Costi Cohen has appointed Noah Bernardi to its team as a commercial buyers agent and tenant representative, with a focus on industrial and logistics property across Australia.
Bernardi joins from JLL’s Industrial & Logistics NSW team, where he gained direct transactional experience across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. His appointment strengthens Costi Cohen’s ability to serve clients across the full spectrum — from owner occupiers acquiring their first industrial asset through to institutional capital executing large-scale strategies.
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The move also marks a deliberate push into tenant representation, an area where occupiers have traditionally lacked independent advice. With industrial rents rising sharply across many Australian markets, ownership has become an increasingly critical consideration for business operators seeking long-term certainty over occupancy costs. Bernardi’s experience on the agency side gives Costi Cohen’s clients direct insight into how landlords and vendors approach negotiations — and where the real leverage lies.
“Owner occupiers are committing significant sums of money in a market that has historically worked against them. Having spent years on the other side of these transactions at JLL, I understand exactly how deals are structured and where buyers are most exposed. My role at Costi Cohen is to close that gap.”
— Noah Bernardi, Costi Cohen
“We’re seeing a transition of experienced sales agents making the move to represent buyers. The complexity has grown, the stakes for buyers have never been higher, and there is real appetite for independent expertise that sits firmly on the buyer’s side of the table. Noah’s appointment reflects exactly where the market is heading.”
— Tas Costi, Director, Costi Cohen
Access to stock is a further challenge for unrepresented buyers. The most sought-after industrial assets across Australia’s capital cities regularly transact off-market — changing hands through agent relationships before a public campaign is ever considered. For buyers without those connections, the result is a narrower pool of opportunities, more competition and less favourable terms.
“The best deals we see rarely make it to a public listing. They are transacted quietly through relationships built over years in the market. That is the network we bring to our clients at Costi Cohen — access to opportunities that simply aren’t available through a traditional on-market search, combined with the experience to assess and execute on them quickly.”
— Noah Bernardi, Costi Cohen
During his time at JLL, Bernardi was involved in a range of significant industrial transactions across Sydney’s key logistics precincts. Selected transactions include:
Key Sale Transactions
- Swinbourne Street, Banksmeadow — $42m
- Beauchamp Road, Matraville — $39.1m
- 20-28 Ricketty Street, Mascot — $4.25m
- Parsons Street, Rozelle — $2.01m
- Narabang Way, Belrose — $1.32m
Key Leasing Transactions
- 63 Campbell Road, Alexandria — 2,800sqm
- 81-87 Beauchamp Road, Matraville — 2,415sqm
- (Confidential) Euston Road, Alexandria — 7,000sqm+
- (Confidential) McPherson Street, Banksmeadow — 38,000sqm
- 61-65 Shepherd Street, Marrickville — 4,901sqm