Sydney set to be hit with a flurry of new hotels

Sydney is to get a swath of new hotel rooms to cater for the growth of inbound tourism and the rise in demand from business travellers who want facilities close to the airport and accessible to the city.

Street where shops pay $20,000 just to rent a metre

The lack of supply due to construction works and increasing numbers of new brands looking for a shop has underpinned the prime retail sector in Sydney and led to a growth of about 10 per cent in rents, quarter on quarter.

Traditional fundamentals will dominate property trust reporting season

Takeovers of real estate investment trusts at the smaller end of the index are dominating the headlines in the lead-up to the full-year reporting season.

The fine print in JB Hi-Fi's penalty rates move

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JB Hi-Fi chief executive Richard Murray remarked in January at the KPMG's Couta Boats regatta that he would like to see penalty rates on Saturdays and Sundays "better aligned".

Exchange House could reap $130m for owners

The dash for high-end office towers has seen more than $4 billion worth of asset change hands along the Eastern seaboard in the past two months, triggered by the strength in the underlying leasing market.

Being on the fringe is very popular

Investors have earmarked beachside suburbs as offering the best growth potential

Property trusts in race to reporting season

It has been a busy start to the new financial year with capital raisings, takeovers and flat trading conditions for some of the development-focused real estate investment trusts.

William Inglis & Son to build $140 million complex

Sydney's Warwick Farm is to be the home of the latest upmarket hotel

Deals and Deeds

Annabelle Boyd has sold a 349 sqm site at 374 Pacific Highway, Lindfield to SNP Investments for $4.8 million.