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Chris Herde is the editor of The Courier-Mail’s commercial property Primesite and is part of The Australian Business Network covering a range of stories.

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QLD Business

TechnologyOne CEO Ed Chung saw a rise in office work from employees following a push to providing fitness access. Picture: Supplied.

TechnologyOne on track for $1bn revenue

The ASX-listed Brisbane technology company has released software it says will “change the world” as it charges towards the $1bn annual revenue mark.

Prime Site

The Barracks on the edge of the Brisbane CBD.

Heritage-listed shopping centre on the market

A landmark retail, entertainment and office precinct is up for sale, with some saying it could achieve a nine-figure sum.

QLD Business

Top 6 islands for sale: Tropical paradises on the market right now

Fancy a lush tropical island off the Queensland coast? Here are six of the best up for sale right now, and how much you’ll need to make it yours.

QBW

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 4, 2023: Emergency sign at St VincentÃ•s Hospital in Darlinghurst . Hospital generic, emergency sign genericPicture: NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Private hospital collapses into administration

A private hospital, owned by a renowned Brisbane construction family has gone into voluntary administration, after failing to find a buyer.

Prime Site

A workers is seen at a construction site in Brisbane, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. Decline in residential construction continues according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Workers’ three-day weeks fuel construction cost blowouts

Two cities have earned the unenviable title of most expensive to build in, with wildly unproductive construction workers aggravating the problem.

City Beat

Brisbane city central business district skyline by dayEscape 11 May 2025Doc updatePhoto - iStock

Don’t panic: Nervous Nellies worry about CBD office future

There are plenty of concerns rippling through the CBD over the future of the office market, as Flight Centre starts looking for a new HQ and BOQ may have found a home.

QLD Business

Generic images of a mining town called The Monument in western Queensland, the town is built around the Phosphate Hill mine

Tiny outback Qld town on the brink as 500 jobs at risk

The future of a tiny outback Queensland town hangs in the balance as a global giant looks to shutter its factory, costing the jobs of 500.

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An artists impression the new National Acquatic Centre.

Development plans in disarray after Olympic precinct switch

The Queensland Government’s decision to move the Olympic precinct has seen developers rethink large-scale plans for Woolloongabba, with one large site already up for sale.

ExclusivePrime Site

Incitec Pivot has sold its Gibson Island property in the Brisbane River.

$194m deal: Goodman set to buy Brisbane industrial island

ASX-listed property developer Goodman Group has signed off on a conditional contract to buy a 58ha island site on the Brisbane River.

QBW

KRYVYI RIH, UKRAINE - MAY 09: Ukrainian infantrymen train on May 09, 2022 near Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Infantry soldiers learned scenarios to survive when potentially confronted with a Russian tank closing in at close range. The frontline with Russian troops lies only 70km to the south in Kherson Oblast, most of which is controlled by Russia. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

‘It’s like the 1940s’: Shark Tank judge’s stark warning for Australia

Former Shark Tank judge and serial tech investor Steve Baxter believes Australia is as vulnerable as it was in the 1940s and must upgrade its defence capabilities.

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