Commercial Insider - Demystifying Commercial Real Estate

Simmy Abraham  from Connect Plus shows you the smart way to refurbish your office. He takes Matt Nichols from Nichols Crowder through the benefits of re-using materials, the pros and cons of new materials and the real benefits for businesses big and small.

Mitchell Jones, Creative Director at Made For explains to Matt Nichols of Nichols Crowder the importance and role of an office in 2025 and how office design needs to adapt to encourage staff collaboration.  Mitch takes you through the steps of transforming an office into a modern day work place and why it must all start with a break up letter to your current office.

Property lawyer, Michael Lanyon from Colin Biggers & Paisley discusses changes to the Sale of Land Act, and how the dial has shifted from ‘Buyer Beware’ to ‘Vendor Declare’. What does this mean and what do you need to do? There’s an obligation for owners to declare any issue to do with the property that might influence the purchasers decision to buy.  For example; environmental concerns, previ...

Banking specialist, Ben Nichols discusses how our lifestyles have changed attracting a broader set of expenditure items which is putting pressure on affordability.  He discusses what banks look at when assessing loan applications, dual vs single income streams and helping our children buy their first home. 

Guy French Wright, Director at Align Property Partners discusses the differing values in office buildings between varying locations like the CBD, St Kilda Road and the suburbs. He shares insights and huge opportunities.

Shane Brady, Director, Stone Lane Brokering & Risk Advisory provides a wonderful insight to the mysterious insurance world and shares important tips for property owners. 

Michael Lanyon – Partner, Colin Biggers & Paisley Property lawyer and Partner at Colin Biggers & Paisley Michael Lanyon provides an overview of Leases for Retail Property.   He discusses the difference between Retail and Non-Retail Leases and the importance of Compliance for owners. 

Guy French Wright - Director, Align Property Partners provides a “Warren Buffet” approach to owning office space. Guy tells us why he is going against the trend, specialising in the development and investment of commercial office buildings in suburban markets.  He’s tapped into the ‘work closer to home’ trend, finding strong demand for quality new office buildings that focus on nurturing tenants p...

William Bromhead joins Matt Nichols on the latest Commercial Insider podcast by Nichols Crowder. In this episode, Will and Matt discuss key topics such as planning announcements, activity centres, building heights and shadowing rules, housing availability and affordability, and incentives for apartment living. Don't miss this thought-provoking conversation.

So what do you do if a tenant goes into liquidation? This is just one of the topics that Michael Lanyon from Colin Biggers & Paisley Lawyers and Matt Nichols investigate.

Sophie Lyon quizzes Matt Nichols on the importance of storytelling when selling property. Great tips for anyone who sells for a living.

Michael Lanyon says new laws have changed from “buyer beware” to “seller declare". Michael and Matt then explore the impact of what this means to you.

Sophie Lyon is back to chat with Matt Nichols and  provide her thoughts on what should be the investors priority – appreciation or income?

In this podcast tax expert, Nicholas Rodier discusses everything you need to know about buying Property with self-managed super fund with your host - Matt Nichols.

Have you ever thought about the impact your property is having on the health of our Planet. Bec McHenry and Matt Nichols discuss what you can do to assist to improve the environment with your property.

Part 3 of our Auction series with expert auctioneer: Paul Tzamalis. Our final segment of this auction series with expert auctioneer: Paul Tzamalis.

Part 2 of our auction series with expert auctioneer: Paul Tzamalis. Listen as Paul and Matt Nichols give vendors a better understanding of how to create a vendor strategy.

Part 1 of our auction series with expert auctioneer: Paul Tzamalis. In this podcast, Paul and Matt Nichols discuss the reasoning behind why auctions are considered one of the best ways to sell property in Melbourne.

Expert valuer Mark Rutner and Matt discuss the forces that effect commercial and industrial values and how you can identify changes in the market.

My business partner – Michael Crowder discusses the insights we saw in the commercial and industrial property sectors over the past 12 months

What are the 4P’s of real estate? Matt Nichols interviews Place Maker Bec McHenry to learn about the 4P’s and everything that connects people to property.

Matt Nichols is very passionate about Commercial and Industrial real estate. Just as Sophie Lyon is very passionate about residential real estate. In this podcast they continue to bounce off each other to understand what is impacting different parts of their markets.

You may not look at your local shopping strip the same way after listening to this podcast. Matt Nichols chats with Mark Ruttner expert retail valuer on the underlying structure of a strip.

Matt Nichols answers “Scott the investor” questions about which property types he and his wife should be investing in and why.

The challenge is set - which is the better investment class? Commercial and Industrial specialist Matt Nichols, butts heads with residential expert Sophie Lyon.