Brite, Quintessential Divest Canberra Offices

In its maiden Canberra purchase, Hunter Investment Corporation is paying $30 million for Phillip’s Lovett Tower. The deal reflects a major windfall for Brite Developments, which paid Cromwell Property Group $19.8m in September, 2020, then pushed forward plans to replace the 1467 square metre CZ1 Core zoned site beside Westfield Woden with a Build to Rent project containing 299 dwellings. Instead, the 24 level building – Canberra’s tallest office – will be retained as a workplace after undergoing an uber-green refurbishment.With 24,893 sqm of area, the proposed $45m capital works program might include a four storey extension.

Burgess Rawson’s Guy Randell, who marketed Lovett Tower at 5 Keltie Street with Andrew Goodall, said local and interstate buyers looked in. “We had interest from numerous funds, privateers and locals…and we received several offers throughout the campaign,” according to the executive. Geocon’s High Society tower, at Belconnen, he added, replaced the property as the city’s tallest skyscraper in 2020.