Ben Wilmot

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.

Latest

PropertyProperty

Grand plans for Sydney’s Central tech hub

Top local and international architects have been appointed to build a $2.5bn project for Dexus and Frasers.

Mackenzie Scott and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos July 2: Barrangaroo pictured from Balmain East this afternoon with James Packer's Crown tower also known as "Packer's Pecker" dominating the skyline. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift.

Office vacancies jump on virus hit

PwC and KPMG are looking to offload space in the Barangaroo district in Sydney.

Mackenzie Scott and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

iProsperity’s Gu goes to ground

The founder of the collapsed iProsperity real estate group has not been spotted at his waterside mansion for at least two years.

Lisa Allen and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

Funds manager Centuria Capital Group is selling Brisbane office complex KSD1. Supplied

Centuria bucks property downturn, lifts dividend

Property investor Centuria has beaten its full year guidance after a string of acquisitions.

Lachlan Moffet Gray and Ben Wilmot

CollapseProperty

Photo of the 2018 Lamborghini Urus (overseas model shown)

iProsperity collapse: Lamborghini spree and $30m sent to Singapore

Creditors told $60m flowed of out property group iProsperity as it collapsed, funding a new Lamborghini and a $30m mystery Singapore payment.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

09/11/2016: Shopping Centres Australasia Chief Executive Anthony Mellowes photographed in Sydney on Wednesday. SCA has just paid $84 million for a stake in its rival Charter Hall Retail Trust causing speculation that it's the start of a potential takeover battle between the two shopping centre companies. Hollie Adams/The Australian

SCA supermarkets hold up

Supermarkets and small shopping malls are protecting SCA from the worst of the pandemic but it is not providing earnings guidance.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 10, 2020 : Melbourne's retail industry has been heavily impacted as the city is in a stage 4 lockdown due to a second wave of COVID-19. Emporium Melbourne is closed.Picture : NCA NewsWire / Ian Currie

GPT, retailers still battling over Covid rent relief

GPT says shopping centres were getting back on track before being derailed by Victoria’s tough stage four restrictions.

Ben Wilmot

COMPANIESCompanies

Portrait of Clark Kirby CEO of Village Roadshow at Movie World on the Gold Coast for QBM Magazine. Pics Adam Head

The Roadshow’s not over yet

The end of Village Roadshow’s life as a public company has just about all the elements of a Hollywood thriller — and it is not over yet.

Ben Wilmot

ExclusiveNation

Mansion sales keep virus at bay

The sprawling Yaloak Estate, sporting one of Victoria’s biggest mansions, has been sold to Chinese interests after being put on the block last year for $50m.

Ben Wilmot and Mackenzie Scott

PropertyProperty

Auctioneer Daniel Galea at the sale of 4 Jackson St, Reservoir. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Vic lockdowns to hit REA revenue

REA Group remains optimistic about the property market, despite warning of a tough quarter ahead amid Victoria’s virus shutdown.

Ben Wilmot

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/ben-wilmot/page/198