
Commercial property loans in Artarmon
Helping business owners finance their Artarmon commercial property
Buying commercial property in Artarmon?
Whatever you are buying in Artarmon, we can arrange the finance: strata showroom and trade units, allied health consulting rooms, automotive and service premises, and units held as an investment. Most purchases fall between $1.5 million and $8 million. On strata the scheme matters as much as the unit, so we ask for the strata report early.
We can help you:
- Buy the unit or suite your business works from
- Borrow up to 80% of the property value on standard commercial security. Up to 100% of the purchase price is achievable where you add equity from a property you already own.
- Acquire an Artarmon commercial property as an investment
- Refinance or release equity from a property you already own
- Buy consulting rooms or allied health premises
- Arrange finance for an SMSF commercial purchase
- Fund a fit-out, refurbishment or mezzanine
- Free up your working capital
- Arrange finance through a trust, company or service-trust structure
Who we help:
- Established business owners who require finance between $50K to $30M
- First-time borrowers who need a beginner-friendly strategy
- Sophisticated borrowers and investors who need a unique strategy and deal structure
- Urgent, time-sensitive deals that need to move quickly
- Self-employed and trust-structured borrowers who need their income presented properly
- Commercial property owners with multi-tenancy plans



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Commercial property loans in Artarmon
From trade showrooms to specialist consulting rooms, we get you funded
We work with the businesses buying in Artarmon: allied health and specialist practices, showroom and trade suppliers serving the North Shore, automotive and service operators, media and design studios, and investors holding the strata around them. We present professional and trading income across the entities it arrives through, take the file to lenders who price North Shore commercial properly, and manage it to settlement.
Funding from $50K to $30M
from over 60 bank & non-bank lenders
- ANZ
- Bankwest
- Bluestone
- Bank of Queensland
- Commonwealth Bank
- Firstmac
- ING
- Macquarie
- NAB
- Pepper Money
- Suncorp Bank
- Thinktank
Specialist commercial finance for Artarmon
North Shore commercial is a land market wearing an industrial label, and the file reflects that. The Artarmon purchases we can finance include:
- Owner-occupier commercial property purchase
- Investment commercial property and landlord finance
- SMSF commercial property under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement
- Commercial construction and development finance
- Commercial property refinance and equity release
An Artarmon unit is often worth more than its floor area suggests, because the land under the precinct is lower North Shore land. That is useful when you already own here and are looking at the equity, and it is the thing to understand before you compare a price per square metre against anywhere west of the bridge.
Why Artarmon businesses choose Ardent Capital Group as their commercial broker
Execution and strategy
Strategy first, then execution. We structure your deal properly and take it to the lenders we know suit this kind of deal, without sending the same request out four ways.
Clear advice for smart lending
Straight answers on LVR, structure and timing, including when a deal does not stack up.
A long-term partner
We stay with you well beyond settlement, with lasting relationships and ongoing support from the team.
Property types
What we fund in Artarmon
A showroom unit, a set of consulting rooms and a service workshop are assessed on quite different things, even a few doors apart. Below is how each Artarmon purchase actually reads to a lender, and the suburbs we cover around it.
Strata showroom and trade units
Strata is the dominant product in Artarmon: a unit with a roller door at the back, a showroom or counter at the front, and customers who come to it. Standard commercial security reaches up to 80% of value once your income is presented properly.
The scheme is assessed with the unit. A valuer weighs your lot against the complex around it: the by-laws, the levy history, the sinking fund and how the neighbouring units are occupied. A well-run scheme with settled owner-occupiers reads considerably better than one with high turnover.
- Assessed on the lot, its by-laws, the strata levies and the sinking fund balance
- The ratio of showroom to warehouse floor area shifts both the valuation basis and the LVR
- Car spaces held on separate commercial titles can usually be funded in the same facility
- Parking allocation is a genuine constraint in this precinct and feeds the valuation
- Prepare the strata plan, recent levy notices and the last AGM minutes
- Terms run 25 to 30 years with non-bank lenders, against the 10 to 15 the major banks commonly publish
Allied health and consulting rooms
The St Leonards health precinct is a few minutes away and it has been full for years, which is why so much allied health has settled in Artarmon: physiotherapy, imaging, dental, specialist consulting and day clinics. Healthcare income is read as resilient, and medical, dental and veterinary borrowers reach up to 80% on standard commercial security.
Almost every practice runs through a service trust or a company, and that income has to be read across the entities before a lender will price the loan. We map the structure to lenders who understand it and present the figures the way their credit team expects.
- Up to 100% of the purchase price is achievable where an existing residential property is offered as additional security
- Valued on vacant possession for an owner-occupier, or on the passing rent where a suite stays leased
- Fit-out, medical equipment and practice goodwill can often be funded alongside the property
- An interest-only period is available while a practice builds patient numbers at a new address
- Documents to prepare: two years of practice financials, an accountant's letter and the lease if tenants remain
- Parking and accessible access carry real weight on a clinical suite
Automotive and service premises
The highway side of Artarmon carries dealerships, service workshops, tyre and mechanical businesses and parts suppliers serving the whole North Shore. These are working buildings with customer-facing frontage, and they are valued on both halves.
Site history is the live question. Workshops, spray booths and fuel storage can leave an environmental record, and where that shows up some lenders will want a Preliminary Site Investigation and others will not take the site. We establish that before an application is lodged so the shortlist is real.
- Hoists, wash bays, compressed air and spray booths are generally valued with the building
- An environmental history narrows the lender list rather than closing it
- A Preliminary Site Investigation may be required, and we tell you who will still proceed with one on file
- Highway frontage and signage rights attach to the site rather than the occupier
- Provide the survey plan, current consent, any site reports and details of storage on site
- Where a site is genuinely unsuitable as security we will tell you plainly and early
North Shore investment holdings
An investor is borrowing against someone else's obligation to pay rent, so the lender weighs the rent on foot, the covenant behind it and the years left to run. Demand from North Shore businesses with nowhere comparable to go supports the re-letting assumption behind the loan.
Yields here are tight, which is the trade-off for that demand. What the credit assessment actually tests is whether the rent covers the interest with room to spare, so on a sharp yield the interest cover becomes the binding constraint rather than the LVR.
- Priced on net passing rent, the tenant covenant and the weighted average lease expiry
- Interest cover, not just the rent, is what the credit team actually tests, and a tight yield makes it the binding constraint
- Lease doc lending runs 65% to 75% and steps down as the loan size rises
- Full doc lending against the same security reaches up to 80%
- A vacant unit is assessed on vacant possession, which narrows the lender list rather than closing it
- Provide the lease, the rent schedule, outgoings and any incentive still running
Releasing equity built up in the land
Anyone who bought in Artarmon a decade or more ago is likely holding equity out of proportion to the size of the unit, because the land under this precinct has moved with the rest of the lower North Shore rather than with industrial land generally.
That equity is usually the cheapest capital available for the next step: a fit-out, a second suite, practice equipment or a business acquisition. Getting a current valuation first is the useful move, because it sets the LVR and therefore what is actually available.
- Release equity to fund a fit-out, a second suite, equipment or a business acquisition
- Move from a bank term of 10 to 15 years to a non-bank term of 25 to 30 to reset the repayment
- Consolidate a commercial loan and a business facility into one structure with one review date
- Practice and workshop equipment is best funded on its own facility, separate from the property loan
- Prepare recent financials, current loan statements, the lease and a rates notice
- Break costs on a fixed facility are worth checking before anything is lodged
SMSF commercial property in Artarmon
Yes, a fund can buy Artarmon commercial property, and we arrange these. It is also one of the more intricate purchases in commercial finance, and the detail is what decides whether it works. The fund borrows under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, the property sits in a separate holding trust, and the lender can only come after that one property.
We know this sounds complicated, and we can assist to make things clearer. We structure the finance, tell you which lenders will take a Artarmon commercial property as SMSF security and on what terms, and bring in the SMSF specialists and licensed advisers who set the fund side up. You will not be working it out on your own.
- From 10 August 2026 a new arrangement can only be used for business real property: a unit used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a unit with a residence attached generally does not
- Your operating company leases the property back from the fund, in writing, at market rent supported by an independent appraisal, and the rent has to actually be paid
- Cross-collateralisation is not available inside super, so the fund needs its own deposit and the 100% LVR structures described elsewhere on this page do not work here
- Standard commercial security inside a fund is generally available to 65% to 80% of the lender's valuation, with cash left in the fund after settlement
- The arrangement funds a single asset, so fit-out, plant and goodwill are financed separately outside the fund
- The bare trust has to exist before contracts are signed, and in NSW the deed is executed after the contract, by the bare trust trustee rather than the fund trustee
Our complete list of services
- Buy the premises your business operates from
- Acquire a commercial property as an investment
- Borrow up to 60% to 80% depending on the asset class
- Finance medical, industrial, retail, office or hospitality property
- Refinance an existing commercial loan
- Release equity for growth or another purchase
- Structure an SMSF commercial purchase
- Fund a construction or development project
- Arrange finance through a trust or company structure
- Buy specialist assets like childcare or licensed venues
- Free up your working capital
- Bridge a settlement timing gap
- Consolidate a commercial property portfolio
- Move a property into super
- Provide personal and home finance for owners
- Support first-time commercial property buyers
The areas we service
We are based in the Sydney CBD and work across the lower North Shore frequently. Wherever your property sits, we know the lenders and valuers active in that pocket and how they read the local zoning, strata schemes and tenant demand. The areas we cover around Artarmon include:
- The Chatswood and St Leonards centres — Chatswood, Chatswood West, St Leonards, Crows Nest, Naremburn
- The Lane Cove valley — Lane Cove, Lane Cove North, Lane Cove West, Greenwich, Riverview, Longueville
- Willoughby and Northbridge — Willoughby, Willoughby East, North Willoughby, Northbridge, Cammeray
- North towards Roseville — Roseville, Castle Cove, Middle Cove, Wollstonecraft
Macquarie Park, Brookvale and Alexandria are a short drive from here and we work them the same way.
Not on the list? We still cover it. We arrange commercial property finance right across Greater Sydney and NSW, and we work with clients Australia-wide.
Our process
How it works
✓We understand your scenario
We talk through the Artarmon property, your business and timeline, and any complexity in your structure.
✓We find the right lender
We match your deal to the lender on our panel best suited to it for that asset and precinct.
✓You receive clear terms and guidance
We present indicative terms and explain what we recommend, and why.
✓We stay with you beyond settlement
We manage everything through to settlement, then stay in your corner well beyond it, with ongoing support from the team.
Lender features compared
How commercial property loans compare across lenders
| Commercial loan feature | Major banks | Non-bank lenders | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum LVR | 60% to 75% | Up to 80% | Standard |
| Owner-occupier finance | Preferred rates | Available | Common |
| SMSF purchase | Up to 65% | Up to 70% | Popular |
| Interest-only periods | Up to 5 years | Up to 5 years | Common |
| Loan term | Up to 25 to 30 years | Up to 25 years | Flexible |
| Lease / WALE (investment) | Longer WALE preferred | Shorter WALE considered | Important |
| Approval timeframe* | 3 to 6 weeks | 2 to 4 weeks | Varies |
| Best suited for | Established borrowers, standard assets | Complex structures, higher LVR, specialised assets | — |
*IMPORTANT: These are indicative figures only. Terms, LVRs and approval timeframes vary with borrower capacity, security type and individual lender criteria, and are subject to change. Figures are a general guide, not a quote or an offer of finance, and not a representation that finance is available on these terms.
Frequently asked questions
Does knowing the Artarmon market change how the file is put together?
It helps to work with a broker who knows the area well. Artarmon is the only precinct of its kind on the lower North Shore, and valuers price the land under it very differently to industrial land elsewhere. Ardent Capital Group arranges commercial property finance across Sydney from its Clarence Street office, and works in Artarmon and the rest of Australia.
Your office is in the CBD. Is that a problem for us?
No, and it is a short trip. We work across Chatswood, St Leonards, Lane Cove, Crows Nest and Willoughby regularly. Most of the process runs by phone, email and video, and we come to you when it helps.
How much finance can you help me access?
We arrange $50K up to $30M here. That reaches from a strata unit in a light industrial complex to a showroom and warehouse held in one line, and the same range is open to office and medical buyers nearby.
Which asset types do you cover?
We fund all of these: strata showroom and trade units, allied health and consulting suites, automotive and service premises, studio and media space, office suites and tenanted investment stock. Lender appetite differs across all of them, which is why we match the property to the lenders that write it.
How is a commercial rate worked out?
A commercial rate is set per file rather than off a shelf price. It moves with the space and how it is used, the LVR, the loan size, the entity you borrow through, and whether the lender is verifying your full financials or just the lease. We will tell you the range your deal genuinely sits in before you spend anything, and where the levers are.
What is the stamp duty on commercial property in NSW?
Transfer duty is charged on the dutiable value of the property on the general NSW scale, and there is no owner-occupier or first-buyer concession the way there is on a home. Surcharge purchaser duty applies to residential-related property, so a purely commercial purchase is generally outside it. Duty and GST are funds you bring to settlement rather than part of the loan, so we set your funds-to-complete figure with you before you exchange. Revenue NSW publishes the current scale.
I am a specialist looking at consulting rooms here. What is different?
Healthcare income is read as resilient, so lenders assess the profession as much as the property, and medical, dental and veterinary borrowers reach up to 80% on standard commercial security. The work is in presenting practice income across the service trust or company it arrives through. Fit-out and equipment can usually be funded alongside the purchase.
Can an SMSF borrow to buy commercial property?
Yes, it is possible, and we arrange these. It is also one of the more intricate purchases in commercial finance, and the detail is what decides whether it works. The fund borrows under a limited recourse borrowing arrangement, so the property sits in a separate holding trust and the lender can only come after that one property. From 10 August 2026 a new arrangement can only be used for business real property: a unit used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a unit with a residence attached generally does not. Your operating company leases the property back from the fund, in writing, at market rent supported by an independent appraisal, and the rent has to actually be paid. Cross-collateralisation is not available inside super, so the fund needs its own deposit and the 100% LVR structures described elsewhere on this page do not work here. Standard commercial security inside a fund is generally available to 65% to 80% of the lender's valuation, with cash left in the fund after settlement. We know this sounds complicated, and we can assist to make things clearer. Reach out to our team and we will guide you through the entire process. We structure the finance, tell you which lenders will take a Artarmon commercial property as SMSF security and on what terms, and bring in the SMSF specialists and licensed advisers who set the fund side up. You will not be working it out on your own. Get that right and it is a solid, compliant structure. Our business real property page sets out what that test requires and the situations that decide it.
How long does it take from application to settlement?
A straightforward owner-occupier purchase with clean financials usually settles in four to six weeks, and can be as quick as two weeks where the documentation is ready at the start. SMSF, clinical fit-out and sites needing an environmental report take longer. We give you a realistic timeline for your specific property before you commit to an exchange date.
We have already been declined once. Can you still help?
Often, yes. A decline from one lender does not mean the deal is not fundable, and on the North Shore it frequently means the file went to a lender working off industrial comparables rather than local ones. Non-bank and specialist commercial lenders take a different view on LVR, income presentation and asset type. We will give you a straight assessment before proceeding.
Why should we use you for this?
Ardent Capital Group brings the same method to every client: execution and strategy, clear advice for smart lending, and long-term growth. That means the right lender, structure and timing, straight advice so you borrow with confidence, and today's deal built toward where you want to be tomorrow. We are specialists in helping business owners secure finance to purchase their own property, and we understand the complex structures that often sit around it, including multiple trusts, holding companies and self-managed super funds. In Artarmon that method earns its keep on the land argument and the entity structure. We make sure the valuer is working from North Shore evidence, and we present practice and trading income across service trusts and companies the way a credit team expects to read it. We have facilitated more than 1,000 commercial and residential mortgages and funded over $2B. Every figure is subject to serviceability, lender appetite and approval.
What should we pull together before we start?
A typical application needs identification, the contract or property details, recent business and personal financials, tax returns, bank statements, and details of your entity or trust structure. Strata adds the plan and levy notices. An automotive site adds the consent and any environmental reports.
How much can I borrow for an Artarmon commercial property?
Standard commercial security reaches up to 80% of value, and medical, dental and veterinary borrowers reach the same on their own consulting rooms. Up to 100% of the purchase price is achievable where you add equity from a property you already own. Send us the address and we will give you a real figure.
Why does an Artarmon unit cost more than a bigger one further west?
Because you are buying lower North Shore land with a building on it, rather than buying floor area. That is worth understanding before you compare a price per square metre against a western estate, and it works in your favour once you own here, because the equity builds with the land rather than with the floor area.
Do you charge fees for commercial mortgage broking?
Most of the time, no. Where a deal needs significant preparation or is unusually complex, a small mandate fee may apply, and we will always tell you plainly before any work begins.
What areas do you service?
Although we are based in Sydney, we service clients across all major Australian cities, including Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, the Gold Coast, Adelaide, Canberra and Hobart, along with their surrounding regional areas. Wherever your commercial property is located, we can arrange your finance.
What other finance can you assist with?
Although our main speciality is property loans for business owners, we also assist with asset finance and working capital for Artarmon businesses. On asset finance, that covers practice and imaging equipment, workshop plant, commercial vehicles and fit-out. On working capital, we arrange business overdrafts, lines of credit and cash-flow funding to cover stock, supplier payments and cash-flow gaps. We also arrange home loans, planned alongside your commercial borrowing: cross collateralisation, guarantees, shortfalls and trust income included. See home loans for business owners.
I have been a business owner for a few years, but this will be my first commercial loan. Are you beginner friendly?
Yes. That is our core ethos, helping you understand the right strategy, structure and clear advice from the very first conversation. Our main borrower profiles are established business owners and commercial property investors seeking finance from $50,000 upwards for their company, so a first commercial loan is well within our wheelhouse. Smaller sole-trader and consumer-style ABN lending sits outside our field.
Can you give financial advice?
No. Arranging finance and advising on financial products are two different disciplines, and we do the first. What we bring is the credit analysis lenders require, the structuring of the facility, and the strategy for putting your application in front of lenders whose appetite matches it.
Because we act as a credit representative under an Australian Credit Licence, we do not give financial product, superannuation, taxation or legal advice, and nothing we provide should be taken as such. Where your circumstances need that input, we are happy to work with your accountant, financial adviser and solicitor to understand the full picture before anything is submitted.
The information on this page is general in nature and does not take account of your objectives, financial situation or needs.












