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Commercial Property is emerging as a new opportunity for our clients. Meridien Invest has been navigating the market to define the best entry points and pathways to achieve more.
For generations, property investment has been the cornerstone of wealth building for everyday Australian families looking to build financial independence and certainty. This has worked for generations of Australians and creates homes for people to live in as well as income and asset growth for investors.
Tax incentives such as negative gearing and capital gains discounts have increased appeal and accessibility for many Australians to invest in residential property.
Recent changes to tax laws have shifted the rules for property investors and triggered a ‘rethink’ and ‘reset’ within the sector. SMSF investors are particularly impacted by the changes with a block on lending for residential property.
Other factors come into play for investors seeking to achieve their goals of financial independence and certainty. Rising interest rates, inflation driving up operating costs require investors to be focused on both the gross and net performance of their investments.
Property will continue to be a significant part of the investment landscape. There will be shifts in the types of properties and structures used by investors to adjust to and optimise performance in the new framework.
Commercial Property is emerging as a new opportunity for both mainstream investors and SMSF clients as the asset class enables a continuation of tax benefits and lending rules.
The Meridien Invest team are of the view that the increased focus from investors on new build property will increase competition v owner-occupiers in the segment and underpin price growth. Commercial property is looming as a fresh, new opportunity that is worthy of better understanding.
Residential property investment involves houses or apartments rented to people to live in.
Commercial property investment involves offices, shops, or warehouses rented to businesses or, increasingly, for personal use. Residential offers easier entry and lower risk, while commercial offers much higher rental returns and business tenants who pay building costs.
Lets look at a Good Entry Point for Commercial Property Investment | Sheds
Commercial property by description, is the property asset class that is utilised to conduct business. There are all sorts of businesses out there and, accordingly, there are all sorts of commercial properties – specialised, general, mega big to micro small with a myriad of financials to match.
Meridien Invest is building a new focus on the entry point in the commercial property sector.
Our focus is on the $300k to $1.2m industrial/shed space in growth locations, which offers an accessible starting point for investors considering commercial property investment. For investors searching for small commercial property for sale, affordable commercial property or entry-level commercial property investment, this segment provides an opportunity to explore commercial real estate without starting at the larger end of the market.
In-line with the Meridien ‘way’, our aim is to provide clients with a higher level of financial performance and start-to-end support throughout your investment journey.
Sheds are an adaptable segment of the market that can be whatever the occupier wants them to be. Sometimes they are storage sheds. Sometimes they are operational businesses. There is a broad mix of utilisation – personal and business storage, studios, office, workshop, ‘man cave’, e-business, hobby space ….
The industrial/shed segment of the market appeals to us as an entry point to the commercial property market for a number of key reasons:
The combination of net rental income and growth defines Total Returns in the commercial property sector. Total Returns vary across commercial property types with industrial assets recording 8.6% for 2025-26 (RWC) through a mix of 4.3% net income and 4.3% growth.
As in residential property, growth and yields vary across markets and property types. Indicators show higher than market growth for smart located, new industrial sheds which have a higher replacement cost than current market pricing.
Our booming population, denser cities, unaffordable housing that squeezes families into smaller homes, and ongoing love of renovations create endless demand for stashing our stuff. Australia’s self-storage market, valued at nearly $3.14 billion in 2025, is projected to grow at a robust 4.3% annually to $4.78 billion by 2035, according to an Expert Market Research report.
Linda Sharkey, managing director of specialist self-storage advisory Four Leaves, said that demand is surging from every angle. “It’s not just people moving, decluttering and renovating; demand also comes from deaths, divorces, merging or separating families, as well as small- and medium-sized businesses in transition,” Ms Sharkey said.
In addition to private demand, business demand for storage is also on the rise. Space for storing things or doing things is in increasing demand across a diverse mix of business segments.
Our commercial property program is focused on quality projects in prime locations with enduring appeal to tenants and future buyers. We recognise the benefits quality v price and the flow-through financial advantages delivered with higher yields, lower vacancy rates and lower maintenance costs.
We have more stock available that is not always advertised, or is coming soon. Get in touch if you want to know more.
Meridien Invest is an Australian property investment specialist providing advice and opportunities in NDIS-SDA investment properties, Dual-Key homes, Commercial Property Investment, SMSF Commercial Property and high-performance residential investment strategies. Since 2011, Meridien has helped investors build stronger property portfolios through research-driven investment solutions and end-to-end support.