Aug 20, 2026 – 5.00amOne of the country’s largest privately held retail real estate portfolios, a $1 billion group of east coast properties, has been put on the market by Brisbane’s wealthy Jen family amid a resurgence of investor interest in the sector.The Jen family’s patriarch, Singaporean tycoon Denis Jen, arrived in Queensland in the 1980s and went on to establish a property empire under Jen Retail Properties. The former Rich Lister died in 2020, aged 96.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles