CRE Outlook 2025: Strategies, Sectors, Opportunities

The Urban Developer’s Commercial Real Estate Summit returns in 2025, delivering a one-day program exploring the forces shaping Australia’s commercial property market.

Developers, investors, financiers, owners and advisors will gather at ILUMINA in Sydney for a full day of insights across office, retail, healthcare, childcare and alternative sectors.

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Focus areas

Office | How landlords and investors are adapting to market change

Retail | Consumer shifts reshaping centres and investment

Childcare | Demand for community infrastructure and investment

Healthcare | Why healthcare stays resilient in uncertain times

Alternatives | Emerging sectors attracting new capital

First speaker release

• Rowan Russell, vice-president, Brookfield Real Estate Group, on navigating global capital flows.

• Andrea Trude, group creative lead, Cachet Group, on reimagining workplace and commercial design.

• Jono Cottee, development director, Built with 18 years’ experience driving development pipelines across commercial sectors.

• Trudy Rickard, senior vice-president, Northwest Healthcare Properties, on scaling healthcare investment platforms.

• Daniel West, director, Jeckra, on the future of childcare facilities.

• Ben Martin-Henry, head of private assets research, MSCI, with data-led insights into performance metrics.

• Tom Patrick, partner, Barwon Investment Partners, on institutional healthcare strategies.

• Jason Stevens, director, Stevens Group, on convenience retail and mixed-use development.

• Ed Eve, general manager of development NSW, Fortis, on design-led development outcomes.

Further speakers will be announced in the lead-up to the event.

What to expect

• Strategies from top developers on today’s challenges

• Discover new opportunities through demand drivers, planning and capital

• Learn from 15+ expert speakers with unique perspectives

• Network with 150+ senior professionals throughout the day

• Fireside Chat | Special guest to be announced.
  
  

Who should attend

• Developers

• Investors and fund managers

• Financiers and capital partners

• Advisors and consultants

• Government and planning leaders

• Corporate occupiers and tenants
  
  

Event details

Thursday, October 30, 2025
ILUMINA, Sydney
8.30am—3.30pm AEDT

Tickets

• TUD+ Member: $370 + GST

• Non-member: $495 + GST

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