By a staff reporter
Dexus Property Group Ltd has acquired a stake in Commonwealth Property Office Fund (CPA), by way of forward contract.
In a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, Dexus said it would acquire a 14.9 per cent stake in CPA, through the purchase of securities at a price of $1.1334 each.
The CPA portfolio comprises $3.7 billion of prime-grade office properties, consistent with Dexus' investment in high quality Australian office properties, the group said.
"This investment is expected to be accretive to earnings," Dexus said.
Yesterday, Commonwealth Bank of Australia Ltd made an offer to the board of Commonwealth Managed Investments Limited to bring the management of CPA and the CFS Retail Property Trust Group (CFX) in-house.
The proposal to the retail trust group also means it would acquire the wholesale property funds management business and the integrated retail property management and development business owned by the bank.