This Month
Brookfield sells $330m logistics estate 3 months after it was built
Local player Gateway Capital has partnered with two global funds in the race for position in one of the world’s tightest markets for logistics properties.
Goodman Group’s monster raising dials data centres strategy up to 100
Investors and analysts have lapped up the company’s pivot into data centres, one of the hottest subsectors in the world, and now it is finally time to help fund it.
At least 50 basis point cut needed to boost housing demand: Stockland
The diversified developer says new home buyer appetite picked up before Tuesday’s rate cut, but further monetary policy easing is crucial.
Goodman flags $4b raising for data centres, warehouses
The industrial property giant’s focus is turning increasingly to data centres, which now represent 46 per cent of its $13 billion workbook.
Mirvac says middle ring housing demand is booming
The diversified developer, builder and landlord claimed a ‘solid’ result in a market that is still recovering.
CSR land sale to fuel Sydney’s Aerotropolis dream
Up for grabs is one of the largest tracts left in the fast emerging precinct that will be home to Sydney’s new airport.
‘Follow the Bunnings’: Top tips for SMSF property investors
Industrial and retail properties are paying rental yields of anywhere between 5 per cent and 8 per cent.
This fund manager wants to spend billions on outdoor storage
Global investment manager Realterm is betting on a niche logistics property type to grow in demand as e-commerce expands.
January
Private empire behind property developer Bob Ell suffers profit slide
Leda Holdings has reported a near-halving in annual profit due to a higher cost of sales, according to newly filed accounts.
Why a 1.4pc return is great news for the office market
Mirvac Wholesale Office Fund, which owns Quay Quarter Tower and the former AMP building, delivered positive returns for the final quarter of 2024.
AustralianSuper takes half stake in $1.4b European logistics portfolio
The industry giant and co-owner Oxford Properties Group aim to grow the venture to $7.5 billion in three to five years.
Goodman, Scentre among REITs set to bounce higher in 2025
A lack of new supply is expected to put more pricing power in the hands of landlords, meaning stronger earnings growth in 2025, say global investment managers.
December 2024
5 opportunities for commercial property investing in 2025
Sydney hotels, data centres and regional shopping centres are among the segments tipped to grow next year.
David Di Pilla says US a ‘huge’ opportunity for data centre REIT
Speaking ahead of the float today of data centre trust DigiCo Infrastructure REIT, David Di Pilla says the much bigger US market is a natural extension of his ambitions.
‘It’s a bit of a golden age of private credit’
Fund manager Nuveen, which has done a $400 million deal with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, says high returns are possible – and the risks aren’t bad, either.
Greg Goodman turns his company into a data centre powerhouse
The billionaire’s push to meet the booming demand for data storage lands him a place on the 2024 The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year list.
James Packer behind $110m deal for Surry Hills heritage building
An investment company ultimately owned by James Packer is partnering with developer Time & Place on plans for a $500m inner-Sydney development.
November 2024
AUKUS subs project to drive $40b logistics, housing boom: report
The building and maintenance of nuclear submarines in Adelaide and Perth is expected to create demand for 1 million square metres of warehouse space and 24,500 homes.
The next three property shortages have already started
Charter Hall boss David Harrison says the supply shortages and lack of developer confidence we’re seeing in the housing market are playing out across the property sector.
The $45m MinRes property deal – with the Ellisons on the other side
Investors in the iron ore and lithium miner would have had no idea that MinRes’ joint venture partner in a big Perth real estate play was the company’s founder.