stood out most has been their responsiveness, professionalism and willingness to collaborate. They have consistently been approachable, solution-focused and committed to helping us achieve the best outcome. We have felt listened to, respected and supported every step of the way.
We are very grateful for Phil and his team's partnership and would highly recommend Mollard Property Group to anyone looking for a team who are professional, proactive and genuinely invested in delivering a great result.
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