City fringe

Fried chicken-loving landlords could well be salivating over this juicy opportunity.

It may be over 16,000km from the traditional home of lederhosen, pork knuckles and beer steins, but this sprawling property offers a bit of Bavaria south of Brisbane.

Property funds group Charter Hall is putting its faith in Sydney’s office markets on display with a play for the Jessie Street Centre in the western Sydney hub of Parramatta that is being sold by Canadian group Brookfield for more than $400 million.

A Melbourne nursing home with an estimated $8 million price tag is set to go under the hammer in a live online auction later this year.

The white-hot market for Bunnings Warehouses has been stoked again, with ten investors waging a heated auction battle for a Queensland Bunnings that pushed its price to $18.68 million.

Property funds company Charter Hall is keen to lock in its top status in prime logistics real estate by looking to buy the Crestmead Distribution Centre in Brisbane for about $180 million.

Melbourne’s $1 billion Essendon Fields mixed property project is poised to begin construction on 18,000sq m of A-grade office space to meet surging demand for cheaper but high-quality facilities.

Followers of fashion might be interested to learn that Colettes Accessories, the international handbag and accessory business, is in need of a new landlord.

It’s the end of an era for one of Adelaide’s first Italian delis, with the Barilla family selling their treasured family business in Seaton.