Recent real estate experience includes acting for the following clients:
Fraser Property Australia
Acted for Frasers Property Australia, the Australasian division of international property development company Frasers Property, on its joint venture with Japanese property developer Sekisui House to develop the $2 billion, 5.8 hectare mixed-use Central Park site at Broadway.
GIC Real Estate
Advised the real estate arm of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, GIC Real Estate Pte Ltd, on the establishment of an industrial logistics joint venture with Australian residential, commercial and industrial property developer Australand.
ALE Property Group
Advised on the coordinated sell-down of 17 hotels including the sale of six hotels
via a live simulcast auction in four states.
Australand
Advising on the A$550 million mixed-use development at Hope Island, Gold
Coast, and on a mixed-use development at Burleigh Heads.
Charter Hall Group
Advised on the acquisition, development and disposal of various
commercial and office properties, including the sale of a 50 per cent interest in an
office building at 275 George Street, Brisbane and the purchase of Brisbane
Square and Melbourne CBD office towers, as well as a joint venture for a mixed
use and residential project at Little Bay, NSW and restructuring various
holdings at Mentone and Nunawading.
Coles Group Limited
Advised on the acquisition, development, disposal and leasing of
various commercial properties, including shopping centres, distribution centres,
retail stores and office buildings.
Delfin Lend Lease
Advised on their development of Edgewater Estate, a 95-hectare
residential and mixed-use site in Melbourne; North Lakes, a A$2 billion
residential, retail and commercial development north of Brisbane; Rouse Hill, a
joint venture between Delfin Lend Lease and GPT, which is developing a large
mixed-use site at Rouse Hill in Sydney, incorporating a large town centre and
1,800 residences; St Marys, a A$2 billion urban development in the western
Sydney growth corridor; Twin Waters, a 1000-lot residential subdivision adjacent
to the Twin Waters resort on the Sunshine Coast; Bingara Gorge, a residential
and golf course development south of Sydney; and Calderwood, a residential
development site near Wollongong.
DEXUS Property Group
Advised on the development of its new proposed six-star Green Star
office buildings at 1 Bligh Street, Sydney and 123 Albert Street, Brisbane and
in the development of a large industrial development site at Greystanes, NSW. We
have also acted in the sale of various properties including the Gordon Centre
shopping centre in Sydney and we act for DEXUS in relation to its national
shopping centre portfolio and a number of premium Sydney-based office towers
within its DEXUS Office Trust.
GIC Real Estate
Advised the real estate arm of the Government of Singapore Investment
Corporation, on the purchase of nine distribution centres around Australia from the Salta Group; on the purchase of a 50 per cent interest in Westfield Whitford
City, Hillarys in Western Australia; on the acquisition of Chifley Tower, Sydney
and the trusts and subtrusts owning a 50 per cent interest in Westfield Parramatta; and
on the consortium arrangements for the acquisition and development of Myer's
iconic new Melbourne department store.
We also act for GIC Real Estate and Colonial First State, as co-owners, on the ongoing redevelopment of Myer Bourke Street and the construction and development of the new Lonsdale Emporium, Melbourne.
Goodman Group
Advised on portfolio refinancing, the acquisition of Moorabbin
Airport and Chifley Estate and the acquisition of the ING Industrial Fund, as
well as leasing various industrial sites in Queensland and NSW.
GPT Group
Advised on the sale of the Voyages Resort portfolio, comprising Cradle
Mountain Lodge, Silky Oaks Lodge, Dunk Island Resort, Bedarra Island Resort,
Lizard Island Resort, Heron & Wilson Island Resort, El Questro, Alice Springs
Resort and Wrotham Park Lodge. We have also acted in the sale of Homemaker City
Bankstown; the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Sydney; the Floreat Florum
Shopping Centre, Perth; and on the acquisition of a half interest and subsequent
further interests in the Highpoint Shopping Centre and Highpoint Homemaker
Centre.
GPT Wholesale Office Fund
Advised on the acquisition mid-development of Workplace 6, the
first commercial office development in New South Wales to achieve a six-star
Green Rating.
Grocon
Advised on the acquisition, development and disposal of various properties,
including Media House, Melbourne (the new Fairfax head office) and the former
Carlton Brewery site.
Grosvenor Australia
Advised Grosvenor Australia, part of the international property development and
investment group, on the sale of a Parramatta office tower at 25 Smith Street,
Sydney; the sale of 20 Hunter Street, Sydney; the sale of a multi level car park
facility in the Sydney CBD and various industrial sites in Rosebery and western
Sydney; and in its refinancing of 400 George Street, Brisbane; as well as on its
new development at 60 Station Street, Parramatta (including the precommitments
of 2 key tenants and the construction financing).
Illawarra Retirement Trust
Advised Australia's largest not-for-profit, community based,
retirement living and aged care provider, on its purchase of 'The Links Seaside'
co-located luxury high-rise retirement village and aged care facility in
Wollongong.
Investa Property Group
Advised on the sale of 33 Bligh Street, Sydney to EnergyAustralia;
in relation to the leasing of Deutsche Bank Place, 126 Phillip Street, Sydney;
in negotiating a development and project management services agreement with the
Defence Housing Authority to build a new residential suburb at Muirhead in north
Darwin; and in the sale of an industrial property at Erskineville in Sydney.
LaSalle Investment Management
Advised,
LaSalle Investment Management one of the world's leading real estate investment
managers, on its acquisition of a 25 per cent interest in the 42 storey
premium-grade office tower development proposed for 161 Castlereagh Street,
Sydney.
Lend Lease Corporation Limited
Advised in the purchase from Prime Trust and Aged Care
Property Trust of nine aged care facilities and four retirement villages
throughout New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.
Melbourne Water
Advised in relation to the compulsory acquisition of over 100 easements
for the Sugarloaf Pipeline Project; the development of the former Dandenong
Treatment Site; and the development and leasing of its new head office in
Docklands, Melbourne.
QIC Limited
Advised on the development and leasing of an extension to the
Robina Town Centre regional shopping centre, Queensland and the acquisition of
additional properties to be redeveloped with its Grand Central Toowoomba
regional shopping centre. We have also acted for QIC on the negotiation of new
leasing arrangements for the Myer department stores in the QIC portfolio,
including negotiating leases for new Myer stores at Robina Town Centre and
Watergardens; and in relation to major tenants at Eastland and Watergardens
shopping centres in Victoria and Loganholme in Queensland.
Queensland Government
Advised on the sale of development sites in Gladstone and at
Curtis Island in Queensland for future LNG plants and all matters incidental to
those sales including seabed tenure conditions and environmental management
agreements.
Queensland Rail National
Advised in the real estate due diligence required for the
public float of the rail entity.
Shell
Advised on the due diligence and purchase of land at Curtis Island for the
proposed development of a liquefied natural gas facility; and in relation
to the acquisition, both by freehold and leasehold, of new sites for its retail
network as well as the sale of a number of closed sites in Queensland, New South
Wales, Victoria and the ACT.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia
Advised on its commercial and retail sites,
particularly the de-merger with Telstra for the 3G network; its national store
integration project of more than 200 stores; and its national integrated store
rollout.
Western Australia State Solicitor’s Office and the Department of Treasury
Advised on the
development and subsequent leasing of one40 William, Perth’s first 5-star Green
Star building, including three heritage buildings and part of the retail area.
Wilson Parking
Advised on the acquisition of the Opera House car park lease; the
purchase of car parking assets from Mirvac Parking; and many car park lease,
licence and management arrangements around the country.
Woolworths
Advised on the acquisition of various sites for shopping centre and petrol
station developments; the acquisition, development and leasing of sites in
Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria for its home improvements project; and
in relation to numerous leases of new and refurbished supermarkets and discount
department stores in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
