IOOF Investment Management Buys $24 Million Industrial Asset, Derrimut
IOOF Investment Management Ltd has paid $24 million for a 27,000 square metre industrial facility in Melbourne’s west.
The Derrimut investment is within Australand’s West Park Industrial Estate – a 290 hectare industrial park located fifteen kilometres from town on Boundary Road, abutting the Deer Park Bypass.
Just over a year ago IOOF paid $19 million for another asset in the Australand estate. Other West Park occupants include Mitre 10, Freight Specialists, La-Z-Boy and Bed Bath N’Table.
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