A commercial buyer's agent working exclusively for the acquiring party.
Commercial property is bought on numbers, not emotion, and the numbers only mean something if they are checked independently. We act exclusively for buyers acquiring commercial holdings across Brisbane and Queensland, whether the purchase sits inside an SMSF, a trust, a private company or a personal name.
We do not sell commercial listings and we do not sit on both sides of a transaction. Our job is to establish what an asset is actually worth to you, then negotiate to that number or walk away from it.
Commercial listings are marketed to create competitive tension, not clarity.
Information memoranda are written to sell. Net income figures are frequently presented before allowing for outgoings a buyer will actually incur, lease terms are summarised in ways that flatter the covenant, and rent reviews or make-good obligations can sit buried in a schedule most buyers never read in full.
A buyer relying solely on the agent's pack and a bank valuation is relying on information produced, directly or indirectly, for the vendor's benefit. That is a structural disadvantage in a market where a single misread clause in a lease can change the real yield by a percentage point or more.
We rebuild the numbers independently, read every lease clause that matters, and form our own view before a price is discussed.
A disciplined process, applied to every mandate.
Investment or occupier brief
We confirm whether the purchase is for occupation, passive investment, or both, and what return or outcome defines success.
Market and off-market search
We identify suitable holdings through agent networks and direct approaches, screening against yield, tenancy and location criteria.
Lease and tenancy analysis
Every lease is reviewed clause by clause for rent review mechanisms, options, outgoings recovery, make-good and assignment provisions.
Financial due diligence
We rebuild the net income position from source documents rather than the agent's summary, and stress test it against vacancy and rate movements.
Negotiation and settlement
We negotiate price and terms directly, then coordinate legal, finance and settlement through to completion.
What we assess on every commercial acquisition.
Assessment built for how commercial assets actually perform.
Commercial property spans office, mixed-use, medical, retail and industrial holdings, each with different drivers of value. An office asset lives or dies on covenant and lease term. A mixed-use holding depends on the interaction between its tenancies. We tailor the due diligence to the asset class rather than applying a generic checklist.
For buyers acquiring inside an SMSF, we work alongside your accountant and adviser to ensure the acquisition structure and any related-party lease arrangements are appropriate from the outset, rather than something to be resolved after the fact.
Reading past the headline yield.
A worked example of our methodology, not a claimed outcome.
A buyer is presented with a suburban commercial holding advertised at a 6.2 per cent yield on a single-tenant lease with three years remaining. On review of the lease, we find the rent review is CPI-capped at 3 per cent and the tenant holds a right of first refusal that would complicate any future sale.
We rebuild the outgoings position from council rates notices and the body corporate budget rather than the agent's summary, which reveals a land tax liability the marketed net income did not fully account for. The true yield sits closer to 5.6 per cent.
Armed with that, the buyer either negotiates the price down to reflect the real return or moves on to a better-priced alternative, rather than discovering the shortfall after settlement.
Questions buyers ask us.
- What counts as commercial property in this context?
- Office, mixed-use, medical, and other business-use holdings that sit outside industrial and retail-specific asset classes, though our process applies equally across all commercial asset types.
- Do you act for SMSF purchases?
- Yes. We regularly act for SMSF trustees, working alongside their accountant and financial adviser to ensure the acquisition and any lease arrangement fit within the fund's compliance requirements.
- Will you tell me not to buy something?
- Yes, and we frequently do. Our fee structure and duty run to the buyer, so there is no incentive to push a transaction that does not stack up.
- How do you verify the numbers in an agent's information memorandum?
- We request source documents, primary lease agreements, outgoings statements and rates notices, rather than relying on the summarised figures in the marketing material.
- Can you act for a buyer who has already found a property?
- Yes. We are frequently engaged to run due diligence and negotiation on a property a buyer has already identified, as a discrete piece of work.
- How long does a commercial acquisition typically take?
- This depends on the specificity of the brief and current stock levels, but a focused search to exchange of contracts often runs eight to sixteen weeks.
Considering a commercial acquisition? Get an independent view before you make an offer.
We act for buyers exclusively. No listings, no seller commissions and no conflicted advice.