November 2021
People power the key to reviving CBD ‘ghost towns’
The return of public servants, international students and free public transport are key to getting people back to central Melbourne, the Property Council says.
- Patrick Durkin
August 2021
Office appeal increases as absence makes the heart grow fonder
The appeal of working from home is on the wane for many employees, who want to spend more time in the office than they did last year, according to JLL.
- Martin Kelly
June 2021
Bullish buyers push Sydney’s luxury CBD apartment market to the limit
Wealthy Sydneysiders are turning their backs on the suburbs and piling into CBD apartments, paying up to $35 million for exclusive urban escapes.
- Martin Kelly
April 2021
Brisbane CBD office market heats up
Brisbane’s CBD office sales market is starting to shift post-COVID with the value of transactions expected to exceed $1 billion in the first six months of 2021.
- Martin Kelly
Office model under threat as staff want more time at home: JLL
More people want to work from home and spend less time in the office, so what can landlords and employers do to make the commute worthwhile?
- Martin Kelly
Shift to the suburbs is just a matter of time
The hybrid world emerging in the office market may play out in a move to the suburbs by some businesses.
- James Dunn
Brisbane’s satellite towns champing at the bit for a chance to grow
Commercial property developers are eyeing places such as Maroochydore and Ipswich as potential sites for offices.
- Patrick Lawnham
Employers are busy negotiating days in office
Employees are returning to the city centre in Melbourne amid hopes that the office is making a comeback as the focal point of creativity and collaboration.
- James Dunn
CBDs are battling for survival
The office-centric work culture is locked in a combat to return to the pre-pandemic days, with technology favouring the work-from-anywhere model.
- Robert Harley
- Opinion
- Growth Nation
For populations to prosper, proximity matters
As Australians set the global pace for the return to a new normal, businesses are feeling out the role of the office in a post-pandemic world.
- Tica Hessing
Office design going through a sea change
Huge interest in offices is counterbalancing the newly discovered benefits of working from home.
- Mark Eggleton
Regions gaining at the expense of the big smoke
Property prices in regional areas have increased in the past year, as evidence of the work-from-anywhere trend ushered in by the pandemic, writes Saul Eslake.
- Saul Eslake
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Brisbane set to steal a march on southern capitals
Queensland has been spared the lengthy lockdown periods that other states faced during the pandemic and footfall is increasing rapidly in its city areas.
- Patrick Lawnham
Perth shakes off pandemic ‘ghost town’ tag
Increased home office use has not dimmed the enthusiasm of developers to build more commercial towers in Perth.
- Peter Kennedy
Lifestyle benefits pushing Adelaide back to normalcy
The rubbish collection barometer shows the Adelaide CBD has largely revived, but more office workers are welcome.
- Simon Evans
March 2021
Jobs growth to rescue falling office rents
The better than expected pick-up in employment should put a a floor under the price of central city workplace space.
- Nick Lenaghan
February 2021
Mass exodus from Sydney CBD doubles vacancy rate
The city’s vacancy rate has more than doubled in the past 12 months, according to the Property Council’s latest Office Market Report.
- Larry Schlesinger
January 2021
‘Pencil tower’ plan on Pitt Street the skinniest yet
Super tall, and super thin, pencil towers are rare beasts on the skyline: the result of fortuitous planning decisions, property market economics and the modern technology that keeps them upright.
- Nick Lenaghan
Investa's $800m vote of confidence in Sydney CBD
Fund manager Investa, partnered by Canada's Manulife, will buy out Macquarie's landmark Martin Place development after an earlier deal was scuttled in the early days of the pandemic.
- Nick Lenaghan