ESG in Property Development: Sustainability, Social Impact and the JGI Literacy Partnership
ESG has become one of the most used and least understood terms in property. Environmental, social and governance is easy to claim and hard to prove, and the gap between a sustainability statement and a sustainable building can be wide. For investors, buyers and communities alike, the question that matters is not whether a developer […]
Inside Lune Black Rock: Bayside Luxury on Beach Road
Beach Road is one of the most coveted addresses in Melbourne. It traces the curve of Port Phillip Bay, and the homes that sit on it are bound by a simple, unforgiving constraint: there is only so much of it, and almost none of it ever comes up for redevelopment. That scarcity is the backdrop […]
The Five-Filter Site Selection Framework Used by Nexus Developments
Most failed developments do not fail at construction. They fail at acquisition, when a site that never should have been bought is dressed up with optimistic assumptions and pushed through anyway. The discipline that separates durable developers from the rest is almost always exercised before a single contract is signed, in the way sites are […]
Land Lease Communities and Resort-Style Retirement Living in Regional Victoria
For a generation of Australians approaching retirement, the maths of staying put no longer adds up. A large family home in a metropolitan suburb may be worth a great deal on paper, but it is expensive to maintain, often poorly suited to ageing in place, and surrounded by neighbours who have long since moved on. […]
What 7-8 Star NatHERS Really Means for Homebuyers and Investors
When you buy a new home, the number that dominates the conversation is the price. But there is another number that will shape your experience of that home for as long as you live in it, and it rarely gets the attention it deserves: the energy rating. A home’s thermal performance determines how much it […]
Esplanade Brighton: Designing High-End Luxury Homes on Melbourne’s Bayside
There are very few addresses in Melbourne that carry the weight of the Esplanade in Brighton. It runs along the bay, looks out over Port Phillip, and sits within one of the most established and tightly held residential pockets in the country. Land on that stretch rarely changes hands, and when it does, what gets […]
SMSF Property Investment in Australia: A Guide for Sophisticated Investors
Self-managed super funds have become one of the most significant pools of investment capital in Australia, and property is among the assets their trustees most often want to hold. The appeal is understandable. Property is tangible, it can generate rental income within a low-tax retirement vehicle, and it offers the prospect of long-term capital growth. […]
Why the Armstrong Creek Growth Corridor Is One of Victoria’s Strongest Investment Stories
Armstrong Creek sits at the southern edge of Geelong, and over the past decade it has quietly become one of the most consequential growth corridors in Victoria. What began as broad-acre farmland has been transformed by a structured planning framework, sustained population inflows, and infrastructure delivered ahead of demand rather than chasing it. For investors […]
The Nexus Equity Fund Explained: Capital-Growth Exposure to a $400M+ Pipeline
Capital-growth exposure to a $400M+ development pipeline, structured for wholesale and sophisticated investors. The Nexus Equity Fund is one of three vehicles within the Nexus Wealth Fund, and it is the one built squarely around capital growth. It is designed to give wholesale and sophisticated investors equity-style participation in a property development pipeline of more […]
Allemore Charlemont: What a Completed 76-Lot Geelong Estate Teaches About Delivery
A finished estate is the only kind of evidence that matters: Allemore Charlemont is delivered. In property development, the most persuasive thing a company can show an investor or a buyer is not a render or a forecast — it is a completed project. Allemore Charlemont is exactly that: a 75-lot estate plus one super […]