In a highly competitive marketplace for both new business and new talent, is your brand assisting or resisting your organisation's ability to grow and prosper? With ROI at the top of the priority list, what are the tangible benefits of embarking on a repositioning journey?

Today we are joined by branding extraordinaire Dan Rowell from DSR Branding to discuss all things brand, marketing, rebrands, and what the future of marketing branding could look like with things like ChatGPT and midjourney.

Produced by The Podcast Boss

The Overview

The demand for office space in Brisbane has continued to strengthen according to the Property Council of Australia’s January 2023 Office Market Report.

Over the six months to January 2023, Brisbane’s CBD Vacancy rate fell from 13.9 per cent to 12.9 per cent, as new businesses continue to enter the market and established businesses take up more space.

So what are these businesses looking for in their accomodation? We discuss all of this with today’s guest David McGuigan, General Manager, Centuria Property Services QLD.

Topics

• What does a healthy landlord/tenant relationship look like? Communication and innovation – what are the landlord's roles and responsibilities in this partnership?
• What are your occupiers biggest priorities when selecting a Centuria asset?
• Overview of the vision for the new 154 Melbourne street, what were you hoping to achieve by repositioning the asset – what has the feedback been like on the Lobby, EOT, and full floor specs suites?
• What would a day in the life of an occupant look like now? – Bus/bike/walk to work (great transport), utilising EOT facilities, coffee and meeting on the deck – working in the brand new spec suites, the class of finishes, and comfort. Accessibility to local restaurants for lunch & Fish Lane afterwork.
• Doorstep diversity and the cultural precinct that is South Brisbane.
• What does ESG mean to Centuria and why is it important? Do you encourage your occupiers to engage and improve their processes?
• What's in the pipeline from an occupiers perspective? Any new initiatives/technologies?

Final comments and as always a big thank you to our listeners.

Every project starts with a great design however it's important to understand where the rubber hits the road. Enter the Growth Pre-Construction Team, protectors of the design, timeline and budget.

In today’s episode, I am joined by the talented duo that is Nick Bone and Ian Gilmour

Introductions

Who is Gilly and what makes him tick?

• Bones world, what do we need to know?
• What is pre-construction?

Topics

• When do Pre-con get involved? ghost test fit and selected building (fitout guide interpretation) and how do we manage the risk obligations between the 3 interested parties. Landlord. Tenant. Contractor.
• What is our engagement method and why? the intent of 2-stage engagement
• Fiscal control – Guaranteed maximum price Vs lump sum tender
• What are the steps (Stage 2) that need to be taken in order to start construction onsite – taking the process from a locked down test fit through to getting building approvals etc
• What are the biggest risks to our clients throughout this process & conversely, what is our risk exposure? Timeframes – managing programme.
• New build vs existing build – what are the base build implications? relationships with services consultants – what are the costs to the tenant?
• How do we manage communication in times of uncertain pricing and timeframes? Supply & demand for plasterboard, glass, steel, mechanical.
• Increase costs and what are the impacts to programme.
• What are the tangible's? How will the client know the pre-con phase has been successful and handed over to the on-site delivery team?

Conclusion and final comments.

Exciting!!!