This Month
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.
What the Australian Open can teach Brisbane 2032
Like grand slam tennis, the biggest challenge the Olympics faces is to attract people who may not even care for the sports themselves. But that needs space.
Don’t say Trump, but return to office will pick up: property bosses
Heads of the country’s largest commercial landlords avoid commenting on the US president’s executive order. But they want workers back.
Canberra’s London Circuit to get $650m mixed-use precinct
Capital Property, the development company of late Rich Lister Terry Snow, is about to shape the largest CBD site ever sold by the ACT government.
December 2024
‘Profit vaporised by time’: Westpac boss backs council reform to fix housing
Anthony Miller has thrown his weight behind the NSW government’s ambitious push to bypass local councils and reform planning laws.
Elizabeth Bay luxury tower development rejected
The Rolling Stones made a surprise appearance in a judgment backing residents in a fight with developer Fortis about housing needs.
November 2024
The $1.5b housing opportunity at Westfield Hornsby
Seven of Sydney’s transport hubs have been earmarked for fast-track housing development. Mall giant Scentre is an early winner, and says much more can be done.
How the Aussie dream is making the housing crisis worse
Pakistani migrant turned property developer Khurram Saeed says the Victorian government cannot rely on apartment construction to meet its ambitious housing targets.