History
Bennelong Group Pty Limited ("Bennelong") was formed in 2000 as a diversified investment vehicle. It has commercial interests and real estate investments in the UK, Australia and the USA.
As part of this diversified portfolio, Bennelong required a property exposure which it achieved through the creation of a direct property portfolio. It was decided to focus this portfolio principally on non-CBD commercial (office) property in the eastern states of Australia and commenced its acquisition program in August of 2001.
Since August 2001 the following acquisitions were made:
- 163 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, QLD – Building 1 (Purchased in November 2001)
- 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, VIC (Purchased in May 2002)
- 293 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, VIC (Purchased in August 2002)
- 290 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, VIC (Purchased in February 2003)
- 2 Luton Lane, Hawthorn, VIC (Purchased in February 2003)
- 460 Church Street, Parramatta, NSW (Purchased in March 2003)
- 55 Southbank Boulevard, Melbourne, VIC (Purchased in March 2004)
- 73 Northbourne Ave, Canberra, ACT (Purchased in July 2004)
- 55 Little Edward Street, Spring Hill, QLD (Purchased in December 2004)
- 17-23 Merriwa Street & 3 Fitzsimons Lane, Gordon, NSW (Purchased in July 2006)
- 163 Ipswich Road, Woolloongabba, QLD – Building 2 (Under construction, to be completed in December 2006)
In 2005 the fund was renamed the Bennelong Real Estate Equity Fund "BREEF".
