NZ Property Investor

DECADES IN DEVELOPMENT

Christchurch is a vibrant, thriving city. Its regeneration, postearthquake, is remarkable. A key component of its resurrection is the investment developers have made; people not scared to take risks and work to create a better city.

Mark Revis, a developer with over 30 years’ experience in creating build spaces for the people of Canterbury, is one of them.

His investment journey has seen him creating communities for people over 60, luxury living for downsizers, and affordable homes for firsthome buyers. And his background in accounting, combined with an instinct for understanding market trends and creating opportunities, has seen him thrive in the property game.

GOOD AT MATHS

Born in the United Kingdom, Revis and his family moved to Christchurch just before his fifth birthday.

Neither of his parents were investors. “Dad was a blue-collar worker, a master patternmaker who made wooden engineering moulds with

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