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Head of Development Europe and Australia
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Independent Director
Chief Financial Officer - Acting Chief Executive Officer
Head of Development Europe and Australia
Independent Non-Executive Chairman
Independent Director
Chief Financial Officer - Acting Chief Executive Officer
In the Brisbane industrial market there has continued to be divergence between the occupier and investment markets. While a number of large, high profile (...)
Melbourne industrial available space increased by 62,715m² or 6.2% over the three months to April 2016. Total vacancy now measures 1,074,788m2 across 94 buildings, (...)
Overall growth in annual capital values has returned to more sustainable levels close to that experienced just over two years ago in the Australian (...)
The value of the prime (luxury) global residential property markets rose on average by 1.8% in 2015, according to the latest results of The (...)
The rising number of students in Australia, in particular international students, is having a direct impact on the demand for quality and affordable purpose (...)
In the six months to January 2016 the Adelaide CBD recorded an increase in gross supply additions of 27,117m², 43% above the historical average (...)
Gross suburban office supply totalled 90,344m2 in 2015, the second highest level of new supply delivered to the market in the past 15 years (...)
Gross CBD office supply totalled 45,069m2 in the six months to January 2016, wholly as a result of the completion of 567 Collins Street (...)
There was 113,463m2 of new supply added to Perth CBD stock since July 2015. This is attributed to a number of buildings across the (...)
Melbourne’s industrial sales volumes in 2015 declined by 49% compared to the preceding year after steadily growing since 2010. However, a number of assets (...)
An all-time high level of sales volume recorded in the Suburban office market contributed to the second highest ever level of Non-CBD office investment (...)
Brisbane has become a viable and more affordable option for those local and foreign developers unable to enter the more established cities south of (...)
Local and foreign purchasers continue to fuel sales activity for development sites with potential for higher density apartments, despite many cranes spanning the horizon. (...)
Despite a slowdown in residential development sites sales across Greater Perth, the construction phase is active with many projects kicking-off earlier than scheduled due (...)
Sales of major sites likely for higher density development in Greater Sydney totalled $4.61 billion in the year to 31 August 2015; this was (...)
Economic confidence and sentiment remains weak across Adelaide's industrial market. In the six months to October 2015 additional stock has come to the market (...)
The cash rate remained at an historic low of 2.00% in November after falling 25 basis points in May. Greater Perth experienced 2.5% population growth (...)
The NSW economy is currently experiencing favourable economic conditions underpinned by strong growth in housing investment, above average retail expenditure, elevated infrastructure investment and (...)
New supply still remains relatively limited in North Sydney with the only major office project currently under construction being the development of 177 Pacific (...)
Investment into Sydney CBD office and hotel assets by offshore groups has grown considerably over the past five years, boosted by relatively higher yields (...)
The Gold Coast is Australia’s sixth largest city with a population of 560,266 as at June 2014. The city has a strong infrastructure backbone (...)
Victorian retail trade rose by 4.4% year-onyear as at July 2015; down from the 6.6% growth recorded in the previous year. However, Victorian retail (...)
Home to a significant and diverse employment base, Newcastle is the strategic and economic centre for the Lower Hunter, accounting for the bulk of (...)
As at May 2015, ABS data showed Victoria’s retail turnover growth had eased slightly. Retail trade in Victoria rose by 5.0% year-on-year; down from (...)
House prices continue to have a major bearing on the NSW retail market as a rise in household wealth has supported sustained high levels (...)
Permanent withdrawals of office stock across the major East Coast markets will accelerate through 2015, increasing 41% above 2014 levels. However the peak is (...)
The migration of industrial user groups to Sydney’s outer suburbs has been an ongoing trend that is continuing to shape the location of new (...)
There has been a tremendous surge in Chinese outward investment in overseas real estate in recent years. What first started as sovereign funds making (...)
The strata office market trends in 2014 have remained somewhat similar to the results in 2013. Over the last year, historically low interest rates (...)
Industry diversity, government investment and major transport infrastructure underpin Townsville’s role as the commercial and services hub for North Queensland’s minerals, agriculture, tourism and (...)
Situated closer to the Sydney CBD than major office hub Parramatta, Bankstown is in a designated growth area, and is a key strategic centre, (...)
The past few years has signified an interesting period for the retail sector as moderate retail turnover growth coincided with a period of solid (...)
The Brisbane housing and construction industries are continuing to recover from the impact of the GFC with key market indicators signifying opportunities for the (...)
Evidence suggests there is an undersupply of housing currently being experienced across Sydney. Countering this shortfall has been significant investment into residential development sites (...)
Student Accommodation as an asset class is somewhat immature compared with markets globally. However, interest in the sector is beginning to increase as lessons (...)
A resilient Australian economy, off the back of a resources boom from mid-2000, historically low interest rates and a stable political environment have all (...)
In August 2014 Melbourne received the title of ‘World’s Most Liveable City’ for the fourth year in a row —defeating 139 other global cities (...)
Low interest rates sustained over the past 18 months have fuelled investment in the apartment market, leading to an increase in dwelling approvals, sales (...)
After entering a stabilization phase in 2012, Sydney Prestige1 (top 5% of market) residential prices begun to show early signs of recovery in the (...)
A lack of new supply completions and several large leasing deals in the last three months has seen Sydney industrial vacancy decline to its (...)
The Knight Frank CBD retail survey comprises 1.646 shops within the CBD Core, of which 43 were recorded as vacant resulting in a vacancy (...)
As at January 2013, the total Canberra office market recorded vacancy of 11.9%. While this is up more than 200 basis points on the (...)
The Brisbane Fringe has seen several strong pre-commitments to office space trigger new construction, however existing accommodation is facing greater challenges with the vacancy (...)
Although coming off a relatively modest base, take up of industrial space continues to improve, with a noticeable recovery in demand from sub 10,000m² (...)
The recent confirmation of a number of large commitments to space has improved market sentiment within the Brisbane region. However to date the general (...)
Development activity in the Perth metropolitan area is predominantly pre-commitment driven, particularly for larger buildings, with few developers prepared to build speculatively. Industrial space that (...)
Tight leasing conditions continue to support the North Shore office market, however the strong rental growth of the past few years has now started (...)
Total vacant industrial space increased over the first quarter of 2013. As at April 2013, there was 410,508m² of industrial space above 5,000m² available (...)
Development and pre-lease activity has shown signs of improvement recently. Over the past six months up to 60.000m² of industrial space has been pre-leased, (...)
After recording two successive quarterly declines in vacancy over the second half of 2012, the level of vacant industrial space in Sydney was broadly (...)
The Brisbane CBD vacancy rate increased to 9.1% as at January 2013, up from 6.2% a year prior. Net absorption in the second half (...)
Although partly driven by stock withdrawals, the Sydney vacancy rate has declined to 7.2% as at January 2013, a figure well down on the (...)
Following the completion of the AREIT reporting season, the audited data reflected only a very marginal firming in book value cap rates over the (...)
Positive net absorption was recorded by the Property Council of Australia (PCA) for the six months to January 2013, totalling 6,201m². This follows the (...)
The total vacancy rate reported by the Property Council of Australia (PCA) was 5.7% as at January 2013. The biggest increase in total vacancy (...)
The Brisbane CBD recorded a total of just over $1 billion in sales above $10 million, which is a significant increase over 2011 which (...)
Between 2005 and 2008, strong demand for well-located residential englobo properties, led to increasing sales rates and values for the subdivided product, which consequently (...)