With houses out of reach, fancy a unit as big as a car?
In Hong Kong, where housing is even more expensive than in Sydney, micro-apartments are booming.
Property
Collins Street's top towers turf the lobby and let in luxury
The cold stone corporate lobbies in Collins Street's top towers are being cleaned out and high-end retailers are moving in.
Investors target suburban offices
Suburban offices have become prime investment targets as falling vacancies and rising rents attract more investors to the sector.
Ariadne sets date for Ardent showdown
Corporate raider Ariadne Australia is to have its showdown with Ardent Leisure at an extraordinary general meeting on September 4, in Sydney.
Celtic Club reborn as Paragon
The $200 million Fender-Katsalidis tower set for the Celtic Club site on Queen Street has almost sold out before a public sales campaign even started.
Man caves spread across Sydney, Melbourne
What do you do with the toys in your garage when you downsize? You buy a "man cave".
Retail facing toughest time in many years, operators warn
Retail operators have said the sector is facing some of the toughest times in many years.
Strata law reforms open flood gates for savvy home owners
Owners of commercial and residential strata properties are preparing for a wave of sales under the December 2016 strata law reform legislation
City fringe office and residential sites are top of the list
Investor demand for quality and higher yielding assets has seen a rise in offerings of properties, ranging from offices to townhouse developments.
Sydney industrial rents hit 20-year high growth rate
Rising land values and increased demand for warehouses from online importers has led to average face rents in Sydney's industrial market growing by 2.09 per cent in the first quarter of 2017.
Yields dive as strata shops snapped up
A string of retail deals in Melbourne's CBD has driven yields to ever sharper returns, even as rents have started to flag.
Sale-and-leaseback deal reaps Asaleo Care $22.4m from Perpetual
Toilet paper and feminine hygiene product manufacturing giant Asaleo Care is banking $22.4 million selling a Springvale industrial asset with a leaseback to Perpetual, a Sydney based institutional investor.
The changing face of Sydney’s industrial landscape
Now more than ever, the lack of quality industrial land in Sydney and rising land prices is placing pressure on the industrial property market to reinvent the asset class.
Goodman may need new tenant in Pyrmont
Landlord Goodman Group may have to start looking for a new tenant at its Pyrmont site in City West Office Park.
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New centre 'second home' for disabled
FMSA Architecture started discussions with the Karingal Group five years ago, regarding a new centre for those with intellectual and physical disabilities.
Ariadne calls Ardent board concerns 'utter nonsense'
The war of words between shareholder Ariadne and Ardent Leisure over proposed board appointments has escalated with calls of "utter nonsense" being made.
Ariadne call for EGM to disrupt Ardent board
Corporate raider, Ariadne run by Dr Gary Weiss, has called for an extraordinary general meeting in a bid to gain shareholder approval to appoint four directors to the Ardent Leisure board, and consequently gaining control.
Salad days no more: SumoSalad battles Westfield
SumoSalad threatens to move out of Westfield shopping centres if it doesn't get a significant rent cut.
Malaysian developer launches South Yarra tower
A Malaysian developer, which lists projects in London and Sydney on its portfolio, is set to announce the launch of a high-end 27-storey tower in ritzy South Yarra.
Hyatt Place opens at Essendon Fields
The first Hyatt Place hotel in Australia opens this week at the $1 billion Essendon Fields business park.
Watpac to develop $63m NSW Coroner's Court
Brisbane-based listed developer Watpac has extended its work in progress with the $63 million contract
Hotelier Simon Tilley snaps up Greenwood pub lease
Sydney hotelier Simon Tilley has extended his pub footprint with the purchase of the leasehold in the Greenwood Hotel, North Sydney from the Balmain Pub Group (BPG) for just over $10 million.
Villaworld buys Plumpton land for $44m
Listed property developer Villaworld has paid $44 million for two land sites in Plumpton, a suburban growth corridor in Melbourne's north-west.
House prices slip again
Melbourne and Perth were the only major capital cities to escape a property price dip last week.
South Melbourne office values soar
A two-storey terrace office at 223 Park Street has soared in value by more than one third over two years. The property sold for $1.6 million in 2015 before selling again recently to an overseas investor for $2,528,500, a 36 per cent rise.
Singaporeans leading deals on St Kilda Road
Melbourne's famed leafy St Kilda Road boulevard is at the centre of a flurry of Singapore-led sales activity with potential buyers negotiating over two towers and another set to be offered to market.
Non-bank lenders throw down challenge to banks
Non-bank lenders are stepping into the breach to finance developments as big banks tighten lending.
Enterprising Singaporean developer starts work on 555 Collins
A Singapore billionaire has begun marketing apartments in a dilapidated Collins Street building.
ASIC moves on failed Pilbara property scheme
Australia's corporate watchdog has moved to shut down 19 companies associated with failed Pilbara property scheme marketed by get-rich-quick spruiker Jamie McIntyre.
Small Business
One way tech startups founded by women are different
Startups with at least one female founder build companies where nearly half the staff are women, a study found.
Why this woman traded in the 'mumpreneur' dream
Ten years ago practically every mother wanted to start a start-up. Everything's changed.