Australia Post takes on Amazon with lockers
Postal service looks to make e-commerce more efficient for apartment residents.
Property
Strata office values soar in Melbourne CBD
Strata values in Melbourne are doubling as businesses secure property with cheap debt.
Sydney buyers come calling on leafy boulevard
A Sydney family has made their first foray into the Melbourne investment market, snapping up 1 Bowen Crescent for close to $14 million.
Aust Unity snaps up $105m office asset
Australian Unity Office Fund has increased its portfolio with an unconditional agreement to acquire 150 Charlotte Street, Brisbane for $105.75 million, this will be partly funded through a $50 million equity issue
AMP fills out One Melbourne Quarter
Lendlease has scored its biggest tenant to date for the first tower of its $2.5 billion Melbourne Quarter project in Docklands.
Ambitious plans to revamp popular Jam Factory
The popular, but rundown, Jam Factory restaurant and entertainment precinct in South Yarra will be gutted and rebuilt as a glitzy 15-storey $1.25 billion retail and office complex under ambitious plans put forward by owner Newmark Capital.
LOGOS, Frasers expand in Sydney's west
LOGOS and Frasers Property have expanded their presence in Sydney's west with key leasing deals in industrial property estates.
City Ford site on market with $100m price expectations
The former City Ford site at 75 Crown Street, Sydney, is on the market with the private family owners looking to reap about $100 million.
Developers battle minister over shade in city park
A joint venture between a Melbourne and Malaysian developer will take Victoria's planning minister to the appeals tribunal after he cut the height of a proposed city skyscraper to limit overshadowing of a popular riverside city park.
Max Stern ends up on Collins Street after being bumped by metro works
Stamp, coin and currency merchants Max Stern have signed a lease over 341 sq m at 271 Collins Street after being displaced by the Metro Rail project works.
AusPost prepares for Amazon with online delivery push
Australia Post has launched one of its most significant delivery programs in recent years, Shipster, ahead of the arrival of internet juggernaut Amazon.
France's Accor lobs $1.2b offer for Australian hotel group
French-based Accor hotel group has lobbed a $1.2 billion takeover offer for Mantra Group, Australia's second-largest hotel operator in the small to medium asset sector.
Home sales higher after holiday slowdown
Home sales bounced higher across the capital cities in the past seven days, but the clearance rate continues to track lower compared to a year ago.
Sydneysiders in revolt over development as two-thirds declare the city is 'full'
The finding comes amid tensions within the NSW government over how to meet a housing shortfall.
'It was always going to happen': Sydney's disappearing freestanding homes
The demand for well-located land has transformed the economics of housing in Sydney.
German giant buys supermarket site to enter Australia
Australia's fiercely competitive grocery sector is set for another shakeup after German giant Kaufland purchased a landmark South Australian site for its first major supermarket.
Largest shed in southern hemisphere gets 6 Green Stars
One of the largest sheds in the southern hemisphere, a half-a-kilometre-long storage and distribution facility the size of eight MCG playing fields, has won a 6 Star Green Star As Built rating.
Hotels hit market as pub sector heats up
The Royal Hotel in Melbourne's Sunbury, leased to Woolworths-backed operator ALH Group, is to be offloaded by a private NSW investor, hot on the heels of another ALH-operated pub, the Berwick Inn, hitting the market.
The $8b exodus: Queensland cashes in as Sydneysiders sell up
Sydneysiders are cashing out of their million-dollar homes in favour of cheaper houses in the tropical north, says Macquarie Bank.
At the ABC, F is for Friday flexibility
Michelle Guthrie likes to spends Fridays away from the office, preferring to work from home.
Industrial property captures high returns for investors
In one of the largest industrial property leases for some time, DB Schenker, a large multi-client contract logistics business, has leased a former Masters distribution facility for the next decade.
City fringe assets in hot demand
Investors are expected to pump more than $170 million into the city fringe sector through the sale of development sites and office towers.
Radiant CBD heat warms up fringe office
Intense competition for CBD office properties in Melbourne and Sydney is creating a surge of activity in fringe office markets.
Combined home sales to yield owners more than double the usual price
Amalgamation of seven individual homes in Sydney's inner-west suburb of Burwood is set to yield the owners a bumper profit.
Strata sector moving back into the spotlight
The strata office sector has been overshadowed by the big ticket asset sales in the past few years, but with interest rates low, small to medium business are now moving from leasing to owning these smaller suites.
David Jones turns to food halls to spice up sales
Upmarket department store chain David Jones has opened its next generation site at GPT Group's Wollongong Central, which features a new food concept.
Ten-level mixed-use village plan for Mount Waverley freeway site
A local investor has snared one of south-east Melbourne's most prominent corners in an off-market deal speculated to be worth more than $25 million.
Deals and deeds
HUNTINGWOOD $5.2m.
How long can this party last?
With Commercial Office Landlords in Sydney in the grip of a perfect storm of low supply, buoyant demand and rising rents, it might be time to pause and consider those events which could put a stop to this record period of bliss.
Baby Boomers look to larger apartments
Investor-driven apartments have boosted the apartment market for many years, but increasingly, owner-occupiers, wanting to scale down in their own suburbs, are taking over.
Small Business
Patchy internet costing Australia's small businesses big
Regional small businesses are struggling with poor broadband.
Breaking into the Chinese daigou market
The Chinese diagou phenomenon provides an opportunity into the world's biggest marketplace.