Across Australia a once-in-a-life-time phenomena is happening – the commodities boom. Developing countries led by China are demanding ever increasing record amounts of Australia’s commodity resources, such as iron ore, coal, alumina, and liquid natural gas. This in turn has led to the largest capital expenditure on new infrastructure projects in Australia’s history. In fact, today there is over $168bn in committed and proposed infrastructure projects across Australia.

These new projects have created a unique opportunity for savvy property investors – infrastructure spotting. Time and time again across Australia, regional and coastal towns have experienced property booms as billion dollar infrastructure projects bring in cranes, heavy equipment and cashed-up workers into town. Infrastructure spotting investors have anticipated these property booms and have been richly rewarded.

Spotting the next infrastructure boom town bring lucrative returns. Property prices may double within a couple of years and rental yields often reach 8-10%, as regional and coastal towns struggle to accommodate the influx of new workers. By timing their entry, investors can invest with a relatively low level of risk into towns with confirmed projects that are going to experience surging prices in the next one to two years.

Omega Investments specialises in enabling property investors to invest in these upcoming infrastructure towns with confidence. Investors have three options to utilise the firm’s services. Firstly, individual properties can be purchased through the joint venture research agreement. Secondly, investors can choose diversified exposure to boom towns by investing in the ‘Infrastructure Town Residential Unit Trust’. Finally, investors can take direct equity positions in infrastructure town subdivision projects.