Commercial Farming

It has been an interesting process looking back to mid-March when the COVID-19 lockdowns began, to see what I expected the impact would be on each commercial property sector.

Retail leasing opportunities at new shopping centres continue to rank among the best-performing listings on the commercial property market, with a soon-to-be-completed shopping hub Cranbourne West the latest to see strong results. The Cranbourne West …

A blue-chip family-owned cotton growing enterprise on the New South Wales border has hit the market for the first time in 100 years.

A portion of Devon Park — one of Victoria’s oldest farming properties — has sold for the first time in about 90 years, for more than $14 million, with a high-profile barrister understood to be the buyer.

A Tasmanian farming operation has bought a historic Fingal Valley agricultural property.

The Neumann family, which has emerged as the new owner of a hard-to-move Currumbin Valley property on which the Marist Brothers used to run stock, might have been aided in the deal by ‘muddied’ waters.

A block of ten individual properties on 18 hectares featuring six freestanding homes, choice market gardens and prime agricultural land has been listed for sale together in the Western Sydney suburb of Austral.

Investors are casting their nets far and wide in the search for the best Victorian commercial property opportunities, with retail, historic farms, medical centres and offices all featuring among the most-viewed properties in the state. …

Rural and agricultural properties have seen a surge in buyer interest in the early stages of the coronavirus crisis, as investors seek industries well placed to ride out the storm.