commercial real estate

In an era when large swathes of fiscal stimulus are flooding markets creating unpredictable outcomes, the prospect of inflation and a little stability goes a long way....

Every investment you make has some risk associated, but there's one asset class with returns that are high relative to the risk while delivering a stable source of...

Across Australia, the built form is facing a resurgence. From developing vacant land to constructing big, shiny office towers, there is a huge market for credit to...

Just over a year ago, on 23 March 2020, the S&P/ASX 200 hit a low of 4,402.50 The fall had been precipitous. From its 20 February 2020 peak of 7,197.20 the equities...

In an environment where we have been fortunate to be the benefactor of significant and ongoing government stimulus and an economic cushion amid COVID, a question mark...

When you consider the Australian commercial property market, low-interest rates, stay-at-home orders and a worldwide pandemic is a recipe for disaster, right? Yet 2020...

In the current climate of economic uncertainty, equity market volatility and low bond yields, there has never been a more important time to diversify your client’s...

It can take guts to voice unpopular views. Last Thursday, about 20 minutes into our team’s 9am weekly distribution meeting, someone said what everyone else was...

While many banks and industrial companies are reducing or cancelling their dividends altogether this year, Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (AREITS) still...

As Andrew Schwartz of Qualitas called out in prior videos, the future seems exciting for alternative commercial real estate lenders as major banks scale back on...

Success can often be attributed to knowing how to navigate what you don’t know. There are a range of divergent factors currently creating uncertainty in the global...

Gone are the days where “prime property” is defined by its location, says Andrew Schwartz of Qualitas. The term is now being reshaped by the nature of the cash flow...

Commercial real estate transactions have slowed down noticeably as the Australian economy digests the economic impact from COVID-19, according to Andrew Schwartz of...

Having had our personal and professional lives turned upside-down, we’re now familiar with the realities of an extended period of enforced ‘hibernation’. Entire...

As the first tentative signs of an easing of COVID-19 restrictions occur, it’s timely to look ahead and see how real estate investment may be affected as the cycle...

Offices are going extinct. Shopping malls are going to become ghost towns. These are some of the theories being bandied about by investors looking to the other side of...

This last month or so has been a particularly challenging period for a lot of market participants. As a fund manager, volatility spikes can be disconcerting especially...

Within a few weeks, our understanding of COVID-19’s spread seemed to progress from significant but largely contained to full-scale pandemic. Restrictions on work...

First up, sorry about the title. Second up, as a commercial real estate investor we naturally have our own biases – hopefully we have enough balance in the way we are...

Commercial real estate is an income-generating asset class that covers a broad range of property types, including office buildings, shopping centres, warehouses and...