Healthcare infrastructure to take stage at Melbourne seminar
Australia’s changing demographics and growing demand for essential services are putting healthcare and social infrastructure further into the investment spotlight.
More than 500 investors, operators, government representatives, developers and property professionals are expected to gather in Melbourne next month as CBRE examines the growing infrastructure requirements of Australia’s healthcare and social services sectors.
CBRE’s The Impact of Healthcare and Social Infrastructure will be held at Crown Palladium on October 7, with the event already at capacity and a waitlist in place.
Business and finance commentator David Koch will deliver the keynote address, examining the economic and demographic forces shaping Australia and what they could mean for investment and infrastructure over coming decades.
Journalist and broadcaster Jacqui Felgate will moderate a panel bringing together government, investment and operator perspectives.
The panel will feature Victorian Health Building Authority representative Priscilla Radice, Barwon Investment Partners managing director Tom Patrick and Regis Aged Care executive Georgia Willis.
CBRE Australian Healthcare & Social Infrastructure national director Sandro Peluso said the response to the event reflected the breadth of interest now surrounding the sector (continues below).
“We are seeing increasingly sophisticated conversations around healthcare and social infrastructure from institutional capital, private investors, developers and operators,” Mr Peluso said.
Investors were increasingly looking beyond traditional property measures, he said, with operator quality, demographics, service demand, location, lease structures and the long-term relevance of the services being delivered becoming important considerations.
The event will examine the economic outlook, capital and investment trends, infrastructure delivery, government and policy considerations, and the changing requirements of healthcare and social infrastructure operators.
Healthcare and social infrastructure covers an increasingly broad range of property and services, from hospitals, medical facilities and aged care to childcare, specialist accommodation and other essential community infrastructure.
The event comes as investors and governments face the challenge of providing infrastructure for an ageing and changing population, while operators confront growing demand for healthcare and care services.
