NON-CORE PROPERTY STRATEGY
STRATEGY · TRANSACTIONS · PORTFOLIO · OPTIONS · PROPERTY AND ASSETS
You own or use property to deliver something else: services, products, care, education, a business. When a decision comes up to review the portfolio, lease, acquire, dispose, redevelop or weigh up options, it lands on people who already have plenty of other jobs to do. There is no internal team, limited precedent, and no appetite for getting it wrong.
WHAT WE DO
Property advice for infrequent, consequential decisions.
Options & Business Cases
Outcome: a recommendation, not just an options matrix.
Buy, lease, retain, sub-lease or surrender analysis · strategic options appraisal · investment and project business cases · cost-benefit analysis and risk profiling · independent review of options
Portfolio & Accommodation Strategy
Outcome: a portfolio matched to what the organisation needs.
Portfolio review and optimisation · accommodation and workplace strategy · occupancy cost review · lease event planning and negotiation support · hold, exit or redevelop analysis
Surplus Land & Development Options
Outcome: you know what the site is worth and what it could become.
Highest-and-best-use and development options · development feasibility · residual land value · valuation coordination and independent review · market, demand and location analysis
Transactions & Divestment
Outcome: a clean process and defensible results.
Divestment strategy and transaction management (ROI / EOI / RFP) · sale-and-leaseback assessment and execution · acquisition due diligence · site selection and target identification · market sounding
TRACK RECORD
Relevant experience.
Sale and leaseback advisory
Medical not-for-profit
Scenario assessment supported by a bespoke financial model to support board decision-making.
Portfolio and transaction assessment
Legal not-for-profit
Assessed the viability of a new CBD office development, leasing alternatives and commercial support.
Air rights assessment
Government
Commercial advisory and feasibility on the development of air rights, including transaction structures and value. Procurement of consultants to support the feasibility assessment.
Divestment advisory
Council
Commercial advisory on divestment options and design of a market process to sell or partner on a $1b+ project including office and residential.
Capital raise support
Family office
Advisory for an office and hotel development: financial model, information memorandum and investor return modelling.
Redevelopment project
Water authority
Determined the commercial viability of redevelopment options for a strategic land holding with heritage complications.
Divestment process
Government
Lead real estate advisor on the divestment of a major development site. Ran the divestment process, built the modelling establishing transaction values under alternative structures, and engaged key consultants for front-end feasibility.
Infrastructure project
Government
Real estate input to the preliminary business case for a major infrastructure project with precinct redevelopment opportunities.
Corporate real estate
Major bank
Corporate real estate leasing, workplace and asset planning across office and retail.
THE DIFFERENCE
Our perspective is built from deep advisory and valuation experience, combined with direct responsibility for investment, acquisition and development outcomes at leading institutional property investors including Assemble and Stockland.
That means we understand both the analysis required to make the case and the commercial reality of being accountable for the outcome. Robert’s experience advising not-for-profit, government and institutional clients at PwC and JLL is complemented by years on the principal side; assessing opportunities, committing capital and making decisions where the assumptions ultimately have to work in practice.
It means we’re not just asking what a property is worth. We’re asking what it is worth to the organisation, what alternatives exist, and whether the decision makes commercial sense.
HOW WE ENGAGE
Straightforward to work with.
Engagement models
Matched to the shape of the work, be it a fixed fee, retainer or something else.
Responsive senior access
Senior-led throughout and reachable when it matters.
Transparent costs
Disbursements passed through at cost, with nothing material incurred without your written approval.
Clear scope
An engagement letter setting out deliverables, timing and fee before work begins.
Talk it through.
A thirty-minute conversation about the decision in front of you with no obligation, no pitch deck.
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Osta Advisory.
Property decisions your board can back.
PRACTICES
Housing & Investment
Non-Core Property Strategy
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0438 506 552
Osta Advisory 2026