Fini to sell H-U to Wesfarmers JV

By Mark Pownall and Claire Tyrrell

A Wesfarmers-Built joint venture has moved to acquire Human Urban, the development firm established by property mogul Adrian Fini after the split of Hesperia.

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Property - (Built-form) Developers

10^th	-	Blaq Projects	$272.00m
11^th	-	Automotive Properties	$260.00m
12^th	-	H-U	NFP
13^th		Exal Group	$242.00m
14^th	-	SKS Group	$200.00m

77 property - (built-form) developers ranked by total combined value of current WA projects

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