Big Box Retail

A Bunnings Warehouse at Colac regional Victoria is the latest in the highly sought after hardware chain’s stores to be offered up for investors.

One of Australia’s most anticipated retail portfolios is up for grabs, with 15 Good Guys stores on the market and generating investor interest both locally and overseas.

Supermarket giant Kaufland is coming to Australia, pouring more fuel on an already red hot local supermarket scene.

Two Homehub large-format retail centres in Sydney have been brought to market and will be sold as a pair in an offering mooted to be worth $400 million.

They’re one of Australia’s most popular commercial property investments, so Bunnings-leased properties don’t tend to come cheap. Many Bunnings stores sell for well in excess of $10 million, with some selling for as much as $40 …

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is poised to pay $132 million for the freehold of its property in the northwestern Perth suburb of Innaloo as it looks to cement control over its Australian empire. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

Last year’s childcare boom appears to be gathering even more steam, with almost $20 million worth of childcare centres sold at the first Burgess Rawson investment auctions of 2017.

Investors who’ve waited patiently for another Bunnings Warehouse to hit the market need not wait any longer, with a South Australian asset leased to the hardware giant the first to be listed in 2017.

Bunnings Warehouse has opened its first UK pilot store this weekend, marking the beginning of local brand Homebase’s transition into the Australian chain’s iconic green and red colours.