Nicholas Cowie

acted on the international tender and sale of a portfolio of 5 office towers and an industrial property located around Australia for over $700 million.*

advised on the anchor tenant arrangements and its AFL and leases with Dexus, and the property aspects of the partial sell down of the development, for Atlassian’s A$1.4 billion sustainable Sydney headquarters at Tech Central, Sydney.*

acted in the negotiations with the Port Kemba Port Authority in relation to the development and leasing arrangements for AIE’s recently completed LNG plant at Port Kembla.*

provided tenant advice on the development and leasing of over 60 hardwarehouses around the country.*

advised on the structured acquisition, leasing and development arrangements adjacent to its strategic waste processing facility at Eastern Creek, the subsequent variation of those arrangements and the staged sell down of surrounding land.*

acted on the joint venture acquisition of the iconic Zenith towers, Chatswood for over $279 million.*

advised on the international sales campaign, negotiations with multiple bidders and sale of the trusts which owned 50% of the iconic Westpac Place in Kent Street, Sydney and 80 Grenfell Street, Adelaide for over $900 million combined.*

provided property, corporate, joint venture, unitholder and development advice on the 2024 public tender process for Australia’s largest ever single industrial land transaction involving the staged subdivision, sale and industrial development arrangements for over 450 developable hectares of surplus quarry land at Deer Park, Victoria.*

assisted on the sale of its interest in the regional shopping centre wholesale fund, the Matrix Trust, to Region Group in conjunction with the sale of GIC’s interests.*

acted on the acquisition of Macquarie Bank’s Sydney head office, One Shelley Street, King Street Wharf for $525 million.*

advised on the acquisition of the property, assets and business and FIRB application with respect to the Sofitel Hotel, Brisbane for over $170 million.*

advised on the documentation for the staged acquisition of over 1,400 hectares of priority growth land for master planned residential, commercial and educational uses, including engagement of Walker Corporation as project developer for over $575 million.*

advised on the establishment of a development joint venture with Stockland for a master planned, staged residential development site at Altona, Victoria, staged residential development arrangements for surplus land at Toowoomba, Qld and many other sales, acquisitions, leases and development arrangements at various sites around Australia.*

acted on the establishment and variation of its Perth and Brisbane focussed counter-cyclical office joint ventures with Charter Hall and Primewest and on the establishment and subsequent upsize of its daily needs retail joint venture with Primewest, including negotiation and variation of unitholder, investment, property and development management arrangements.*

advised on the sale of trusts and real estate comprising a portfolio of 26 industrial logistics centres around the country for over $1 billion.*

acted on the establishment of an industrial joint venture with Australand (now Frasers) and the acquisition of trusts owning seven industrial properties as well as a number of subsequent add-on purpose built and fund through developments.*

advised on its joint venture investment with Macquarie in a portfolio of student accommodation projects and the manager of the projects, Iglu.*

advised on the staged acquisition of interests in trusts and sub-trusts owning 50% of Westfield Parramatta, including all joint venture and operational agreements and a myriad of agreements with third party landholders and tenants for over $700 million; on the consortium arrangements for the acquisition and development of Myer’s iconic Melbourne department store; and the acquisition of Chifley Tower and Chifley Plaza in Sydney for over $700 million.*

assisted on the due diligence and acquisition of the trust which owned Exchange Tower, Perth for over $320 million.*

acted on the sale of its half interest in the iconic MLC Centre in Sydney for $800 million.*

acted on the sale of the Sydney Primus Hotel and business to Pro-Invest for over $130 million.*

acted on the titling structuring, strata management statement and by-laws, development and sale of 470 residential off-the-plan strata units within the tallest residential building in Sydney, being the Greenland Centre at Bathurst Street, Sydney as well as its residential developments Lucent, North Sydney and Leichhardt Green in Leichhardt, NSW.*

acted on its staged development and sale of up to 1500-1600 residential, retail, commercial and childcare off-the-plan strata units in the ‘Park Sydney’ development at the Ashmore development in Erskineville, NSW including title structuring, stratum subdivision, stratum management statement and by-laws and the subsequent sale of the retail stratum.*

established pro forma landowner documents and advised in relation to various BESS and windfarm developments around the country.*

advised on site acquisition and the 5 tower, 550 plus apartment and mixed-use development, Spring Square at Bankstown in Sydney, including residential, special disability apartments, commercial retail and childcare strata sales in that complex.*

provided advice on the development and lease of a new bulk liquids and bitumen handling terminal at Port Botany and the renewal and variations of its property lease and pipeline and associated terminal infrastructure arrangements at Port Botany and Darwin.*

* Deals completed prior to joining Addisons