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Ganellen is a privately owned design and construction contractor operating primarily in Sydney, Australia and Christchurch, New Zealand. The company delivers projects across a range of industries, from medium density residential apartments, schools, retail, large commercial & industrial facilities, government and infrastructure through to facade repairs and building remediation. Founded in 1998 by Peter Maneas and Mario Evangelo, the company has enjoyed steady growth and currently has over 140 full-time employees. Ganellen’s Christchurch operations commenced in 2008, after securing a contract to construct a new head office for Fairfax New Zealand. Ganellen’s client base includes Lend Lease Group, Australand, Brookfield Multiplex, Winten Property Group, Woolworths, Defence Housing Australia, Greenland Group, Novartis Pharmaceuticals and the NSW Government. According to HIA-Cordell’s 2013/14 Construction 100, a report on Australia’s largest and most active commercial construction companies, Ganellen is ranked 35th amongst its peers. This list was led by Ganellen clients, Lend Lease (first), and Brookfield Multiplex (third).

Projects
Ganellen has delivered more than 100 projects in Sydney and Christchurch. Its first project was a façade refurbishment in Surry Hills.

Recently completed projects include:
 * Kiaora Lands Redevelopment (Stage 1) – a state-of-the-art Woolworths supermarket and retail premises completed in 2014 for Woolworths and Woollahra Council
 * Arc, Discovery Point – a 12 level residential building in Discovery Point’s new ‘dress circle’, completed for Australand in 2014
 * Belvedere, North Sydney – a luxury apartment building completed for Winten Property Group in 2013
 * Coastal Quarter, Little Bay – the adaptive re-use of the Delaney and Heffron buildings of the decommissioned Prince Henry Hospital for Brookfield Residential Properties
 * Defence Housing Australia, Precinct 3 – residential apartments for Defence Housing Australia’s Crimson Hill development in Lindfield
 * Anderson Lloyd House, Christchurch – the first multi-storey office building to receive urban design consent after the release of the Christchurch Central Recovery Plan

Management
Ganellen was founded in 1998 by Peter Maneas and Mario Evangelo. The company is named after their wives, Janelle and Helen. Peter and Mario met 1994, and have maintained a professional and personal relationship ever since. Both have 30 years’ experience in the construction industry, and have worked together on projects of up to $400m in value, including the first two stages of Sydney’s King Street Wharf development, the 42-level Chifley Tower in Sydney’s CBD, and the refurbishment of the Grace Hotel, also in Sydney’s CBD. In late 2014, co-founder and director, Mario Evangelo, announced his decision to retire from the construction business.

Property Industry Foundation
Ganellen is a Platinum Corporate Donor to the Property Industry Foundation, and has been the principal sponsor of the annual charity ball since 2010. The event raises much-needed funds for the Foundation, which supports young homeless people by building accommodation and providing jobs and training within the industry. Ganellen director, Christopher Ahern, also sits on the advisory board for the Property Industry Foundation.