July
$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
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- Luxury property
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
- Exclusive
- Property development
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
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
- Opinion
- Political leadership
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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