Our economic advice is backed by commercially focused research capabilities and extensive market monitoring.

Urbis provides independent economic advice regarding the development, operation and optimisation of any type of property. We can help you manage the performance of your asset through all stages of its lifecycle.

Urbis’ economics team has a strong reputation and track record for providing accurate analysis, market insights and commercially astute advice. We regularly complete work for major financial institutions, property owners, developers and retailers, both in Australia and overseas.

Our people are in touch with the market and truly understand property. We help clients find balance between competing requirements and help them manage risks to create value and deliver long lasting solutions.

Urbis offers economic and research services in a range of sectors:

• Retail
• Residential
• Commercial & Industrial
• Health & Aged Care
• Tourism & Leisure
• Activity Centres & Mixed Use
• Student Accommodation

Urbis is unique in the range of services we offer and our engagement through all stages of the development process. We offer expert advice on policy formulation and development strategies through to rezoning, development applications, design and landscape architecture. This unique mix of expertise ensures we understand the residential sector better than anyone.

Operating across all areas of the residential sector, we give clients access to specialist advisors in the areas of high, medium and low density housing, student accommodation, new community developments, public housing and retirement living.

Expertise to achieve maximum commercial outcomes:  

•  The experience of working on some of Australia’s highest profile residential projects with award winning results.
• Extensive market knowledge to ensure your project is relevant and market responsive.
• Experts in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth sharing experience and insights for the benefit of our clients.
• Our experience ranges from strategic advisory to individual property advice

Specialities include:

• Apartments
• Greenfield
• Urban Regeneration

Noteworthy Projects include:

Sydney residential market research assessment

North Richmond

Ashfield Mall

Other projects to be selected and highlighted by EMR

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Commercial

The commercial property experts at Urbis understand the changing needs of Australian businesses. Our market insights help clients plan for and accomodate emerging business and industry needs.

Urbis regularly advises vendors, purchasers, developers and provides strategic policy level advice for government. We work with clients to help them proactively plan for and actively influence the dynamic and ever-changing commercial sector.

Expertise to achieve maximum commercial outcomes:

•  Urbis employs some of the most experienced commercial sector experts who offer advice across all areas of our business.
• The nature of the Urbis business giver us a unique understanding of both the demand supply side of the commercial property sector.
• We have worked with clients to deliver results on a variety of small, medium and large scale commercial projects across the country.

Noteworthy Projects include:

 100 Mount Street

200 Coward Street

Other projects to be selected and highlighted by EMR

Industrial

The multi-disciplinary nature of Urbis enables us to help our clients across a diverse range of locations. Some of these include new industrial developments in greenfield locations as well as developments within existing industrial precincts some of which require proactive planning to meet changing occupier needs, and others which are earmarked for urban renewal outcomes.

Urbis always provides vendors, purchasers, developers and occupiers with unbiased advice independent from the influences of transactional or agency based businesses.

Expertise to achieve maximum commercial outcomes:

Urbis Industrial Property experts guide clients through the ever changing industrial sector to help maximise commercial outcomes.

•  Urbis employs some of the most experienced industrial sector experts who offer advice across all aspects of industrial real estate. We can assist throughout the entire lifecycle of a project.
• The nature of our independence provides access to a wide and detailed pool of market data.
• We understand the importance of the connection between site characteristic, site context, design and marketing.
• We are able to engage with stakeholders at all levels including local government, service/infrastructure, environmental, cultural and heritage, indigenous groups, landowners, community as well as agencies depending on the nature of the project.
• Our in-house GIS and design capabilities offer superior mapping and site evaluation assessments, along with high quality graphic design.

Noteworthy Projects include:

ALE Property Group

Young Street Precinct

GWS Training Facility and Administration Centre

Other projects to be selected and highlighted by EMR

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In the current complex and dynamic environment of national reform in health and aged care, clients will benefit from Urbis’ extensive knowledge and understanding of market, demographic and feasibility analysis; facility master planning; economic, social and health impact assessments; strategic planning, policy research and advice, and health program evaluation.

Urbis has contributed to the growth of the health and aged care sector over several decades, working together with hospitals, aged care providers, health services and professionals, as well as governments to improve facilities and services for the benefit of all Australians. Our unique combination of professional disciplines enables us to provide our clients with comprehensive and tailored solutions.

Our points of difference:

•  Integrated service approach – we offer a multi-disciplinary approach to projects providing access to a combination of expertise across the business including economics, property advisors, social researchers, urban planners and designers, sustainability experts and geographers.
• Expert research capability – we ensure that all professional advice is evidence-based, commercial and pragmatic within a dynamic policy, planning and service delivery context.
• A wealth of experience – we have been providing research evaluation and advice to state and federal health departments for over 30 years.
• Culture of excellence – with a well established reputation in the market, Urbis is client focussed and driven to achieve excellence in every project.

 Noteworthy Projects Include:

Measuring access to healthy food

Evidence based research on carer needs and support services

Epworth Geelong Teaching Hospital

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Urbis is committed to providing independent advice to guide policy setting, development, operation and optimisation of tourism, recreation and leisure destinations.

Urbis is regularly engaged to complete work on both the demand and supply side of the tourism and leisure industry. We have worked on policy development and the creation of strategies to drive tourism and attract users. We work closely with public and private clients to set strategic direction for individual sites, precincts and broader regions.

Combining our expertise in research, economics, social policy, planning and design, we also understand how to create destinations that respond to anticipated demand and meet the needs of users. We provide the research and advice to help clients understand market opportunities and constraints to improve the potential for success.

Urbis has worked on many iconic and high profile tourism and leisure projects across Australia. Our project experience includes work on hotels, resorts, serviced apartments, sports grounds, recreation facilities, theme parks, casinos, museums, convention centres and entertainment venues.

Our thorough knowledge of this dynamic sector means our advice serves all levels of government as well as private owners, operators, developers and investors.

Expertise to achieve maximum commercial outcomes:  

•  We have worked with clients to deliver results on a variety of small, medium and large scale tourism, leisure and recreation projects.
• Urbis was selected by the Tourism and transport forum and the department of resources, energy and tourism to conduct an analysis of the key issues facing the Australian industry from a strategic planning and regulatory perspective – giving us a unique understanding and insight into this sector.
• Our service offering ranges from macro level policy advice and regulatory planning right through to design, implementation and individual project work.

 Noteworthy Projects include:

ALE Property Group

Brisbane Racing Club

Other projects to be selected and highlighted by EMR

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Australian cities are experiencing increased density of urban development as residents, consumers and employers are looking to new models of live, work and play. These trends are frequently resulting in real change in the property development paradigm.

Reflecting these changing market dynamics, state and local governments are actively pursuing policies that promote mixed use development and multi-purpose activity centres. Centre owners see an evolving need for additional drivers of visitation to centres. Many property owners and developers are now evaluating the market potential and associated costs/benefits of mixed use development.

Mixed use development can provide the opportunity for owners to extract more value from their property assets. However, this form of development can also be complex and present challenges in terms of realising an optimal outcome for each individual use.

At Urbis we understand this complexity and advise clients on the range of success drivers in terms of layout and design principles, location and site attributes, land use planning overlays and approval strategies, as well as market drivers which determine the true potential and successful outcome of a mixed use development.

Expertise to achieve maximum commercial outcomes:  

•  The benefits of undertaking mixed use development relative to free standing single use developments.
• Success drivers for mixed use developments and specific land uses.
• The combination of land uses likely to generate the best value and highest synergies in a project.
• Locations offering the highest potential for mixed use development.
• Feasibility of mixed use projects.
• Ensuring planning policies and controls are aligned to maximise commercial success whilst delivering sustainable public benefits.
• We have the resources and experience to manage large and complex projects.

Noteworthy Projects include:

North Ryde Station

Ashfield Mall

Other projects to be selected and highlighted by EMR

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Traditionally student accommodation was in the form of colleges and halls.  Over the past 10 to 15 years the student accommodation market has broadened to attract significant interest from the private sector, as developers and investors realised a potential to deliver a new product to the market in the form of specialised apartments which catered for the rapidly increasing international student market. 

Since then, universities have proactively sought the development of student accommodation facilities as the benefits derived from these facilities have been realised.

Student accommodation is an important part of the package of services that can be offered to international and domestic students.  In fact, there appears to be a strong correlation between the supply of student accommodation and international student enrolments.

On campus student accommodation facilities are particularly appealing to students for a number of reasons.  Proximity to university is obviously a key driver.  An increased sense of security and safety and ‘brand’ appeal of university provided accommodation are also likely to be factors. 

The core market for student accommodation facilities are students which live beyond commuting distance to the university, prior to enrolment.  Key student segments include international students and regionally located students.  

Urbis has significant experience in providing student accommodation demand assessments, having provided advice on the development of student accommodation services at more than 18 Universities and over 20 campuses located across New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.  Our project experience has enabled us to develop strong in-house modelling techniques and dependable forecasts. In addition, Urbis has conducted survey work on the provision of student accommodation work at Universities across Australia enabling us to undertake benchmarking.  Examples of recent student accommodation projects that we have completed include:

Student Accommodation Study Methodology:

• Phase 1 – Higher education overview
• Phase 2 – University overview
• Phase 3: National trends in student accommodation supply
• Phase 4: Student accommodation supply
• Phase 5: Demand Assessment
• Phase 6: Identification of risks
• Phase 7: Optional primary market research

Projects:

University of Western Sydney (Parramatta Campus) – Campus Living Villages

University of Sydney – Student Demand Drivers Survey – Urbanest

University of Melbourne Student Accommodation Demand Study – Campus Living Villages

Macquarie University Student Accommodation Demand Study – Campus Living Villages

University of New England Student Accommodation Demand Study – Investec

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