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.

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Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne, usually always bustling with shoppers, is empty due to Covid-19 restrictions. Picture: Alex Coppel.

Virus flare-ups to hit shopping centre owners: Moody’s

The coronavirus pandemic has torn through the A-REIT sector and the rough ride is not over yet for retail property landlords.

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PropertyProperty

Lender to Gu’s iProsperity takes $132m hit

Agricultural Land Trust’s exposure to Michael Gu’s collapsed iProsperity empire confirms the fears of wealthy offshore investors.

Ben Wilmot and Lisa Allen

RetailCompanies

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 26, 2020: A Noni-B retail store is seen in a shopping centre in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Steven Saphore

Mosaic hails its rent deal with Westfield

Mosaic’s deal with Scentre could herald more agreements as retailers struggle to pay mall rent during the pandemic.

Eli Greenblat and Ben Wilmot

ConstructionProperty

20/11/2019. Lendlease AGM held at The Four Seasons hotel in Sydney. Chief executive Steve McCann during the opening of meeting. Britta Campion / The Australian

Lendlease to ramp up annual developments

The company has laid out plans for the next decade and insists the coronavirus pandemic won’t slow its progress.

Ben Wilmot

EXCLUSIVEProperty

An artists impression of the Crown Resorts One Queensbridge building. Source: Supplied

Crown hotel site reimagined as office tower

Crown Resorts has proposed reorienting a major site in Melbourne where it once planned a $2bn hotel and apartment scheme.

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PROPERTYProperty

Raine Square Tower in Perth, Western Australia which is now in receivership.

Saraceni regroups after legal bid fails

For Perth developer Luke Saraceni, the past decade has partly been about putting the events of the last global financial crisis behind him.

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Theme parksProperty

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA - JULY 15: Guests enjoy a roller coaster ride at Warner Bros. Movie World on July 15, 2020 in Gold Coast, Australia. Movie World has reopened to the public with extra safety and hygiene measures in place following its temporary closure on 23 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visitors to Movie World must observe physical distancing rules and provide details for contact tracing purposes. Increased sanitisation of high touch areas throughout the park has been introduced along with contactless payments. (Photo by Jono Searle/Getty Images)

Village Roadshow on a Covid rollercoaster

Village Roadshow is looking for a lift after a $117m loss caused by the pandemic, in what may be its last results outing on the ASX.

Ben Wilmot

ConstructionProperty

15/02/2018: Daniel Grollo from Grocon, at the company's headquarters in Melbourne. Stuart McEvoy for The Australian.

Grocon cries poor in Barangaroo legal fight

Company warns it may have to make 80 staff redundant so it can fund a legal battle over its exit from Sydney’s Barangaroo precinct.

Ben Wilmot

ExclusiveCompanies

29/11/19 Premier Investments chairman Solomon Lew at their AGM in Melbourne. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Lew facing a lockout from Westfield

This long-simmering dispute is moving to a legal confrontation that could trigger the closure of hundreds of stores.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

David Di Pilla, the man behind Home Consortium and aged care operator Aurrum

HomeCo beats forecasts, flags new REIT

Convenience-based centres have protected HomeCo from the worst of the pandemic.

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