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The deal, which was negotiated by CBRE, represents the largest CBD shopping centre transaction since 2017, when Vicinity Centres acquired its 50 per cent interest in the same centres. Assets of this scale, quality and reputation are rarely sold,” said CBRE’s Head of Retail Capital Markets – Pacific, Simon Rooney.
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Nash plans to follow a similar strategy when he becomes chief growth officer. . “My We’ve got a lot of talented people here, we’ve got a direction and a plan,” said Nash, who ranked third on Inside Retail’s 2022 Top 50 People in E-Commerce. . I wish it was more complicated than that.
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Back in time The story starts in 2017, when then-CEO and managing director John Humble went on a bit of a buying spree. Towards the end of 2017, BWX told investors it was finished with its round of acquisitions and would focus on building out the offer it had assembled. It’s a long story. What went wrong?
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