Premier Investments in fight to get the right lease deals

Original article by Robert Harley
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 40 : 24-Mar-15

Australian-listed Premier Investments boasts more than 1,000 retail stores. The group’s rent bill for the first half of 2014-15 rose by 6.7 per cent to $A99.3m. CEO Mark McInnes notes that this accounted for 20 per cent of its sales revenue. He says Premier is prepared to close stores if landlords are not willing to offer the market rent when leases are renewed. The group closed a Just Jeans store in Melbourne as a result

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PREMIER INVESTMENTS LIMITED – ASX PMV, JUST JEANS PTY LTD, JAY JAY’S JEANS WAREHOUSE PTY LTD, PORTMANS PTY LTD, JACQUI E PTY LTD, DOTTI

Landlords hit by glut of apartments

Original article by Michael Bleby,Samantha Hutchinson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 21-Aug-14

The growth of the apartment market in Sydney and Melbourne has prompted a sharp downturn in rental income for landlords. RP Data notes that there has been a 6.4 per cent fall in weekly advertised rents for apartments in Melbourne’s Southbank precinct in the last year, and a 3.6 per cent fall in the Docklands. Property consultant Margaret Lomas says demand for apartments in Melbourne is significantly outpacing supply

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RP DATA LIMITED,CORELOGIC AUSTRALIA PTY LTD,DESTINY PROPERTIES PTY LTD,VICTORIA. DEPT OF TRANSPORT, PLANNING AND LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE