Canberra Commercial Property News

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.

Listed real estate manager Elanor Investors Group is advancing its plans to overhaul Canberra’s Belconnen Markets precinct, with a $100 million project to introduce a market hall and new outlets.

One of Canberra’s newest hotels, the Mantra MacArthur, has been listed for sale amid a simmering local accommodation market.

One of the first properties to ever be auctioned at Old Parliament House has sold for $3.6 million, but it won’t move far from the vendors’ own family.

London-based architecture firm Universal Design Studio and Canberra-based studio Mather Architecture have won a National Architecture Award for their work on the redevelopment of Australia’s first fully enclosed shopping centre, Monaro Mall. Jeremy Mather, director …

A pair of prominent ACT offices is on the market in a building that was formerly Swimming Australia’s Canberra headquarters.

German fund manager Real I.S. has swooped on an office complex in Canberra’s government district, picking up Maddocks House for $29 million.