How to Evaluate a Property Developer Before You Invest: A 2026 Checklist
Before you assess a project, assess the developer behind it. Here is the checklist that matters. Most property investors spend their due diligence on the project — the location, the price, the floor plan — and very little on the developer who will actually deliver it. That is the wrong order. A strong developer can […]
Governance In Property Development: The Colliers And Maddocks Model
Institutional-grade governance is what separates a disciplined developer from a speculative one — and it is built on the right partners and processes. Governance is the least visible part of a property development business and one of the most important. It is the framework of partners, processes and reporting that ensures decisions are tested, risks […]
Managing Construction Cost Risk In Property Development
Construction cost overruns are asymmetric — they erode returns far faster than savings improve them. Disciplined developers manage that asymmetry deliberately. Construction cost risk is the single variable that most often separates a profitable development from a disappointing one. It is also asymmetric: a cost overrun erodes returns far faster than an equivalent saving improves […]
Buying Off The Plan In Melbourne: A 2026 Buyer’s Guide
Buying off the plan can be a sound strategy in Melbourne — provided you understand the mechanics and the developer behind the project. Buying off the plan means committing to a property before it is built, on the strength of plans, specifications and renders rather than a finished home. Done well, it can secure a […]
The Nexus Developments Delivery Model: How a $400M+ Pipeline Gets Built
Development Scale & Delivery · May 2026 · 13 min read A $400M+ pipeline is not built on ambition. It is built on a repeatable delivery system. A property pipeline is only as valuable as a developer’s ability to deliver it. Nexus Developments carries a $400M+ pipeline across 16 active projects and 7 sectors, and […]
Why a Property Developer Is Building a School: Inside Wyndham Grammar School
Building a school is not a detour from property development. It is property development done with a longer horizon. It is a fair question: why is a property developer building a school? Wyndham Grammar School is a Nexus Developments project for up to 800 students across a two-level campus in Wyndham VIC, carrying a gross […]
Vish Singh: The Engineering Mind Behind Nexus Developments
An engineering education, applied to property development, produces a very particular kind of company. Every property company carries the fingerprint of the person who founded it. At Nexus Developments, that person is Vish Singh, and the fingerprint is unmistakably an engineer’s. Holding a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours, a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA, […]
The Nexus Developments Delivery Model: How a $400M+ Pipeline Gets Built
A $400M+ pipeline is not built on ambition. It is built on a repeatable delivery system. A property pipeline is only as valuable as a developer’s ability to deliver it. Nexus Developments carries a $400M+ pipeline across 16 active projects and 7 sectors, and turning that pipeline into completed buildings depends on a defined, repeatable […]
Mentone Mews: Inside a Bayside SDA and Care Development Built for Independence
A thirteen-apartment bayside development that treats independence as a design brief, not a compliance checkbox. Mentone Mews is one of the most carefully considered projects in the Nexus Developments portfolio: a thirteen-apartment building in bayside Melbourne that pairs twelve NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation apartments with a single Care apartment, arranged over three levels. With a […]
Holmead Road, Eight Mile Plains: Nexus Developments’ Queensland Expansion
A $51M project in south-east Brisbane is the first chapter of the Nexus Developments interstate story. For most of its history, Nexus Developments has been a Victorian story, with a $400M+ pipeline and 16 active projects concentrated across metropolitan and regional Victoria. Holmead Road changes that. Located in Eight Mile Plains, in south-east Brisbane, the […]