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Property
Spencer Street turns into crime-fighting precinct
Spencer Street is set to become the crime fighting centre of Melbourne with the state government agreeing leasing terms for a major new office tower next to the current City West police headquarters.
Chinese property buyers return, reigniting bubble fears
The 'spring-selling' season has seen a defiant return of Chinese buyers, who are sidestepping lending restrictions and found new avenues to re-enter the market.
Logistics giant Secon sells Altona North factory for $50m
Interests associated with logistics giant Secon have taken advantage of an upcoming significant land rezoning, selling an Altona North factory occupied by the company for about $50 million.
Matthies to sell flamboyant South Yarra mansion as development site
After spending five years, and a reported $25 million, amalgamating eight South Yarra sites, aged care developer John Matthies has decided to sell - his unique and enormous offering including the flamboyant mansion trashed at the end of 1993 movie, Romper Stomper.
Sydney set for $4b-plus hotel developments
A wave of new hotel development is set to change the landscape of the Sydney market, with the opening of the International Convention Centre considered the catalyst.
City Freeholds pays $52.17m for 92 Pitt St
Real estate fund manager EG Funds Management has sold 92 Pitt St, Sydney, to the private City Freeholds group
Equiem digital platform connecting tenants
Connectivity between tenants and a building's services is providing landlords with a potential lift in capital value as more of the property is generating income, according to the Equiem digital group.
Amalgamation: the buzzword of 2016
It's hard to believe that in less than four days, the largest ever reform to NSW strata laws will come into effect. The NSW Government has been talking change for five years, but finally, after a few false starts, reform is happening.
Shopping centres claw back online turnover
Landlords are writing online retail turnover into new leases in a bid to claw back rents lost to digital sales.
Banks play CBD musical chairs
A swag of city-based bank branches are in the middle of a grand game of musical chairs as leasing deals struck up to ten years ago expire.
Industrial property seen as growth sector for 2017
Charter Hall Group is launching its fourth Direct Industrial Fund, valued at $400 million, with assets across the country, to take advantage of the demand for the sector.
Major mixed use project for Coburg
Owners of a local plumbing supply business have banked more than $13 million selling a Coburg retail asset after obtaining a permit to replace it with a six-level complex with shops, offices and 129 dwellings.
Leasing Ladder
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Swimming pool challenge of Olympic proportions
The former Olympic Swimming Pool designed by Kevin Borland, Peter McIntyre and John and Phyllis Murphy, has been a cornerstone building since it was designed for the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
John McGrath shares property 'pain'
A defiant John McGrath, dubbed "'Mr Sydney real estate'', has vowed to stick with the company for the duration, while telling shareholders he "shares their pain".
Sydney property market in 'severe disequilibrium'
Is Sydney property suddenly totally out of synch? One major agent thinks so.
Club Bondi Junction RSL set for redevelopment
Capital Bluestone and Club Bondi Junction RSL have entered into an agreement to redevelop the Club's significant site into a revitalised venue and residential hub.
Sydney landlords reaping higher rents
Office landlords are in the box seat, to the detriment of tenants, with prime rents rising by 2 per cent in the past three months, as the race for space gathers momentum, according to CBRE.
Developer rises to occasion with plans for Daily Planet brothel site
Local developer Tony Huang has big plans for the Daily Planet brothel building in Elsternwick which his company purchased last week for $12.66 million.
Industrial deals east and west
Fund manager Australian Unity has splashed out nearly $13 million on an industrial property leased to Mainfreight in Springvale.
House of Hoops hits the mall
Global sneaker retailer Foot Locker will open a House of Hoops when it opens its new shop on the Bourke Street Mall mid-2017.
New retailers set sights on Australia
A swath of new retailers are eyeing off the viability of entering Australia, depending on being able to secure flagship sites in capital cities or in the expanding suburban malls, according to new research from Colliers International.
Credit card misuse and fraud probe mark DHA's results
Credit card misuse and an ongoing fraud investigation by the Australian Federal Police has overshadowed Defence Housing Australia's solid financial performance during 2015.
Former Wallaby adds Five Dock Hotel to pub empire
Former Wallaby Bill Young has beefed up his pub portfolio with the $28.75 million purchase of the freehold Five Dock Hotel from the Lantern Hotel Group.
Burgundy Street shop with development plans sells for $5m
A Malaysian Investor paid a healthy $5 million on a tight 4.86 per cent yield for 156 Burgundy Street, a 420sq m shop leased to Chemist Warehouse for $243,101 a year.
Nu-tility set to disrupt renewable energy for property sector
A new start-up backed by fund manager Impact Investment Group and run by two former investment bankers hopes to be the next Ernst & Young for the commercial and industrial property sector.
Cabrini wins bid for seven-storey hospital in planning tribunal
Private health provider Cabrini has won a bid to expand its Malvern hospital with a new seven-level building despite multiple objections from neighbouring residents about privacy, traffic, light intrusion and noise.
Food delivery businesses the new retail disrupters
Food delivery services are becoming the latest disrupter in the retail sector and are shaping the way, restaurant tenants select their next location.
Mercedes-Benz distributor heads to Sydney Corporate Park
Asia-Pacific's Mercedes Benz distributor has signed the largest lease in the Goodman Group's Sydney Corporate Park, at 160 Bourke Road, Alexandria, this year in a deal struck by LJ Hooker Commercial South Sydney.
Small Business
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