Fast food

The phrase, ‘Would you like fries with that?’ has been the key ingredient to many commercial real estate portfolios. How did Australia’s fast food obsession come about, and how is it driving real estate investment?

Commercial agency Burgess Rawson witnessed a ”flight to quality” across its three-day portfolio auction this week, with investors turning to the tried and tested childcare, retail and medical assets.

A KFC in NSW sold on what’s believed to be a record low yield – 2.89% – and buyers continued to show an interest in childcare assets at the Stonebridge national portfolio auction yesterday.

Despite interest rate rises scaring off some buyers, the Burgess Rawson portfolio auctions proved many are still prepared to pay a premium for essential service assets with long lease terms.

One of the first major portfolio sales of freestanding commercial property on the eastern seaboard since the federal election is expected to highlight investors’ voracious appetite for the ‘known quantity of fast food’ and the ‘strong and stable’ childcare sector.

Despite the threat of rising interest rates, buyers continued to battle for pubs and essential service assets at this month’s Burgess Rawson’s portfolio auction, with big brands leading the sales.

The humble petrol station is set to be transformed as the number of electric cars on Australian roads climbs to an estimated 1.7 million by 2030.

Private and institutional investors alike continue to be wooed by the alternative income streams offered by commercial property. This interest has translated into record enquiry numbers for Burgess Rawson’s 150th portfolio auction.

The future of a well-known Gold Coast takeaway and convenience store is uncertain after the block which it sits on hit the market.