Residential real estate is the single largest asset class across Australia and New Zealand, larger than the entire ASX, Commercial or Industrial Real Estate. With a combined value of $9 trillion (3 times larger than the entire ASX), yet it is absent from most professionally managed investment funds.
Build-to-rent keyworker and specialised housing solutions provide scalable opportunities to invest in residential real estate while having a positive societal impact.
What is Key Worker Housing?
Key worker housing is affordable housing that is specifically designed for people who work in essential services, such as:
- healthcare,
- education,
- emergency services,
- other critical services for a functioning community.
What is Specialised Housing?
Specialised housing is provisioned through government programs to assist.
- Women’s shelter housing
- NDIS housing
As a society grows in population and wealth, its ability and willingness to spend on real estate also expands.
Investing in regions of the country that are experiencing growth in incomes and population base is critical to Urban Bio’s investment pholosophy.
Urban Bio utilizes our big data and primary mapping abilities to identify investment opportunities in well-desired neighborhoods with strong amenities, strong connectivity to transport, and proximity to diverse employment opportunities.
Both key worker and affordable housing often allow for scalable portfolio leasing to Government-backed counterparties, allowing leases to be locked in for long periods lessening risk and providing greater certainty for investors.
Building a granular view of the urban environment.
New Housing Heat Map
Investment in constrained suburbs is correlated with upward pressure on investment returns
Concentrations of Wealth and Population
Investment in communities with growing population and wealth
Back Testing Historical Returns
Understanding risk in the context of portfolio construction
Financial Analysis
Leveraging big data capabilities to understand cashflows, risks, and returns.
Town Planning Analysis
Unlocking value from increased density and planning bonuses
Transport Connectivity
Investing where new infrastructure will create improved connectivity and increased amenities for residents
We provide services for parties wishing to invest in a sustainable housing.
Private Mandates
Client Type: Institution
Project scope: To prepare Financial Feasibility for purposes of securing project funding and board approvals. Modeling both Build to Rent and Build to Sell scenarios
Outcomes: Worked with the development team to refine the design and optimise financial returns on the project. Modelled various delivery scenarios including in-house development, site sale, and JV with an external developer. Undertook scenario analysis on particular risk items and worked with management to develop risk containment strategies
Portfolio Management Services
Project scope: Prepare and implement portfolio strategy 17,000 dwelling keyworker housing portfolio
Outcomes: Co-ordinated development, acquisition, upgrades, divestment and leasing teams to ensure the portfolio balance meets the needs of Defence members and their families. Approx 17,000 national property portfolio.
Work with Defence to increase the accuracy of forecast accommodation demand and personnel movements, built out portfolio analytic tools to assist forecasting.
Single Family Home Fund
Client: Private Investment Fund
Project scope: Development of Fund Investment Strategy
Outcomes: Partnered to provide portfolio strategy, anticipated return, and sensitivity analysis on portfolio construction.
