One World Trade Centre tops out to become tallest building in America
One World Trade Centre in New York has become America’s tallest building and the world’s third tallest building after topping out at a height of 541 metres. A 124-metre steel spire was installed…
Belgian giant receives FIRB approval to become Watpac’s major shareholder
Watpac has announced that the Foreign Investment Review Board has approved BESIX Group’s acquisition of a 15.6 per cent shareholding (approximately 28.8 million shares) in the Group. Last month BESIX Group entered into an…
KSD1 and retail open for business at Hamilton Harbour
Queensland Treasurer and Minister for Trade, Tim Nicholls has officially opened KSD1 at Hamiliton Harbour. Developed in a joint venture by Leighton Properties and Devine Group, the five-level 6,500sqm commercial building is set…
Charter Hall partners with global investment manager to acquire Gasometer 2
Charter Hall’s Core Plus Office Fund has teamed up with a global investment manager to purchase FKP Property Group’s Gasometer 2 development.. According to an article published in The Australian Financial Review, Charter…
Leighton Properties sell Perth’s Kings Square to Dexus for $434.8 million
Leighton Properties has entered into an agreement to sell three commercial buildings planned within the Kings Square mixed-use development in Perth for $434.8 million. The sale will be the largest commercial property pre-sale…
DEXUS acquires 480 Queen Street in Brisbane’s CBD for $544m
DEXUS Property Group and DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund (DWPF) have entered into an agreement to acquire Grocon’s 480 Queen Street tower, currently under development in the Brisbane CBD, for an estimated $543.9 million….
Australand open 357 Collins in Melbourne’s ‘premier business boulevard’
Australand have announced the completion of their 30,286 square metre office tower situated in Melbourne’s newest laneway, Fulham Place. The 22 level building is located at 357 Collins Street, just off well-known Flinders…
QIC acquires seven Brisbane office towers for $561.9 million
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) has acquired seven office towers in the Brisbane CBD from the State Government in a transaction worth $561.9million. QIC is a government-owned corporation and the third largest institutional investment…
Chifley Square to become QBE’s new headquarters
Mirvac Group and Keppel REIT announced on Monday that QBE Insurance Group has signed an agreement to lease at 8 Chifley Square in Sydney. QBE will occupy approximately 2,800sqm of the 34-storey building,…
A new vision begins for Brisbane’s 111 Mary Street
A new era has begun at the site previously designated for the Vision tower project at 111 Mary Street in the Brisbane CBD, with construction commencing on an eight-level car park on the…
