Office
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
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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
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
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
Strong win from supermarkets for elite sports doctor
High-profile sports doctor Peter Brukner has made a tidy profit, selling a Bellarine Peninsula supermarket to a first-time Chinese investor.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Morry Schwartz makes Queen Street re-entry
Developer-publisher Morry Schwartz has made his move back into the property market, striking a $16 million bargain for a B-grade office building in Melbourne’s CBD.
- by Nicole Lindsay
APH loses control over $1 billion Forest Hill office project
Chinese-backed developer APH has lost control over a $1 billion Forest Hill commercial development just weeks before it was due to go to market.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Government workers going back to the office is a ‘game changer’
Office landlords and local businesses say more people working together in an office gives an area a good “vibe”.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Glen Waverley station car park sells for $50m
Beware commuters: the car park next to Glen Waverley station has been sold
- by Nicole Lindsay
Adelphi Hotel back on the market as Sydney buyer sticks to home ground
Property company Virtical is hoping to flip the hotel in Flinders Lane for more than the $25 million it paid in May 2023 so it can to focus on its Sydney assets.
- by Nicole Lindsay
Investors looking at Goodman, Scentre results to steer decisions
Led by sector gorilla Goodman Group, the listed real estate investment trust sector has outperformed the overall market so far this year.
- by Tim Boreham