Urban Economics & Property Research

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Urban Economics
& Property Research

What do we do?

Whilst urban economics is a broad discipline, our team focuses on understanding the economic drivers of the Australian economy, including population growth, immigration, demographic change, interest rates and inflation, and how these elements influence outcomes across the property sector.

Urban Economics & Property Research

We have a deep understanding the drivers of population growth and household formation, which enables the preparation of forecasts across a range of market segments, on a small area basis.

The most significant drivers of population change include net overseas migration (NOM), net interstate migration (NIM) and natural causes such as births and deaths.

We use this information, together with key socio-demographic indicators such as age, household type, income, wealth and labour force participation and journey to work (for example) to prepare forecasts for many market segments.

How do we add value for our clients

Property research focuses on measuring, interpreting and understanding historic, current and future drivers of demand, supply, pricing and market penetration across a variety of market segments. We specialise in the following:

Economic Impact Assessments

We use ABS data including National Accounts input-output (IO) multipliers, to measure the economic and social impacts arising from a range of public and private investments, including both direct and indirect employment, expenditure and output multipliers, and the total value of a project for the economy in terms of jobs and output.

Retail

Including supermarkets, shopping centres (regional, sub-regional, major and neighbourhood activity centres), main street retail, bulky goods, homemaker centres, factory outlets, tyre & auto service, last mile delivery.

Residential

Including low, medium and high density dwellings, residential subdivisions, public housing, social and affordable housing, crisis accommodation, indigenous housing.

Retirement living / aged care

All forms of seniors living including land lease communities targeting 50+ cohorts, independent living units (retirement villages) and aged care facilities.

Commerical office

Including flexible, collaborative and coworking spaces in CBDs, CBD-
fringe, suburban and regional contexts.

Hotels / hospitality & tourism

Including all forms of serviced accommodation, luxury accommodation, pubs/clubs, taverns, caravan parks, cabins, villas, AirBnB and other short-stay offerings.

Industrial areas & business parks

Including heavy industry, storage and warehousing & logistics, manufacturing, light industrial, business parks, high-tech manufacturing, dark-stores / last mile delivery.

Community infrastructure

Including libraries, aquatic facilities, council offices, community meeting rooms, sports & recreation, public realm.

Childcare

Including early learning, long daycare and after school care.

Healthcare

Including private and public hospitals, teaching hospitals and a range of allied
healthcare services including dental, physiotherapy, chirotherapy, podiatry, osteopathy, etc.

Education

Including land use analysis, commercial, economic and planning advice supporting the development of university campus master plans, which seamlessly integrate teaching and learning, a range of student services, student accommodation, retail, housing, entertainment and industry partnerships.

Delivering Outcomes

Our team has a deep understanding mechanisms involved in delivering outcomes across a variety of markets, including:

Build to sell (BTS)
Build to rent (BTR)
Build to rent to buy
Build to churn (BTC)
Shared equity schemes
Community Housing Providers (CHPs)
Affordable Housing Associations (AHAs)
Land lease communities (LLC)
Manufactured home estates (MHE)
Public private partnerships (PPPs)
Joint venture partnerships (JVs)
Development Management Agreements (DMAs)

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