Commercial real estate
Why build-to-rent is booming in Melbourne only
Renters in Melbourne are being given more choice than their Sydney counterparts as the “build-to-rent” sector takes a strong foothold the southern state.
- by Simon Johanson and Nicole Lindsay
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Green apartment project makes planning putsch
A proposed 17-storey residential timber tower in Abbotsford is bypassing local objectors and planners and landing straight on the minister’s desk.
- by Nicole Lindsay
The design secrets behind this award-winning Sydney house
What started as two simple apartments in an arts and crafts building in Sydney has become an award-winning home for a couple with two young children.
- by Stephen Crafti
This pint-sized Chippendale terrace is as edgy, exciting and brave as a Stanley Kubrick film
In transforming it, the architect threw caution to the wind and let inspiration bubble to the surface. The result is simply brilliant.
- by Stephen Crafti
Can a brutalist redesign counter the scourge of empty offices?
Landlords across the country have seen the value of their office towers plummet by around 23 per cent, on average, over the last two years.
- by Simon Johanson
Big money gets behind the bar in Melbourne’s pub scene
The former owners of St Kilda landmark The Espy are selling their pub on the other side of town, the Hotel Fitzroy, just as property giant Charter Hall swoops on the Great Britain Hotel.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Apartment slump spoiling efforts to boost housing supply
Developers and financiers are apprehensive about starting projects, with pre-sales extremely slow and projects for the most part financially unfeasible.
- by Simon Johanson
Regent Theatre outgunned by $100m car park expected to fill council coffers
The cash would provide a serious sweetener to the City of Melbourne’s $781 million budget and rather more than the Regent Theatre, which is co-owned with the state government.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Meet the man trying to bring back Sydney’s verandahs
There’s an awning gap between the wide shady spaces of the streets of the past and cities we live in today. James Cottam wants them back.
- by Julie Power
The season’s most stylish status symbols come from luxury hotels
Wearing items from a beloved hotel property has suddenly become the hottest fashion flex.
- by Sarah Rappaport
Australia’s richest barrister buys into east end tower
Allan Myers KC has made another city investment, well away from his agricultural interests.
- by Nicole Lindsay
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