Canberra Commercial Property News

A brand new Sebel hotel in Canberra has sold for $48m to DWS, a global real estate investment manager, and Pro-Invest.

Property funds manager Centuria Capital has finished the year on a high note, with its listed office trust buying Canberra’s NewActon Nishi Building for $256 million.

Buildings must evolve to deal with the challenges thrown up by the changing climate, according to the judges of a leading architectural prize.

One of the year’s most significant retail property offerings has achieved a stunning result, with a huge portfolio of 7-Eleven fuel convenience outlets selling at a Burgess Rawson auction event.

US hotel giant Hilton is negotiating with the ACT government to build a major, international $200 million-plus hotel and trade centre in the national capital.

A new seniors living village slated for Canberra will be given a $60 million environmentally friendly boost from the federal government’s green energy fund.

Myer boss John King has had a win with his landlord that could fill the rest of the retail sector with enough confidence to play hardball over rental agreements.

Singapore-based SC Capital has swooped on Canberra’s Finlay Crisp Centre — sold off by Dexus — for about $62 million and will undertake a major overhaul.

The Defence Department has flagged a major shake-up of its property holdings that could see it shift to new digs in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, in one of the department’s biggest ever real estate moves.