Australia
Australian industrial sector poised for another robust year with unabated tenant demand
Industrial transactions are off to a good start with $1.5b in Q1.
Australian industrial sector poised for another robust year with unabated tenant demand
Industrial transactions are off to a good start with $1.5b in Q1.
Australian office investment volumes back to pre-COVID levels
Volumes increased 34% to $2.8b in the first quarter of 2021.
Australia’s healthcare sector outperformed other property sectors in the last 15 years
The sector reported double-digit returns in 2020 alone.
Sydney small businesses’ average lease term fell 23% over the past 5 years
Businesses occupying under 2,000 sqm sign lease terms of just 3.9 years.
Sydney records positive office net absorption for the first time in five quarters
Net absorption also improved in Perth and Brisbane.
Guess which Australian city saw the largest fall in sublease availability in Q1
Sublease availability in this city fell 24% during the quarter.
APAC markets show ‘unrelenting’ logistics demand as firms run short of warehouse space
ESR Australia recently bought a portfolio of 45 properties for a whopping US$2.9b.
How Australia’s robust housing demand impacts banks and developers
Weakening housing affordability and falling net migration pose medium-term risks.
These two APAC markets saw the highest surge in commercial property investments in Q1
Investments jumped 68% and 280% in Australia and Singapore, respectively.
Here’s why Melbourne’s office market will see more activity in Q2
Colliers expects increased market activity across assets higher up the risk curve.
Sydney office yields to compress to 4.25%-4.75% by end-2022
The Sydney CBD prime equivalent yield range currently sits between 4.38% and 5%.
Demand for ‘edge’ data centres rises amidst pandemic
27 edge data centres will be built across Australia within the next two years.
Australian housing yields drop to all-time lows over the past 25 years
Yields tightened from 5.1% to 2.9% from 1996 to 2020.
Perth office market bucks global decentralisation trend
The CBD continues to see tenants centralising from suburban markets.
Why Brisbane office landlords must lure tenants from education, healthcare
The healthcare and education industries have only contributed to 2.5% and 5.0% of leasing demand, respectively.
Australians struggling to pay their mortgages as housing affordability deteriorates
The deterioration was evident in all capital cities over the five months to February 2021.
Sydney industrial gross take-up hits highest levels since 2017
Gross take-up increased 79% to 1m sqm in 2020.