Insights
What we have learned building centres
Notes from the parts of a project that decide whether it happens: the feasibility numbers, the sites that do not work, the approvals that stall, the courts you are actually buying and the operating model that produces the return.
Reading a site before you sign the lease
A site that looks perfect on a floor plan can be unbuildable as a court venue. These are the checks we run before anyone signs anything.
5 August 2026 · 8 min read
Why court projects stall at the DA, and how to keep yours moving
Approvals rarely kill a centre outright. They kill it slowly, through requests for information, while the lease keeps running.
28 July 2026 · 7 min read
Buying courts: what FIP approval does and does not tell you
Two courts can both be FIP approved and be very different products. Here is what to compare once you get past the badge.
21 July 2026 · 6 min read
One sport is a risk. Four is a business.
A single sport venue has to win every hour of the week with one audience. A multi-sport centre gets to choose which audience fills which hour.
14 July 2026 · 6 min read
The operating model decides the return, not the build
Two identical centres, built to the same spec in the same suburb, can return completely different numbers. The difference is almost always operations.
7 July 2026 · 7 min read
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