📆 Fri, 26 SEPT 2025 | MLB | Showers, Windy 13° Good morning 👋 A regulator steps in at Bright Days Herston as NSW’s pipeline shifts. We’re tracking the outliers, a fresh childcare DA in Yandina, and what Arena’s 2025 signals for community-first investing.In today's edition...🏚 Bright Days, Herston: Enforced Closure✈️ Outliers & Outperformance🏙️ NSW Major Projects🏗️ New DA Lodged: Yandina📊 Insights from a $100B Playbook🏗️ Arena REIT 2025: Annual Results📢 Childcare DA Checklist📈 New DAs and...
22 days ago • 9 min read
📆 Fri, 19 SEPT 2025 | MLB | Showers, Windy 13° 🖐️ Good morningIf you want a plant to grow, you can fuss over it every day; watering, weeding, shifting it toward the sun. Or you can place it in the right soil and let nature do most of the work. A seed planted in the right spot often thrives on its own. Childcare development is no different. You can pour in effort — capital, consultants, marketing — but if the market or site is wrong, it will be a struggle. Put the same energy into picking the...
29 days ago • 13 min read
📆 Fri, 12 SEPT 2025 | Sunshine Coast | Fine 14° 🖐️ Good morning Checking in from the Sunshine Coast. Short break, short read. High-signal only. This issue, at a glance: Market Snapshot: Mudjimba, Sunshine Coast QLD — clean read on demand, pipeline, and site cues. Operator Heat: Bonbeach VIC lease draws rapid interest, useful for rent comps and appetite checks. SA Momentum: The next ELC wave is forming with fresh applications and sites in play. Data Drop: New DAs, possible new ELCs, and...
about 1 month ago • 5 min read
📆 Fri, 5 SEPT 2025 | MLB | Fine 12°🖐️ Good morning The Pipeline Is Moving. From service approvals unlocking hundreds of new licensed places, to fresh DAs surfacing in key growth corridors, and potential sites hitting the market, the childcare pipeline is firing on all cylinders. Layer in operator consolidation and planning reforms, and it’s clear: the next wave of centres will be shaped by those who secure the right sites now, before competition and compliance catch up. But remember this...🚦...
about 1 month ago • 14 min read
📆 Fri, 29 AUG 2025 | MLB | Cloudy 12° 🌧️ Good morningSuccess in childcare property demands bold action and the conviction to move when opportunities arise. But boldness without mastery is folly. True confidence comes from higher-order skills: assessing opportunity, pricing risk, and reading demand signals accurately. So: mastery first, then boldness. That’s how conviction creates real advantage, and avoids ending in tears. 🧭 In Today’s CREW 🏗️ NSW: Garden Suburb Site🏛️ VIC: VCAT Watch - Mount...
about 2 months ago • 14 min read
📆 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 | MLB | Cloudy 12°🌤️ Good morning I’ve been reminded this week that choice can be overrated. Open roads and endless options sound appealing. But progress often comes from a tunnel; fewer choices, sharper focus, forward motion. The same is true in childcare property: success comes from narrowing in on the right markets, not chasing every opportunity. With that in mind, here’s what stood out in CREW this week.🧭 In Today's CREW 💰 Private Credit: The Silent Engine Behind...
about 2 months ago • 15 min read
📆 Fri, 15 Aug 2025 | BNE | Fine 12°☀️ Good morning...Why one simple trick could accelerate how you run, and grow, your childcare business. The gist: A new Big Think piece spotlights a counterintuitive but powerfully effective learning hack: imitate someone better than you. Rather than breaking down skills into parts, the essay argues we often improve fastest by modelling how a more skilled, or simply more confident, person would act. Why it matters to CREW: Whether you’re pitching to...
2 months ago • 18 min read
📆 Fri, 8 Aug 2025 | BNE | Showers 14°🧭 In today's CREW🎯 Hilary Knights - The Quiet Deal-Maker🟢 Success for Jarra: First Asset Settled🏗️ NSW: Kings Forest: Stockland Buys🌟 SEQ: Narangba Heights DA🛑 Pause or Play; What’s Next?🔔 Driving The News 🆕 New DAs This Week 🎯 Hilary Knights — The Quiet Deal-Maker QLD Sellers Trust 🧭 Why she matters Hilary Knights is the Queensland Director of Childcare Concepts with 20+ years in the ECEC sector. She offers discreet, high-value ELC brokerage and is widely...
2 months ago • 14 min read
🔶 Presented by Optivest Actionable market intelligence for childcare developers, operators & investors 📆 Friday, 1 August 2025 | BNE | Fine 11° Good morning...🎬 Finally caught Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme. It’s no Grand Budapest Hotel, but still a wonderful pastel-soaked puzzle — full of flair, flawless framing, and that unmistakable Anderson aesthetic. Benicio del Toro as chain-smoking patriarch Zsa-Zsa Korda? Only Wes could make that work. The interiors? Balance, poise, and the...
2 months ago • 12 min read