Australia’s student accommodation sector has been in the spotlight as international students return to our shores and investors circle what’s becoming one of the country’s most sought-after alternative asset classes. 

But the demand for purpose-built accommodation is outstripping supply as the sector grapples with the same issues facing the country’s broader housing market. 

So, what does the future hold? What measures are needed to address the current supply shortfall? And how can investors access this dynamic sector to propel its future growth? 

Find out in our latest Talking Property podcast from Anouk Darling, the CEO of Scape – one of Australia's largest student accommodation owners and operators; Alex Crossing, the Asia Pacific Regional Head of Indirect Private Real Estate at CBRE Investment Management; and CBRE’s Pacific Head of Research Sameer Chopra.  

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. You can also find out more in CBRE’s recent Accommodating the Growth in International Students research report. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Social and affordable housing has made up only about 1% of the homes that have been built in Australia over the past decade. 

It’s an area that needs urgent attention as a growing number of people experience rental stress and homelessness. 

But how do investors and developers get involved in a sector that’s still largely misunderstood? And what are the benefits? 

We explore this in our latest Talking Property podcast featuring Wendy Hayhurst - CEO of the Community Housing Industry Association, Nicholas Proud - CEO of Powerhousing Australia, Gavin Salt - Residential Lead at i2C Architects, and Steph Harper, Valuation & Advisory Services Director for CBRE’s Living Sectors business. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected].  

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Sky-high industrial facilities of up to 17-storeys are common in cities such as Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. But could multi-storey warehouses also start to proliferate in Australia, given ongoing supply challenges in our Industrial & Logistics sector? 

It’s a question explored in our latest Talking Property podcast by Charter Hall Development Manager Jack Hansen, CBRE's Head of Industrial & Logistics Research Sass J-Baleh and CBRE's South Sydney Managing Director Nathan Egan. 

In this episode they discuss the reasons why some cities are better suited to multi-storey projects, what developers need to consider and what’s top of mind for occupiers in a market sector that’s only just beginning to evolve in Australia. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. And you can read CBRE’s Rise of Multi-Storey Warehousing report here.       

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Major infrastructure can have an outsized impact on our cities.  And nowhere is that becoming more apparent than in Sydney where the new Metro rail network is transforming suburbs, driving up property prices and creating more vibrant communities. 

In this latest Talking Property episode, we speak to CBRE’s Pacific Head of Research Sameer Chopra and REA Group Economist Anne Flaherty to discover just how significant the Metro’s impact will be and the opportunities it will create for investors and developers. 

In their wide-ranging discussion, Sameer and Anne assess the scale of the price gains that buyers can expect from living near the Metro and why shorter commutes are such a drawcard, particularly for Gen Y and Gen Z. And it’s not just a Sydney-centric trend, with rail projects set to benefit many other major Australian cities. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. And you can read our Metro – Transforming Sydney Precincts report here.   

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

There are continued challenges in the real estate sector, particularly in the capital markets arena, as the cost of debt rises and sentiment wanes. An acute housing supply shortage in Australia is also continuing to dominate the media headlines. 

But there are also clear areas of opportunity, one of them being alternative asset classes such as student accommodation. Find out more in this latest episode of Talking Property: The House View where CBRE’s Phil Rowland, Pacific Advisory Services CEO, and Sameer Chopra, Pacific Head of Research, give some thought-provoking views on the property topics that are currently being debated, including the outlook for house prices, construction costs and commercial asset values. 

Subscribe on Apple or Spotify so you don’t miss the next quarterly forecast in early February 2024. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Adaptive re-use. It’s a hot topic right now as developers and investors assess how to best repurpose office buildings that are no longer fit for use. 

Given Australia’s housing crisis, it seems a given that some of these empty office towers could be converted to apartments. 

But is this a magic bullet and what are some of the hurdles we need to overcome? And if not for apartments, what other uses could be considered for our ageing office stock. 

In this latest Talking Property episode, we speak to the Principal and Commercial & Workplace Sector Lead at Hassell Ingrid Bakker, the Executive Director of Business NSW David Harding and the head of CBRE's UK Development Advisory Business Zoe Bignell to assess the options available to reenergise our CBDs and create true 24/7 cities. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

In 2019, Australia’s visitor economy was worth more than $166 billion and considered the country’s fourth largest export sector. As one of the world’s most liveable cities, Sydney has consistently placed amongst the top ten in the Global Liveability Ranking, a yearly assessment by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The global city was even named the world’s fourth most liveable city in 2023, beating out major cities like Vancouver and Geneva. 

One person who has contributed significantly to this performance is Steve Cox, CEO of Destination NSW. Part of his role is to drive the strategic direction of Destination New South Wales and the delivery of the visitor economy strategy for the state. In his exclusive interview with CBRE Pacific’s Chief Executive Officer, Phil Rowland, Cox explains the real-time strategies that his team are using to achieve economic targets and social benefits while bringing stakeholders together to make a difference to the people of NSW.  

To form a guiding blueprint for other global cities to take inspiration from, this vital conversation explores:  

• Ways to develop the visitor economy 
• Building the brand and reputation of a leading global city 
• Driving repeat visitation locally and abroad 
• How the existing built environment can be used to produce results 
• Showcasing the hidden potential of cultural ‘villages’ beyond the city’s popular landmarks 

For more insights on how to create a thriving global city, read CBRE's recent feature on how experts are building world class cities. 

If you have any questions from this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to answer in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Is it possible to create an industrial workplace that workers want to be in? Or even an industrial workplace which sets a bold new standard in sustainability? 

While office, residential and retail spaces were the first property types to experience the real benefits of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and placemaking initiatives, the industrial & logistics space is now a major investment grade asset class which is also beginning to inherit the same sustainability criteria. It’s a strong indication that industrial property has changed and is no longer just about employees arriving to work in a shed and then clocking off. 

In our latest ESG in Conversation series, CBRE’s Pacific Head of ESG, Su-Fern Tan, talks exclusively to Andrew Thai, National Sustainability Manager for Frasers Property Industrial, and Tamara Williams, Head of ESG for Altis. In this insightful talk, the trio explore the real-time sustainability strategies being used by today’s leading developers to help future proof their portfolios while showcasing the unique ROI opportunities that innovation in this space can bring.

With analysis based around The YARDS project, the first industrial estate to ever achieve a Green Star Communities rating from the Green Building Council of Australia, the experts will specifically look at:  

• What this industrial project did to earn this rating 
• The challenges of pursuing the maximum Green Star rating for industrial assets 
• The hidden benefits of providing workers with amenities and a sense of community 
• Identifying the value of this rating system and the value of social impact for industrial assets 
• Which stakeholders are demanding this radical shift in industrial assets 

If you have any questions from this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to answer in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

In Australia’s 2023 May budget, the government announced 1.5 million in net migration for the country over five years to help revive a stalling economy. CBRE’s in-house budget analysis had experts evaluating this as a huge number of people to accommodate.

It’s this sentiment which leads perfectly into this week’s Talking Property episode which explores Australia’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector in detail - blocks of apartments that are specifically built to be leased rather than sold to individual owners. As an emerging asset class, BTR has been attracting significant interest from both local and offshore investors as well as garnering plenty of industry attention as one part of a bigger solution to alleviating the country’s housing and rental crisis.

With 30,000 apartments operating or in the pipeline across the country, there's big potential with forecasts the BTR sector could grow to as many as 150,000 apartments within 10 years.

To understand the diversity of benefits, challenges and future market outlook for BTR in Australia, CBRE’s Pacific Communications Director, Kathryn House, talks exclusively to Mirvac’s Fund Manager and BTR Sector Lead, Angela Buckley, alongside CBRE Pacific’s Head of Living Sectors Capital Markets business, Andrew Purdon.

If you have any questions from this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to answer in future episodes, please email us at: [email protected]. 

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].

Investment activity across the commercial property spectrum continues to be a fluid affair in 2023. While some specific sectors are performing better than others, investors need to understand which ones are remaining resilient against those that are experiencing market headwinds.

CBRE’s new In and Out report reveals Australia’s latest inbound and outbound investment trends. While it highlights a challenging first half of the year with a 50% dip in the total value of deals across the office, industrial, retail, and hotel sectors when compared to 2022, it’s not all bad news. Some sectors remain buoyant while several Asian countries and the US see the Australian market as a prime offshore investment opportunity. And of course, there’s also speculation around the rapidly maturing BTR sector which is primed to become a key pillar to offshore capital’s portfolio construction across the country. 

This important episode will examine the current debt landscape and the drivers that will shape the market and influence investor decision making this year.  CBRE's Communications Director, Kathryn House, will present the topic’s key insights from three of CBRE's leading market experts, Stuart McCann, Head of International Capital for Pacific and Southeast Asia, Andrew McCasker our Pacific Managing Director of Debt and Structured Finance, and Tom Broderick, CBRE's Australian Head of Capital Markets Research.   

Read CBRE's investment In and Out report for H1 2023.

If you have any questions regarding this episode or property topics that you’d like CBRE to address in future episodes, please email us at [email protected].