Dreamworld theme park hit by Cyclone Debbie
Ardent Leisure, the owner of the Dreamworld theme park, has revealed a fall of 34.3 per cent in revenue at the parks.
Property
'Vicious circle': Sydney's property market hurting families
Akhilesh Mehta flops into his bus seat and readies himself for the hour-and-a-half commute from his job in central Sydney to his home on the city's outskirts.
Blackstone snaps up $126m portfolio
Global investment giant, Blackstone, has increased its exposure to the Australian property market with the acquisition of four industrial assets for $126 million from two Charter Hall funds.
Australia has a property bubble? Look again
As regulators crack down on lending, chances are the rest of the country will pay for the excesses of easy money and federal politics in Sydney and Melbourne.
Australia Post will reach out to help Amazon
Australia Post is in the box seat to work with the global online giant Amazon, when it officially opens in Australia.
Is there a fix for housing affordability?
Despite taking a hammer blow from the financial crisis London is one of the most effervescent – and infuriating – housing markets in the world. Sound familiar?
Transport companies driving industrial growth
Transport and logistics are driving Melbourne's industrial market, accounting for 36 per cent of newly leased space over the past year.
Westfield eyes 1500 apartments in US, UK next year
Global retail giant Westfield plans to gain a foothold in the US and UK housing markets.
Fridcorp's bid for 37-storey skyscraper thrown out
Developer Paul Fridman has failed in an ambitious bid to construct a 37 storey tower, two and half times the local height limit, on a South Yarra block next to Larry Kestelman's $500 million Capitol Grand building.
WeWork takes second space in Melbourne CBD
US co-working juggernaut WeWork is understood to be taking office space in the London Stores building in the Bourke Street Mall. The 5000 square metre space above the shopping thoroughfare will be WeWork's second office in Melbourne.
Apartment hotel projects gain traction
Demand is on the rise for apartment towers that can be used as hotels.
Auction sales reap $18.5m
It was fast and furious at the recent auctions for assets from Willoughby to Gosford.
Cotton On tops Chadstone office tower
Geelong-based retailer Cotton On Group has snapped up the final floor of Chadstone Shopping Centre's new $85 million office tower.
Failed home builder Watersun Homes 'could have been trading insolvent': administrators
​Failed builder Watersun Homes could have been trading insolvent for more than a year before its collapse.
Deposit, salary stymie Aussie millennials' home ownership dreams
Just 28 per cent of Australian millennials own a home, only marginally higher than their peers in the United Arab Emirates, a survey has found.
Swisse spoils spent on another Melbourne commercial site
Stephen Ring, who pocketed a speculated $1 billion selling the Swisse vitamins business, has bought the former home of the renowned Society restaurant.
Time to savour a dedicated space to wine tasting
TarraWarra Estate's new cellar door provides guests with a different experience to what's already on offer.
Investa Office bid puts property in the spotlight
The Cromwell offer for Investa Office Fund, valued at about $3 billion, has ignited a fresh round of interest in the real estate investment trust sector.
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Cromwell lobs $3b bid for Investa Office Fund
Cromwell Corporation has ended months of speculation by making an after-market unsolicited, indicative, non-binding proposal for Investa Office Fund, valuing it about $3 billion.
Suburban shops selling for record rates
A Carnegie shop sets new record for a sale in the area on a record low yield of 2.53 per cent.
Menswear retailers on the move
Melbourne's Collins Street menswear retailers are on the move with both Fletcher Jones and MJ Bale taking new spaces.
Broadway Plaza in Punchbowl goes for $41.2m
Real Asset Management Group has emerged as the buyer of the Broadway Plaza, Punchbowl, paying $41.2 million to creditors PPB Advisory.
Land sales increase to $13 billion
Australia's greenfield residential land market grew 6 per cent last year with 57,381 lots released, according to a new State of the Land report.
Walker Corp kicks off $2b Parramatta project
Walker Corporation has moved a step closer to the rejuvenation of the $2 billion Parramatta Square precinct
Charter Hall undertakes $200m debt placement
Property landlords are now weighing into the favourable debt markets.
Gen Z attracted to social bricks-and-mortar shops
Offering the on trend clothes with an internet option to collect and providing a social meeting place, will always entice the Gen Z spenders into a physical shop
Six childcare centres up for grabs
A portfolio of six newly developed Victorian childcare centres offered to the market for the first time are expected to fetch $50 million.
Ixom signs anew at 1 Nicholson
Chemicals company Ixom has renewed its lease on Melbourne's first glass skyscraper in the north-east fringe office precinct. Charter Hall's Direct Office Fund has leased three floors at 1 Nicholson Street, the 12-storey tower built for Orica in 1960. Ixom, formerly Orica's chemicals arm, was sold to the Blackstone Group in 2015
Melbourne University to offload Sturt Street car park site
Melbourne University has moved to offload a large vacant site in Southbank now used as a public car park as it seeks funds to build the new home for the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music nearby.
Small Business
How one couple risked everything for their chocolate dream
Six years ago Ian and Leanne Neeland had a block of land in the Yarra Valley they couldn't build on and a Willy Wonka-like vision of a chocolate factory.
Feeling sick? Just. Go. Home.
No one is that important. No one is that necessary.