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Urban Economics works closely with our clients to produce tailored strategies informed by our economic insights, to drive project success across all sub-sectors of urban development in Southeast Queensland.

Successfully navigating market and industry trends can influence and enhance project outcomes. We add value to property development planning and proposals through economic modelling, market research, insights and analytics

Urban Economics has contributed to the success of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects for urban development sector clients including Cairns Regional Council, the Committee for Brisbane, and the Property Council of Australia.

Retail

Our extensive databases cover shopping centre performance, consumer behaviour and household expenditure patterns, as well as floorspace and land use surveys for centres throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our clients include retailers and franchisors, developers, shopping centre management, investors, financiers and state and local authorities. Our team has travelled extensively to study some of the world’s largest and most exciting shopping centres, lifestyle centres, and main streets, to add an international perspective to our advice.

Retail projects we can assist with include:

  • Shopping centres
  • Retail parks
  • Fuel stations
  • Convenience-based grocers

Residential

We have extensive experience consulting to the residential sector which is seen as a key barometer of economic strength.

Product mix, positioning and price points are vital to meeting target market expectations in an ever-evolving sector which includes innovations such as land lease and build to rent as well as a growing demand for student and age care accommodation. From input to product design, Urban Economics uses qualitative and quantitative research to help clients test project feasibility, conduct buyer research, and need analysis and develop 30-year planned strategies.

Residential projects we can assist with include:

  • Residential estates
  • Retirement villages
  • Build to rent

Commercial

Understanding demand drivers such as employment growth, sectoral changes and technological improvements and their impact on take-up rates is critical.

Urban Economics conducts market feasibility studies, need assessments, strategic advice, and development strategies. We augment our analysis of demand and supply trends through qualitative and quantitative surveys with businesses and employees to identify building/space requirements, location, attitudes, services/facilities, required parking and transport logistics.

Commercial projects we can assist with include:

  • Office buildings
  • Business parks
  • Employment strategies
  • MIBAs
  • Campus style developments
  • New knowledge precincts

Industrial

We help the industrial sector deal with a changing landscape driven by advances in technology in a digital age which demands modern facilities.

Whether it is manufacturing, storage and warehousing, distribution and logistics, these projects are dependent on reliable infrastructure including major road networks, ports, and economic hubs to sustain their operational activities.

Using Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, Urban Economics can deploy data that provides deep insights into the latest trends, estimates of underlying demand and supply drivers. We can provide clients with demand and feasibility assessments, need assessments and business case studies on sites for a range of uses.

Industrial projects we can assist with include:

  • Industrial estates
  • Business parks
  • Research/technology parks
  • Aviation precincts
  • Freight/warehousing and logistics facilities
  • Marine industry precincts
  • Self-storage facilities

Tourism & Hospitality

We have tested the demand and feasibility of a diverse range of tourism and hospitality-related projects including developing regional economic and tourism strategies and need assessments to accompany material change of land use applications.

Our analysis has included projections of visitor numbers, Daytripper surveys, and competitor analysis to provide the trends that developers of hotels, resorts, restaurants, and hospitality projects rely on.

Tourism & Hospitality projects we can assist with include:

  • Hotels, motels, and resorts
  • Caravan parks
  • Events and festivals
  • Eco resorts
  • Cinema complexes
  • Film studios
  • Taverns and clubs

Health

Urban Economics has helped clients capitalise on significant opportunities available in developing ‘grass roots’ health facilities which must be well-positioned and accessible to their communities they service.

Health sector projects we can assist with include:

  • Medical and specialist centres
  • Wellness hubs
  • Specialist facilities
  • Mental health facilities

Education

Our research and analysis have assisted with designing new knowledge precincts, childcare and kindergarten facilities.

We have helped clients analyse the demand for facilities as well as critiquing demand drivers, catalysts, and outcomes of multi-faceted, master planned education and new knowledge precincts.

Education projects we can assist with include:

  • Childcare centres
  • Enrolment projections
  • School relocations
  • Education precincts

Government

We have assisted state and local government plan for Queensland’s rapidly growing economy including modelling on housing supply to enable councils to plan for future demand.

We have also conducted demand modelling in sub-sectors including childcare, retail industry and health.

  • Medical centres
  • Resident housing supply
  • School enrolment demand
  • Demographic change

Get started with our economic consulting services in just three easy steps:

1

Contact us

Tell us about your project and let’s discuss how our team of experts can help!

2

Proposal

We’ll prepare a tailored plan to suit the needs of your project, for you to approve.

3

Lets get to work!

Our team will deliver economic consulting services to inform your project outcomes.

Contact the Urban Economics team to get started today

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