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JLL Perspectives
by JLL Australia
JLL’s commercial real estate experts, together with industry leaders, provide a snapshot into the latest developments in the real estate sector impacting our cities, our workplaces, and the broader built environment.
Episodes
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Why most companies start their office move 18 months too late
Melbourne's office market is at a crossroads and if you're a business leader with leases expiring in the next few years, the decisions you make now will define your workplace for the decade ahead. In this recording of JLL's Melbourne Future Forward panel event Westpac's Mark Rose reveals why his...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: AI is sparking an office space race
AI was supposed to empty our offices. So why are tech companies in a physical space race? If you've been reading the headlines, you'd think AI is about to decimate office demand. But the data tells a very different story, and in some major markets, it's the complete opposite. Tech companies...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: How real estate is adapting to disruption as the new operating environment
The predictable rhythm of strategic planning has broken down. Annual cycles, fixed assumptions and long-term forecasts no longer hold in an environment where disruption arrives faster than organisations can respond. In this episode recorded at JLL's Canberra Signature Event, investment…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Why design intelligence starts before you sign the lease
Industry leaders explore how design intelligence is transforming workplace strategy. At JLL's Signature Event in Sydney, in June 2026, Valentina Vulturu from ING Australia shares insights from ING’s 2026 workplace transformation, revealing how comprehensive employee engagement shaped every design...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: The extreme weather events that real estate is ignoring - with Georgia Warren-Meyers and Julian Sutherland, JLL
The property industry is rallying around flood mitigation, but what about heat, wind, and cold? In this panel discussion recorded at Transform 2026, JLL's Georgia Warren-Myers and Julian Sutherland join host Jamie Wallis, from the Green Building Council of Australia for a frank conversation about...
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JLL Perspectives Podcast: Is Auckland's Midtown the most undervalued investment opportunity in APAC?
Auckland's Midtown district is undergoing a NZ$10 billion transformation that is fundamentally reshaping New Zealand's commercial capital. Anchored by the $5.5 bn City Rail Link, the country's largest infrastructure project providing the equivalent connectivity of 16 new highway lanes, news of…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Drinks giant Asahi doubles down on collaboration in its new Melbourne office
For one of the most prolific drinks brands in Australia, growth is predicated on its employees coming together under the same roof. That’s what spurred Asahi Beverages, the name behind Cool Ridge, Peroni, Hard Rated, Solo, Allpress, Cottee’s and Carlton just to name a few, to break its office…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Investor Capital Returns as Property Fundamentals Strengthen
Explore the resurgence of investor confidence in Australian commercial property as market fundamentals strengthen across office and industrial sectors. Our panel discusses Quintessential's tenant-first investment strategy, successful capital raising in today's environment, and where they're…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: New Zealand's Seismic Building Code Revolution
In our inaugural episode of The NZ Narrative, part of the JLL Perspectives podcast series, moderator Aimee Baker, NZ Lead, Project and Development Services and Matt Bishop, Founder and Principal, Brevity and Fabio Pagano, General Manager, Oyster Property explore the government announcement for...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: The acceleration of net zero commitments
In this episode of JLL’s Perspectives Podcast, JLL’s Head of Strategic Research, Annabel McFarlane, JLL’s Head of Sustainability, Connor McCauley and Lendlease’s Head of Leasing and Asset Management Workplace, Charlotte Stratton unpack the updated "Early Mover Advantage" research which reveals…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Activating space through culture
It’s not just about the fitout. In the final episode of the Flex for Thought series, part of the JLL Perspectives podcast, Tashi Dorjee, Head of Flex at JLL and Daniel Gunning, Co-founder and CEO at Spacenow, breaks down the dual marketplace of space activation - where engagement, culture, and...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Learning from digital UX principles
Can digital UX principles improve the physical workplace? Charbel Zeaiter, Founder of Faster Zebra, thinks so. In this episode of the Flex for Thought series, part of the JLL Perspectives podcast, Tashi Dorjee, Head of Flex at JLL and Charbel talk through frameworks that bridge the digital and...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Navigating the energy transition
Host Simon Greenfield, Regional Lead for Sustainable Solutions at JLL Asia Pacific speaks with sustainability experts Claudina Taylor, JLL's Asia Pacific Enablement Lead for Sustainable Operations, and Tosh Szatow, Growth and Innovation Manager at Flow Power about how organisations can turn…
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Building community in the workplace
In this episode of the Flex for Thought series, part of the JLL Perspectives podcast, Oscar McMahon, Co-founder of Young Henrys discusses how he built a cult-followed brand through purpose, people, and planet. From pioneering micro-algae sustainability initiatives to the power of storytelling in...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: Elastic buildings and adapting to the future of work
What if buildings could adapt like people? In this episode of the Flex for Thought series, part of the JLL Perspectives podcast, we unpack the idea of “elastic buildings” - workspaces intentionally designed to evolve with time. Tashi Dorjee, Head of Flex at JLL and Charlotte Stratton, Head of...
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JLL Perspectives podcast: How sustainability drives real estate transformation
Hear from JLL's panel of experts Julian Sutherland, Head of Sustainable Assets, Alana Hannaford, Head of Project and Development Services Advisory Australia and Leo O'Regan, Director and Investor Sector Lead for New South Wales, moderated by Jamie Wallis, Senior Manager, Green Buildings Council…
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Ep4: Here's why office mandates could be a productivity killer - with Dr. Craig Knight, workplace psychologist, Nathan Sri, Kate Pilgrim and Tim O'Connor, JLL
Companies’ return-to-office mandates are laid out for debate in this episode of the Perspectives podcast, with workplace strategists suggesting that inconsistent and unscientific measurements of productivity are leading to failed policies. Are mandates destroying team spirit? Hear from Dr. Craig...
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Ep3: Melbourne: Investor and tenant trends in 2024 and why 2025 will be different - with JLL's Piper Dedrick, Nick Drake, Jessica Van Raay
Private capital is feasting on Melbourne commercial real estate as institutional and overseas investors hold out for greater stability. But things are changing in 2025. Perspectives podcast host Rebecca Kent chats to Piper Dedrick, institutional investment specialist at JLL, Nick Drake, JLL's…
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Ep2: Navigating the reset in Melbourne real estate - with Peter Harper, James Jorgensen and Annabel McFarlane
A glut of new development and relentless interest rises over the past two years saw key real estate markets in Melbourne put ‘on the bench’ by some investors. A slow return to the office after Covid lockdowns didn't exactly help lift these markets either. As a result, the recovery many expected…
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Ep 1: Why are people bragging about JLL's Melbourne office? - with JLL's Jen Moore and Alana Hannaford
With a design inspired by Melbourne's Hoddle Grid, JLL's Melbourne office is setting the benchmark for corporate workplaces. Workplace strategist Alana Hannaford and designer Jennifer Moore have a chat to Perspectives podcast host Rebecca Kent about how they calculated desk to worker ratios,...
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Ep10: The best offices handpicked and why they're filling up fast
When the ultimate aim for companies is attracting workers back to the office, what have become their guiding principles for securing a new workplace? Experts unravel the ingredients that set the best offices apart from the rest - the buildings that help shape cities and brands. Located from…
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Ep9: Why company leaders are taking a stand on loneliness - with Simone Heng, author, Let's Talk About Loneliness and Nathan Sri, human experience expert, Work Dynamics, JLL
Loneliness is a crisis of climate change proportions. That is the assessment of Simone Heng, a human connection specialist and author of the book ‘Let’s Talk About Loneliness’. She chats to Nathan Sri, a human experience expert with JLL’s Work Dynamics team, and Perspectives podcast host, Rebecca...
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Ep8: How are landowners being compensated as solar and wind farms surge? - Larry Susskind, MIT; Jamahl Waddington and Will Gurry, JLL
The race to drive down carbon emissions is on, which means renewable energy projects such as wind and solar farms are surging. But they can often be a source of contention among rural landholders, whose properties make the ideal location for renewables infrastructure. So what compensation is...
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Ep 7: How offices became a tale of the very best and the rest - with Tim O'Connor, Marie-Laure de Sousa, Neil Prime, Jeff Eckert, Alex Barnes
The growing performance gap between new buildings with a high sustainability and experience offering, and ageing offices, is both the biggest opportunity and the biggest problem facing real estate investors right now. Some buildings located outside main cities are increasingly being overlooked by...
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Ep 6: What's driving the revival of real estate's 'challenged' sectors? - Andrew Ballantyne, head of research - Australia, JLL
Retail real estate, student accommodation, and the hotels and hospitality sector took a hit during the COVID pandemic. But less than five years on, their comeback journeys are defying expectations. Respected real estate analyst and commentator Andrew Ballantyne speaks to Perspectives podcast host...
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Ep5: The 'haves' and 'have-nots' of offices and why mortgage distress headlines are misleading - with Andrew Ballantyne, JLL
Host Rebecca Kent checks in with JLL's head of research for Australia and New Zealand, Andrew Ballantyne for a download of what JLL's half-year data tells us about the state of real estate. Business's sustainability requirements are driving a huge desirability gap between new and upgraded…
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Ep4: Barista coffee and views to die for: designing JLL's new Sydney office, with Christina Khoo, JLL
JLL, the global real estate services firm, recently moved its central Sydney operations to a new office at the Lendlease-owned Salesforce Tower. The office is everything research says workplaces need to be: it’s hospitality-driven, sustainable, flexible, tech-enabled, it encourages collaboration,...
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Ep 3: Three things that have got real estate talking, with Andrew Ballantyne, head of research - Australia and NZ, JLL
Why Australia is bucking the trend on office demand; The tax boost that build-to-rent needed; And how much longer will industrial real estate remain the industry's golden child. JLL's head of research for Australasia, Andrew Ballantyne explores these ideas, supported by JLL data collated from the...
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Ep2: 5 frequently asked questions about real estate sustainability, with Connor McCauley and Anthony Clark, JLL
Measures to mitigate real estate’s impact on the environment are gathering pace, but some managers are struggling to keep up, with confusion around sustainability targets and how to achieve them. JLL’s Connor McCauley, head of sustainability for Australia and New Zealand, and Anthony Clark…
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Ep 1: What does the post-COVID university campus look like? - David Bruce, Monash University; Dinesh Acharya, JLL
Universities have been redesigning their campuses and classrooms to suit how people want to teach and learn in the 2020s. Spaces now accommodate remote and on-site students at the same time, and there’s a greater leaning towards collaborative learning. Why the changes? What makes an optimal...
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Ep 29: The 5 real estate investment drivers of 2022 - Andrew Ballantyne and Fergal Harris, JLL
JLL has identified five key themes that will drive real estate investment decisions in 2022. They are where opportunity beckons and where global investors are focusing their strategies as more capital is ploughed into real estate on the back of a record-breaking 2021. Guests: Andrew Ballantyne,...
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Ep 28: Two years into the pandemic, why are there still delays with our online orders? - Greg Pike, JLL; Kyle Rogers, uTenant; Chris Wang, EWE Group
One of the most interesting storylines to have prevailed from the pandemic has been around the phenomenal increase in online shopping and demand for certain products and materials. But two years in, and you might assume the challenges have been overcome, right? Not quite. In the 2021 peak…
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EP 27: How are digital maps changing real estate? - Travis Brousseau, Mark Hamilton, JLL
3D technology and its ability to turn numbers on a spreadsheet into objects that leap from a screen is finding more sophisticated applications in real estate. Digital tools such as building information modelling (BIM), geographic information system mapping (GIS), and lidar scanning, along with...
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Ep 26: How Brisbane's Olympic Games will break with the past - Stephen Conry, JLL; Mark Stockwell, Olympian/Stockwell Group
Over the next decade, the Olympic Games are going to be run a lot leaner. That includes Brisbane, Australia, which is set to host the event in 2032 at a modest projected budget of A$4.5 billion (US$3.4 bn). This undercuts the approximately US$10 bn average spent since the 1996 games in Atlanta....
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Ep 25: Why a pause in apartment developments is good news for build-to-rent - James Greener, Investa; Leigh Warner, JLL
Investors in build-to-rent residential are looking to take advantage of a subdued apartment market and slower commercial development to secure high density development sites large development sites, driving momentum into a sector that has until now has struggled to gain traction. The post-COVID...
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Ep 24 - National Reconciliation Week: How Gen Z is driving Indigenous business success - Stephanie Roache, Australia Post, Troy Rugless, PSGH/Evolve FM, Henri Fadli, JLL
The youngest cohort of workers in the corporate sector is helping businesses drive better social outcomes, especially within Australian Indigenous communities. Corporate spending with Indigenous suppliers is over $900 million compared to $6.3 million 11 years ago. While the catalyst for this…
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Ep 23: The new smart building standard setting the bar for digital workplaces - James Giannikos, ISPT and Eden Dwek, Wiredscore
Commercial buildings that help reduce carbon emissions or promote healthy employees have increasingly earned certifications for their contributions in recent years. Now a new certification is aiming to benchmark another indicator of building quality: its smartness. U.S.-based WiredScore recently...
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Ep 22: Here's how virtual meeting technology is changing for the hybrid workplace - John Corbett, Cisco, Sonya Alexander, JLL
While a slow return to the office is underway, collaborating virtually remains the norm, with teams often still split between home and the workplace. It’s highlighted a surprising issue: When it comes to collaborating over software, offices can be seen lagging behind. Hear more from John Corbett,...
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#21: How to navigate the industrial supply crunch - with Matthew Lee and Allan Frydman, JLL
A year ago, warehouses were being snapped up by businesses racing to keep up with the massive surge in online retail triggered by COVID lockdowns. The expectation was that as the pandemic eased, so would the demand for industrial real estate. But that never happened. JLL's Matt Lee, head of...
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#20 Sublease, exit or negotiate: here's how tenants are weighing up their office options - with Jess van Raay and Dirk van Velden, JLL
Several factors are spurring businesses into taking action on their office space and existing leases, with the aim of getting the best out of their employees while also trimming unnecessary costs. Increased flexible working, the pressure to rein in costs, and elevated office vacancies, all...
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#19 Why more companies are working with Indigenous suppliers - Mick O’Loughlin, ARA Indigenous Services; Laura Berry, Supply Nation; Robin Burton, JLL
Large organisations are increasingly working with Indigenous suppliers in Australia to woo customers making decisions on social values rather than just the bottom line. Governments and major companies including ANZ Bank, Medibank and Australia Post are among groups using their buying power to...
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Bonus episode: Here’s why office leasing is looking up - Andrew Ballantyne, Tim O'Connor, JLL
The clouds of economic uncertainty brought on by COVID-19 are shifting to reveal better prospects for office leasing in Australia as business confidence improves and appetite for offices rebuilds. Though the overall net take-up of office space remained negative at 116,000 square metres in the…
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#18 How is flexible office design changing? - Tim O'Connor and Tashi Dorjee, JLL; Simon Trude, Endrim
Office owners are leaning on flexible space to get home workers back into their city buildings, but on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic, flexible space looks different. Having reflected on the role of the office as flexible working arrangements advance, landlords are taking a more open-minded...
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Bonus episode: Could tiered memberships be the future of office space? – Gavin Morgan, JLL
Membership models could be the next evolution of office leasing, in a break from traditional contracts, providing cost-savings and cash-flow benefits to tenants and landlords. In this bonus episode Gavin Morgan, JLL’s chief operating officer for Greater China and managing director for Hong Kong...
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#17 Big news that happened while you weren't looking - Scott Armstrong, Local Government Super; Lisa Hinde and Phil Ryan, JLL
While the global pandemic was dominating headlines, airports, transit lines and roads were getting a super-fast fix-up as people abandoned cities, and a pension fund was taken to task on its climate responsibilities. In this first cross over podcast between JLL's Perspectives podcast and the...
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#16 Here's how real estate investors are going to invest over the next six to 12 months - Leonie Wilkinson, Brookfield; Dave Roberts, Macquarie; Fergal Harris and Andrew Ballantyne, JLL
Rising property yields, low interest rates, stacks of unallocated capital and a re-ordering of the office-retail-industrial hierarchy, have got investors thinking carefully about their next move. Are short-term risks worth long-term gains? And where does Australia stack up globally? In this...
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#15 Wellness: Why you can't claim it if you don't measure it, with Andrew Cole, Lendlease; Raefer Wallis, RESET; Matt Clifford, JLL
How has Asia come to have a 17-year head start on the rest of the world in dealing with indoor air quality? How could wearable technology expose companies that don’t track their wellness and sustainability? And is the real estate industry finally ready for a conversation about how buildings can...
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#14 Why investors are flocking to the suburbs - with Grant Nichols, Centuria; Luke Billiau, JLL; and Andrew Ballantyne, JLL
Commercial real estate investors facing untold months of economic uncertainty are hoping to find stability outside central business districts. Alongside droves of people looking to decamp from urban centres, investors are looking further afield after widespread lockdowns and work-from-home...
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#13 Regional hotels have their moment in the sun - with Jerry Schwartz; Brett Forer, Accor; Geoff York, Crystalbrook Collection; Julian Clark, Lancemore Group; Matthew Burke, STR
Australia's regional hotels are performing better than ever as COVID-19 state border closures and international travel restrictions force holidaymakers to travel closer to home. Rarely do regional hotels outperform their CBD counterparts, but they are now, with an A$18 premium on average room...
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#12 Office density, distancing, and Uber tracking - with Michael Taggart and Sean Pereira, JLL Technologies
Data and accurate analysis of that data will be one of the single defining attributes of businesses to emerge from the health and economic crisis in control and positioned to prosper. For the workplace, and office buildings, technologies such as sensors, have been introduced and adapted to…
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JLL’s commercial real estate experts, together with industry leaders, provide a snapshot into the latest developments in the real estate sector impacting our cities, our workplaces, and the broader built environment.
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