ISSUE 186 | NOVEMBER 2025 | 02 9630 8000 | PAGE 9 MARKET INSIGHT SPECIAL Logistics and Industrial Outlook 2025-2026 Industrial Property News recently asked leading industrial property agency Bawdens for their outlook as to what industrial owners, investors and users might expect in the financial year ahead. The firm identifies actual sentiment from its market-facing executives providing Sales, Leasing and Asset Management Services. The operators considered the items identified below and noted possible sentiment and outlook via the indicators and comments in the table to December 2025. Commencement of a recovery in profit margins is anticipated for the balance of 2025, providing support for existing rental and sale rates per square metre. When coupled with an improvement in consumer spending in the second half of 2025, an improvement in leasing demand is anticipated. Improved liquidity from one or more interest rate cuts is also anticipated to support demand from buyers for buildings in the year ahead. Item Indicator Comment Property Values ($ psm) unchanged / small decline Lease Rentals ($ psm) unchanged / small decline Interest Rates one or two reductions Inflation unchanged Number of Properties for Lease slight increase Number of Properties for Sale slight increase Demand from Tenants for Space unchanged / slight increase Demand for Buyers for Space slight increase Number of Buildings Vacant unchanged BAWDENS NEWS YSOLD BY Impressive Off-the-Plan Sale at Unitas Business Park, Rouse Hill A private investor has secured an off-the-plan unit located at 11/4-6 Mile End Road, Rouse Hill, within the highly anticipated Unitas Business Park, which is currently under construction and scheduled for completion in September 2026. The unit, comprising 1,207.2m² (approx.), offers a high-clearance warehouse of 8.5m, a climate-managed awning, two roller shutter doors, and the rare benefit of an exclusive secured yard area. It was sold for $6,800,000, reflecting $5,633 per square metre + GST. The transaction was negotiated by Bawdens Managing Director, Barry Cawthorn. For further information on the remaining opportunities at Unitas Business Park, please contact Bawdens.
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