Advisory · Transaction managementCommercial property & development services
Portfolio-scale deals, handled personally.
28 years at the top end of Australian commercial real estate. Appel Property Group advises institutions, family offices, private investors, developers and national operators on sales, leasing, acquisitions and development. From a single asset to a national portfolio, every mandate is handled by the principal.
- Fuel & convenience
- Fast food & QSR
- Retail & supermarkets
- Large format retail
- Office
- Industrial
- Medical & healthcare
- Childcare
- Development sites
One adviser from site strategy through to settlement.
Clients deal directly with the principal on every mandate. Our involvement covers the whole life of a property, from finding and securing the site through design and leasing to sale and ongoing management.
Advisory & acquisitions
Independent advice for owners, investors and retailers, based on current market evidence.
- Investment property sales and acquisitions
- Site acquisition, due diligence and analysis
- Business planning and commercial advice
- Franchising, including franchise development and sales
Transaction management
Running sales, leasing and property management mandates for single assets and portfolios.
- Sales and leasing, including sale and leaseback
- Negotiations
- Lease administration
- Property and portfolio management
Development
Delivering new sites and stores for developers, retailers and hospitality operators.
- Feasibility studies, planning and project delivery
- Store development for retail and restaurant businesses
- Retail design and fit-out
- Development, contract and project administration
Sales, leasing and portfolio transactions.
A selection of mandates across Appel Property Group's core sectors, from individual investments to major multi-site portfolios for national operators and private investors.
A specialist edge in fast food, fast casual and QSR property.
During his agency career, Ben became the leading national agent for fast food investment sales, selling more of these assets annually than any other agent in Australia. His work included a major portfolio sell-off for a large KFC franchisee, for whom he structured sale and leaseback arrangements across its company-owned stores, achieving several new yield records and market benchmarks in the process.
Ben also spent five years as National Property & Development Manager for a major fast casual and quick service restaurant brand, where he sat on the board. He led property and store development across Australia and New Zealand, and operated a franchised store.
This combination of agency, corporate property and direct operating experience adds depth to his advice. Whether acting for landlords, investors, developers, franchisees or national brands on fast food and QSR assets, he understands what a tenant needs from a site, how franchise networks expand and what makes a site work.
Ben's track record
- ~300sites overseen as head of property
- 35new stores a year on average, plus 15+ refurbishments
- 5 yrsbuilding more new stores each year than any other brand nationally
- AU/NZhead of store development, board member and franchisee
28 years at the top end of commercial real estate.
- Coverage
- Australia-wide
- Established
- 2016
- Experience
- Since 1998
- Mandates
- Single assets to portfolios
“Growth and profit are a product of how people work together.”
Ben Appel, Principal
Ben Appel has spent more than 28 years in Australian commercial real estate, most of it at the highest levels of the industry: in commercial sales and leasing, as principal of a commercial division, as owner of his own agency, as a senior consultant with one of the country's leading investment agencies and, since 2016, as principal of Appel Property Group.
He has handled hundreds of sales and leasing transactions worth billions of dollars in present-day value, and has set results for clients that still stand today. His work spans investment sales, portfolio transactions, sale and leasebacks, acquisitions, leasing and lease advisory across retail, fuel and convenience, fast food, office, industrial, medical and childcare property.
Ben advises family offices, private and high-net-worth investors, institutional and diversified property and investment groups, developers and real estate agencies. He also brings hands-on development experience, from feasibility studies and planning to design and construction packaging, project management and hundreds of commercial fit-outs.
- Fast food & food premises
- Fuel & convenience
- Retail
- Shopping centres
- Supermarkets
- Large format retail
- Liquor
- Main road & highway sites
- Commercial & office
- Industrial
- Development sites
- Subdivisions & land
- Medical, healthcare & aged care
- Childcare & social infrastructure
- Hospitality
- Strip retail
Discuss a property, a portfolio or a site.
Enquiries are handled directly by Ben and kept confidential. Meetings are by appointment.
- Phone
- +61 (0)419 947 504
- ben@appelproperty.com.au
- Postal
- PO Box 579, Elsternwick VIC 3185
- Office
- By appointment
- Coverage
- Australia-wide