Goodman Group is an Australian integrated

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and

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group that owns, develops and manages real estate. This includes

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s, large scale

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facilities,

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and office parks globally.

History

The organisation was founded in 1989 as a private property trust focused on industrial properties, listing on the

Australian Securities Exchange Australian Securities Exchange Ltd or ASX, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities Exchange (sometimes referred to outside of Australia as, or confused within Australia as ...

(ASX) in 1995 as Goodman Hardie Industrial Property Trust with eight properties valued at A$75 million. In 2000 the trust merged with Macquarie Industrial Trust and was renamed Macquarie Goodman Industrial Trust. The organisation changed its name to Macquarie Goodman Group in 2005 following a series of acquisitions and mergers, which made it the largest industrial property group in the ASX

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Index. In July 2007, the organisation was renamed to its present name, after

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sold its 7.7% interest almost a year earlier. Goodman is now one of the largest providers of industrial property and business space in the world, following the expansion of its operations into Europe, Asia and the Americas through a series of acquisitions and organic growth. As of 30 June 2020, the Group had 392 properties under management in 17 countries and 19.3 million sqm under management. It had market capitalisation of A$27.2 billion. The Group delivered operating profit of $1,060.2 million as of 30 June 2020, up 12.5% on FY19, and operating earnings per security (EPS) of 57.5 cents, up 11.4% on FY19. It is split into three divisions: property portfolio, development and funds management. On 30 June 2020, Goodman Group reported A$51.6 billion Assets Under Management, with A$6.5 billion in development work in progress.

Goodman UK

Building at Leeds Valley Park, East (geograph 3858403)

Goodman UK is part of the Goodman Group integrated industrial

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and

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company. The company specialises in the developing and managing of Business, Science and Commercial Parks. Goodman UK has a number of parks situated throughout the United Kingdom, these include the following: *

Arlington Business Park Arlington Business Park is a business park in Theale (west of Reading, Berkshire), England. specially designed to blend the benefits of a modern working environment with the benefits of outdoor living. The park is home to a number of major corpo ...

Arlington Square, Bracknell Arlington Square Business Park is a business park in Bracknell, England, owned and operated by Goodman Group. The park houses a number of well-known companies, including Novell, Fujitsu and Ally Financial Ally Financial is a bank holding com ...

* Birmingham Business Park * Colton Square Business Park *

Gloucester Business Park Gloucester Business Park is a business park situated in Brockworth on the outskirts of Gloucester, England with close links to the M5 and A417. Current residents of the business park include Direct Wines, Horizon Nuclear Power, Ageas, NHS and ...

*Harwell Science Park *Leeds Valley Park is a

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owned by Goodman UK. The park is 50 acres in size and is three miles south of

Leeds city centre Leeds city centre is the central business district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is roughly bounded by the Inner Ring Road to the north and the River Aire to the south and can be divided into several quarters. Central districts A ...

. The developer Akeler managed the building of the park, which has three buildings and was designed by the architectural firm Aukett Europe. * Oxford Business Park * Rainton Bridge Business Park

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* {{Authority control Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange Real estate companies of Australia Companies based in Sydney Real estate companies established in 1989 Australian companies established in 1989

History

Goodman UK

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