Industrial Real Estate

Buyers who love to start a racket are expected to hit a Blackburn North site with their best shot.

Sales of portfolios of industrial assets remain the driving force of the industrial investment market, with major deals making last year the third largest on record.

The Port of Melbourne has launched its largest leasing campaign in years, with eight major sites up for grabs including wharves, hardstand areas and warehouse and office spaces.

E-commerce operators are expected to figure among the future tenants at a new industrial precinct to be built at South Granville, after Dexus bought a 10ha infill site for more than $61 million.

Amazon has opened its second distribution centre, this time in Sydney, as the e-commerce giant continues to push into the Australian ­market.

International property group Logos has swooped on the Kmart distribution centre in the Melbourne suburb of Truganina for close to $120 million in one of the year’s largest industrial deals.

A site that is home to one of Melbourne’s flagship Ford dealerships is on the market, in a rare opportunity to enter Frankston’s automotive precinct. The Overton Rd property has housed Jeff Wignall Ford since …

We have watched digital technology rewrite the rule books in media and retail. The next sector to be transformed is bricks and mortar — a key linchpin of many Australian investment strategies.

Strong performances in the office, hotel and industrial sector are helping to counter ongoing weakness in the retail space, the latest NAB Commercial Property Index shows.