Wednesday, 9 April, 2014 - 13:29
Brookfield starts work on Crown Towers
Brookfield Multiplex has kicked off works at the six-star, $568 million Crown Towers hotel in Burswood.
Chris Palandri has been a member of the Brookfield Multiplex team for more than 30 years. He became regional managing director for the Western Australian business in December 2009 and has overseen the delivery of major projects including the Fiona Stanley Hospital, a $2 billion landmark project for the Department of Health, the Brookfield Place office development for anchor tenant BHP Billiton, and the Roy Hill Mine accommodation village and non-processing infrastructure in the Pilbara.
Mr Palandri has been the chair of Scitech since December 2020, and is a board member of the Australian Institute of Management WA.
Mr Palandri holds a Bachelors degree in Business from Curtin University, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
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