Fears over Gold Coast style revamp
FOR decades there has been talk of redeveloping a popular Sunshine Coast tourist strip – and now details for a game-changing retail, carpark and hotel development have been revealed. But is it a bit Gold Coast?
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Glitter strip boatbuilders go large
A PLAN to float some of the biggest luxury boats ever built on the Glitter Strip is believed to be behind a recently-settled property deal in the city’s marine precinct.
Barbers and baristas ramp up retail scene
COFFEE and cutthroats. Look in any nook and cranny of Queensland’s retail market and you’re a good chance of finding one or the other.
Why childcare is top of the class
CHILDCARE places are at a premium in Queensland, with competition between parents remaining high. But there’s a far more lacerative side of this “service”, new figures show.
Valley office deal with an upside
A Queensland-based investment firm has increased the value of properties under management to $160 million after buying a Fortitude Valley office building
Giants in search of high-rise home
SOME of the likely winners of Brisbane’s space race are becoming clearer as Christmas approaches.
Makeover for CBD’s ‘ugly sisters’
THE Brisbane CBD’s “ugly sisters” are in new hands and set for a major makeover, providing the catalyst for a transformation of the city’s mid-town precinct.
Coming soon to a suburb near you
BRISBANE is undergoing an explosion in new cinema developments — and unlike previous shopping centre complexes, many are attached to residential development.
Pub to embrace a retail future
THE beer will still be flowing, but one of southern Brisbane’s best known pubs will undergo a retail makeover, with a portion of the site to be redeveloped into fast food and convenience retail.
Boutique Valley office building aims high
Developers hope their planned building, The Eminence, will fill a much needed office void in the James Street precinct.
Northshore shifts into high gear
Northshore Group has preferred to remain a small but agile player in the Brisbane industrial sector while nothing up strong sales and accumulating a growing portfolio.
Hope for plagued shopping centre
RELIEF could be in sight for shoppers and retailers at a trouble-plagued Brisbane shopping centre with new management coming in, after a half stake in the site sold for a whopping figure.
Local parks $64m in the Valley heart
A BRISBANE-based private investor has beaten a host of Australian and offshore buyers to snap up a car park, retail and office complex in the heart of Fortitude Valley.
Historic pub turns a new page
After being owned by the same family for 95 years a historic inner city pub in Brisbane has a new owner with plenty of plans.
Who’ll survive the Amazon onslaught
RETAILERS can withstand the Amazon invasion if they have certain attributes going for them. And experts have identified the Queensland centres most likely to survive and thrive.
Tech titan eyeballs sites for new HQ
ONE of Brisbane’s most prominent technology companies has narrowed down its search for a new base to four — including one with retina-scanning security.
Shopping centre to build zipline, high ropes course
A SOUTHEAST Queensland shopping centre has lodged a development application to build a 21m high viewing deck and 10 ziplines as part of its $400 million redevelopment project.
New hi-tech HQ revealed
A NATIONAL insurance giant has unveiled its new $73 million headquarters in Queensland, complete with hi-tech system that does away with access cards by recognising each of its 1700 staff members.
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