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Commercial property finance in Macquarie Park
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Macquarie Park commercial property loans

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Buying commercial property in Macquarie Park?

We cover every commercial property requirement in Macquarie Park: specialist and dental consulting rooms, laboratory and research space, professional suites and small floors, and leased floors held as an investment. Purchases typically run between $1.5 million and $10 million. Fit-out, equipment and practice goodwill can often be funded alongside the property.

We can help you:

  • Buy the suite, floor or consulting rooms 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 a Macquarie Park commercial property as an investment
  • Refinance or release equity from a property you already own
  • Buy medical, dental, specialist or laboratory premises
  • Arrange finance for an SMSF commercial purchase
  • Fund a fit-out, laboratory build or equipment installation
  • 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 Macquarie Park

From research laboratories to law firms, we get you funded

We work with the businesses buying in Macquarie Park: specialists and dental practices taking their own consulting rooms, technology and life sciences businesses buying research or office space, professional firms establishing a suite, and investors holding leased floors around them. We present professional and practice income across the entities it arrives through, and take the file to lenders who assess this market on its own terms.

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

What we finance in Macquarie Park

A corridor built around a university, a hospital and a research cluster produces purchases you do not see elsewhere. The Macquarie Park property we can finance includes:

  • 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

The Waterloo Road corridor is zoned Productivity Support, which carries office, research, laboratory and light industrial uses in the same band. A building that can legally be re-let to more kinds of occupier is a building a credit team finds easier to say yes to, and that is a genuine advantage here.

Commercial property loans in Macquarie Park

Why Macquarie Park 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

The deals we see in Macquarie Park

A consulting suite, a laboratory and a leased office floor are assessed on entirely different things. Below is how each Macquarie Park purchase actually reads to a lender, and the suburbs we cover around it.

Specialist and dental consulting rooms

The hospital and university anchor a substantial health cluster, and consulting rooms here are bought by specialists, dentists and allied health practices with established patient bases. A practice with a track record is assessed on the profession behind it as well as the premises, and medical, dental and veterinary borrowers can reach 80% on standard commercial security.

Practice income almost always arrives through a service trust or a company, and it has to be read across those entities before a lender will price the loan. That presentation is usually the difference between a clean approval and a run of questions.

  • 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
  • Proximity to the hospital supports the letting profile and is worth stating in the submission
  • Documents to prepare: two years of practice financials, an accountant's letter and the lease if tenants remain

Laboratory and research space

The Productivity Support zoning is what allows genuine laboratory and research space to sit alongside head-office floors here, and life sciences occupiers cluster around the university accordingly. These buildings are assessed as specialised premises rather than as office space.

Services do the pricing: power redundancy, ventilation and exhaust, floor loading, and whether the fit-out could be reused by another tenant. Highly specific laboratory fit-out is valued on what the next occupier would keep rather than on what it cost, so keeping plant on a separate equipment facility is usually the better structure.

  • Power redundancy, ventilation, exhaust and floor loading all feed the valuation
  • Specialised fit-out is valued on what the next occupier would keep, not on what it cost
  • Laboratory equipment is best funded on its own facility, separate from the property loan
  • A building that reverts easily to general office reads more strongly than a single-purpose one
  • Provide the current consent, a schedule of fixed services and the fit-out specification
  • Terms run 15 to 25 years, with an interest-only option over the first few years

Professional suites and small floors

Accounting, legal, engineering and advisory firms buy suites here to be near their clients and their staff catchment. Assessed off professional income through a service trust or partnership, standard commercial security reaches up to 80% of value once that income is presented the way a credit team expects.

Strata brings the building into the assessment alongside the lot: the by-laws, the levies, the sinking fund and how the other suites are tenanted. In a corridor with a lot of institutional ownership, a well-run scheme is straightforward to evidence.

  • Assessed on the lot, its by-laws, the strata levies and the sinking fund balance
  • Building grade, end-of-trip facilities and parking allocation all feed the valuation
  • Car spaces held on separate commercial titles can usually be funded in the same facility
  • Surplus space leased back out adds rent that supports serviceability
  • Prepare recent partnership or company financials, your trust deed and the strata paperwork
  • GST usually applies unless the sale qualifies as a going concern with tenants in place

Leased floors as investment

Income sets the loan on a leased floor. A lender reads the rent passing, the quality of the covenant and the time left on the lease. The tenant base skews to corporate, health and education, which are steady but not immune to a soft suburban office market.

Being straight about that is more useful than optimism. Knight Frank has suburban rental growth subdued while the CBDs run ahead, so a credit team weighs the lease in front of it heavily. A strong covenant with real term remaining is what carries an investment file here.

  • Priced on net passing rent, the tenant covenant and the weighted average lease expiry
  • A corporate or health covenant with meaningful term remaining does most of the work in the assessment
  • 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 floor 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

Refinance and practice growth

Practices and firms that bought here years ago are usually holding meaningful equity, and that is the cheapest capital available for the next step: new equipment, a second location, a partner buy-in or a fit-out refresh.

Keep the equipment off the property loan. Imaging, dental chairs and laboratory plant funded on their own facilities match each repayment to the life of the asset, and leave the property loan clean for a longer term.

  • Release equity to fund equipment, a second location, a partner buy-in or a fit-out refresh
  • Practice and laboratory equipment is best funded on its own facility, separate from the property loan
  • Move to a longer non-bank term where resetting the repayment matters more than the rate
  • Consolidate a commercial loan and a practice facility into one structure with one review date
  • 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 Macquarie Park

Yes, a fund can buy Macquarie Park 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 Macquarie Park 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 suite used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a suite 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 Ryde and northern districts. 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 Macquarie Park include:

  • The Ryde corridor — North Ryde, Ryde, West Ryde, East Ryde, Denistone East, Marsfield
  • Epping and Eastwood — Epping, North Epping, Eastwood, Beecroft
  • The river suburbs — Gladesville, Putney, Meadowbank, Melrose Park, Ermington
  • The upper North Shore edge — Chatswood West, Lane Cove North, Pymble, Lindfield, Killara

We also arrange buying commercial property in Artarmon, commercial property loans in Silverwater and commercial property finance in Parramatta, a few minutes away.

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

1

We understand your scenario

We talk through the Macquarie Park property, your business and timeline, and any complexity in your structure.

2

We find the right lender

We match your deal to the lender on our panel best suited to it for that asset and precinct.

3

You receive clear terms and guidance

We present indicative terms and explain what we recommend, and why.

4

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 LVR60% to 75%Up to 80%Standard
Owner-occupier financePreferred ratesAvailableCommon
SMSF purchaseUp to 65%Up to 70%Popular
Interest-only periodsUp to 5 yearsUp to 5 yearsCommon
Loan termUp to 25 to 30 yearsUp to 25 yearsFlexible
Lease / WALE (investment)Longer WALE preferredShorter WALE consideredImportant
Approval timeframe*3 to 6 weeks2 to 4 weeksVaries
Best suited forEstablished borrowers, standard assetsComplex 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

What difference does it make using a broker who works Macquarie Park regularly?

It helps to work with a broker who knows the area well. This is the biggest office market in the country outside a CBD, it is zoned unusually, and lenders assess it differently to a city floor. Ardent Capital Group is based on Clarence Street and arranges finance in Macquarie Park, across Sydney and around the country.

Your office is in the CBD. Is that a problem for us?

No. We work across the Ryde and northern districts, including North Ryde, Epping, Eastwood, Marsfield and Chatswood West. 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?

From $50K up to $30M. Whole floors in the business park sit high in that band, and strata suites bought by smaller practices sit near the bottom of it.

Which asset types do you cover?

We finance all of it: specialist and dental consulting rooms, laboratory and research space, professional office suites and small floors, mixed-use buildings and leased investment stock. Lender appetite differs across all of them, which is why we match the property to the lenders that write it.

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 here it frequently means the file went to a lender benchmarking against CBD office assumptions, or one uncomfortable with specialised fit-out. Non-bank and specialist commercial lenders take a different view. 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 Macquarie Park that method earns its keep on the zoning argument and the entity structure. We put the flexibility of use in front of the credit team, and present practice and professional income across service trusts and companies the way they expect 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, levy notices and AGM minutes. A practice adds an accountant's letter. Laboratory space adds the fit-out specification.

What deposit will we actually need?

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 is an office corridor zoned Productivity Support?

Because the corridor was planned to carry research, laboratory and light industrial uses alongside offices, and Productivity Support is the band that allows that mix. It works in your favour on a loan: a building that can legally be re-let to a wider range of occupiers supports the re-letting assumption a credit team is testing, and we make that point explicitly in the submission.

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 fitted out, 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.

Is suburban office assessed differently to the CBD?

Yes, and we will be straight about it. Knight Frank recorded Sydney office net effective rents growing 10.2% over the year to Q1 2026, but that growth is CBD-led and the report notes suburban rental growth remains subdued. A credit team therefore leans on the lease and the covenant in front of it, which makes a solid tenant and real remaining term worth more here than momentum arguments are.

I am fitting out a laboratory. How is that funded?

On two facilities. The property is funded as commercial security, and the laboratory plant goes on its own equipment facility, which matches the repayment to the life of the equipment. A valuer will treat highly specific fit-out as worth what the next occupier would keep, so separating the two is the sensible structure as well as the cheaper one.

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 suite used wholly in a business generally qualifies, a suite 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 Macquarie Park 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, laboratory fit-out and larger investment floors take longer. We give you a realistic timeline for your specific property before you commit to an exchange date.

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 Macquarie Park businesses. On asset finance, that covers imaging and dental equipment, laboratory plant, office technology 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.

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