Charter Hall flexes balance sheet strength as property index slumps

Charter Hall flexes balance sheet strength as property index slumps

Despite real estate investment trusts losing a third of their value,Charter Hall appears to have the financial firepower to make it through to a post-pandemic world.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Nuveen Real Estate raises $285m by offloading Brisbane shopping centre

Nuveen Real Estate raises $285m by offloading Brisbane shopping centre

Global fund manager Nuveen Real Estate has defied market uncertainty with the sale of a major stake in a Brisbane shopping centre to a family-run business for $285 million.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Vicinity Centres sales rate dives in March as virus takes hold

Vicinity Centres sales rate dives in March as virus takes hold

One of the country's biggest shopping centre landlords has posted a 31 per cent drop in sales growth for March,with April data tipped to be even worse.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Customers thin on the ground as Emporium reopens

Customers thin on the ground as Emporium reopens

Shoppers largely stayed away as the Emporium shopping centre reopened its doors in the CBD on Monday,despite indications an end to the lockdown was on the horizon.

  • byTom Cowie
Retailers and landlords seek'common ground'as negotiations threaten to turn ugly

Retailers and landlords seek'common ground'as negotiations threaten to turn ugly

A fierce battle is brewing between Australia's retailers and their multi-billion dollar landlords

  • byDominic Powell
Property valuations a risk for banks and developers,RBA warns

Property valuations a risk for banks and developers,RBA warns

Australia's central bank is warning of deteriorating conditions in commercial property markets with developers and banks exposed to high property valuations.

  • bySimon Johanson andCarolyn Cummins
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Tenants to get binding rent waivers and no lease terminations

Tenants to get binding rent waivers and no lease terminations

Embattled small to medium sized business tenants will be protected under a new commercial tenancy code of conduct.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Retail rents tipped to fall 20 per cent as virus takes its toll

Retail rents tipped to fall 20 per cent as virus takes its toll

Major retail landlords are facing rental declines of up to 20 per cent once the malls re-open and business is back in full swing.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Retailer accuses landlords of'playing roulette'with shoppers'lives as rental stoush deepens

Retailer accuses landlords of'playing roulette'with shoppers'lives as rental stoush deepens

Solomon Lew's Premier Investments has accused Westfield owner Scentre Group of taking"no action"after staff were exposed to coronavirus positive shoppers.

  • byDominic Powell,Simon Johanson andCarolyn Cummins
Chadstone retailers push for three months rent free citing bankruptcy fears

Chadstone retailers push for three months rent free citing bankruptcy fears

Dozens of tenants have petitioned the shopping centre's owners for a rent holiday because of COVID-19's devastating effects.

  • byBen Schneiders
ASX closes below 5000 points,retail-related stocks smashed

ASX closes below 5000 points,retail-related stocks smashed

Retail,real estate,and travel stocks were savaged as the ASX dropped 6.4 per cent to the lowest level in four years on recession fears.

  • byLucy Battersby