January
Who’s really in and who’s out at the AO women’s final
Australia’s movers and shakers once more opened their social year in style, enjoying one of the true spectacles of global sport at the Australian Open.
July 2024
The war in Gaza is dividing Australians. Business is worried
Paul Bassat says Australia is fighting a “war of ideas” and losing; John Mullen says business people are too scared to say what they really think and Rod Eddington fears multiculturalism is under threat.
April 2024
‘What Paula wants, Paula gets’: Lindsay Fox’s $152m birthday surprise
A high-profile birthday singalong broke out on billionaire Lindsay Fox’s birthday at the official opening of new $152 million Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre in Melbourne on Friday.
March 2024
Inside the $80m trophy home set to test Melbourne’s record
The southern capital’s residential sales record could soon be topped, with the arrival of a contemporary Toorak trophy home that has a guide of $75 million to $82 million.
February 2024
Mall owner Vicinity locks in retail rebound
The shopping centre landlord took advantage of stronger than expected retail conditions to lock in higher rents, improving its earnings guidance as a result.
October 2023
Jewellers Keith and Deirdre Beville to sell $25m Toorak gem
The home of Melbourne’s Bevilles Jewellers family on Whernside Avenue joins Toorak’s prestige market with a price of up to $25 million
Gandel: Israel has ‘no choice’ but to hammer Gaza
Property billionaire John Gandel is worried that public support for Israel will decline in Australia as retaliation against Hamas gains pace.
April 2023
Lindsay Fox’s 86th birthday bash comes with optional kilts
The key question for those on the guest list is how to fit a dress code that specifies ‘kilt or casual’.
March 2023
‘It’s fun’: John Gandel explains why big malls are winners
Billion-dollar turnovers at nine of the country’s top 10 malls is indicative of the sector’s rebound from the lockdown years and its resilience amid cost-of-living pressures, industry players say.
January 2023
Vicinity anoints Huddle to lead as clouds loom in retail
Previously acting in the role, Peter Huddle will hand down his first financial results as chief executive this month, amid uncertain conditions facing both retailers and their landlords.
Courtside stars at Australian Open women’s final
Don’t believe the critics. There was no lack of star power at the 2023 Australian Open Women’s Final.
May 2022
Petrol king goes shopping with Adelaide mall deal
Rich Lister Nick Andrianakos’s first investment into a shopping centre comes almost half a century after the Greek migrant bought his first petrol station in 1973, going on to create the Milemaker chain of fuel outlets.
February 2022
Vicinity lifts earnings, gives guidance as omicron wanes
The shopping mall landlord has posted a turnaround profit of $650.2 million after recovering from hefty portfolio write-downs at the height of the pandemic.
Leon Pratt’s bar mitzvah draws power crowd
Two hundred of Melbourne’s most influential people gathered at Raheen Estate on Saturday afternoon.
January 2022
The rich and the mighty at the Barty Party
Those lucky enough to attend the Barty Party at the 2022 Australian Open women’s final were treated to a thrilling night of tennis, played in front of one of the most enthusiastic crowds seen in years.
December 2021
If you’re going to do something, do it properly, says this billionaire
In her first big face-to-face interview, 86-year-old philanthropist Pauline Gandel talks about the allure of Japanese art.
August 2021
Vicinity reins in loss as rent collection lifts
Managing director Grant Kelley has flagged a strategy revamp to include more mixed-use development and funds management.
Spotlight billionaire Zac Fried buys Gulfstream 650 jet
On June 19, Fried’s new plane landed in Melbourne from Rotterdam via Dubai.
June 2021
Chadstone expands upwards with new office tower
The new tower is part of the latest expansion at Chadstone, which has rolled out successive waves of redevelopment over its 60-year history.
Even Rich Listers feel the heat in ‘crazy’ property market
Not even Rich Listers are immune to competition in residential markets starved of stock and are having to fork out huge sums to secure the relatively few properties on sale.