Australian retailers typically manage lease portfolios spanning dozens to hundreds of locations, each with complex rent structures, critical review dates, and compliance obligations under AASB 16. LOIS is built for exactly this complexity. And unlike landlord-focused tools such as Re-Leased or PropertyMe, LOIS is purpose-built for tenants/occupiers managing their own lease obligations - bringing finance and property together in a single, unified platform.
The result: full AASB 16 compliance, automated rent review alerts, a centralised view of every lease across your entire portfolio, and an audit trail your finance team can stand behind.
Tools like Re-Leased and PropertyMe are designed to help landlords and property managers administer their tenants' leases. LOIS works on the other side of the lease: helping tenants/occupiers - including Australian retailers - track their own obligations, calculate AASB 16 liabilities, and manage portfolio milestones across every store, distribution centre, or office in their network.
Retail lease portfolios create a specific set of accounting and operational headaches that general property tools and spreadsheets cannot reliably solve. These five challenges come up consistently when talking to finance and property teams at Australian retailers managing multi-site portfolios under AASB 16.
Manually tracking which leases are up for a CPI adjustment - and when - is unsustainable at scale. Miss a review date and you risk paying the wrong rent or losing a negotiation window you cannot reopen.
Turnover rent is common in retail leases, and managing variable rent components alongside fixed obligations - while keeping AASB 16 calculations accurate and audit-ready - demands more than a spreadsheet can deliver reliably.
When your property team manages lease events in one system and your finance team reports AASB 16 liabilities in another, discrepancies compound quickly. Reconciling the two at month-end is a recurring, avoidable cost.
With leases expiring at different times across dozens of locations, it is easy to miss an option exercise window or get caught in a holdover arrangement you did not plan for. Without proactive alerts, critical dates become reactive crises.
Retail portfolios mix high-value flagships with smaller stores, pop-ups, and short-term leases - all requiring accurate right-of-use asset and lease liability calculations. The complexity multiplies with every modification, extension, or termination.
LOIS maps its platform capabilities directly to the five problems above, so retail finance and property teams get targeted solutions rather than generic software. Each capability below corresponds to a specific retail pain point - from automated review alerts to a unified audit trail covering every lease in your network.
LOIS sends automatic reminders for upcoming CPI reviews, market reviews, and rent increase clauses across your entire portfolio. Your property team sees what is due and when, with enough lead time to prepare. The platform handles CPI adjustments across hundreds of leases simultaneously, removing the spreadsheet effort entirely.
LOIS supports variable lease payments including turnover rent structures. Finance teams can record and manage variable rent components alongside fixed lease obligations, ensuring these are correctly accounted for under AASB 16 and maintained with a full audit trail. Every period-end reconciliation is backed by a clear, timestamped record of what changed and why.
LOIS gives your team a visual portfolio timeline showing every key event across all your leases - expiries, options, rent reviews, break clauses, and renewals - in one place. For retailers managing dozens or hundreds of stores, this replaces fragmented spreadsheets and calendar reminders with a single, reliable source of truth.
LOIS connects your finance and property teams in the same system. Lease data entered by property flows directly into AASB 16 calculations for finance - no manual handoffs, no reconciliation gaps, no version control issues. Both teams see the same numbers, because they are working from the same data.
LOIS automates the full AASB 16 calculation process - right-of-use assets, lease liabilities, amortisation schedules, depreciation, and disclosures. Every modification is logged with a complete audit trail, so your finance team can produce accurate reports at period-end without the manual effort or audit risk that spreadsheets create.
Every change to every lease - whether a rent modification, scope reduction, or early termination - is captured automatically in LOIS with a full, timestamped audit trail. When auditors ask questions, your team can answer them with evidence, not approximations.
LOIS gives Australian retail tenants/occupiers nine core capabilities that cover the full lifecycle of lease accounting and property management - from automated AASB 16 calculations and rent review alerts through to cost benchmarking by square metre and a fully managed service option for teams that prefer expert-led delivery. As of April 2026:
LOIS currently manages over AUD 54 billion in lease portfolio assets for organisations across retail, logistics, mining, and financial services in Australia and New Zealand - making it one of the most proven platforms in the region for large, complex portfolio management under AASB 16 and IFRS 16.
Over AUD 54 billion
in lease portfolio assets currently managed on the LOIS platform across retail, logistics, mining, and financial services organisations in Australia and New Zealand
LOIS is built and supported by CA-qualified lease accounting experts - not just a software support team. Customers work with leasing specialists who understand AASB 16 in practice, providing the confidence and guidance that goes well beyond platform onboarding. The platform is designed for rapid implementation, with standardised upload templates and pre-configured workflows that get retail organisations up and running quickly, without months of disruption.
For retailers facing an upcoming audit, a portfolio expansion, or the point where manual spreadsheet management has simply become unsustainable, LOIS provides the controls, automation, and expert support to take that risk off the table.
You can learn more about how to approach lease compliance in our guide to preparing for an IFRS 16 lease accounting audit, and why property lease management is the most material asset on your balance sheet.
See how LOIS handles multi-site retail portfolios, AASB 16 compliance, and rent review management in a single platform. Book a 30-minute demo with a LOIS lease accounting expert.
Book a demoYes. LOIS supports variable lease payments including turnover rent structures. Finance teams can record and manage variable rent components alongside fixed lease obligations, ensuring these are correctly accounted for under AASB 16 and maintained with a full audit trail. This removes the manual reconciliation burden that spreadsheet-based approaches create each period.
Australian retailers with mid-to-large lease portfolios increasingly use dedicated lease accounting platforms to meet their AASB 16 compliance requirements. LOIS is used by organisations across retail, FMCG, logistics, and financial services in Australia and New Zealand, managing portfolios from 30 to over 10,000 leases. Purpose-built lease accounting software provides the automation, audit trail, and property management integration that ERP modules and spreadsheets cannot reliably deliver at scale.
Re-Leased is a property management platform designed for landlords and property managers. LOIS is built for the other side of the lease: the tenant/occupier. For an Australian retailer, LOIS handles AASB 16 accounting compliance, tracks lease obligations across your network of stores, and unifies finance and property teams in one system. Re-Leased does not provide IFRS 16 or AASB 16 compliance functionality for lessees. If you are a retail tenant/occupier managing your own lease portfolio, LOIS is the appropriate tool.
LOIS is built to ensure compliance with AASB 16 (the Australian equivalent of IFRS 16), which governs the accounting treatment of leases for entities reporting under Australian Accounting Standards. LOIS is built and supported by CA-qualified accountants with direct expertise in Australian lease accounting standards. Retail-specific lease legislation governing lease terms, rent review mechanisms, and disclosure requirements is the domain of your legal advisers; LOIS provides the financial accounting and portfolio management infrastructure that operates alongside those obligations.