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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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RecoveryEconomics

Chefs prepare meals for testing during a staff orientation day as Tiamo Bistro readies for opening in Melbourne on October 27, 2020, as the state government lifts some restrictions on retail and restaurants after the city battled a second wave of the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Liberated Melbourne races to open

Small businesses are champing to reopen along Melbourne’s shopping strips but bringing the city fully back to life could take some time.

David Ross and Ben Wilmot

BrokersFinancial Services

23/11/16: John McBain, Centuria Capital chief executive (left) and Tony Pitt, managing director of 360 Capital in Sydney today. Centuria is acquiring 360 Capital. John Feder/The Australian.

360 Capital takes tilt at Evans Dixon

The takeover pits a Sydney-based corporate raider against a Melbourne’s elite stockbroking fraternity.

Ben Wilmot

COMMERCIAL PROPERTYProperty

Oceania Glass' distribution centre at Warehouse 7 at the Osprey Estate in the Port of Brisbane.

Singapore trust nabs industrial property

Singapore-based ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust has confirmed that Australia’s industrial property boom is running hot.

Ben Wilmot

RetailCompanies

Riot Art & Craft store in Caneland Central. Picture: Zizi Averill

Riot shutters stores, jobs lost

Riot shutters about 57 stores with the loss of about 135 jobs, adding to the toll of retailers struggling with the impact of the coronavirus.

Ben Wilmot

MANSIONProperty

Artists impression of the design of One Circular Quay, Sydney, by Wanda

Opulent towers take service to next level

Sydney is readying for a wave of new luxury apartment towers that are being pitched as redefining city living.

Ben Wilmot

Regulation rowFinancial Services

16/05/2019: Australian Securities and Investments Commission chairman, James Shipton making the introductory speech at ASIC Annual Forum in Sydney at the Hilton Hotel on Thursday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

ASIC facing revamp in expense row

The corporate regulator has acknowledged it may be forced to overhaul its internal systems after it failed to detect nearly $260,000 in anomalies with expenses.

Ben Wilmot

stands asidePolitics

Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) James Shipton speaks a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, September 13, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

ASIC boss burnt by tax advice bill

ASIC used public funds to pay for advice about chairman’s personal investments, ‘optimisation’ of tax returns and help with his overseas tax bills.

Greg Brown and Ben Wilmot

RegulationLeadership

Chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) James Shipton (centre) speaks during a Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, September 13, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

ASIC chief drops bombshell

ASIC chair James Shipton has made the shock announcement he will step aside and repay moving expenses related to his shift into the job.

Ben Wilmot and Greg Brown

PropertyProperty

GCB- REAL ESTATE- Picture- Mirvac will officially launch a new $13 million display village - featuring the latest designs by a collection of Queensland's and Australia's top builders - at its Gainsborough Greens community in Pimpama on February 6.

Mirvac rides home stimulus but malls lag

Developer Mirvac is reporting strong home sales following government aid, but investors fear a drawn out retail recovery

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney at Mission Beach

Mayfair warns on Dunk Island liquidation

The future of the Mayfair property funds empire could be decided at a February court hearing.

Ben Wilmot and Lisa Allen

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