Yesterday
Sydney’s architecture ambitions on show as face of the city changes
The integration of office space with the new underground rail line creates a national template for the way Australian cities can work.
This Month
Victoria claims a land advantage in the data centre race
Even as states try to balance the needs of computing with other purposes, they see a big prize in hosting artificial intelligence-supporting infrastructure.
What’s holding us back from a better housing, transport and clean energy future
Australia doesn’t lack ideas for solving problems in housing, transport and clean energy, we lack institutions that can follow through and create change.
May
The 262,000-home shortage Australia needs to fix
Lower interest rates and stable costs have improved the housing outlook, but reforms are needed to fix the undersupply.
Liberman-backed Monark buys $44m infill site in Melbourne’s north
Financier Monark and development partner Resolution are targeting a strengthening market, but new figures make some economists question the pace of recovery.
April
ISPT to plug a gap with Brisbane’s first Intercontinental hotel
The super fund-backed developer and fund manager is pairing with operator IHG for the first part of its 1ha transformation of central Brisbane.
March
This house sold for $4.2m – and then for $3.9m a week later
The first buyer of a luxury property – with a question mark hanging over it – ghosted the agent. That forced the vendor to set their sights lower.
How Brisbane Olympics can avoid Suncorp Stadium’s mistakes
The Olympic host city is about to announce new venues. They’ll saddle the city with long-term costs long after 2032 if not done right.
Little-known funder eyes Australia’s biggest residential project
Sydney-based Open Capital says it’s in talks to fund the full $2 billion cost of the troubled Sth Bnk development. But its source of funds isn’t clear.
The development tide has turned on apartments
A pickup in approvals after nearly 2½ years of decline has economists cheering – although developers say further incentives are needed.
February
Office tower to apartment block: Inside the new push to fix housing
Planning reforms in Australia’s two biggest states have sparked political backlash, but will buyers and developers fill in the missing middle?
Melbourne’s ‘biggest eyesore’ could be targeted in housing blitz
Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny says a disused former Cancer Council building in the heart of Melbourne could be cleared for development into new homes.
City planners have a radical strategy to solve traffic problems
Tired of traffic? Relief is at hand, as city planners everywhere explore a bold way to solve the problem.
Victoria must give up ‘ideological attachment’ to apartments: Metricon
Victoria will continue to miss housing targets until it realises Millennials and migrants want detached homes, not inner-city apartments, Metricon chief executive Brad Duggan says.
The Sydney suburbs most affected by new higher-density housing rules
Council bans on apartments, terraces and townhouses to be overridden within 800 metres of 171 NSW suburbs.
Beulah to cut ‘hundreds of millions’ from tallest residential tower
The developer of Sth Bnk, to be the tallest apartment tower in Australia, aims to reduce its $2 billion construction bill, putting it in a tussle with authorities.
Suburban Rail Loop is an intergenerational endowment to Melbourne
If incrementalism was allowed to paralyse previous Victorian governments, the city and state we know today would be a backwater.
Home builders consolidate ahead of next bull run in housing demand
Big builders want to expand to shore up their position and boutique players will cater to wealthy buyers in a sector reeling after pandemic-era disruptions.
January
David Droga’s ‘menacing’ Tamarama mansion gets court go-ahead
The Adman’s planning application triggered a battle for the 1101-square-metre site over what character housing should have in the prestigious area.
This star British gardener has big plans for Melbourne
Horticulturalist Nigel Dunnett is about to embark on his first project outside Britain – the Laak Boorndap garden in the new Melbourne Arts Precinct.