Both luxury property deals will fuel confidence in the Melbourne CBD and come as investors’ appetite for retail property rises. According to commercial real estate firm Colliers, retail assets worth $916 million traded in the March quarter, more than the $726 million of office transactions (both CBD and metro) and $370 million of industrial transactions. This followed $2.73 billion of retail sales in the December quarter. Mr Marriner is founder of the Marriner Group, which operates five major theatres in the CBD, and also a veteran developer. He secured Chanel as the anchor tenant at 42 Russell Street in 2014...