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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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos AUGUST, 21, 2020: Signage at Westfield Sydney Shopping Centre in Sydney. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Joel Carrett

Westfield owner steps up retail war

Scentre’s dive to a loss comes after COVID-19 turned its malls into ghost towns, forcing a $4bn hit to property values.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

21/08/2018: The owner of Westfield shopping centres in Australia, Scentre Group, have reported a net profit of $1.46 billion. CEO, Peter Allen, at the Westfield shopping centre in Sydney on Tuesday. Hollie Adams/The Australian

Westfield owner steps up retail rent war

The battle between shopping centre landlords and retailers is entering a new and potentially more dangerous phase.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

22/06/2020. Stockland Chief Executive Mark Steinert to retire after seven and a half years. Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Residential steadies Stockland’s ship

A bounce-back in residential packages helped steady developer Stockland’s results after its commercial holdings were hit by a $500m drop in value.

Mackenzie Scott and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

Saturday auction at 65 Harrow Road in Stanmore, with real estate identity John McGrath acting as Auctioneer (pictured). The house sold for 1.825 Million Dollars to the winning bidder pictured here at the centre of frame. Picture: David Swift.

Upbeat McGrath in $10m property turnaround

Sydney real estate identity John McGrath says home prices are defying warnings of gloom, as his firm returns to the black.

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Retail propertyProperty

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 29: A near empty Melbourne central shopping mall on March 29, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. All international arrivals into Australia from midnight on Saturday will be placed into mandatory quarantine in hotels for 14 days as the Federal Government increases restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19. All libraries, museums, galleries, beauty salons, tattoo parlours, shopping centre food courts, auctions, open houses, amusement parks, arcades, indoor and outdoor play centres, swimming pools are closed and indoor exercise activities are now banned. This is in addition to the closure of bars, pubs and nightclubs which came into effect on Monday. Restaurants and cafes are restricted to providing takeaway only. Weddings will now be restricted to five people including the couple while funerals are limited to 10 mourners. All Australians are now expected to stay at home except for essential outings such as work, grocery shopping and medical appointments. Exercising outdoors alone is still permitted. Australia now has more than 3,600 confirmed cases of COVID-19 while the death toll now stands at 16. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

Aventus Group sees lockdown boost

People staying home have been spending up on new electrical items, white goods and homewares.

Mackenzie Scott and Ben Wilmot

ExclusiveProperty

SUNDAY MAIL ONLY......James MaWhinney on Dunk Island

We will develop Dunk Island: Mayfair founder

James Mawhinney says he’s brought on board local high net worth investors to restart the Dunk Island resort project.

Lisa Allen and Ben Wilmot

Retail warProperty

Survival at stake in shopping showdown

The battle between shopping centre owners and hard-pressed tenants burst into ugly view this week.

Ben Wilmot

Scentre lockoutCompanies

EMBARGO SUNDAY AUGUST 16. NO NEWS.COM/NO THE AUSTRALIAN//NO SKY NEWS : RETAIL TRENDS FOR 2021 - Paul Zahra speaks about the Future of Retail in 2021, Potts Point, Sydney Australia on JULY 27 2020. Photo: Daily Telegraph Gaye Gerard

Rent row threatens more retail stress

Retail chief Paul Zahra is worried about rising tensions between mall landlords and tenants ahead of the crucial Christmas season.

Eli Greenblat and Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 17, 2011 shows signage displayed on the Westfield Sydney Shopping Centre in central Sydney. French property giant Unibail-Rodamco is to buy Australia's Westfield shopping mall operator, the two groups said on December 12, 2017, in what would be the biggest-ever corporate takeover in Australia. / AFP PHOTO / Greg Wood

Warning as Westfield owner boards up stores

Property industry warns on code as local Westfield empire owner demands rent and boards up stores.

Ben Wilmot

PropertyProperty

An artists impression of the build-to-rent project by Mirvac and PDG in Melbourne

Mirvac backs homes role in recovery

Developer Mirvac is feeling pandemic profit pain but expects residential housing, and build-to-rent, to help power a rebound.

Ben Wilmot

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