Mark Perriam is the director of Devon Property which recently completed the successful retail

development in Constellation Drive. Mr Perriam transformed an old warehouse into a number of

retail shops. These include The Coffee Club, Mexicali Fresh, Tank Juices, Bruce Lee Sushi, and

Snap Fitness. The centre has become very popular with the surrounding businesses and large

number of commuters that travel through to the Bays.

Mark Perriam purchased a Snap Fitness franchise a couple of years ago on the back of a major

change in the worldwide gym industry. The USA and the rest of the world have changed to a

24hr 7day formatt with smaller neighbourhood gyms and no fixed contracts. These are now

replacing the old large big box standalone gyms that have made their money locking clients into

long contracts. Mr Perriam was attracted to the Snap brand as they have had the most

aggressive in growth in New Zealand and are one of the biggest worldwide. Snap started in the

USA in 2002 and has grown to over 1500 in the USA alone and nearly 50 in New Zealand. Snap in

NZ has grown to 50 gyms nationwide in only a few short years and contiues to outperform its

opposition.

Soon after opening Snap Fitness in Constellation Drive Mark Perriam negoiated a deal

During 2016 Mark Perriam’s Devon Property was appointed the Development Manager for the

latest and largest new development in Timaru for some years. Mr Perriam engaged Gravitas

Architects in Christchurch to design the building to meet the demands of the local retail and

office sector. The team of Mark Perriam and James McCondich (Gravitas) combined to end up

with a highly popular design that saw national retailers clammering to lease space. The new

development was 70% leased even before all Council consents had been achieved let alone the

construction starting. Gibson O’Conner were appointed as the head contractor and Mr Perriam

has nothing but praise for their workmanship, cooperativeness and ability to stick to program

and budget. Tenants in the development include Hunting & Fishing, Timpany Walton Solicitors,

Burger Fuel, Columbus Coffee, Hell Pizza and Pitapit. Perriam says that with that impressive line

up and only three spots left any potential tenants should get in touch quickly, there is already

solid interest on the remaining vacant space.