This Month
Regulator zeros in on Bally’s Star rescue deal
The American giant’s plans to take control of the gaming group will need approval from the NSW casino commission, which has flagged concerns about finances.
$110,000 coffee date: CFMEU peace deal revealed as rot spreads north
A peace deal between a gangland associate and a Gold Coast developer has sparked calls for company bosses and gangland figures to join unionists at an inquiry.
Alceon follows wealthy downsizers to Coolangatta with $142m retail buy
The investment manager plans to reposition the 32,000-square-metre shopping centre to match the southern Gold Coast’s changing demographic.
Does the Gold Coast’s buzziest new hotel live up to the hype?
Sophisticated and full of swagger, Australia’s first Mondrian, on Burleigh Beach, will change the way you do the GC.
Why this $140b industry super fund likes shopping malls so much
By 2030, a growing population will need much more retail space to cater for its shopping needs. Even allowing for online buying, we are running out of malls.
June
The next trend in hotels? Never checking out
Australia’s next wave of trophy homes will be dressed floor-to-ceiling in luxury resort labels.
Administrator warning as CFMEU Queensland strikes threaten to continue
Some Queensland builders have been told of up to four days of stoppages this week in protest against the High Court ruling.
Farming couple, lotteries boss smash Qld apartment records
The buyers of Queensland’s most expensive luxury apartments on the Gold Coast have been revealed as a Wagga Wagga-based couple and a lotteries entrepreneur.
Developer Soheil Abedian sells $18.5m penthouse
Demand - and prices – are strong for existing luxury property at a time when building anew is much more expensive.
Metrics, Odus pair to develop $290m Gold Coast tower
Lower borrowing costs and more confidence about building costs is creating opportunities to tap the greater demand for housing, financier says.
May
Brisbane buyers pay $19.2m for yet-to-be-built Gold Coast penthouse
The resort-style apartment that will be atop David Devine’s Royale tower has sold for a record price for a Surfers Paradise unit.
Cult Aussie skincare brand sold for an estimated $50m to Vita Green
Queensland-founded skincare group Alpha-H, known for its Liquid Gold products, has been sold by its PE owners to a Hong Kong supplement company.
From banking to rocket science: the family behind Australia’s space bid
After two decades at Citibank, Adam Gilmour, his brother James and his wife Michelle are just days away from launching Australia’s first locally made space rocket.
April
Developer halves height of Gold Coast apartment tower
The move to cut the 40-storey tower to just 21 is the biggest example to date of the construction sector’s inability to meet the country’s housing needs.
Gold Coast developers ‘right-sizing’ projects amid construction crunch
MRCB International is focusing on a high-end 20-storey project which it says will be easier to get off the ground at a time when builders are harder to find.
March
What an election in the middle of NRL Magic Round means for Qld
Anthony Albanese’s polling date will clash with a major weekend in the NRL calendar as well as a long weekend in Queensland.
‘Superhuman’: Sea World staff slept at work to keep dolphins safe
As Tropical Cyclone Alfred crept towards south-east Queensland, Sea World set in motion a massive operation to ensure the park’s dolphins were safe.
Beef exporters and farmers count the cost of Alfred
Lucrative export markets were hampered by ex-cyclone Alfred as fruit and vegetable farmers in Queensland count the cost.
What to do if you have a holiday booked to Queensland
Flights are back, but the roads are chaos. Here are your options for cancelling flights as the impact of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred lingers.
Iconic beaches stripped of sand could stay that way for months
Shorelines in tourism hotspots such as the Gold Coast and Byron Bay have been denuded by giant waves caused by the cyclone, and could take months to recover.