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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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CasinosCompanies

The Star Brisbane - Queens Wharf.Picture: Nigel Hallett

Star must repay $41m as talks with HK partners collapse

The casino company has been left reeling after the deal which would have extracted it from the troubled Queen’s Wharf precinct collapsed, leaving it to deal with hefty debts.

Ben Wilmot

ExclusiveCommercial

ISPT is selling 100 Pacific Highway, North Sydney

ISPT closes in on $230m offload

The super fund-backed manager has won strong interest in a North Sydney office building it is looking to offload.

Ben Wilmot

Shopping centresCommercial

South Korea's National Pension Service is selling its stake in Erina Fair

Central Coast’s Erina Fair attracts big bidders

The shopping centre sale of the year is kicking off with a huge sum expected to be offered by the new groups dominating buying in the industry.

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InvestmentCommercial

339 Coronation Drive at Milton, formerly known at the John Oxley Centre.

Funds managers target Brisbane towers in deal wave

The Queensland capital is becoming the destination of choice for tower buyers, as it may be too late to buy in Sydney and too soon in Melbourne.

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SalesCommercial

Cadence Property Group has bought the Aquatica Business Park in Port Melbourne

Cadence locks in Port Melbourne park amid industrial surge

The industrial powerhouse has claimed one of Port Melbourne’s last remaining business parks, adding to its $170m spending spree across two states.

Ben Wilmot

DevelopmentCommercial

Artists impression of plans for 175 Liverpool Street, SydneyView looking south from Hyde Park

Lendlease adds Japanese backing to luxury Hyde Park scheme

Lendlease is turning to Japanese capital to back its latest $2.5bn development scheme, with two big names supporting Sydney’s next ultra-luxury site.

Ben Wilmot

LogisticsCommercial

Artists impressions of a proposed development by Stockland and John Boyd Properties at Kogarah, Sydney.

Property developer takes over golf course site with $3.5bn deal

The golf course site, which sits next to Sydney Airport, will become one of the city’s largest logistics precincts after property developer Stockland secured a landmark $3.5bn joint venture deal.

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HousingCommercial

Rental revolution planned for Bondi Junction

Can’t afford to buy in one of Australia’s most expensive areas? The build-to-rent revolution is about to land in Sydney’s up-market Bondi Junction.

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MansionProperty

Pearl Bondi's penthouse has an asking price of $30m

Penthouse to set $30m Bondi high water mark

The $30m penthouse at Central Element’s Pearl Bondi development, with views across the world-famous beach, is billed as the most exclusive offering in the area.

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ExclusiveBusiness

Failed property tycoon Michael Gu, a luxury Rolls Royce Wraith he once owned and Crown Casino which is being sued by liquidators to recover money spent on gambling.

Crown hit with $55m lawsuit over fugitive tycoon’s gambling sprees

Crown is now facing the music for gambling sprees by one-time hotel mogul Michael Gu who fled overseas as his empire imploded five years ago.

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