Nick Lenaghan

The pendulum is now swinging strongly toward more workplace attendance, according to the country’s largest pure-play listed office landlord.

Up for grabs is one of the largest tracts left in the fast emerging precinct that will be home to Sydney’s new airport.

South Africa’s Woolworths has sold the last asset standing after its costly foray into upmarket Australian retailing. It’s also an opportunity for investors.

The Financial Review’s annual roundtable of top property bankers. This is what they say about interest rates, hot picks, and where the action will be in 2025.

The race for returns from alternative assets in commercial property has become a stampede as traditional areas battle the impact of high interest rates.  

The nation’s office market has been battered by surging interest rates and the rise of flexible work. Building values have fallen. But that could change this year.

Here are six themes we expect to make news in 2025, from professional services to crypto and artificial intelligence across offices, boardrooms and suburbs.

Di Pilla’s group, HMC Capital, now has $2.5 billion of digital infrastructure assets in its control. It plans to spin off the portfolio and list it on the ASX.

Any benefit from falling house prices by curbing investor concessions may be short-lived. And there would be a price to pay, say property experts.

The trend back to the office has further to run in the short term as power swings back toward employers. But there may be limits to that shift.