Property Editor at The Age and BusinessDay journalist for Fairfax's theage.com.au, smh.com.au, watoday.com.au and brisbanetimes.com.au.
A bitter, protracted legal stoush between two deep-pocketed Singaporean property owners has stalled a 71-storey skyscraper planned for Melbourne, leaving hundreds of apartment owners in limbo.
Cadence Property Group has sold a 7-Eleven petrol station off-the-plan for $5.41 million as service stations and convenience stores with long leases continue to attract small investors.
The heavily-indebted Chinese owner of Darwin Port, who is struggling to make payments on money borrowed to pay for the port lease, is offloading two large development sites in Melbourne worth $40 million.
Australia Post has inked a deal with giant Singaporean fund Keppel REIT to sell it a $347.8 million half share in a Melbourne tower to be built for Victoria Police.
Quarry owner and private developer Paul Lofitis has gained planning approval for a 20-storey apartment complex on a site in Spencer Street he purchased for $12.75 million in December last year.
Discount retailer Target may be struggling with sales, but a head office it recently leased for a 10-year period in Melbourne's west has sold to Centuria Property Funds for $58.23 million.
Frasers Property Australia has netted $8.2 million from two 10-year lease deals, including one to Australia's largest childcare provider, at its Mulgrave "Wellington 2eleven" business park development.
Luxury hotel operator Mandarin Oriental Group will open its first Australian hotel in a stunning, vase-like Melbourne tower designed by the world's greatest female architect, Zaha Hadid, before she died unexpectedly last year.
Apartments with city views over the water in one of property giant Mirvac's developments are being offered to buyers at a whopping $59,400 discount on their $495,000 advertised price.
Yield-chasing investors have galvanised office markets as they run the ruler over a multi-storey complex in downtown Melbourne and a St Kilda Road office tower, just two of multiple deals in play along Australia's east coast worth up to $2 billion.
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