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Abacus Storage receives $2.2B takeover bid after shunning earlier offer
Real Estate 2025-07-14 3:23 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Abacus Storage Kings has a received a $2.2 billion takeover offer from a consortium of Ki Corporation, the family office of South African businessman Nathan Kirsh, and New York Stock Exchange-listed Public Storage, after rejecting a $1.9 billion offer in May.

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Lendlease to oversee real estate portfolio of Malaysia’s biggest super fund
Real Estate 2025-07-14 11:19 am By Christine Caulfield

Lendlease has been chosen to manage real estate investment for Malaysia’s biggest public sector superannuation fund, even as it reportedly faces a fight to retain control of investment dollarsfor Australia’s super giants.

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‘Unacceptable’: Court says Sydney can’t afford loss of Paddington boarding house
Real Estate 2025-07-11 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has described a plan to demolish a 32-room boarding house for the construction of four luxury residences in Paddington as an “unacceptable loss” of affordable housing in inner-city Sydney.

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AsheMorgan boosts industrial portfolio with new assets from Centennial
Real Estate 2025-07-11 11:42 pm By Christine Caulfield

Private equity real estate firm AsheMorgan has snapped up two industrial properties, paying a reported $33.5 million for a logistics hub in Melbourne and $20.5 million for another in Brisbane.

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Rival real estate portals REA, Domain resolve case
Real Estate 2025-07-10 11:16 pm By Christine Caulfield

Real estate portals Domain and REA Group have settled a lawsuit that alleged Domain scraped photos and floorplans from REA’s exclusive listings for its property reports.

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Court blocks Paddington boarding house demolition for lux residences
Construction 2025-07-10 11:45 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Land and Environment Court has blocked a developer’s controversial plan to demolish a 32-bedroom boarding house in Inner Sydney suburb of Paddington to develop four luxury residences.

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Contradictor allowed in Optus appeal over telco tower development
Telecommunications 2025-07-10 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed a Central Coast resident to weigh in on Optus’ challenge to a council’s refusal to bless its plans to build a telecommunications tower, saying the council’s “commercial relationship” with the telco justified a contradictor.

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China’s JD.com makes foray into Australia with logistics centre buy
Real Estate 2025-07-09 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

The infrastructure investment arm of Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has entered the Australian industrial property market with the acquisition of a large distribution center in Brisbane.

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Lifestyle Communities mulls appeal after exit fees found void
Real Estate 2025-07-08 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has foreshadowed an appeal after a tribunal ruled that exit fees charged to departing residents were void.

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Couple that preferred one cladding’s aesthetic wins case against builder
Construction 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has found a NSW prefab home builder that convinced a couple to vary their contract to allow different cladding which did not have the same aesthetic effect as their preferred one engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct.

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