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Vicinity Limited, trading as Vicinity Centres (VCX), and formerly known as Federation Centres, and Centro Properties Group, is an Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) company specialising in ownership and management of Australian shopping centres. With approximately $6.9 billion of shopping centres under management.〔 The company is Headquartered in Melbourne〔http://www.linkedin.com/company/75422〕 with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Vicinity Centres (VCX) employs over 500 people in Australia.〔 Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (VCX),〔ASX Listing - http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/companyInfo.do?by=asxCode&asxCode=FDC〕 Vicinity Centres consists of Vicinity Limited and its controlled entities, which includes Vicinity Centres Trust No. 1, Vicinity Centres Trust No. 2 and Vicinity Centres Trust No. 3. Although separate entities, the securities of each are stapled together as ‘Vicinity Centres’ to ensure that they are traded as a single interest. The ASX ticket code for Vicinity Centres is VCX.〔 == History == Vicinity Limited was established on 18 February 1985 under the name Jennings Properties Limited, and shares were issued in the same year on the Australian Stock Exchange. In January 1991, Jennings Properties Limited was renamed Centro Properties Limited, with the stock being changed across in May 1991. In September 1997, Centro was restructured to become a stapled security structure named Centro Properties Group. Centro was a stapled security comprising one unit in Centro Property Trust (CPT) stapled to one share in Centro Properties Limited (CPL). CPT is the owner of Centro's interests in the properties and CPL, along with its subsidiaries, provides management services to CPT. In September 1999, Centro acquired the management rights for Prime Retail Property Trust (PRX), and in October 2004, it merged with Prime Retail Group under a court-approved scheme with a ratio of 5 Prime securities per 1 Centro security. Throughout the 2000s, Centro acquired numerous assets: * CT Retail Investment Trust (July 2001) * MCS Syndication Business (July 2003) * 14 international assets located in California (August 2003) * Centro launched its first international syndicate, MCS 32 (November 2003) * Kramont Realty Trust (a listed US REIT) (August 2005) – USD $1.6 billion * Centro Retail Trust was spun off from the main fund (August 2005) * Heritage Property Investment Trust (a listed US REIT) (July 2006) – USD $4.3 billion * New Plan Excel Realty Trust (a listed US REIT) (February 2007) – USD $5.0 billion. * Galileo Funds Management (May 2007) * Centro Watt Joint Venture (May 2007) After entering the United States market in late 2003, Centro acquired, redeveloped and renovated a number of mall properties. On 9 May 2006, Westfield announced the sale of eight United States shopping centres which it deemed to fit outside its strategic plan, which Centro subsequently acquired. Centro was the fifth-largest retail property owner/manager in the United States with 682 properties. The Oakleigh store was one of the largest available. It had over UsD $10 billion worth of property under management. Its USA corporate operations were primarily in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles. Centro in the USA is now independently known as Brixmor. Centro has no affiliation with Brixmor. Centro Retail Trust sold its entire USA assets and platform to BRE Retail Holdings, Inc. an affiliate of Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI, L.P. in 2011.〔http://nreionline.com/deals/report-blackstone-acquires-centro-s-us-assets-94b〕 Between 2003 and 2007, Centro and its managed funds acquired MCS's property syndicate business and substantial portfolios of US convenience shopping centres and operating businesses. On 17 December 2007, Centro announced it was continuing to negotiate the refinancing of A$1.3 billion in maturing facilities, and had obtained an interim extension until 15 February 2008 of all facilities maturing prior to that date. In addition, US joint venture facilities were also been similarly extended. It was speculated that the American-based subprime mortgage meltdown was the cause of a decline in lending and credit market problems. While Centro also announced they would be solvent until at least February 2008, shares in the group underwent a dramatic decline.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=17 December 2007 )〕 Applications and withdrawals were suspended from Centro's Direct Property Fund (DPF) and the Centro Direct Property Fund International (DPFI). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vicinity Centres」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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