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Ben WilmotCommercial Property Editor

Ben Wilmot has been The Australian’s commercial property editor since 2013. He was previously a property journalist with the Australian Financial Review.

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BUSINESS GRIEVESMining & Energy

13/02/2016: Evolution Mining executive chairman Jake Klein ahead of the release of their first-half financial results. Evolution is expected to show it is generating plenty of cash from its recent acquisitions and the recent tailwind of higher gold prices. Photographed at their offices in Sydney on Monday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Miner Jake Klein shares heartbreak at anti-Semitism’s deadly rise

Jake Klein, the executive chairman of gold miner Evolution Metals, expressed sadness that Australia’s inability to crush anti-Semitism gave rise to 15 people being gunned down on Bondi Beach.

Brad Thompson, Ben Wilmot and Colin Packham

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2a Conway Street in Rose Bay in Sydney. Picture: Realestate.com.au

Jon and Rose Adgemis miss out on Rose Bay super-site pay day

The Adgemis matriarch’s home carried more than $53m of claimed debts, and was repossessed before it was offloaded to a Sydney developer in a parcel that traded for more than $80m.

Ben Wilmot and David Ross

Retail propertyCommercial

Westfield Chermside was packed with shoppers during the Black Friday sales.

Real estate crisisBusiness

JLL agent drank to cope with stress amid dangerous conduct

Court documents reveal the shocking confession that sparked JLL’s leadership meltdown, with a senior agent admitting his behaviour was ‘morally unacceptable as a man’.

Ben Wilmot

ExclusiveCommercial

Artist's impression of the Goodman Group's data centre in Artarmon, Sydney

Goodman Group poised to pour billions into data centres

Greg Goodman’s plans for a $15bn Sydney data centre empire could dwarf specialist rivals as the billionaire converts warehouses into AI infrastructure goldmines.

Ben Wilmot

RetailCommercial

Charter Hall closing in on more centre deals

The country’s largest commercial property player Charter Hall has set its sights on a $250m shopping centre acquisition spree spanning two states.

Ben Wilmot

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