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Climate Change Ups Legal Risks For Property Development
Business
Monday May 18 2020

Climate Change Ups Legal Risks For Property Development

Research has shown that the relatively short time frames in which property developers operate gives them little cause to consider climate legal risk.

Local Character Criteria Are Stopping Necessary Development In NSW
Zoning
Tuesday August 20 2019

Local Character Criteria Are Stopping Necessary Development In NSW

A few weeks before the NSW state election in March 2019 the Department of Planning slipped a new planning document into the public realm titled “Local...

Innovative Design Bogged Down in Planning
Urban Planning
Friday March 22 2019

Innovative Design Bogged Down in Planning

“I’ve just been rejected in all my applications for new houses in this council.”

Sydney Planning: The Best or Nothing
Urban Planning
Thursday July 5 2018

Sydney Planning: The Best or Nothing

Karl Benz once remarked that he built a great motor car with the axiom “Das Beste Oder Nichts” meaning “the best or nothing,” and it is...

Record Land Releases Creating Huge Greenfield Opportunities
Zoning
Thursday July 5 2018

Record Land Releases Creating Huge Greenfield Opportunities

Drive along the old Princes Highway toward Pakenham in Melbourne’s south-east and ‘Land for Sale’ signs dot the landscape.

Middle Ring Suburbs Missing Out
Zoning
Wednesday July 4 2018

Middle Ring Suburbs Missing Out

The recent report by the Grattan Institute - Housing Affordability - Re-imagining the Australian dream - makes a plea for more medium density housing in inner...

Big Opportunities in Hotel Development and Construction
Commercial
Wednesday March 7 2018

Big Opportunities in Hotel Development and Construction

Four years ago, Australia’s hotel market was struggling as a surging dollar saw the cost competitiveness of our tourism industry relative to overseas peers plummet, weak...

New Suburbs, Latent Heave, Trees and Lessons Not Learnt
Residential
Tuesday September 26 2017

New Suburbs, Latent Heave, Trees and Lessons Not Learnt

On August 16th 2017, The Age contained a two-page article about 8,000 blocks in a new suburb called Mount Atkinson, situated between Caroline Springs and Rockbank...

It’s Time for Developer Control
Commercial
Friday August 18 2017

It’s Time for Developer Control

When I first saw London tower fire, I thought it was an act of terror.

Commercial
24 Jan, 2018
NZ:Feelers out for $300m Waterfront Partner

Auckland Council is on the hunt for a consortium capable of delivering an infrastructure redevelopment north of $300 million that would meet the city's plans to...

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Business
25 Aug, 2015
Lend Lease Full Year Profit Down 25%, Despite Record Pipeline of Projects

Global property developer Lend Lease's development pipeline has hit a record of nearly $45 billion thanks to new projects in Asia and the Americas.

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Business
12 Aug, 2015
NZ Landlord PFI Seeks Funds for Acquisitions

Listed industrial landlord Property For Industry it will hit up investors for $49.5 million for acquisitions and developments after more than doubling its first-half profit.

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Business
5 Aug, 2015
Investment in Hotel Properties Jumps

Transaction volume in the Australian hotel investment market reached $1.9 billion for the first half of 2015, and looks set to overtake the $2.5 billion transacted...

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Business
31 Jul, 2015
Melbourne Wants Development Partner for Queen Vic Market

Plans to transform the Queen Victoria Market precinct and add as much as half a billion dollars in new property to the area are fast gathering...

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Business
30 Jul, 2015
Ex-Sydney Mayor Facing Corruption Charges

An ex-Sydney mayor who was branded corrupt and dumped from council is now headed to court on charges of blackmail, misconduct in public office and lying...

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Business
30 Apr, 2014
Stockland Renews Push for Australand

Property developer Stockland is renewing calls on rival Australand to open its books so it can pursue its $2.4 billion takeover offer.

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