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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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Qatar Airways plans hotel acquisition

Middle Eastern airline Qatar Airways is looking to purchase Sydney’s Primus Hotel for close to $140m.

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Financial servicesProperty

Tony Pitt; CEO of 360 Capital, in their Sydney offices.

Pitt lays out plans for Evans Dixon privatisation

Takeover plans for the blue blood stockbroker have been afoot for more than a year, according to raider 360 Capital.

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PropertyProperty

11/11/2016: Andrew Whitson, the head of residential development at Stockland, in Sydney. Stockland is Australia's largest home builder.Pic by James Croucher

Stockland punts $180m on Melbourne land boom

Stockland is riding the tide of government stimulus that is enticing first home buyers into the market.

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PropertyProperty

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - August 22: Auctioneer Damien Cooley holding the auction of 7 Third Avenue, Epping. The house was auctioned with no reserve and sold for $1,871,000. (Photo by James Gourley/The Sunday Telegraph)

Listings pick up in resilient homes market

Sydney and Melbourne are leading a late spring charge of property listings as vendor expectations lift.

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Deutsche Bank Place, at 126 Philip Street in the city of Sydney.

Oxford buys stake in Investa platform

The deal closes out a chapter of the long-running saga over Investa’s ownership.

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PropertyProperty

GPT offers slice of prime city towers

The coronavirus crisis is unlocking once in a generation opportunities for office tower investors.

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PropertyProperty

GPT offers slice of prime Sydney towers

Landlords are putting top office towers on the block as the coronavirus crisis continues to keep workers from their desks.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTYProperty

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Dexus offloads block for $273m

Property group Dexus is backing up its claim that office values will hold, selling a North Sydney office block for $273m.

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PROPERTYProperty

19/7/2018: L-R Daryl Browning CEO of ISPT, Raynuha Sinnathamby MD of Springfield Property Group, during a forum at the Property Council of Australia's Leaders lunch at the Sofitel in Brisbane. Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

ISPT stays solid through tough period

Industry superannuation backed property funds manager ISPT has come through a tough period with its $19bn empire of commercial real estate intact.

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MANSIONProperty

Loving life in lockdown luxury

The increase of mansion trading in Melbourne’s blue-blood Toorak belies its conservative image as the suburb opens up to a new generation of buyers.

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