Lifeblood

Lifeblood examines the five key imperatives for action by Australian businesses and determines the critical role of office buildings and workplaces in addressing them.

The five key imperatives are:
1. The transforming workforce - battling for talent
2. The knowledge economy - learning to compete.
3. Corporate social responsibility - defending reputation.
4. Duty of care - managing growing risk.
5. Business continuity - assuring information and communications.

For Australian businesses, Lifeblood is the starting point for leveraging greater value from office buildings and workplaces now and into the future. For the property industry, Lifeblood is a catalyst to now start preparing building stock that will satisfy the transformed requirements of tenants in 10 years time.

Download the Lifeblood Executive Summary for a snapshot of the report and information about the Lifeblood programme and Knowledge Systems team.

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For information contact Simon Carter on +61 2 9257 0222.

Auckland Research Report - December 2006
Welcome to November report covering activity in November 2006. We commented last month on the slow turning of some indicators from negative to positive through 2006. This trend is continuing, in areas such as migration, dwelling consents and business optimism. Markets which have remained positive through the year include the residential and commercial property markets.

Auckland Research Report - November 2006
Welcome to November report covering activity in October 2006. Experience has taught us that interpreting economic data as a guide to the future performance of the property market is a dangerous practice - even for economists.

Auckland Research Report - September 2006
Welcome to September report covering activity in August 2006.
The cyclical nature of the property markets around the world has been highlighted by Investment Property Databank's (IPD) publication of their Pan-European Property Index 2006, covering five years 2001-2005. These figures demonstrate that New Zealand's strong investment returns in this cycle have been a sustained performance.

Auckland Research Report - August 2006
Welcome to August report covering activity in July 2006.
This report updates vacancies, rental and capital value indices, and for the first time includes Christchurch data.

Auckland Research Report - June 2006
Welcome to June report covering activity in May 2006.
A few years ago in Auckland, we saw the well-documented transition of the Viaduct from a fishing and associated marine services area to a smart commercial and residential precinct. In the process the traditional industrial were priced out. 

Auckland Research Report - May 2006
Welcome to May report covering activity in April 2006.
We are faced with a set of contradictory market indicators. The economy is slowing down, but inflation pressures won't go away in the near term. Borrowing costs are unlikely to reduce until next year, but do investors care? Apparently not, as the juggernaut of investor demand rolls on.

Auckland Research Report - March 2006
Welcome to the first research report of 2006, which takes a look at the prospects for the year ahead, as well as a review of the past year.

Auckland Research Report - December 2005
Welcome to our December report covering activity in November 2005. Property investors should be enjoying a double helping of Happy Returns over Christmas. Not only the traditional festive good wishes, but happy returns too from investing in the commercial property market.

Auckland Research Report - November 05
Welcome to the November report covering activity in August 2005. Over the years property cycles have been reasonably predictable, but this one is different.

Auckland Research Report - October 05
Welcome to the October report covering activity in September 2005. Demand on both sides of the commercial property equation - from both occupiers and investors - remains strong. Colliers recent launch of the Pacific Portfolio (www.pacificportfolio.com) comprising more than 40 quality property investment opportunities in New Zealand, Australia and Fiji, will be a good barometer of current investor demand.

Auckland Research Report - September 05
Welcome to the September report covering activity in August 2005. The result of the general election held in the middle of this month is likely to be neutral on the property market, as the momentum built up by the weight of investment funds both onshore and offshore seems to be unstoppable.

Auckland Research Report Mid 05
Welcome to our mid-2005 review. The recent publication of Colliers International Asia Pacfic Market Overview gives us the chance to compare Auckland with other office markets and perhaps makes us ponder the benefits of a reasonably stable market. 

Auckland Research Report - August 05
Welcome to our August report covering activity in July 2005. The market continues its bullish momentum, with occupational and investment demand generally looking strong. We have completed our vacancy surveys for prime properties in the key asset classes as at June 2005, and report that CBD retail remains low at 3.1%, virtually unchanged over the last 12 months.

Auckland Research Report - July 2005
Welcome to our July report covering activity in June 2005. Commercial property investors have received an average return of 16.74% in the year to March 2005, according to the figures released by the Property Council of New Zealand. The strong increase in capital values across all sectors has driven the growth and total return, which for the previous year was 13.72%

Auckland Research Report - June 2005
The question everyone is asking is - How long will the buoyant property investment market last? This research report covers market activity in Auckland in May 2005. We look at the office property market, industrial property market, retail property market and the economy.

Auckland Research Report - May 2004
The 1998 and 2000 research papers generated reliable data on workplace costs and densities. This survey updates existing data, incorporating new rents, operating expenses, rates and changes in personnel, for example, and adds data on a substantial number of new leases commencing in the period 2001-2003.

Auckland Industrial - April 2003
The Auckland Industrial Market has been hot lately, in particular the Design Build market. In our latest report we detail the benefits of design builds for tenants.

Auckland Industrial - Dec 2002
Summer report on Auckland's industrial market. Featuring the performance of industrial property versus other investments, the effects of interest rates on property, rental rates, yields and recent design builds.

Auckland Viaduct Harbour: A 5 Year Review
It's 5 years since the Ports of Auckland sold 45 acres of land surrounding the Viaduct Basin, triggering massive redevelopment. Colliers International review the events in the area since 1996.

Christchurch Commercial Overview - Autumn 2002
An overview of commercial real estate in Christchurch.

Christchurch Leasing Report - Jan 2002
An overview of the commercial and retail leasing market in the Garden City, Christchurch.

Auckland Office Leasing Winter 2002
A mid year report on the Auckland office market. Featuring tenant relocation, Auckland's Viaduct region and major recent deals completed in Auckland.

Research and Consultancy Report Summer 2002
Latest report from Auckland's research and consulting arm featuring reports on ground rents in Auckland's Viaduct precinct, new valuation case law and changes to local government rating.

South Island Commercial Property Review - 2003
South Island Commercial Property is on a roll and pundits are predicting growth. In this edition we tour the Sth Island to see what is fuelling the growth.

Wellington Market Overview - Summer 2002
A current status report of the Wellington commercial sales and leasing market. With reports on Porirua, the Kapiti Coast, Wellington Retail and Wellington's 2002 property highlights.