Business

Simon Johanson

Property Editor at The Age and BusinessDay journalist for Fairfax's theage.com.au, smh.com.au, watoday.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au.

 Salta Properties managing director Sam Tarascio  at the Docklands site which will become a hotel and apartment block.

First 'multi-family' apartment tower to go ahead

A private developer is set to build Australia's first "multi-family housing" apartment complex, a model where it keeps ownership of the entire building and leases out the units on a long-term basis, up to 10 years, to tenants.

Commercial lending for residential construction has grown sharply.

APRA warns on commercial property lending standards

Australia's powerful banking regulator has fired another warning shot at the commercial property sector, saying it will further investigate lending standards and consider "additional guidance" if necessary.

CUB's brewery site in Abbotsford.

Fosters to sell CUB's Southbank headquarters

Australia's largest liquor company Fosters has moved to offload the Southbank headquarters of its famous subsidiary Carlton & United Breweries in a deal tipped to fetch $80 million once the six-storey building is sold.