Amid the mind-boggling growth in global power demand, real estate is undergoing a shift from passive consumers of energy to active energy participants.

As buildings become increasingly capable of generating, storing and trading electricity, they are undergoing a shift, becoming a critical part of the energy ecosystem supporting the relentless demand for energy (and physical space) from AI, data centres, electric vehicles and industrial electrification – a phenomenon coined the ‘energy expansion’.

Learn more in this panel discussion at the CommBank Momentum event in Sydney in late 2025. Speakers are:

Luke Billiau, head of capital markets – Australia, JLL; Carly Wishart from hyperscale data centre provider AirTrunk; Taryn Gupta, managing director and CEO, Stockland; and Frank Calabria, chief executive, Origin Energy.

Auckland's Midtown district is undergoing a NZ$10 billion transformation that is fundamentally reshaping New Zealand's commercial capital.

Anchored by the $5.5 bn City Rail Link, the country's largest infrastructure project providing the equivalent connectivity of 16 new highway lanes, news of the city’s transformation is spreading fast around the global investment community.

In this episode of the Perspectives podcast, Todd Lachlan, managing director - New Zealand, JLL, chats to Simon Bridges, CEO of the Auckland Business Chamber and Viv Beck, CEO of Heart of the City about the exciting future ahead for Auckland's CBD.

Hear about:

1. Auckland's economic recovery
2. The City Rail Link (CRL) project
3. International investment interest
4. Queen Street developments
5. Smith & Caughey's building
6. Vision for Auckland in 2030
7. Tourism and student population growth
8. Major events and infrastructure projects

For one of the most prolific drinks brands in Australia, growth is predicated on its employees coming together under the same roof.

That’s what spurred Asahi Beverages, the name behind Cool Ridge, Peroni, Hard Rated, Solo, Allpress, Cottee’s and Carlton just to name a few, to break its office lease and move into a new regional headquarters – a five-storey 4,500 sqm office space at 2 Southbank Boulevard, within the Freshwater Place complex, in Melbourne.

John Tortora, chief procurement and sustainability officer at Asahi Beverages joins Will Connolly, senior vice president in JLL’s hotels and hospitality group, pubs and motels, and Kate Pilgrim, co-head of tenant representation, JLL.