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New high-end hardware asset set to cause a stir

5 days ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jarrad Bevan

A 2024-built Tool Kit Depot in Launceston city will be sold at auction this week. TKD is an all-under-one-roof power tool, equipment, safety, and workwear destination for trade professionals. Located in a large format retail hub in Invermay, No.80 Lindsay St offers 1600sq m of floor space and a position near national brands Bunnings Warehouse, Petstock, Officeworks, JB Hi-Fi, The Good Guys, RSEA Safety and Boral.
How a Melbourne cafe inspired journalist and broadcaster Virginia Trioli

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jane Rocca

A second season of ABC TV’s Creative Types sees host Virginia Trioli sit down with virtuoso violinist Richard Tognetti, Australian fashion designer Jenny Kee and Melbourne legend Kate Ceberano – all who share their personal experiences while Trioli unpicks their artistic minds.
Woolworths fresh salvo opens in city’s south in new centre

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Peter Farago

A new shopping centre with a Woolworths supermarket and a host of speciality shops is opening for business at Charlemont. Charlemont Rise Shopping Centre, at the corner of Horseshoe Bend Rd and Precinct Rd in Charlemont, is set to open its doors after a 14-month construction period. Anchored by a full-line Woolworths and BWS, the 7958sq m neighbourhood centre features 24 specialty tenancies, with offerings ranging from food and beauty services to healthcare and fitness. Developed by D. B.
Devonport Petbarn, Vinnies site ready for auction action

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Jarrad Bevan

The home of Petbarn and Vinnies in Devonport is set to be auctioned next week. Listed for sale with Elders Commercial and Burgess Rawson, the property is situated at a key location with frontage to one of the city’s major thoroughfares. These immediately recognisable Formby Rd businesses are close to complimentary large format retail and fuel developments nearing completion for OTR, Total Tools, RSEA Safety and Barbeques Galore.
Keppel circling Charles Sturt University campus in North Sydney for $70m

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Ben Wilmot

Singapore fund manager Keppel is looking to expand its reach in the local education sector with the group circling the Charles Sturt University campus in North Sydney in a deal worth close to $70m. Keppel already owns a school campus in North Sydney, which it bought from local group Built, and has been on the hunt for new assets. The impending deal shows the attractiveness of the education sector and is a marker for values in the location.
Gateway Capital forges into new industrial cycle with an eye on opportunistic deals

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Ben Wilmot

Fund manager Gateway Capital, led by property veterans Stuart Dawes and Peter McDonald, is bullish about the prospects for the industrial sector but says winning in this cycle will depend on being best at managing assets rather than relying on falling rates to lift values.
Investors go shopping for $300m Bankstown Central stake

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Ben Wilmot

Developers and major institutions are vying for a half stake in Bankstown Central in Sydney’s southwestern suburbs, which is tipped to sell for about $300m as the property is being prepared to be overhauled into a mixed town centre in coming years. The interest in the centre is being offered via CBRE on behalf of Middle Eastern fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Challenger Life Company.
Fairfield: Developer splashes $50m on Heidelberg Rd site

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Alesha Capone

A former timber supply and manufacturing centre in Melbourne’s northeast has sold for $50m with the buyer hoping to build hundreds of homes on the site. In 1921, bellows manufacturers J Porta and Sons moved from their Little Lonsdale St base to the 224 Heidelberg Rd, Fairfield, address.
‘Deadset’: Black Stump demise exposed, old signs remain

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Lydia Kellner

The remnants of a once-loved restaurant chain that went out of business 20 years ago can still be seen around Sydney … if you know where to look. If you grew up in Sydney circa 1970 through to the mid 2000s, chances are you remember The Black Stump. Renowned for its sizzling steaks served on wooden chopping boards, foil-wrapped jacket potatoes and bacon wrapped prawns, the famous restaurant brand was a local institution.
Life science property sector in good health as big players step up

1 week ago | realcommercial.com.au | Ben Wilmot

The healthcare and life sciences property sector could more than double in value by 2028, hitting about $12.1bn projects in just three years as capital chases the hot area. While some traditional property sectors have cooled, life sciences deals are on the rise and medical real estate is tipped to overcome the potential fallout from the major private hospital operator Healthscope going into administration.