October 2024
Billionaire Bruce Mathieson’s rare Viennese cancer treatment
The pub entrepreneur has taken to a “copper igloo” in Europe to treat an aggressive blood cancer.
September 2024
Sydney lord mayor closes in on sixth term, Liberals wiped
At the close of counting on election night, Clover Moore had an early lead, securing almost 37 per cent of the vote.
August 2024
Vacant Vaucluse mansion asking $30m
In Sydney’s Vaucluse, an 1890s manor, sitting on more than 2000 square metres, has hit the market guiding $30 million.
June 2024
The slick design on show inside Martin Place’s new metro
Designing the station below the city’s “civic heart” was a three-dimensional puzzle, says its architect. Which makes the feeling of calmness inside all the more remarkable.
March 2024
Why a glass box in Sydney’s CBD is sending sports nerds wild
It’s got a reputation for being an “old man’s sport”, but squash is having a moment in the sun – and in Sydney’s Martin Place.
December 2023
Inside the $6000-a-night penthouse that makes you feel like a super villain
Careful: W Sydney’s aptly named Extreme Wow suite may prompt a personality change.
Soho House is coming: here’s the type of member they have in mind
Markus Anderson is a master connector with friends in high places and is helping to bring the elite members-only club for creatives to Australia.
October 2023
What it’s like to stay at the new W Sydney between two expressways
After construction dramas then the pandemic, the $1 billion Ribbon built for the glamorous hotel has opened. Life & Leisure stayed on opening night.
September 2023
Man dead, another in hospital after boat struck by whale
The two men were flung from their vessel off Cape Banks at La Perouse in Botany Bay about 6am on Saturday.
December 2022
It’s official: Uber cool Soho House is coming to Sydney
The private members-only boutique hotel meets private club brand has finally settled on a site for its first-ever Australian chapter.
September 2022
‘You’re working obscene hours but we’ll give you a bar tab’
A 22-year-old law student wonders if an unconventional gender identity could help start her career.
May 2022
What this top city planner wants for Sydney’s CBD
Head planner sees potential long-term benefits from pandemic lockdowns as the city’s central business district starts to bounce back.
February 2022
Green Square takes off as new development site hits market
Sydney’s largest urban regeneration project has serious momentum with an increasing appetite for the amenity, community and access it offers.
November 2021
Sydney super site to house $1.8b eco tower to rival Atlassian’s
The off-market acquisition of four linked sites in central Sydney has laid the foundation for a new environmentally sustainable mixed-use tower.
Hong Kong’s Link REIT buys into Sydney’s retail recovery
Amid lingering uncertainty over the CBD economy, the Hong Kong investor’s $538 million investment in the Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade and The Galeries will be seen as a big vote of confidence in the recovery.
April 2021
January 2021
Lendlease rushes to meet upmarket demand at Barangaroo
Such is the appetite for blue chip apartments overlooking Sydney Harbour that Lendlease has accelerated the timetable for its next Barangaroo tower by about a year.
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.
December 2020
What it’s like to split the bill with Australia’s most powerful mayor
In a country rather blasé about heirarchy, there’s a lot of ‘Lord Mayor this and that’ when Clover Moore shows up for a $10 lunch at one of her prime urban renewal areas.
October 2020
Criminal investigation launched into Sydney airport land deal
The AFP has launched an investigation into the Western Sydney airport land deal that resulted in taxpayers paying an extra $27 million for a block of land.