Build to Rent

The GQ Multifamily Build-to-Rent platform (GQ Multifamily) – owned by luxury lifestyle developer, GURNER™ and ASX-listed Australian alternative real estate investment manager Qualitas – has revealed a pipeline of 3,650 apartments, cementing it as one of Australia’s largest build-to-rent (BTR) platforms in the rapidly growing space.

Diversified developer Pellicano has lodged plans with council for the latest addition to its growing 2,000 apartment build-to-rent pipeline – a $225 million precinct in Robina set to include 418 residences across four buildings of 9-10 levels.

One of Australia and New Zealand’s leading ‘Living’ Specialist investment managers, Cedar Pacific, has appointed Savills Capital Advisors to raise AU$500m for a new seeded build to rent (BTR) vehicle.

Frasers Property Australia has commenced the next phase of construction of the 25-storey Brunswick & Co Build-to-Rent development in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.

The Property Council of Australia has today welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement to lower the Managed Investment Trust withholding tax rate from 30 to 15 per cent for build-to-rent housing projects.

As the rental crisis in Australia’s major capital cities continues, the emerging Multifamily (BTR) sector is set to benefit from an increase in ‘forward funding’ and a boost in foreign investment, with around 40,000 apartments either completed or in the pipeline according to a new report from Savills.

Prominent developer Home, backed by Singaporean investor GIC, has purchased the Bayview Eden Hotel at 6-9 Queens Road to develop one of Australia’s largest Build to Rent (BTR) projects, and build upon its enviable pipeline of new purpose-built facilities.

Adelaide is facing a student accommodation crisis that could provide an opportunity for a Build to Rent (BTR) development, according to JLL Research.

Sentinel Fund Manager Australia (‘Sentinel’), the Australian arm of leading American development and real estate investment management firm Sentinel Real Estate Corporation, will deliver South Australia’s first institutional Build to Rent community on a site it’s placed under contract to acquire in Renewal SA’s Bowden precinct. 

Australia’s fierce rental market is proving a tailwind for the Build to Rent (BTR) sector, with the completion and lease-up of several developments in late-2022, and more projects emerging by the day.

The GQ Multifamily Build-to-Rent platform (GQ) – a joint venture by GURNER™ and Qualitas – has achieved planning approval on its transformative $450 million precinct in Parramatta, making it the first application to be approved in New South Wales through the government’s new Build-to-Rent State Significant Acceleration pathway.

Diversified developer Pellicano is set to complete its $250 million mixed-use hub The Links in Oakleigh South, with plans greenlit for the third and final stage – which includes the build-to-rent Fieldworks House.

Sentinel Launches Kinleaf Management Platform for its Australian Build to Rent Communities

The GQ Multifamily Build-to-Rent platform (GQ) owned by multi-billion-dollar developer GURNER™ and ASX-listed leading Australian alternative real estate investment manager Qualitas, has been bolstered by another $2 billion of capital capacity after closing their second fund raising.

Lendlease and QuadReal Property Group (QuadReal) in partnership will deliver their first build-to-rent residential apartment building at Brisbane Showgrounds in Queensland.