Property & Development

Acted for a number of Australia’s commercial property developers and institutional investors on a broad spectrum of property matters, including:

• Charter Hall Long WALE REIT and Hostplus: on its $1.68 billion cash and scrip buyout proposal of one of Australia’s biggest freehold pub property owners, ALE Property Group
• Charter Hall Group and Abacus Property Group: on their respective acquisitions of a one-third interest in the Myer Melbourne building for a combined $270 million
• Medical Properties Trust: in relation to the acquisition of $1.25 billion of hospitals from Australian private hospital operator Healthscope
• IP Generation:
  • on a $300 million portfolio of Sydney and regional NSW neighbourhood shopping centres
  • on their half stake acquisition of Westfield Helensvale for $185 million
• Charter Hall Group:
  • on the purchase of a $353 million portfolio of six Bunnings stores around Australia
  • on a leasehold interest in 35 hectares of master planned approved industrial land known as Light Horse Business Hub in Eastern Creek, NSW
  • on the acquisition, development and leasing of industrial properties in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania by the Core Logistics Partnership Trust
  • on the $830 million acquisition of Telstra’s office headquarters in Melbourne and the $1.43 billion acquisition of a 49% interest in Telstra exchange properties 
  • on an $840 million agreement with BP for a stake in 225 convenience and fuel outlets 
  • on its acquisition - via a Charter Hall managed fund, with Charter Hall and GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund as investors - of a 49 per cent stake in the Ampol Property Trust
• MAB Corporation: on the acquisition of 32-hectares of land near Cranbourne, Victoria for $37.5 million
• AsheMorgan: on its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in two office buildings from real estate investment trust, Dexus
• Trawalla Group: on the sale of its Parliament Square development in Hobart to Tasmanian-based super fund Spirit Super for $330 million
• City Harbour: on the sale of two office buildings and an associated 163 car park podium located at Melbourne’s Docklands
• Gurner and Qualitas: on a redevelopment of a Southbank hostel into a $250 million apartment tower
• MECCA Brands: in the negotiation of its lease for its new flagship store in Melbourne’s Bourke Street mall
• TMG Developments: on the $50 million sale of one of Melbourne’s most recognised buildings, ‘the Hotel Lindrum,’ to property developer Time and Place
• DeGroup: on the acquisition of the Caroline Springs shopping centre from Lendlease for approximately $140 million
• Essendon Airport: on the development and leasing of Bombardier’s Australian corporate jet MRO base at Essendon Airport, Victoria
• LK Property Group: on the acquisition and development of various residential buildings including Capitol Grand in South Yarra, Victoria
• CGA Spencer: on the $200 million sale of Flinders Bank build to rent and residential development site to Mirvac
• Haben Property Fund on the purchase of two shopping centre assets – The Pines shopping centre and Caloundra shopping centre for a combined $250 million+
• Metro Property: on the acquisition of the prominent ‘Bingara Gorge’ site from Lendlease, one of Australia’s largest residential subdivisions
• Walker Corporation: on the $56 million acquisition of Abacus-controlled entity, Goods Shed North, Docklands
• OSK Group: on the $70 million sale of Melbourne Square retail precinct, and
• A private family group: on the sale of a new Australia Post HQ site to Charter Hall Group.

Acted for major Australian and international property developers and institutional investors on a range of landmark property development and construction matters, including:

• Major Transport Infrastructure Authority: in relation to the West Gate Tunnel Project on behalf of the Victorian Government
• Charter Hall Group: in relation to several development and construction contracts for commercial and industrial properties in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia
• Twaaj Investments: on the development of a new industrial estate, known as the ‘Melbourne Business Park’ through a partnership with Stockland
• Newmark Capital, Gurner and Qualitas: on the construction agreements for the redevelopment of the Jam Factory into a $1.4 billion mixed-use precinct
• Beck Property Group: in relation to the build-to-rent development at Caulfield Village, forming part of the Caulfield Village Racecourse redevelopment project
• Gurner: ™ in relation to the construction agreements for several projects across Victoria and Queensland
• Capital Alliance: on a development agreement with Development Victoria for a $1.5 billion redevelopment of Central Dandenong
• Hamton and Hostplus: on the construction and broader structure agreements for the $2 billion redevelopment of the Moonee Valley Racecourse
• Steadfast Capital: on the $170 million redevelopment of ‘The Walk Arcade’ in Melbourne’s CBD
• World Class Land: on the $900 million development of ‘Australia 108’ at 70 Southbank Boulevard, Southbank
• SP Setia: in relation to two major projects including UNO Melbourne and Sapphire by the GardensBeulah International: on a range of construction agreements across their portfolio, including ‘Southbank by Beulah’, ‘Paragon’, ‘Provenance’ and ‘Grounds of Kew’
• Time & Place: on a range of industrial estates including ‘Cooper T&P, ‘Leakes T&P’, ‘The Junction’ and ‘Williams Point Business Park’
• Salta Properties: on the construction contracts for multiple industrial estates in Melbourne, and
• Golden Age Group: on the construction agreements for a number of projects including
  • a $190 million 27-storey commercial tower in Little Collins St, Melbourne
  • a $325 million luxury residential mixed-use project, ‘The Harrington Collection’, and
  • the $450 million second tower for Sky Village.

• Honda Australia: on the negotiation of Agreement for Lease and Lease over new centralised Australian head-office premises
• Salta: on the acquisition, development and leasing of commercial properties
• Charter Hall: on the development and long-term lease of two new Coles Customer Fulfilment Centres to be built in Melbourne and Sydney with a combined lettable area of 60,000 square metres
• Telstra: on office leasing matters and the leasing of Telstra flagship retail premises in the Melbourne CBD
• Zagame Corporation: on office, retail and hotel/gaming leases within their Victorian and Queensland portfolio
• Cremorne Properties: on ongoing retail and office leasing, including to tenants such as REA Group, SEEK Limited and Tesla
• Hume Property Group: on the documentation and negotiation of an Agreement for Lease and Lease of 55 City Road, Southbank with TFE Hotels for the Adina, Southbank Hotel
• Juilliard Group: on office and retail leasing for their portfolio of CBD, suburban and regional properties
• Phileo Australia: on office and retail leasing for their portfolio of CBD and suburban properties, and
• Essendon Fields Airport: on office, retail and industrial leases within the Essendon Fields precinct.

• Assemble: Advised on the merger between Assemble Communities and Super Housing Partnerships backed by AustralianSuper and HESTA to create a $15 billion affordable housing platform
• Gurner and Qualitas: on a luxury $1.2 billion build-to-rent development fund
• MAKE Ventures: on a joint venture with AustralianSuper in relation to future build-to-rent-to-own residential developments
• Merricks Capital, as agent, mandated lead arranger and a lender: on a $150 million syndicated term loan facility to Alfasi Property Development to fund the development of a new ten-level retail and office building in Cremorne, Victoria, and
• VIMG and its joint venture partner, New Hope: on its refinance for a residential construction facility provided by PAG Assets Limited, including cross-collateral springing security arrangements of other sites owned by VIMG.