Property development
Work to begin on nearly 500 homes in Brisbane’s north ‘within months’
The former Energex site in Banyo has sat vacant for 10 years, with the Crisafulli government announcing it for sale to private developers in February.
- Courtney Kruk
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Historic Clayfield home defies auction slump with $4.55 million sale
A family of six outbid a 26-year-old to claim the last unrenovated house in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held streets.
- Sarah Webb
Red tape blocks 20,000 South West homes as WA housing shortage bites
A housing precinct expected to deliver up to 20,000 homes in WA’s South West region is still yet to receive the development green light from the state government, despite the project launching a decade ago.
- Michael Philipps
Holiday shack owners face losing their slice of Australian dream to private development
Dozens of caravan owners are in limbo after a coastal council approved plans to develop a site near a popular Victorian beach.
- Benjamin Preiss
Unit parking requirements slashed as details of suburban renewal plans emerge
Brisbane council has slashed mandatory apartment car spaces, while debating proposals around tower heights in Mount Gravatt, Alderley and Cannon Hill.
- William Davis
Premier backs plan to transform waterfront with towers and hundreds of venues
Two former Olympians have bought the Parmalat factory site in South Brisbane and plan to redevelop the area.
- William Davis
Plan for suburb’s first 25-storey high-rise set to test council upzoning push
The development application for the tower with 253 homes – including apartments with five-bedrooms – will test Brisbane council’s appetite for dramatically taller buildings in the suburbs.
- William Davis and Marissa Calligeros
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- NSW State Parliament
‘Disgusting conditions’: Workers allegedly living on luxury Burwood high-rise site
“No one brings their underpants on site and washes them at work,” a CFMEU official said in a video walk-through of the Victoria Place development.
- Max Maddison
Most people thought this block was too hard to build on. But not Stephen
Stephen Collier’s home is shortlisted for two major architecture awards. It also marks a remarkable recovery and shows the power of our homes as a refuge and remedy.
- Julie Power
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- Strata
Leaked audio reveals strata giant caught asking contractor for kickbacks
When a strata manager brazenly asked for a kickback to award a contract for work, the contractor was in shock. “I felt like I’d been struck across the face with a fish,” he said.
- Rachael Dexter