Property Type

Build to Rent

Unlock the potential of your residential real estate with expert investment, financing, valuation, due diligence and design strategies.

With experience working on everything from large, complex portfolios to small private capital assignments, we understand how to provide clear advice that creates value and delivers results.

Our multidisciplinary approach means we realise the full potential in your residential asset. We combine extensive research and analytics, feasibility and design with unmatchable market intelligence and local expertise across every facet of residential investment. Our global connectivity places CBRE at the forefront of international trends and insight into this sector.

Core Capabilities

As the Build to Rent (BTR) sector is still within its infancy in Australia, securing debt, particularly for new players in the sector, can prove difficult to navigate and be resource intensive.

Our Debt & Structured Finance (DSF) team provide real estate investors and developers with strategic advice and unrivalled access to capital from global sources. We advise and partner with leading organisations and individuals to assist with loan structuring and capital sourcing.

The CBRE DSF global network covers the entire capital stack, including domestic and international banks, non-banks, and mezzanine funding options through to sourcing equity partners. We offer a loan services and portfolio management arm for lenders without the capabilities available and can execute on any BTR deal, from large complex institutional portfolios to small private capital assignments. Learn More

To unlock potential, you need more than a transaction.

We provide capital raising and deal execution advice for living sectors projects including BTR, Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA), co-living, affordable housing, and single-family housing. We harness CBRE’s research capabilities to provide strategic market advice integrated with our experts in transactions whether the brief be a single asset, portfolio, or a platform. We represent a variety of project sponsors including developers, operators, institutional investors and landowners (public sector and private). Learn More

Without a complete view, you’re missing what’s on the horizon.

CBRE’s Residential Living Sectors team is at the forefront of trends and challenges specific to the growing asset classes of BTR, PBSA, co-living and affordable housing. Our specialist team deliver best-in-class Valuation & Advisory Services for a range of clients investing in these emerging assets, including local and international institutions, developers, private investors, operators, government entities, financiers, superannuation funds and not-for-profits. Learn More

We understand that no two assets are the same – no matter your asset class, we’ve got an adaptable service offering that draws on the expertise from our team of 900+ property management professionals across Australia and New Zealand. Learn More

We provide strategic market and commercial advice, capital raising and deal execution for BTR projects, representing major project sponsors including landowners, developers and institutional investors. Learn More.

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