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Deal off! Aus Unity Office Fund talks collapse

Anthony Macdonald, Sarah Thompson and Kanika Sood

Jul 24, 2022 – 2.11pm

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It’s back to the drawing board for office buildings owner Australian Unity Office Property Fund, after talks with suitor Aliro Group about a $403 million buyout collapsed.

Sources said Aliro and Australian Unity Office Fund and its biggest investor, Hume Partners, had failed to agree a cut-priced deal after an extended period of exclusive due diligence.

Anthony Macdonald is a Chanticleer columnist. He is a former Street Talk co-editor and has 10 years' experience as a business journalist and worked at PwC, auditing and advising financial services companies.

Sarah Thompson has co-edited Street Talk since 2009, specialising in private equity, investment banking, M&A and equity capital markets stories. Prior to that, she spent 10 years in London as a markets and M&A reporter at Bloomberg and Dow Jones.

Kanika Sood is a journalist based in Sydney who writes for the Street Talk column.