Real Estate & Property Law | Holding Redlich

Expertise

Holding Redlich has been a major player in the Australian real estate industry for many years. For more than 40 years we have acted for developers and landowners, superannuation funds, managed investment schemes, listed and unlisted corporations, banks and non-bank financiers, government departments and statutory authorities, owners’ corporations, and local and overseas investors.

We are active participants in peak industry bodies such as the Property Council of Australia, Urban Development Institute of Australia and Planning Institute of Australia. We have built our expertise to assist and support our clients at every stage of the real estate cycle and across all major asset classes. Our expertise includes:

Investment & managed funds
Capital partnerships
Capital transactions
Regulatory compliance
Data privacy and digital economy
Indirect and direct tax
Workplace safety and incident response
Asset management
Property development projects
Planning, environment & sustainability
Renewable energy
Project sales
Construction contracts, project delivery and disputes
High volume and complex leasing
Property and leasing disputes
Debt recovery and commercial disputes

Experience

Residential and mixed-use development

acting for Frasers Property Group in relation to the development and project sales for a master planned community known as “The Quarry” at Keperra, Queensland
acting for Legacy Property Group in an extensive property acquisition and site consolidation program involving almost 100 individual transactions
acting for Mirvac on the property aspects of its new commercial tower at 7 Spencer Street, Melbourne, part of a mixed-use development that also includes a BTR residential tower, and with a combined value of A$1bn
acting for Pioneer Fortune Limited in negotiating a Project Delivery Agreement (PDA) with Mirvac for Monarch Glen, a new A$2bn master-planned community in Logan, Queensland to be delivered over several decades
advising the City of Melbourne on its landmark A$1.7 bn redevelopment of the Southern Precinct (known as Gurrowa Place) at the heritage-listed Queen Victoria Market. The precinct includes three towers (for student accommodation, residential apartments and office space), a new retail village and one of the largest open spaces in the CBD
advised Sunland, an unlisted public company and residential developer, on its takeover by Sun Holdings GC Pty Ltd by scheme of arrangement, which enabled Sunland to execute a major restructuring aligned with their business strategy, rewarding shareholders for their contributions and setting a new precedent for companies seeking to buy or sell businesses
advising more than 40+ owners corporations on a wide range of property and construction matters including defects, builders warranty claims and other matters.

Property funds

acting for HMC Capital (HomeCo Daily Needs REIT) in the sale of multiple large format retail assets including HMC Logan (Qld) and HMC Epping and HMC Ballarat (Vic)
acting for National Storage REIT (NSR) in the establishment of National Storage Ventures Fund a joint venture with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, GIC
national Storage REIT (NSR) in the acquisition of the NSW/ACT portfolio of self-storage assets from MAAS Group
advising Richmond Bridge, UniSuper and ISPT on fund establishment for ‘Burra Park’, a large industrial development site adjacent to the new Western Sydney Airport
advising Bensons Property Group on a high profile, complex voluntary administration and reconstruction
advising ISPT and Abacus in the sale of the Ashfield Mall Shopping Centre in Sydney.

Retail

advisers to Scentre Group on all leasing, disputes, and workplace matters across its national shopping centre portfolio
advisers to GPT Group on retail leasing across a national portfolio of owned and managed centres
acting for Precept Property Partners in the acquisition of Katoomba Village Centre in NSW
acting for HMC Capital (HomeCo Daily Needs REIT) in the sale of multiple large format retail assets including HMC Logan (Qld) and HMC Epping and HMC Ballarat
advising Frasers Property on AFLs and subleases at ECQ Outlet, the final stage in the development of Eastern Creek Quarter in Western Sydney which is anticipated to feature approximately 100 brands
acting for Stockland in the sale of Stockland Glendale in NSW
advising ISPT and Abacus in the sale of the Ashfield Mall Shopping Centre in Sydney.

Alternative assets

advised Sonrac/Unlisted Collection on the sale of the Old Clare Hotel in Kensington, NSW, to an entity within Singaporean-based Invictus Developments group. The sale comprised the entire 69-room boutique, heritage luxury hotel, as well as the underlying property
advised National Storage REIT (NSR) on the establishment of National Storage Ventures Fund a joint venture with Singaporean sovereign wealth fund, GIC and subsequent related transactions
advised National Storage REIT (NSR) in the acquisition of the NSW/ACT portfolio of self-storage assets from MAAS Group
advised Life Care, a leading provider of aged care services in South Australia, on the sale of multiple residential aged care centres to Opal Healthcare – Australia’s largest residential care provider
advising a leading specialist healthcare provider on the acquisition of multiple properties/sites across Australia for its expanding network of specialist treatment clinics.