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    Marriott’s Richard Crawford with Jason Makris at the Marina Mirage site on the Gold Coast.

    Rich Listers sign up Marriott for $500m Gold Coast marina project

    Marriott will operate the new Marina Mirage hotel under its Luxury Collection brand after signing an agreement with developers the Makris family.

    • 38 mins ago
    • Larry Schlesinger
    Non-bank lender Zagga is providing a $28m loan to fund the upgrade of Invicta House, an office building in Melbourne.

    Banks’ pullback from offices, hotels opens door for non-bank lenders

    With the bank sector reducing exposure to assets like commercial property, residential subdivisions and tourism, alternative players can now grab them.

    • Larry Schlesinger

    Yesterday

    The now-complete 198-unit build-to-rent-to-own development at 15 Thompson Street in inner-suburban Melbourne’s Kensington is the first of five planned projects that AustralianSuper is funding with developer Assemble.

    Why AustralianSuper isn’t investing in build to rent

    The head of the country’s largest industry super fund says risk and scale are crucial factors for any investment it considers – and that’s an issue with BTR.

    • Michael Bleby
    Phil George with Jacqui Pires of King Street Studios

    WeWork’s exit opens opportunity for new co-working hub

    The owner of 66 King Street in Sydney’s CBD has taken over the space from WeWork and decided to run his own co-working office there under a belief that he can do it better.

    • Campbell Kwan
    Artwork of Chiodo Corporation’s proposed $300 million Port Douglas resort.

    Keystone lent money to director’s $300m Port Douglas resort dream

    Keystone Asset Management, under ASIC investigation, lent money to companies associated with a director’s controversial plan to develop an “uber five-star luxury” resort in Port Douglas.

    • Max Mason
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    This Month

    Dowan Hills last sold for $5m in 2015.

    Fund manager Allan Fife pays $11m for 180-year-old Yass sheep farm

    The Fife Capital founder will add Dowan Hill to a farming portfolio that includes Stonehenge, a sheep farm in Tasmania he bought last year for $25 million.

    • Larry Schlesinger
    Renovation fit for a QEII: $1.6 billion-worth of work will be needed to make Brisbane’s QSAC (Queensland Sports and Athletic Centre) fit for the 2032 Olympics.

    How higher building costs will shape the Brisbane Olympics

    High labour costs will put pressure on the construction sector, forcing changes in how new projects are procured.

    • Michael Bleby
    Rural Funds has sold a half-share in cotton property Maynelands.

    Rural Funds eyes further sales of farms to cut debt and risk

    Rural Funds COO Tim Sheridan says the trust may look to sell half-stakes in other cattle, cropping and macadamia properties it currently owns and operates.

    • Larry Schlesinger

    Scentre’s bargain-hunting lands it $308m stake in Adelaide mall

    The Westfield owner has set up a fund with Barrenjoey to buy a half stake in Tea Tree mall, in a deal that was struck at a 12 per cent discount to book value.

    • Nick Lenaghan

    Rich List Snow family sets sights on Canberra’s next landmark

    It is the first major project launched by Capital Property, the owner of Canberra Airport, since Terry Snow stepped down from active management last month.

    • Nick Lenaghan
    Office property valuations may not have hit the bottom just yet.

    Why the office property market is still in real pain

    Sliding valuations in Australian office real estate means the debate about whether the sector has hit the bottom will rage on. 

    • James Thomson
    Adam Vaggelas, right, and Nick Singleton.

    GreenFort Capital targets $800m land lease portfolio

    There’s a growing snowball of players and money rolling into the residential property play on one of Australia’s biggest demographic changes.

    • Michael Bleby

    ‘Private AI’ surge powers Equinix’s $240m data centre expansion

    The surge in AI use adds to existing drivers for data centre demand, including cloud computing and increasing consumption of streaming services and social media.

    • Nick Lenaghan
    Hong Kong private equity player PAG has acquired 367 Collins St for $340 million.

    Mirvac set to sell two office towers at discounts of more than 20pc

    Pricing for the latest deals on the office towers in Sydney and Melbourne – worth close to half-a-billion dollars in total - shows just how far values have fallen.

    • Campbell Kwan and Nick Lenaghan

    Poor energy-efficient properties becoming stranded in Europe

    More than half of 250 European commercial real estate portfolio managers surveyed acknowledge that more than 30 per cent of their assets are stranded.

    • Frances Schwartzkopff
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    Employers lure workers back to office with promise of their own desk

    Hot desking took off during the pandemic as a way to save money amid a new era of hybrid work. Now some firms are having second thoughts.

    • Matthew Boyle
    Germany has wind farms in the North Sea but plans to develop specialist skills in Australia will be held up by the renewed debate over nuclear power, contractors say.

    Nuclear plan puts sovereign risk back into infrastructure: Contractors

    The Coalition’s energy proposal rekindles uncertainty for a contracting industry counting on renewable energy to offset a slowdown in rail and road work.

    • Michael Bleby

    Buyers snap up ageing and empty office buildings for deep discounts

    Bargain hunting in the US office sector might just be the tip of the iceberg, more a sign of quick deal-making than an indication that prices have hit rock bottom.

    • Matthew Goldstein
    CBA’s Mike Vacy-Lyle: “We are seeing a little bit of stability return.”

    Construction insolvencies will level out, CBA says

    After a few torrid years of collapses among builders and subcontractors, there are signs that conditions are going to normalise.

    • Michael Bleby
    Sydney cityscape aerial view. Sydney suburbs with warehouses, commercial and residential property.

    What does a “higher-for-longer” world mean for the property sector?

    The Property Summit gathers the industry’s most influential leaders, investors, commentators and disruptors to discuss the trends, threats and opportunities in commercial and residential sectors.