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The push by commercial landlords into renewable energy has gathered pace, with fund manager Real Asset Management leasing the rooftops of nine of its neighbourhood malls to renewable energy specialist Solar Bay. The deal will generate a fresh income stream for RAM while lowering costs for current and future tenants. RAM owns 13 neighbourhood centres […]

The push by commercial landlords into renewable energy has gathered pace with fund manager Real Asset Management (RAM) leasing the rooftops of nine of its neighbourhood malls to renewable energy specialist Solar Bay.The deal with Solar Bay will generate a fresh income stream for RAM, whilst also lowering occupancy costs for current and future tenants. […]

Having amassed a $300 million portfolio of neighbourhood shopping centres, fast-growing fund manager Real Asset Management has turned its attention to the private healthcare sector with plans to build a medical property fund of a similar size. The new fund, which has secured about $50 million in initial equity commitments from wholesale and sophisticated investors, has […]

The ACS Equity – Infrastructure and ACS Property – Global sectors might be two sectors investors choose to avoid, considering their long-term track record of underperforming funds with above-average volatility. Money Management analysed the performances of each sector over a five-year period to determine which sector had the highest percentage of undesirable funds. The two-Crown average […]

Boutique fund manager Real Asset Management (RAM) has grown the value of its Australia Retail Property Fund to $300 million after acquiring its 11th convenience-based mall in less than two years. RAM acquired the Hub Westlake shopping centre in Brisbane’s Western suburbs for $10.5 million from Alan Porter and Philip Rhodes’s A&P Property Holdings in an […]

While the emergence of Amazon and the growth of online retailing will continue to disrupt bricks and mortar retail, Scott Kelly, chief executive of boutique fund manager Real Asset Management, believes sub-sectors like convenience malls will thrive. “You either want to play at the top end of the market – the super regional malls – […]

The volume of neighbourhood shopping centre sales in NSW has jumped 80 per cent in the year to June 30 as cheap finance and hungry investors compete for well-leased retail with and strong incomes. While the number of sales has increased dramatically, the value of total sales has also shown a sharp increase of 23 […]

Sydney-based Real Asset Management has bought the Broadway Plaza at Punchbowl in Sydney’s south-west for $41.2 million. The shopping centre was completed in 2013 and was under the control of PPB Advisory through a receivership. With a fully leased income of $3.3 million, the deal represents a yield of about 8 per cent. The mall […]

Acquisitive Sydney-based fund manager RAM Group has swooped on a prominent NightOwl Convenience Centre at the North Lakes, north of Brisbane. The centre is anchored by a NightOwl supermarket as well as 10 speciality tenancies, including a BWS Bottleshop, Domino’s Pizza, a sushi outlet, seafood takeaway and hairdresser, medical centre and dentist. The property was […]