Property development
Cashed up barrister and cattle station owner buys into Lygon Street
Australia’s richest barrister Allan Myers, KC, has quietly snapped up the ANZ bank branch in Carlton, down the road from his old university.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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Let us DIY: This Sydney council wants to design its own housing plan on its own timeline
Labor-controlled Inner West Council is urging the Minns government to delay one of its signature housing policies, saying it can deliver the required density itself.
- by Michael McGowan
Opinion
Opinion
Why house prices will stay stronger for longer
The government alone cannot solve the imbalance in supply and demand in the housing market.
- by Elizabeth Knight
What it costs to live in the Perth suburbs where wellbeing is highest
A suburb’s wellbeing was measured on several indicators including health, environment, jobs and income – but it comes at a price.
- by Sarah Brookes and Elizabeth Redman
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Planning
Families lose out in Sydney’s new housing push, say planners
Domain sales data shows fewer than one in 10 units recently sold in the city’s inner west and Canterbury-Bankstown had more than two bedrooms.
- by Mary Ward
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Housing crisis
How an owl and a flying fox may stop the government’s housing reforms
Ku-ring-gai Council is claiming the Minns government has broken the law with its plan for development in special transport hubs.
- by Andrew Taylor
Overdue or overdeveloped? How Westfield wants to transform this pocket of Sydney
The redevelopment of Westfield Eastgardens has prompted fears it will decimate local shopping strips, create traffic congestion and be an eyesore.
- by Andrew Taylor
Newstead development to tower over Gasworks
Plans for a third and final tower in Mirvac’s “Sky Precinct” at Newstead have been submitted for council approval.
- by Cameron Atfield
Drug kingpin’s former Sydney Road arcade for sale
Cashed-up Aesop founder and Canberra developer are selling hipster Sydney Road shops once owned by career criminal Tony Mokbel.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Their housing estate was demolished. Here’s what happened to the final residents
Things Will Be Different tells the story of two of the final residents to vacate their homes ahead of a controversial public housing estate demolition.
- by Cher Tan
Council orders former Goldfingers strip club site to be turned into a park
The derelict site of the former Kilkenny Inn and Goldfingers strip club will be turned into a temporary park by the City of Melbourne because construction on a promised multimillion-dollar development won’t begin next month.
- by Cara Waters