JLL Perspectives

The relationship between landlord and tenant is the lynchpin of the entire real estate sector, but distancing and the economic fallout from COVID-19 is taking this important partnership into unchartered waters.

With most leases failing to account for global pandemics, and the Australian government intervening with a code of conduct for commercial tenancies, how likely is a long-term shift in the way building owners and their tenants engage?

Host: Rebecca Kent, content manager, JLL

Richard Fennell, head of property asset management, JLL

Sarah Philipson, senior associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

(This podcast was recorded on 21 April, 2020)

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold, supermarket shelves have been emptying quickly as shoppers preparing for lockdown stock up on household staples – not least, toilet paper.

What has been the hold up? And how do we make sure essential goods never disappear when we need them, again?

Jamie Guerra, head of industrial and logistics – Australia, JLL, and Amy Bentley, general manager, supply chain solutions - Australia and New Zealand, Toll Group, explain.

Hosted by Rebecca Kent, content manager, JLL

Recorded 9 April, 2020

Bars, restaurants and cafes might be closing their doors to dine-in customers, but their goods are mostly still available by other means as COVID-19 forces retailers and landlords to innovate to maintain cash flow. (Recorded 25 March)

Host: Rebecca Kent

Guests: Abigail Campion, national placemaking and customer experience manager, JLL; and Suzee Brain, director and co-founder, Brain & Poulter.

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Flexible working has largely been an arrangement reserved for working mums and employees juggling specific responsibilities. But as COVID-19 gives everyone from CEOs to junior staff a taste of remote working, there is widespread belief that this will no longer be the exception, but the norm.

Host: Rebecca Kent, content manager - Australia, JLL

Guests: Gillian Rowbotham, human experience manager - Australasia, JLL; and Ness Stonnil, founder, Job Pair, and flex work coach

(Recorded 25 March)

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