JLL Perspectives

Industry leaders explore how design intelligence is transforming workplace strategy. At JLL's Signature Event in Sydney, in June 2026, Valentina Vulturu from ING Australia shares insights from ING’s 2026 workplace transformation, revealing how comprehensive employee engagement shaped every design decision. Joined by Jennifer Moore, JLL's National Practice Director for Design, and Angela Barwick, Executive Director of Real Estate Technology Services, the panel examine swhy strategic advisory must precede any real estate commitments. They discuss designing for workplace diversity beyond collaboration spaces, integrating AI and technology from day one, and redefining return on investment to measure business performance rather than just cost per square metre.

Companies’ return-to-office mandates are laid out for debate in this episode of the Perspectives podcast, with workplace strategists suggesting that inconsistent and unscientific measurements of productivity are leading to failed policies.Are mandates destroying team spirit? Hear from Dr. Craig Knight, workplace psychologist, and JLL's office and workplace experts, Kate Pilgrim, Nathan Sri and Tim O'Connor.Host: Rebecca Kent, JLL

A glut of new development and relentless interest rises over the past two years saw key real estate markets in Melbourne put ‘on the bench’ by some investors. A slow return to the office after Covid lockdowns didn't exactly help lift these markets either. As a result, the recovery many expected in 2024 didn't eventuate.But it may have been the 'reset' that had to happen.In this episode, Peter Harper, head of hotel investment sales –Australasia, JLL, Annabel McFarlane, head of strategic research – Australia, JLL and James Jorgensen, head of logistics and industrial leasing, reflect on 2024 and predict how Melbourne's real estate market is set to navigate the year ahead.The guests discuss why companies might relocate their distribution centres from Sydney to Melbourne, how a softening Aussie dollar could spell a boon for investment, and how new valuation standards and sustainability reporting frameworks will give property owners something else to think about this year.Host: Rebecca Kent, JLL

When the ultimate aim for companies is attracting workers back to the office, what have become their guiding principles for securing a new workplace?Experts unravel the ingredients that set the best offices apart from the rest - thebuildings that help shape cities and brands.Located from Sydney to San Francisco to London and cities in between, guests handpick some of the world’s most coveted new workplaces, explaining why they’re quickly filling up with people.Hear from:Jessica Van Raay, senior director, tenant representation - South Australia and Victoria, JLLSimon Crotty, senior director, leasing - central London, JLLTim Ogilvie, executive vice president, brokerage - San Francisco Bay Area, JLLJames Montague, head of office leasing - Queensland, JLLKatie Rodrigues, managing director, consulting, JLL Work DynamicsSonya Alexander, head of workplace strategy consulting - APAC, JLL work DynamicsPodcast host: Rebecca Kent, content director - Australia, JLL 

The race to drive down carbon emissions is on, which means renewable energy projects such as wind and solar farms are surging. But they can often be a source of contention among rural landholders, whose properties make the ideal location for renewables infrastructure. So what compensation is available to landowners, and how is it being negotiated?JLL Perpsectives podcast host Rebecca Kent speaks to Will Gurry, head of agribusiness valuations - Australia, JLL; Larry Susskind, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and vice chair of the negotiation program at Harvard Law School; and Jamahl Waddington, head of infrastructure advisory - Australia, JLL.

Retail real estate, student accommodation, and the hotels and hospitality sector took a hit during the COVID pandemic. But less than five years on, their comeback journeys are defying expectations.Respected real estate analyst and commentator Andrew Ballantyne speaks to Perspectives podcast host Rebecca Kent about what has been driving the rebound of what were real estate's most challenged asset classes.He also dives into the industry's most polarising sector: offices. Plus, find out why real estate investment volumes have come to be at their lowest level since 2012.

JLL, the global real estate services firm, recently moved its central Sydney operations to a new office at the Lendlease-owned Salesforce Tower. The office is everything research says workplaces need to be: it’s hospitality-driven, sustainable, flexible, tech-enabled, it encourages collaboration, plus there’s barista-made coffee, beer on tap and views to die for.In this episode, Christina Khoo, who designed the premium space, chats to Rebecca Kent about how the office is being received, and the pressure of designing a new workplace for your own colleagues – and your boss.Music: Slipping Away, Dyalla