Geelong developer Dennis More, 72, remembered after sad passing

A prominent Geelong businessman is being remembered as a “rare talent” and a “true gentleman” after his death, aged 72.

Geelong businessman Dennis More (right) was one of the biggest landowners in Geelong.

A prominent Geelong businessman is being remembered as a “rare talent” after his sad death.

Tributes are flowing for well-known and admired landowner and developer Dennis More, who passed away peacefully last week, aged 72.

Mr More completed several significant projects across the city but is perhaps best known for constructing a marina on his Leopold property in the mid 2000s.

He famously began creating the canal on Corio Bay without permission from the City of Greater Geelong, who eventually took him to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

The canal would stay, but with some conditions.

Developer Dennis More 's Leopold harbour made headlines more than 15 years ago.

Mr More, one of the biggest landowners in the city, was being described as a “true gentleman” by friends and heartbroken family.

His partner, Faye, said her “wonderful, caring, generous” and “talented man” had been taken too soon.

“I will miss your beautiful smiling face and your one liners that never ceased to amuse me, and sometimes embarrass me,” she said.

“I am so fortunate that you came into my life.”

Mr More was a successful businessman.

Mr More, who will be farewelled at a funeral service in Highton on March 1, owned the Sands Caravan Park.

Kim Johnson said he was “a man of many talents with a heart of gold.”

“Our home and lives will never be the same without your beautiful smiling face and witty ways,” she said.

“You will be deeply missed but forever in our hearts.”

Originally published as Geelong developer Dennis More, 72, remembered after sad passing