One Bligh Street – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au Commercial and residential property news Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.realestatesource.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rsfav-100x100.png One Bligh Street – realestatesource https://www.realestatesource.com.au 32 32 Despite Bleak Backdrop, Corporates Pay Top Dollar For Sydney Offices in 2011 https://www.realestatesource.com.au/despite-bleak-backdrop-corporates-pay-top-dollar-for-sydney-offices-in-2011/ Mon, 20 Jun 2011 04:00:51 +0000 http://realestatesource.com.au/wordpress/despite-bleak-backdrop-corporates-pay-top-dollar-for-sydney-offices-in-2011.html CORPORATE heavyweights Bell Potter and Southern Cross Equities, which merged last year, have agreed to lease 3000 square metres of premium grade office space in Sydney’s landmark Aurora Place office building.

The lease, across the 37th and 38th floor, will see Bell and Southern Cross pay rent of about $1300 per square metre, per annum – amongst the highest rent paid for any CBD office in Australia.

Another tenant, Goldman Sachs, has renewed a 5000 square metre lease across three floors at the Grosvenor Phillip Tower, at the corner of Phillip Street and Farrer Place, also in Sydney.
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The Sydney CBD leasing activity hasn’t delivered fund manager Dexus the major tenant it needed to lease 45 per cent of unoccupied space at its One Bligh Street tower (foyer pictured). Dexus co owns the building with DWPF and CBus Property. Law firm Clayton Utz is the major tenant in that building which is due for practical completion on July 8.

Dexus chief executive Victor Hoog Antick told the AFR the company would not meet market incentives on premium space.

According to the Property Council of Australia’s most recent Office Market Report, premium space in the Sydney CBD carries a 3.1 per cent vacancy – much lower than the overall rate, of 8.2 per cent.

Credit Suisse analysts said “market feedback suggests that uncommitted space at 1 Bligh will likely remain vacant for at least 12 months given management posturing and completion from alternative options, including: 10 – 20 Bond Street, Chifley Tower, 85 Castlereagh Street and Aurora Place”.

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