Commercial real estate
Microsoft, Macquarie pump billions into power hungry data centres
The global heavyweights are joining with Goodman Group and ploughing billions of dollars into new data centre developments.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Williamstown’s shipyard hits the slipway with a price tag of $200m
The last shipyard of its kind in Victoria is for sale eight years after the last vessel plunged down the slipway.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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The apartments created by Harry Seidler that are like a ‘vertical village’
One of Australia’s most gifted architects, Seidler was always up for a challenge.
- by Stephen Crafti
The heart of Footscray is full of empty, derelict sites. Locals blame ‘land banking’
Critics say land banking has become a problem with large commercial buildings in prime locations standing empty for years.
- by Najma Sambul
Cuckoo buyer wanted for popular $4m Dandenongs restaurant
The tearoom has been selling smorgasbords and steins in the chalet-style restaurant with a strong Alpine theme for more than 65 years.
- by Nicole Lindsay
The Melbourne luxury hotel that needs just one thing
Tall enough to cast a shadow over Melbourne’s Carlton Gardens, the 61-level luxury hotel is vacant despite a strong recovery in Australia’s hotel market.
- by Simon Johanson
Within a mile of the customer, a new breed of super-tall ‘vaults’
Scarce and expensive land close to city centres is forcing developers to look up rather than out and consider adding layers to traditional warehouses.
- by Simon Johanson
Australia’s most expensive apartment in the 1960s has had a luxurious facelift
Move over, Barangaroo and Paragon: this ’60s Fairlie apartment has top-end design in a highly coveted apartment block.
- by Stephen Crafti
Converting stranded offices into warehouses: Can it happen?
It’s a question occupying minds in the property industry as office occupancy dwindles and little used buildings face redundancy.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Shorter, wider, with more space: Queen Street Mall tower plans modified
Developers have downsized – and upscaled – plans for a new tower at the top of the Queen Street Mall, losing eight storeys but adding almost 3000 square metres.
- by Cameron Atfield
Court orders sale of Carlton property portfolio after family feud
The Pistorino family owned a portfolio of six properties including shops and offices in Carlton and Moonee Ponds.
- by Nicole Lindsay