Talking Property with CBRE

Could building on top of older apartment blocks be one of the solutions to Australia’s housing crisis? Airspace above existing strata buildings is a $150 billion opportunity in Sydney alone according to one leading advocate. 

Equally, is going up the only solution for the owners of these blocks? Given tight rental market conditions across the country, there’s also huge demand from investors wanting to purchase these blocks outright.  

It’s a topic explored in this latest episode of Talking Property featuring Warren Livesey, Head of the Association of Rooftop & Airspace Development, and CBRE Metropolitan Investments Director Toby Silk.

They also delve into the opportunities for airspace development, not just above strata apartment blocks but also around hospitals, transportation hubs, fire and police stations to create key worker housing.

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 positive signals for the Australian real estate sector. Inflation is showing signs of moderating, interest rates appear to have peaked, employment remains resilient and cap rate expansion seems to be topping out. All of this is flowing through to improving investor sentiment.

But we’re still in a very volatile and uncertain geopolitical environment and China’s economic woes are heightening. So, what does this mean for real estate?  Find out in this latest episode of Talking Property: The House View as CBRE’s Phil Rowland, Pacific Advisory Services CEO, and Sameer Chopra, Pacific Head of Research, chat about pricing, investor intentions, the vacancy outlook, cost of living pressures, and some of their key predictions. 

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].

To wrap up our 2024 property predictions series, we chat with Aware Real Estate’s Michelle McNally and Aliro Group’s David Southon. 

They give us their views on the best property market opportunities this year and the areas ripe for transformation. 

The tailwinds in residential and the opportunities being presented by supply challenges, immigration and a growing economy are among the topics up for discussion  

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 the second part of our 2024 property predictions series, we chat with ISPT’s Chris Chapple, Brookfield’s Leonie Wilkinson and Investa’s Pete Menegazzo.  

They give us their views on the best property market opportunities this year and the areas ripe for transformation. 

Sectors in the spotlight include life sciences and living, as Australia’s population demographics shift and the need for new housing continues to dominate the news headlines. The industrial & logistics sector, while coming off unprecedented highs, remains on the radar and premium office space is back in favour. 

Challenges moving forward include the need to play catch up on the technology front, repurpose ageing office stock and combine and conquer as an industry to tackle complex sustainability challenges. 

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].

To kick off our 2024 property predictions series, we chat with Charter Hall’s David Harrison, CBRE Investment Management’s Alex Crossing and Lendlease’s Dale Connor. 

They give us their views on the best property market opportunities this year and the areas ripe for transformation. 

In the spotlight are “beds, meds and sheds”, the conviction around prime office opportunities, the intersection between transport and property, an ever-increasing focus on sustainability and whether we’re returning to an “old normal”.  It’s the first episode in a three part series, with Episode 2 set to go live on January 18 featuring ISPT’s Chris Chapple, Brookfield’s Leonie Wilkinson and Investa’s Pete Menegazzo. Episode 3 will launch on January 25, headlined by Aware Real Estate’s Michelle McNally and Aliro’s David Southon. 

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].

Funding constraints, rising interest rates and downward pressure on asset pricing have been key property market themes in 2023. 

But what does the future hold? Will 2024 be a turning point – particularly for the office sector? Will debt funding be more readily available? And will investors increasingly look at new capital structures to drive their property investment strategies? 

We unpack this and more in our latest Talking Property episode featuring CBRE’s Australian head of Offie and Capital Markets Research Tom Broderick, the Pacific head of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team Andrew McCasker and CBRE’s Pacific head of Investment Banking Paul Ryan. 

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 about CBRE’s recent Lenders Sentiment Survey here and access our latest Australian Office Occupancy research 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].

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].