Retail

Ducking cyclones, dealing with jumps in insurance premiums and capitalising on growth are all part of the game for investors in Australia’s northern cities, Paul Thornhill finds.

Online retailing, toys, games and restaurants are expected to be the big winners this Christmas as Australians shop from home and load the festive table.

A COLLINS St shop sold for a record $14.21 million as buyers snapped up $239.2 million of Melbourne commercial property from just one agency in the past 10 weeks.

Victoria is leading a burst of activity in the nation’s shopping centres but it is not just shoppers who are out and about. New research shows development activity is also on the rise, with the number …

Sydney is fast running out of retail space and has the nation’s smallest amount of floor space per resident, new research reveals.

Paul Thornhill takes a look at Adelaide commercial property and finds lower price points can be leveraged by the shrewd portfolio manager. Adelaide has been battling its challenges of late, but for investors focused on …

Following a surprising rebound in asset sales, Paul Thornhill investigates what types of bulky goods properties investors should be targeting. Sales of bulky goods properties topped $906 million in 2012 – double the level of …

Over the past few years, the two-decade long rebound in inner urban strips has faltered while major shopping centres power ahead. Paul Thornhill takes a look at what’s driving the different outcomes. Until recently, securing …

The extraordinary surge in resource investment is slowing yet there are few gloomy faces in WA and Queensland’s industrial property sectors, Paul Thornhill finds. In Australia’s resource rich states, the slowing of project investment is …