Brisbane, QLD

Brisbane residential development feasibility.

Built for Brisbane City infrastructure charges and the typical pattern of inner and middle ring apartment and townhouse work.

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CountryAustralia
StateQueensland
Default contributionsBrisbane City infrastructure charges
Common typologyTownhouses and mid-rise apartments

What shapes Brisbane residential feasibility

Brisbane residential feasibilities behave differently from Sydney and Melbourne in two ways. Infrastructure charges replace Section 7.11 or DCP as the main public cost line, levied per dwelling at rates set by Brisbane City Council. And density controls give more upside on inner and middle ring sites where height is workable.

Build cost has caught up significantly across the cycle, and trade availability still affects programme. End values are typically tested against suburb-level apartment evidence rather than precinct benchmarks.

Popurise treats infrastructure charges as a configurable line, defaulted to Brisbane City rates and overridable per project.

Common project types

What Brisbane residential development typically looks like

The typologies that account for most feasibility work in this market.

Mid-rise apartments

Five to ten storey residential buildings in inner and middle ring suburbs.

Townhouse projects

Medium density townhouse schemes on infill sites under the Brisbane City Plan.

Boutique apartments

Small four to six storey residential buildings, often on smaller infill lots.

Mixed-use apartments

Residential over commercial in centres and corridor sites.

Assumptions and outputs

What to test, and what the model returns

The inputs that move outcomes in this market, and the outputs that matter to investment committees and capital partners.

Feasibility assumptions to test
  • Site area, achievable GFA, and design loss.
  • Unit mix, average size, and end sales rate by submarket.
  • Brisbane City infrastructure charges per dwelling.
  • Build cost rate by typology and storey count.
  • Pre-sales requirement and settlement timing.
Outputs that matter
  • Residual land value, set against the asking price.
  • Profit on cost and development margin.
  • Equity IRR, peak equity, and equity multiple.
  • Monthly cash flow, with funding peak and finance limit.
  • Sensitivity to revenue, cost, and timing assumptions.

Models

Relevant feasibility models

The models most often used for residential development work in Brisbane.

Models

Apartment development feasibility model
Default model for Brisbane apartment work.
Townhouse development feasibility model
For staged townhouse infill projects.

Use cases

How developers use Popurise here

The work this tool is built to do, applied to local conditions.

Use cases

Site acquisition screening
Quick first pass on a Brisbane site.
Residual land value analysis
Land value at target returns, given the local cost stack.

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