Original article by Matthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 43 : 20-Aug-15

Charter Hall is setting up a new unlisted retail property trust. The Charter Hall Direct Automotive Trust will hold $A102 million worth of properties which are to be acquired from the Automotive Holdings Group (AHG) and a syndicate managed by API. The acquired properties will be leased back to AHG. Charter Hall is seeking $A55 million from investors for the new fund.

CORPORATES
CHARTER HALL GROUP – ASX CHC, AUTOMOTIVE HOLDINGS GROUP LIMITED – ASX AHG, API FUND, MAZDA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CORE PROPERTY PTY LTD