Top barrister offloads 14 Ivanhoe East homes
A Melbourne barrister has put a huge parcel of 14 Ivanhoe East homes on the market after collecting them for 26 years.
Property
McDonald's moves to Bourke Street
Fast food giant McDonald's will open a corner store on Bourke and Russell streets after being told its high-trading Swanston Street venue will be compulsorily acquired for the $10.9 billion Metro Rail project.
Private school beats developers for key property
Caulfield Grammar snaps up top site.
CEVA moves into biggest shed in Australia, equivalent to eight football fields
Size matters to Ceva. The world’s fourth largest logistics company has just moved into one of the biggest sheds in the southern hemisphere, a half-kilometre-long storage and distribution facility equivalent to eight MCG playing fields in size.
Property listings falling in Sydney, Melbourne: REA Group
Property developers are bringing fewer projects onto the market and total property listings continue to fall, according to the boss of Australia's largest real estate website.
Aurora strata office achieves peak prices
Sales of strata office at UEM Sunrise's $350 million Aurora Melbourne Central project are reaching $10,350 a square metre as demand intensifies for the niche investment class.
Co-working space grows 35% in year
The volume of co-working space in Melbourne grew 35 per cent in the past year as new operators providing the trendy informal work areas poured into the city and surrounds.
Investors have retail assets on the shopping list
While retailers are having a tough time, demand for shopping centres in the cities and regional centres is riding high, as evidenced by a rash of recent sales.
Developers head south to the Shire
After widespread rezoning in 2015, Sutherland is attracting developers who are seeing opportunities in its stable and affordable market, according to a real estate expert.
Merewether hotel hits market as pub demand soars
High demand for pubs has prompted Newcastle's Ian Burford to offer the Burwood Inn for sale through Daniel Dragicevich and Ben McDonald from CBRE Hotels, in conjunction with Deane Moore from Moore and Moore Real Estate.
Developers, contractors turn to prefabricated construction techniques
The Australian construction industry is experiencing an unprecedented surge in the adoption of modular and prefabricated construction techniques.
Logistics assets in hot demand
Industrial assets are back in the headlines with a number of deals in the wings and demand riding high from investors and developers, according to agents.
Charter Hall updates ice cream building
Peters Ice Cream had been operating in Wellington Road, Mulgrave, for decades. Its former headquarters, a classic 1960s office building, with its sinuous roofline and waffle-style facade is now "hip" decades later.
British GSA buys another site at the top of town
British student accommodation provider GSA is quietly purchasing another Melbourne property at the top of town, near the Haymarket roundabout and several higher education institutions.
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Crown casino wins approval for 90-storey tower at Southbank
Casino giant Crown will expand its Southbank site to eight hectares after it won approval from the Andrews government to build a $1.75 billion 90-storey tower.
Abacus, KKR and Riverlee Group sell World Trade Centre in Melbourne
One of the world's largest private equity groups, a wealthy investor and an ASX listed property fund have sold the World Trade Centre in Melbourne for $267.5 million.
Australia's tallest timber office on its way
The country's largest timber building will call Brisbane home in a deal worth $140 million between developer Lendlease and the Liberman family-backed Impact Investment Group.
Rag & Bone latest international retailer to land in Australia
New York fashion label Rag & Bone is the latest boutique designer to hit Australia's shores where it will open a store next month in Melbourne's The Strand arcade.
Prime Sydney office sites could reap $130m
The march of the Sydney light rail along George Street in the City is creating a bonanza for property owners as they seek to sell buildings to a new generation of developers for retail, hotels and even residential properties.
Funds swoop on suburban offices and warehouse
Fund managers have snapped up two Melbourne properties paying more than $20 million each in separate deals for an Abbotsford office and office-warehouse in Clayton.
Is it time to crack down on property investors, again?
How the regulators respond to the latest investor loan boom is shaping up as the more interesting questions in domestic banking this year – which could have a big impact on the broader real estate market.
Central Equity wins approval for another Lonsdale Street tower
Developer Central Equity has been granted approval for a 57-level skyscraper near the corner of Lonsdale and King streets, despite opposition from residents in neighbouring apartments.
SCA Property upgrades outlook amid sluggish supermarket sales
SCA Property has issued a 1.4 per cent upgrade for its future earnings, saying while supermarket tenant sales were sluggish from the ongoing price wars, there were some signs of improvements.
Italian Gothic gets buyers going
A heritage listed building at 403-405 Mt Alexander Road constructed in the 1880's for the English Scottish and Australian Chartered Bank sold for $1.8 million, a building rate of $6,315.79 per sqm.
Australia forces 15 foreign property owners to sell
Australia has forced the foreign owners of 15 illegally bought properties to sell.
Bluff reaps Matthies more than $35 million
China-backed developer Sterling Global is snapping up another high-profile Melbourne site.
Suburban office market stirred by sales
Perth-based syndicator Property Bank is preparing to recycle two Melbourne office assets after successfully offloading a suburban building last year for $23.5 million at a peak point in the property cycle.
Will home prices crash in 2017? The economists' verdict
Australia's property prices are likely to keep rising this year before slowly losing momentum and going backwards.
Sydney Harbour Marriott puts finishing touches to a $15m transformation
The Sydney Harbour Marriott hotel has undertaken a $15 million refurbishment as it prepares for a busy few years as visitation increases at the new International Convention Centre.
Small Business
Teen entrepreneur gets set to launch skincare range
She was the youngest ever keynote speaker at Pause Festival.
Forget the hoodies, meet the new start-ups
Startup Muster reveals the changing face of start-ups.