History
The Urban Taskforce was founded in 1999 when a number of property developers and equity property financiers decided that they had a different view of the planning system than dedicated fund managers,asset managers and many property consultants. Its started as a NSW only group, but eventually became a national organisation. While dominated by property developers and equity financiers, its membership also includes "key" builders, architects, urban planners, economists and lawyers involved in the planning and development industry. Thus it represents the interests of those who want to build buildings, rather than the interests of the owners of existing property; whose interest is served by restricting development and consequently increasing and inflating the value of existing assets. The membership of the organization is small –deliberately restricted to no more than 85 member organizations. Apparently this is a deliberate decision to make sure they firmly represent the big players in property development.
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