Real Estate

The ACCC has given Coles the green light to acquire two leasehold interests to launch new supermarkets in Melbourne's rapidly developing west after the supermarket giant agreed to divest its ownership and interest in its Kororoit Town Centre site.

The liquidators of a defunct developer FSM have lost their bid to access unredacted copies of emails between Ray White Capital and King & Wood Mallesons.

The publisher of The Australian has hit back at a defamation case by a former JLL executive, saying it was substantially true that he fondled a drunk junior female colleague's breast at a strip club. 

Centuria Office REIT has sold an office building in Chatswood, NSW for $90 million to a private investor.

A judge has rejected a bid by the director and general manager of an aluminium windows and doors company to set off a $2.6 million loss from a Spring Square project against a $2.8 million liability.

The lead plaintiffs in a class action over the compulsory acquisition of land for the WestConnex road project will press on with a bid to discontinue the case, telling a judge they have exhausted all options for funding.

An investment company which retained Hall & Wilcox to advise on the sale of a Mornington Peninsula shopping centre has sued the law firm for millions, alleging due diligence failures in relation to asbestos at the property. 

The NSW Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal launched by a Canberra warehouse owner, which sought over $5.3 million from the previous owner for the cost of replacing a concrete slab.

A Dexus managed fund has paid $683 million to Scentre Group to increase its stake in Brisbane's Westfield Chermside shopping centre.

A developer has failed to revive its $400 million lawsuit against an investor over a development at the site of the former Pentridge Prison in Victoria, with an appeals court agreeing the case was properly dismissed.