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July

Novotel Brisbane Southbank Assistant Manager Michaela Barbeler. The hotel is experiencing high demand due to the origin decider taking place in Brisbane this week.

$2400 a night: Hotel prices soar as Origin fans flock to Brisbane

A perfect storm for the blockbuster rugby league series decider has sparked a surge in hotel rates across the city.

  • James Hall

May

Retiring Reece chair lists $12m family mansion in South Yarra

Melbourne-based Reece chair Tim Poole and his wife Jane have listed their South Yarra home, Atherley, after 24 years owning the Italianate mansion.

  • Bonnie Campbell

April

Taylor Auerbach, Mark Llewellyn and Steve Jackson.

‘Mission finally accomplished’: How Seven got its Lehrmann exclusive

After a four-month mission, thousands of dollars, and allegations of prostitutes and drugs, Seven finally secured a tell-all interview with Bruce Lehrmann.

  • Sam Buckingham-Jones

March

Harry Triguboff is restocking Meriton's serviced apartment holdings.

Dirty Harrys: Triguboff faces final stand against Seidler synagogue

Among Sydney’s property-obsessed hoi polloi, a showdown between Harry Seidler and Harry Triguboff was always going to make headlines.

  • Tom McIlroy

December 2023

Meriton founder Harry Triguboff.

Rich Lister Harry Triguboff books 9 per cent dip in profit

Mr Triguboff’s Meriton Properties’ bottom line profit fell 9 per cent to $290 million, as income apartment sales dipped and management costs rose.

  • Campbell Kwan
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Real Estate billionaire and Meriton founder Harry Triguboff.

Harry Triguboff comes up against the Harry Seidler legacy

The billionaire Meriton founder is opposing heritage protection of a Bondi synagogue designed by Australia’s most famous modernist architect.

  • Tom McIlroy

September 2023

Harry Triguboff in front of his first Melbourtne hotel, which opened its doors on Wednesday night

54 years on, Harry Triguboff finally makes his mark in Melbourne

The 298-room apartment hotel on King Street in Melbourne CBD’s - the Sydney property developer’s first foray in Victoria – has opened its doors.

  • Larry Schlesinger
The Castle Hill site scooped up by Meriton has a permit for seven buildings and almost 300 apartments.

Meriton swoops on $50m Sydney site as receivership sales flood market

More than one in 10 development sites for sale in western Sydney are being sold by receivers, Peter Vines of Ray White Commercial says.

  • Larry Schlesinger
Meriton’s first Melbourne hotel will open its doors on September 26.

90yo Harry Triguboff kicks off $400m hotel expansion

Meriton will open its first Melbourne hotel on September 26 after launching in Canberra in August. A second Melbourne hotel is “on the cards”.

  • Larry Schlesinger

June 2023

NSW Premier Chris Minns.

Minns wants to break Sydney’s selfish property foundations

The NSW premier has sided with developer Harry Triguboff by promising to make apartment buildings 30 per cent higher.

  • Aaron Patrick
Local councils are prepared for a fight against the NSW government over proposed rules that make it easier for developers to bypass them to build higher, denser housing developments.

Councils gear up to fight NSW push for higher, denser housing

The Minns government’s proposed rules to make it easier for developers to build in inner-city suburbs has been slammed by local councils.

  • Campbell Kwan

March 2023

Data theft: Developer Meriton said information relating to 1889 guests and staff at its Meriton Suites hotel business was stolen in the January attack.

Details of guests, staff affected by data hack at Meriton Suites

The hotel business of Australia’s sixth-richest person, Harry Triguboff, has been hit by cybercrime.

  • Michael Bleby and John Davidson
Former prime minister John Howard arrives.

Triguboff’s 90th birthday party draws pollies and property tycoons

In the shadows of Meriton tower in central Sydney on Saturday, dozens of guests ascended the steps of Town Hall to celebrate property mogul and long-time Financial Review Rich Lister Harry Triguboff’s 90th birthday.

  • Jessica Sier
New York University professor and economist Nouriel Roubini aka Dr Doom did his best to live up to his name.

10 of the best opinion reads from this week

From Nouriel Roubini’s inflation warnings to the RBA’s 10th interest rate rise and possible pause to leaked details about Australia’s AUKUS submarine deal. Here are 10 thoughtful opinion pieces from the past week.

February 2023

RBA governor Philip Lowe

Phil Lowe makes plenty of time for Meriton

Funnily enough, the RBA governor’s most regular meetings (not counting boardroom commitments) aren’t with a bank at all, but with Harry Triguboff’s group.

  • Myriam Robin
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The top floor penthouse includes a swimming pool and cinema room.

Downsizers spend record $19m on East Melbourne penthouse

The sale of the top floor penthouse in Luxcon’s East Melbourne project set a record for apartments in the upmarket suburb on the CBD fringe.

  • Larry Schlesinger

August 2021

Gladys Berejiklian: “September can be a month where we have greater freedom than we do now.”

Get jabbed to get back to work: Berejiklian

The lockdown that has confined more than 6 million people to their homes will be eased if half the adults in the state are fully vaccinated.

  • Aaron Patrick and John Kehoe
John Holland has had to operate with a significantly reduced workforce for the Sydney Football Stadium project at Moore Park.

Sydney construction sector warns of more closures next week

About two-thirds of the sector has been hit with a 50 to 70 per cent reduction in work due to lockdown, with many builders unsure if it’s viable to remain open.

  • David Marin-Guzman

July 2021

Meriton estimates it has about 2000 workers stuck in the heavily restricted Sydney LGAs.

Builders struggle to open sites as thousands of workers locked down

Meriton estimates about 80 per cent of its workforce is stuck in south-west or western Sydney as the NSW government only partially reopens the industry.

  • David Marin-Guzman

June 2021

Cbus Property wins buyers at Randwick

Cbus Property, well-known for its office tower projects, is also a busy developer of upmarket residential projects.

  • Nick Lenaghan

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