Vicinity Centres Re : and GIC undertake swap of premium Sydney retail assets

ASX Announcement

6 November 2017

Vicinity Centres (Vicinity, ASX:VCX) announces that it has entered into contracts to exchange a 49% interest in Chatswood Chase Sydney for 50% interests in GIC's Queen Victoria Building, The Galeries and The Strand Arcade (together, the Sydney CBD Centres). The interests in the Sydney CBD Centres have been acquired for $556.0 million1 on a 5.1% blended capitalisation rate.2 The interest in Chatswood Chase Sydney has been sold for $562.3 million3 on a 4.75% capitalisation rate. Vicinity will continue to manage Chatswood Chase Sydney and will assume management of the Sydney CBD Centres. The transaction is expected to be accretive to funds from operations by approximately $5 million, or 0.13 cents per security, on a full-year basis.

Mr Angus McNaughton, CEO and Managing Director, said: "This transaction is strategically significant for Vicinity. We gain exposure to, and the management rights of, three high quality and strongly performing CBD centres in Sydney, Australia's most populous and most visited CBD. This transaction also expands our strong relationship with GIC.

"Combined foot traffic through the Sydney CBD Centres is approximately 60 million people per annum, with visitation from three main, and growing, consumer segments: office workers, tourists and residents, who spent $590 million across the three centres this year.4

"The Sydney CBD Centres perform at very high levels of retail sales productivity, with specialty sales averaging $23,890 per square metre and specialty MAT growth of 2.4%, while overall MAT growth was 4.0%.4,5 This is despite significant disruption from the light rail works along George Street to which all three centres have frontage. These works are due to complete in 2019 and are expected to significantly improve the access and amenity along Sydney's main CBD thoroughfare. Adjusting for the inclusion of the

1 Excluding acquisition costs.

2 Excludes acquisition costs and management fees received by Vicinity.

3 Sale price includes a 49% interest in the holding structure for Chatswood Chase Sydney for $539.0 million and ancillary properties for $23.3 million.

4 Sales data reported for the 12 months to 30 September 2017.

5 Growth indicated is on prior year.

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Sydney CBD Centres, specialty sales6 per square metre across Vicinity's direct portfolio would increase by 5.3% from $9,417 to $9,916.

"These premium Sydney CBD Centres will add more than $1.1 billion to our retail assets under management, expanding Vicinity's management exposure to New South Wales and up-weighting our direct exposure to City Centre assets from 11% to 15%.

"The transaction also expands Vicinity's premium and CBD portfolio which already includes Emporium Melbourne and Chadstone both in Melbourne, The Myer Centre Brisbane and QueensPlaza both in Brisbane, as well as Chatswood Chase Sydney, providing unrivalled premium and CBD exposure for our retail partners."

Mr McNaughton added: "We have identified a number of areas where we can create additional value over time at the Sydney CBD Centres through continued improvement in the tenancy mix, driving ancillary income and operational efficiencies. These centres will also benefit from significant investment in transport infrastructure taking place over the next few years in Sydney including, in addition to the light rail project, the Sydney Metro rail which will improve access to the CBD from Sydney's north west and south west. The new Pitt Street Metro station will be adjacent to The Galeries.

"GIC has been a long term strategic partner at Emporium Melbourne and Myer Bourke Street, and we are delighted to extend this partnership to four additional centres including Chatswood Chase Sydney as that centre moves closer to a major expansion and redevelopment."

Chatswood Chase Sydney is a premium, high-performing Major Regional shopping centre situated in one of Australia's most affluent catchments on Sydney's North Shore, with more than 11 million consumer visits annually. The centre is anchored by high-performing David Jones, Coles and Kmart stores and has 170 specialty stores, including a number of premium brands.

The transaction is expected to settle in early 2018 and remains subject to approvals by Sydney City Council, RailCorp and the Foreign Investment Review Board.

Additional information on the transaction can be found in the Appendix to this release.

6 Sales data reported for the 12 months to 30 September 2017.

About Vicinity Centres

Vicinity Centres (Vicinity or the Group) is one of Australia's leading retail property groups with a fully integrated asset management platform, and over $25 billion in retail assets under management across 82 shopping centres, making it the second largest listed manager of Australian retail property. The Group has a Direct Portfolio with interests in 74 shopping centres (including the DFO Brisbane business) and manages 34 assets on behalf of Strategic Partners, 26 of which are co-owned by the Group. Vicinity is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under the code 'VCX' and has over 24,000 securityholders. Vicinity also has European medium term notes listed on the ASX under the code 'VCD'. For more information visit the Group's website vicinity.com.au, or use your smartphone to scan this QR code.

Source: IPOH Pty Ltd.

*Occupancy increases to 99% if several leasing deals progress to formal agreements. Note: Data as at September 2017.

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