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The view from the top floor of the property industry
Leaders in the sector talk to property editor Nick Lenaghan about omicron, getting back to the office, the power of privatisation and greening their industry.
- Opinion
- Opinion
Tech is the existential threat facing the property sector
Who knows the most about real estate customers? It is not the landlords, or the agents or managers. It is Facebook or Microsoft.
- Robert Harley
Kick-start migration to support economic recovery, CEOs urge
Even with a better-than-expected third-quarter economic performance, a resumption of immigration and an end to lockdowns are crucial, property executives say.
- Michael Bleby, Lucas Baird and Nick Lenaghan
Speed up supply to address housing affordability: property CEOs
Accelerating planning approvals and land releases could help alleviate worsening housing affordability, property executives say.
- Nila Sweeney
December 2021
Local investors not ‘bold enough’ when it comes to alternative assets
Alternative assets can offer big returns, but one entrepreneur says Australian investors have a tendency to focus on risk rather than opportunity.
- Martin Kelly
Rising costs a risk for developers and builders: Triguboff
Building companies need to give themselves a bigger buffer to account for higher costs and project delays, the veteran developer says.
- Michael Bleby
Property sector warned to prepare for big tech disruption
As the property sector looks to embrace data analytics to plan a COVID-19 recovery, concerns are growing that big tech companies could swoop in and cut their lunch.
- Paul Smith
Embrace green buildings or lose tenants and investors: Lendlease
CEO Tony Lombardo says anyone who hasn’t moved on to developing sustainable building is in trouble.
- Larry Schlesinger
CBD offices making a comeback post-pandemic
Landlords and architects have said demand is on the rise for commercial office space, with the CBD returning as the site to establish companies’ identities.
- David Marin-Guzman
Lockdown ended and Melburnians went shopping
Scentre Group boss Peter Allen says foot traffic at his shopping centres in Victoria has bounced back to pre-pandemic levels.
- Lucas Baird
Two years for supply chains to unclog, but stockpiling to stay
The boss of industrial property giant ESR says his sector’s boom will continue on the back of higher inventory levels in warehouses and surging e-commerce demand.
- Martin Kelly
Property CEOs vulnerable to takeover by flood of private capital
CEOs representing about $44b in market value of real estate investment trusts agree that underperforming assets are at risk of being taken private.
- Michael Bleby, Larry Schlesinger and Martin Kelly
November 2021
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- Property development
Lendlease sees endless opportunities in Google, supply crisis
The search giant, logistics problems and getting people back into offices are key areas occupying the property company’s head of Americas.
- Matthew Cranston
September 2020
E-commerce driving demand for longer warehouse leases
LOGOS co-founder John Marsh says a trend to emerge during the COVID-19 crisis is the demand for longer, more secure rental agreements.
- Larry Schlesinger
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Why property chiefs want a return to CBDs
The red-hot topic of ending or scaling back work from home generated the most passionate responses at the annual Australian Financial Review Property Summit.
- Tony Boyd
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Time to get the offices and malls busy again
The longer that CBDs and suburban malls remain subdued, the more damaging and lasting the recession will be.
- The AFR View
Property titans differ on the future of cities
Not even leaders of the property industry agree on the future of our post-COVID-19 world of work.
- Michael Bleby
Property leaders urge CEOs to lead return to the office
The country's biggest office and retail landlords have implored both the business sector and governments to get their staff back working in offices to help reignite the economy in its CBD heartland.
- Nick Lenaghan, Larry Schlesinger and Michael Bleby
Top property stocks face buyout threat
Negativity over office towers and retail malls could ultimately be the catalyst for major corporate action.
- Nick Lenaghan
Property lenders tout pandemic collaboration
Australia's largest property lenders say it would be a mistake to sit on their hands, even in such an uncertain environment.
- Jonathan Shapiro
Investment banks to 'step up' M&A financing in 2021
Investment banks with a balance sheet at their disposal will play a bigger role in post-pandemic property merger and acquisition activity says UBS' Tim Church.
- Tim Boyd
Time for landlords to wind back rental support: Scentre's Allen
Scentre Group chief executive Peter Allen says the substantial level of support landlords have provided tenants cannot continue forever.
- Larry Schlesinger
Dipping into super 'a hit to integrity of the system'
Charter Hall CEO David Harrison says he disagrees with the government's controversial decision to allow Australians to dip into their retirement savings.
- Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
We've fallen out of love with working from home
Even as office workers recognise their human need for collaboration back in an office, the future demand for office space is far from clear.
- Michael Bleby
