Housing market is cooling, HSBC says
Red hot market or gentle slowdown? With investors puzzling over which property data to believe, HSBC sides with the RBA.
Property
The Amazon threat: Why JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman should be scared
A major shake-up is looming in the retail sector as the giant online retailer, Amazon, has its sights set on the Australia market with JB Hi-Fi and Gerry Harvey the ones with the most to fear.
Apartment option spurs $139m Double Bay deal
Opportunity for development helped drive appetite for this shopping centre.
Chinese resurgence underpins industrial sales frenzy
Demand for development sites has seen close to $50 million worth of commercial property transactions in South West Sydney change hands that will eventually pave the way for new properties over the next decade.
Hotel Indigo to launch in Australia
The Hotel Indigo brand will be the latest to seek out locations in Australia, to offer a different travel experience and take advantage of the under-supply of rooms, particularly along the eastern seaboard.
Office sector benefits from 'staycation' investor
Investors in property are mirroring the "staycation" trend of the travel industry with capital outflow now far below a year ago, according to new data.
Billionaire John Gandel offloads $500m Charter Hall holdings
Billionaire retail landlord John Gandel has offloaded his entire stakes in property manager and developer Charter Hall Group and its retail trust, worth about $500 million, to focus on other interests
Malls on top of investors' shopping lists
Activity in the retail property sector has been as busy as last minute shopping sprees on Christmas Eve.
Folkestone Seniors fund in high demand
The Folkestone Seniors Living Fund No.1 has closed oversubscribed after raising $25.66 million and acquiring its first asset, Watermark Castle Cove, a retirement living community on Sydney's lower north shore.
Leasing ladder
Wildharvest Organics has leased a 672 sq m site at 2a, 128-130 Francis Street from a private investor.
Stars align for the hotels sector
Australia's hotel market, particularly in the global cities of Sydney and Melbourne, is experiencing an unprecedented alignment of positive fundamental indicators, representing some of the best conditions in the Asia Pacific region.
Coles turns a profit selling Coburg North shopping centre for about $34 million
Wesfarmers owned Coles Group has made a quick profit selling a retail asset it has just developed in Melbourne's north for a speculated $34 million.
Small pavilion bowls above it weight
Small but exquisite is perhaps the best description for the new Maidstone tennis pavilion by Searle X Waldron Architecture, likely the smallest project this writer has covered.
Bates' Bondi Beach milk bar reaps $19.12m
Developer Allen Linz's Rebel Property Group, Capit.el Group's Eduard Litver and Gil Baron have fought off a spirited group of bidders to snare the former Bates milk bar at Bondi beach for about $19.12 million.
Charter Hall pays $140.5m for half of Coles HQ
Charter Hall has paid $140.5 million for a half share of the Coles headquarters, dubbed the ''Battlestar Galactica'' from Investa Office Fund.
Who wants to stay the night at Highpoint?
There is a battle royal among retail landlords as they each vie to offer the biggest and best shopping centres that mimic the old-style town centre.
More sky on the horizon for Chadstone
Plans for further expansion are under way for Chadstone Shopping Centre, even as it unveils its new $660 million wing.
Coombes Property pay $91m for 28 O'Connell St tower
The Coombes Property Group have outlaid $91 million for the office tower at 28 O'Connell Street, Sydney, as it takes advantage of the strong office leasing market.
Charter Hall seeds new fund with $197m mall
Charter Hall Group is to seed a new wholesale retail partnership with the superfund MTAA with the $197 million acquisition of the Campbelltown Mall, Sydney from the Perron Group on a market capitalisation rate of 6 per cent.
Industrial leasing deals surge as consolidations drive market
The industrial market in Melbourne's south-east suburbs is defying expectations of a slowdown with the strongest leasing market in a decade.
Super-thin apartment building for Melbourne CBD
Another super thin apartment building is set to start construction after a local developer paid $2.3 million for a permit-ready project opposite the outgoing Bennetts Lane Jazz Bar.
PDG snares West Melbourne development site
High density apartment builder the PDG Group of Companies is paying more than $24 million for a West Melbourne development site capable of accommodating a multi-tower mixed use village.
Heritage sells six Mozart apartments in St Kilda
A boutique 1870s building with six apartments in a coveted 'Poet's Corner' location at 2 Mozart Street was snapped up at auction for $4.755 million.
Digital not so disruptive for hotel sector: Adina manager
Online booking and travel advisory businesses were having a less disruptive impact on the hotel sector than claimed, a leading hotel manager says.
RBA not fazed by housing price rises
The Reserve Bank is not fazed by rising housing prices or by the high auction clearance rates reported recently.
Investor frenzy tipped at commercial property auction
Investors are tipped to come out in force this week when a range of properties, worth more than $50 million combined, come up for auction.
The Star casino plans new $500m, '6-star' hotel
Sydney is to get a new $500 million, "six-star" hotel as part of The Star Entertainment group's renovation of the city's main casino as it prepares to take on James Packer's proposed Crown resort at Barangaroo.
Property management drives value beyond cost savings
Outsourcing of building management services has moved beyond being a cost saving exercise for the tenants to encompassing a wide range of factors to make the property more efficient and attractive, according to a CBRE report.
Office markets reaching for house-full signs
Sydney office tenants had better brace themselves as rents are set to go as high as some of the new skyscrapers being built, according to the latest Knight Frank Global Cities 2017 report.
Myer downsizes, cuts stores to lift profits
Myer has ramped up plans to reduce its total floor space by 20 per cent as it races to reinvent itself in challenging retail conditions.
Small Business
Lawyers hone in on start-up space
One of Australia's top start-up accelerators has teamed up with law firm.
When someone steals your precious business idea
Idea theft is happening even when confidentiality agreements, design registrations and patents are in place.