Nick Cavenagh

Specialising in the sale of major shopping centres, Lachlan has managed the sale of over $12 billion worth of shopping centres, working with a wide range of clients including institutional, international and private investors.

In 2019, Lachlan's team transacted 83% of all retail assets greater than $100 million, equalling a total of $3.58 billion in sales. These included:
• The sale of Westfield Marion, SA for $670 million (50% interest);
• The sale of Westfield Burwood, NSW for $575 million (50% interest);
• The sale of Garden City Booragoon, WA for $575 million (50% interest);

Over the last 24 months, Lachlan has achieved the largest transaction in Australian history with the sale of Indooroopilly Shopping Centre, QLD for $810 million (50% interest). He also secured the largest agency negotiated transaction in Australia at $1.00 billion for the sale of Pacific Werribee and Epping, VIC (50% interest). With an in-depth understanding of shopping centre performance, Lachlan can provide you with expert advice on the sale and acquisition of your retail investments.
• Capital Partnering / Joint Ventures / Portfolio Transactions
• Asset Marketing and campaign strategy, implementation and execution
• Shopping centre acquisition and disposal
• Sale negotiation and transaction
• Strategic asset positioning and repositioning to maximise asset performance
• Buy side investment advisory

James leads the NSW Retail Investment Services team, and coordinates a national strategy for his clients, having transacted over $2 billion worth of shopping centres since joining Colliers International in 2013. James specialise in transacting supermarkets, hardware, neighbourhood, sub-regional and large format retail shopping centres. James utilises his 15 years of retail investment, neighbourhood shopping centre development and agency experience.

Lea Levy is an experienced analyst within Colliers Retail Investment Services business, working alongside the national team, specialising in the sale of major shopping centres.

As an analyst, Lea is responsible for supporting Retail Investment Services in delivering transaction services. This includes providing analysis on demographics, asset fundamentals and financials to optimise the success of the business’s campaigns and deliver the best results for clients.

Prior to joining Colliers in early 2019, Lea was a Finance Analyst at Scentre Group where she broadened her understanding of shopping centres and asset performance and refined her skills in operational analysis, financial modelling and valuation.

Alex James-Elliott’s sole focus as part of the NSW Retail Investment Services team is the NSW  Private Retail Investment market. Since joining the Colliers International  NSW Retail Investment Services team as an Executive, Alex has executed over $500 million retail investment transactions.

Alex joined the Colliers International Retail Investment Services team in 2015, and prior to this, had a background in valuations and analytics with a total of 10 years experience in commercial property.