Property Investment and Development

• Acting for AFIAA Investment Foundation in:
  • the sale of 628 Bourke Street, Melbourne;
  • pre-purchase due diligence and acquisition of 100% interest in the landowning trust (and 100% share in its trustee) holding 36 Carrington Street, Sydney
  • Sale of ‘HQ’, 520 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland and contemporaneous acquisition of 628 Bourke Street, Melbourne (sale on one side and purchaser on the other, with the same party on the side, in an effective land swap deal)
  • pre-purchase due diligence and acquisition of 114 William Street, Melbourne
  • pre-purchase due diligence and acquisition of 525 Flinders Street, Melbourne
• Acting for Marprop Real Estate Investors in the pre-purchase due diligence and acquisition of:
  • 50.1% interest in the landowning trust (and 100% share in its trustee) holding 60 Carrington Street, Sydney; and
  • 100% of the Crown Leasehold interest in 12 Moore Street, Canberra
• Acting for Arvanitis Group, in the sale of 520 Collins Street, Melbourne
• Acting for Futuro Capital and Marprop joint venture in the acquisition of 300 Flinders Street, Melbourne
• Acting for Delta in the acquisition of 282 Hammond Road, Dandenong South.
• Acting for Barwon Institutional Healthcare on acquisition of medical sites
• Acting for Blackstone on due diligence investigations through to acquisition of Greensborough Plaza
• Acting for the developer on The Fawkner residential development at 499 St Kilda Road, a 250+ luxury apartments project
• Acting for Centric Capital Group and subsequently Qualitas on The Knoxia residential development in Wantirna South (Vic), an apartment development of 94 units.

Leasing – General

• Advising landlords on their retail, industrial and office property holdings including leasing, leasing disputes (such as make good and termination advice), licensing and various other contracts across all Australian jurisdictions
• Lease due diligence with respect to both, acquisitions of Real Estate and also, corporate mergers and acquisitions.

Leasing – Specific

• Acting for Australian Unity Office Fund (ASX:AOF), on its national property portfolio consisting of office buildings across Australia, including in Victoria, Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland
• Acting for the Australian Unity Diversified Property Fund (unlisted) across is multiple office buildings and shopping centres in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia
• Acting for Kador Group across its Victorian and South Australian office property holdings
• Acting for AFIAA Australia across its portfolio of office property holdings in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland
• Acting on multiple developments (involving pre-commitments) such as Australian Unity Retail Property Fund’s redevelopment of Blackburn Square Shopping Centre in Victoria and Futuro Capital’s redevelopment of 235 Bourke Street, Melbourne
• Acting for Marprop Real Estate partners across its national property portfolio consisting of office buildings across Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia
• Acting for Keppel REIT at Pinnacle Office Park at Macquarie Park, New South Wales
• Acting for Centuria Industrial REIT across its Victorian holdings
• Acting for Wilson Parking across its national property portfolio on its leasing, licensing, management and other service agreements
• Acting for private family office, James Richardson Corporation across its various property holdings of retail and office property.