Cairns Central SC Expected to Fetch $450 Million

TWO of Australia’s biggest property players, Westfield Group and Lend Lease (which controls the Australian Prime Property Fund), are planning to sell the Cairns Central shopping centre they own together.

The complex was at the centre of a legal dispute that Westfield and Lend Lease eventually took to court.

It includes about 180 stores including major tenants Myer, Target, Coles, Bi-Lo (which like Coles is part of the Wesfarmers Group) and a Birch, Carroll and Coyle cinema.

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Toorak’s Little Milton Hits The Market, Price Expectations Circa $13 Million

LITTLE Milton, the luxurious home of late businessman and Corona Group executive John Batkin quietly hit the market this week.

The circa 1926, five-bedroom mansion (pictured, right) is at the north-east corner of Whernside Avenue, and Albany Road – which most advocates and agents agree is Toorak’s most expensive street.

Recently, a new tennis court was developed atop a 12-car underground garage, Little Milton’s overall block size is 2476 square metres.

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