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Real estate trust advised on acquisition of Darling Park office complex
Listed Australian investment trust GPT Group has been advised on an office complex acquisition worth over half a billion dollars.
Jerome Doraisamy
Source: facebook.com/pg/darling.park.sydney/photos
Firm: Herbert Smith Freehills (GPT Group)
Value: $531.3 million
Area: Corporate
Key players: The HSF team was led by partner Robert Bileckij, with consultant James Graham, senior associate William Hickey and solicitor Curtis Vella, as well as GPT senior legal counsel Emma Le Coic.
Deal significance: Speaking about the deal, Mr Bileckij said: “I would like to congratulate The GPT Group on a successful transaction. It has been a pleasure working with Emma and the broader GPT team on this important strategic investment. The close collaboration between our teams was a highlight.”
Through the acquisition, HSF said in a statement, GPT has also secured a 25 per cent interest in the proposed Cockle Bay Park development.
“The development, which recently received a stage 1 planning approval, will comprise approximately 63,000 square metres of premium office accommodation and 10,000 square metres of retail and entertainment space,” the firm noted.
Jerome Doraisamy
Jerome Doraisamy is the editor of Lawyers Weekly and HR Leader. He has worked at Momentum Media as a journalist on Lawyers Weekly since February 2018, and has served as editor since March 2022. In June 2024, he also assumed the editorship of HR Leader. Jerome is also the author of The Wellness Doctrines book series, an admitted solicitor in NSW, and a board director of the Minds Count Foundation.
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