Commercial Property Market Trends

Australia’s shopping centre sector has re-emerged as a strong performer for listed landlords and as a result, assets are being chased by private fund managers.

A struggle to secure prime real estate could be keeping other players out of the supermarket sector, and it may be costing shoppers. More competition in the supermarket sector would lower grocery prices, but Australia’s …

Offshore investment into Australian commercial property hit a decade low in 2023, falling even beneath 2020’s pandemic low when international borders were closed. Just $8.8 billion was spent on commercial property last year – half …

In her youth, Kirsten Mulholland was charmed by the historic Mount Vic Flix picture theatre. But the romantic idea that she might one day run the iconic cinema in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains town …

It’s a name synonymous with tyres down under but now the future looks deflated for Beaurepaires after more than a century in business. With its imminent closure expected, as many as 100 retail outlets could …

The scars of the pandemic continue to deepen among commercial office assets, with vacancy rates rising to the highest levels since the mid-1990s. But for investors prepared to withstand extended periods of vacancy, it could …

More $20m worth of unit blocks have already hit the market in a 2024 expected to be ‘the year of beds and sheds’.

In an effort to curb the ‘work from home’ trend that is now embedded in professional life, businesses are taking various approaches to getting staff back into the office.  Hard-line measures range from mandating minimum …

In a challenging year for commercial property, tourism and industrial assets have outperformed with strong demand underpinning positive capital returns in a year where every other asset class went backwards. Despite higher interest rates driving …