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Lucky eights drive a record sale price
Nicole Lindsay Chinese buyers rush to buy a Blackburn North property on 588 square metres.
Micro living in the big city is not for everyone
MARIKA DOBBIN They are tiny apartments about the size of a standard car parking space. Studio flats for sale in central Melbourne and Footscray are as small as 15 square metres.
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Auction rates signal boom at hand
Gareth Hutchens, Nicole Lindsay The east coast of Australia is on the verge of a property boom - we just don't know it yet, according to analysts.
Micro living in the big city is not for everyone
MARIKA DOBBIN They are tiny apartments about the size of a standard car parking space. Studio flats for sale in central Melbourne and Footscray are as small as 15 square metres.
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Accent on overseas stores
CAROLYN CUMMINS The success of the international fashion and homeware labels in Australia has been a boon for retail landlords, at a time when sales are flatlining at the local level.
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Measure twice; build once
Sumit Oberoi In search of productivity gains and improved efficiency, lower costs and higher returns, safer and more harmonious worksites, companies in the construction sector are embracing an approach that melds creativity with technological innovation.
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Mixed outlook for Stockland
CAROLYN CUMMINS Stockland is predicting earnings will show a sharp improvement from 2014 after a year of consolidation across its retail, retirement and residential divisions.
Vicland adds another patch to its portfolio
Marc Pallisco Vicland is buying sites from vendors who failed to get permitted projects off the ground.
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Goodman targets 9% profit growth
CAROLYN CUMMINS The country's biggest industrial real estate investment trust reports a massive jump in net profit.
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Blackstone bets big on US housing market recovery
CAROLYN CUMMINS Global investment company Blackstone Group is making a huge wager on housing.
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Stockland clears the decks
CAROLYN CUMMINS Diversified real estate investment trust Stockland has reported a 79 per cent drop in full-year earnings.
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Books add life and shadow to office fitout
Stephen Crafti Architects have recycled rejected timber, blemishes and all.
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Straitened times put pubs on block
SIMON JOHANSON Two popular inner-city watering holes are likely to be sold after their owner was declared bankrupt.
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Office vacancy rates on the rise
Carolyn Cummins Capital and rent values are rising in North America and parts of the Asia-Pacific region, new data says.
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Government to sell land as developers tap precinct in north
CHRIS VEDELAGO The Victorian government is forging ahead with its plans to sell off redundant property assets.
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Tower boom on horizon as developers eye Footscray
SIMON JOHANSON A pocket of Footscray will become a satellite city of 5000 people living in more than a dozen high-rise towers.
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Tower boom on horizon as developers eye Footscray
SIMON JOHANSON A pocket of Footscray will become a satellite city of 5000 people living in more than a dozen high-rise towers.
Nigel Satterley buys historic Chiritta home in Perth's Peppermint Grove for $17.5m
Millionaire Perth property developer Nigel Satterley has snapped up a $17.5 million bargain buying one of Western Australia's most historic and prestigious homes for well below the listed price.
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Nigel Satterley buys historic Chiritta home in Perth's Peppermint Grove for $17.5m
Millionaire Perth property developer Nigel Satterley has snapped up a $17.5 million bargain buying one of Western Australia's most historic and prestigious homes for well below the listed price.
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Stockland to sell FKP stake for $70m
CAROLYN CUMMINS Stockland is to sell its strategic 14.9 per cent stake in retirement rival, FKP Property, with the cash of about $70 million.
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Auction clearance rate continues to climb
Nicole Lindsay The election campaign has had little impact on the burgeoning property market with four in five properties selling at auction in Melbourne and Sydney over the weekend.
Childcare centres of earning
CAROLYN CUMMINS The low interest-rate environment has seen investors heading swiftly towards the higher-yielding bricks-and-mortar sector, with demand rising for an array of property types.
Inn for the longer haul
CAROLYN CUMMINS Mantra Group has launched a new program aimed at the longer-stay traveller at a time when the hotel sector is moving to offer more than just a room for the night.
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Pain grows in a stressed sector
Drenka Andjelic It's not easy in the construction game at the moment, with activity in the residential-construction sector at its lowest in 20 years. Activity in the Building the Education Revolution scheme is a distant memory, hotel construction is difficult to stack up financially and project finance, in general, is still hard to secure.
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Retail is the king of pop
CAROLYN CUMMINS A war is intensifying between Pitt Street Mall and George Street landlords as they compete to capture big-name retailers to attract shoppers to their CBD precincts.
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Gradual recovery in housing likely as job fears weigh on prices
SIMON JOHANSON Record low interest rates may spark double-digit growth in Sydney's property prices but job worries are likely to keep a lid on values across the rest of the country.
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Bricks and mortar in vogue
Carolyn Cummins and Simon Johanson The low-interest-rate environment has sent investors heading swiftly to the higher-yielding bricks-and-mortar sector.
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Malaysian group buys Docklands supermarket
Chris Vedelago and Simon Johanson A Malaysian investment group is believed to have paid at least $14.5 million to buy the only full-line supermarket in Docklands.
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Clubs aim high with city tower build plans
Marc Pallisco Freemasons Victoria is taking cues from another Melbourne society to better profit from its blue-ribbon land holding.
