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Trends and issues in the Australian Real Estate Sector
Lex Mundi Conference | March 2010
© Clayton Utz
Peter McMahon
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Welcome | Introduction
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Contents
• Foreign investment into Australia
• Australia's increasing Interest Rate
• Growth in Australia's Retail Sector
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS)
• State and Federal Government
• Insolvency
• Green Environment and Green Leasing
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Foreign investment into Australia
Demand from Asian market
• Approval from Foreign Investment Review Board
required for all Urban Real Estate
• Exempt acquisitions
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Australia's increasing Interest Rate
• Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised interest rate
by 25 basis point to 4% on 2 March 2010
• Accelerating house prices (increase of 11.8% in the year
through January) and credit expansion
• Impact on price of Real Estate properties
• Demographics and immigration
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Growth in Australia's Retail Sector
• Global Financial Crisis - sector specific impact
• Retail
• Industrial
• Office
• Attracts international retailers - e.g.
• Diversified market (lifestyles, culture etc)
• Barriers: planning system
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Australian Real Estate Investment Trusts (A-REITS)
A-REIT - form of Fund structured as a unit trust and listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange
• Pressure to reduce gearing
• Simpler regime for listed and unlisted property
vehicles
• Goal: "Australia to become the leading funds
management hub in the region"
• Larger funds likely to grow through M&A transactions
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State and Federal Government
• Federal Budget 2009-2010
• $22 billion overall
• $8.5 billion for urban infrastructure
• restructuring without immediate capital gains tax
• Reform proposals:
• fair property management system
• 'seamless national economy' - uniform approach to property law
• Elections and the impact of change of Government
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Insolvency
• Global Financial Crisis
• fall of property values
• asset write-downs
• debt rollovers
• Consequences indebtedness
• Response trading halts, debt extensions and restructuring
• Case Study: Centro Properties Groups
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Case Study
Centro Properties Group (CNP)
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - About
• Fully integrated retail property ownership and
services organisation
• Areas include
• retail property ownership
• leasing
• redevelopment
• funds management
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - About
• Properties under management are located
• Australia
• United States
• New Zealand
• Properties under management - $22.6 billion as at 30
June 081
• Funds under management - $25.6 billion as at 31
December 082
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Problems
• 20063
• $5.5 billion market capitalisation
• one of the top 100 companies listed on the ASX
• 2007 + - Global Financial Crisis
• 20084
• Lost more than $2 billion due to a fall in property
values and asset write-downs
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Loss
Centro completed FY09 with a loss of
$3.5 billion5
Centro completed the first half of FY10
with a loss of $63.2 million6
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Loss
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Problems 2008
• Banks and shareholders gave Centro to September
2008 to prove they can trade out of it debt crisis
• $4 billion debt due in December 2008
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Problems
• Five trading halts in 20087
:
• 11 January - 15 January
• 3 April - 4 April
• 30 April - 2 May
• 7 May - 9 May
• 30 May - 3 June
• 15 December - 17 December
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Centro Properties Group (CNP) - Today
• 3 year debt extension was given in December 20088
• Centro Term Loans of $3.9 billion extended to 15 December
2011
• $1.05 billion Hybrid Securities with maturity date 15 January
2016
• Super LLC facilities extended to 31 December 2010
• $9.5 billion of debt moved from current to non-current on
16 January 09
• Group was restructured on 16 January 2009
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Green Environment and Green Leases
• Sustainability - Ecological Sustainable Development (ESD)
Core principle:
“development that meets the
needs of the present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their own needs”
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Green Environment and Green Leases
• Green Buildings
"buildings which incorporate design, construction and operational
practices that significantly reduce or eliminate the negative impact
of development on the environment and occupants"
• Green Leases
• obligations of landlord and tenants
• environmental benchmarks
• penalties
• proposed mandatory disclosure scheme- the national Greenhouse
and Energy Reporting Act
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Green Environment and Green Leases
• Issues remaining:
• rating tools costly
• lack of conformity and green banding
recognition
Dexus - 1 Bligh Street
Sydney Australia
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Questions / Answers
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