BRIEF-GPT Group says GPT Wholesale Shopping Centre Fund acquired 50 pct interest in Northland Shopping Centre for $496 mln

March 27 (Reuters) - The GPT Group GPT.AX :

* Gwscf acquires 50 percent of northland shopping centre GPT.AX

* Deal for $496 million

* Says transaction represents an initial yield of 6.1 per cent and a core capitalisation rate of 5.8 per cent

* Says acquired shopping centre from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

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