Deals

A consortium of Acciona and John Holland and two other groups of tunnelling experts have been shortlisted for a project to develop plans for the Sydney high speed rail project.

Edify Energy has reached financial close on two solar and battery projects near Townsville, paving the way for construction to begin on the developments, which are expected to supply enough electricity to power more than 100,000 homes.

A major growth plan for Sydney Airport in response to a jump in predicted demand has won approval from the federal government, which pointed to the airport's role as a key gateway to Australia.

Engineering firms Arup and WSP have won a contract to progress planning for a freight rail connection to the new Westport container terminal in Kwinana.

The federal and NSW governments have committed $2.5 billion to save Rio Tinto's Tomago Aluminium smelter in the Hunter region. 

Warburg Pincus is expanding its partnership with real estate investment manager Kio to accelerate the development of a $2.5 billion build-to-rent and purpose built student accommodation portfolio in major cities. 

Squadron Energy is poised to expand into battery storage and hybrid renewable energy projects after refinancing its $2.7 billion wind portfolio.

Growthpoint Properties has agreed to sell its Woolworths distribution centre at Perth Airport to Western Australian developer Hesperia for $267.7 million.

Lendlease has sold its 50 per cent stake in two shopping centres in Perth and Brisbane to Cbus Property for around $1.3 billion. 

Macquarie Asset Management is partnering with Anthropic and Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC on data centre infrastructure, with the partnership to initially focus on data centres in the US.