• Biggest sale: 170 and 171 Dreamworld Parkway, Coomera, $30 million to Spotlight Property Group
• Office listing: 209 Robina Town Centre Drive, a near-new 5,944 sqm building with income above $3.2 million a year, expressions of interest closing 10 November
• Industrial: steady unit sales in Yatala and Upper Coomera estates
• Brisbane context: industrial vacancy in the Brisbane market lifted to 4.8 per cent as new estates finished, with rents up 1.5 per cent for the quarter
• Interest rates: cash rate 4.60 per cent, September CPI 4.3 per cent, a rise to 4.85 per cent widely expected on 3 November

Melbourne-based Spotlight Property Group bought the two-lot site at 170 and 171 Dreamworld Parkway from Brisbane developer Gordon Corp in an off-market deal brokered by Colliers. The 2.78-hectare holding sits next to Dreamworld with frontage to the Pacific Motorway, which works out at roughly $1,080 per sqm of land. Spotlight plans a retail centre on part of the site.

Coomera is one of the fastest-growing parts of the Gold Coast, with new housing, the theme parks and a major town centre drawing retailers. Large, motorway-visible sites with retail potential are scarce, which explains the price.

Colliers and CBRE are selling 209 Robina Town Centre Drive, a four-level office building completed in 2020 with about 5,944 sqm of space and 200 car parks. It is fully leased, with home builder Metricon providing about 73 per cent of the income. It generates more than $3.2 million a year. Expressions of interest close on 10 November.

Robina has been one of Queensland's tightest office markets for years, with very little new supply. Near-new, fully leased buildings rarely come up, so the campaign will be a useful test of investor appetite outside the capital cities as interest rates rise.

The northern Gold Coast industrial belt from Yatala to Coomera continues to see regular sales of strata units and small warehouses, much of it to owner-occupiers. New complexes completed in the last two years have sold well, with tradespeople, small manufacturers and e-commerce businesses buying their own premises. Larger sites in Stapylton and Yatala are coming to market for outdoor storage and logistics uses.

The wider south-east Queensland market had more vacancy this quarter as new estates finished, but rents still rose. For the Gold Coast, that means a little more choice for tenants while owners of good-quality stock keep pricing power.

September's CPI of 4.3 per cent has most economists expecting the cash rate to rise to 4.85 per cent on 3 November. The Gold Coast's buyer pool includes many owner-occupiers and private investors who borrow to buy, so higher rates will be felt. Well-leased assets like the Robina office still appeal to cash-rich buyers and funds.

• Coomera and Upper Coomera: population growth driving retail and industrial demand.
• Yatala and Stapylton: the main industrial corridor, with strong owner-occupier buying.
• Robina: a tight office market with very little new stock.
• Southport and Surfers Paradise: mixed-use and hospitality development continuing.

• Retail sites sell on future trade. Coomera shows buyers will pay for land in growth areas. Help them see the catchment and the centre that could be built.
• Income buildings need clear numbers. Lease terms, tenant strength and outgoings should be easy to understand from day one.
• Strata units sell to businesses. Market directly to owner-occupiers with clear floor plans, power, clearance and access details.

Watch the RBA decision on 3 November, the close of the Robina office campaign on 10 November and any plans lodged for Spotlight's Coomera retail centre.