After weathering a recent downturn in the sector, childcare landlord Charter Hall Education Trust (CQE) is looking to diversify its asset and income base with plans to invest in social infrastructure assets.

The trust, which owns a market leading 353 childcare centres worth $917 million, made its first social infrastructure investment this year buying a 50 per cent interest in the Brisbane City Council Bus Network Terminal at Eagle Farm for $51.25 million.