Carolyn Cummins

Carolyn Cummins

Carolyn Cummins is Commercial Property Editor for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Melbourne property developer Caydon to build 1200 apartments in Moonee Ponds

Carolyn Cummins Caydon has plans for about 1200 apartments on a 13,400-square-metre site that will also include shops and offices.

Sydney's own Manhattan Project

Sunset over New York City Manhattan skyline.

Carolyn Cummins It's being called the Manhattanisation of our cities, with a mix of apartments, offices, international shops, a vast array of restaurants, new cinemas and laneway bars and cafes.

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Woolwich Marina hits the market as demand for Sydney moorings increases

Put in: Marinas are tightly-held across Sydney, mostly by private owners.

Carolyn Cummins Agents said there are 270 berths generating an income of about $417,000 per annum.

Pubs making a comeback as investment-grade assets

Pubs such as the Macquarie Hotel in Liverpool are being snapped up as key investment assets.

Carolyn Cummins The push to expand the western suburbs of Sydney has seen areas such as Liverpool come out of the shadows of its neighbours of Penrith and Parramatta, with a raft of new projects approved and under...

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Carolyn Cummins ROSEBERY $400 sqm gross.

Lend Lease in $1.6b Singapore joint venture deal

Lend Lease is building on its Australia portfolio, which includes the Barangaroo development in Sydney, with a range of projects in Asia.

Carolyn Cummins Global construction and development group Lend Lease has gained a bigger foothold in Asia with the win of a $1.6 billion joint venture.

Elanor Investors buys Auburn Centre for $68m

Auburn Central shopping centre sold for $68 million.

Carolyn Cummins Elanor Investors has snapped up the Auburn Centre for $68 million, in the second major retail transaction in the area this year.

Chinese luxury hotel group Dalian Wanda posts 14 per cent rise in profits

An artist impression of Gold Fields House under its existing development application.

Carolyn Cummins China's new owners of Gold Fields House at Circular Quay has reported an increase in profits of 14.04 per cent.

EZCorp investors meeting is the stuff of dreams

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Carolyn Cummins EZCorp, the global pawnbroker with an Aussie accent, had the sort of annual shareholder meeting last week  that other corporate boards can only dream about. 

Air NZ's Cam Wallace comes down to earth for the Sevens

Billionaire Gina Rinehart, chairman of Hancock Prospecting Pty, center, speaks with attendees during the Mines and Money conference in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, March 26, 2015. The conference runs through March 27. Photographer: Jerome Favre/Bloomberg *** Local Caption *** Gina Rinehart *** Local Caption *** Gina Rinehart

Carolyn Cummins While Australian and Kiwi sports fans were tuned into the final of the Cricket Wold Cup in Melbourne on Sunday, those that favour the game of Rugby were cheering on the Aussies at the Sevens...

City buildings halfway to emissions reduction target

Carolyn Cummins New developments across Sydney, will aim to have high green star ratings.

Outperformance of retail capital values to drive CBD supply

AMP Capital has named Denmark's 3XN as the winning architectural firm in its Design Excellence competition for the 50 Bridge Street tower and Masterplan architects for the Quay Quarter Sydney (QQS).

Carolyn Cummins Down at street level, there has been a power shift among retailers.

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Battle for Sydney's prime retail strips looming

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74 storeys, 260m high, being developed by Mirvgac and Coombes family.

Carolyn Cummins The battle is looming in the Sydney central business district as to which street, Pitt, George or Castlereagh, will be crowned as the ''One''.

More mergers flagged for REITS

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Carolyn Cummins GPT Group has emerged as the latest name to be casting an eye over the Investa Property Group portfolio.

Property boom reaches all sectors

View from the top of  Tower 2 of the Barangaroo South Lend Lease construction site Sydney.

Carolyn Cummins The NSW property sector is currently experiencing a long term recovery.

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330 King street, Newtown. Newtown Central shopping centre.


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Carolyn Cummins Australian Property Opportunities Fund II (Fund), has made its first foray into NSW.

RBA 'disconnected with the market': agents deny office market slump

Agents deny RBA warnings that the office market could be headed for a fall.

Carolyn Cummins Commercial property agents have dismissed suggestions made by RBA Govenor, Glenn Stevens, that there is a pending slump in the sector.

Barangaroo South tower hits the top as it gets ready for Westpac

Carolyn Cummins The first stage of the $6 billion Barangaroo South development has reached a milestone that will make the chief executive of Westpac, Brian Hartzer, smile.

GPT predicts office rent market will recover in Sydney and Melbourne

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Carolyn Cummins GPT Group has forecast a recovery in office rents in the next couple years, saying they have reached the turnaround point, particularly in Sydney and Melbourne.