For over a decade our annual Brisbane Industrial Property study has represented the industry benchmark. The report provides market players with an invaluable tool for planning and decision making, be they investors, developers, builders, lenders or government policy makers.

Our study provides a careful analysis of drivers of demand for and supply of industrial space and their implications for the leasing and investment markets. Based on our in-house forecasts of the Australian and Queensland economies, we supply 10 year forecasts of demand for and construction of warehousing and factory space, then use the result as the basis for our forecast of rents, yields, capital values and prospective IRRs for prime, secondary and high tech property.

The latest study places the Brisbane industrial market in the context of the GFC and domestic credit squeeze. We answer questions such as when will the market recover, when will we build again, how much worse will it get in the interim? Is the blow-out in yields just a short term over-reaction or are higher cap rates here to stay? When will development finance become available again and what will trigger its return? Will land values continue to fall and what are the implications for development feasibility?

Our forecasts reach beyond the current market uncertainty and provide the foundations for an assessment of the prospects for construction, development, leasing and investment, including timing and risk factors involved.

Beverley Taylor

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