Sep, 2019

Anbang Sells Luxury Hotels to South Korea's Mirae for $5.8 Billion

Property Markets / Transactions

Anbang Insurance Group Co. agreed to sell a luxury hotel portfolio to South Korea’s Mirae Asset Management Co., marking the end of the Chinese insurer’s short-lived investment in the properties.

Jul, 2019

Sydney eastern suburbs apartment block sells for $20 million

Property Markets / Transactions

Sydney eastern suburbs' Bergman family has sold a large unit block at 10 Henrietta Street, Waverley for about $20 million to a local investor. The two Bergman brothers, who on-sold the property, have owned the block since its construction in the 1970s.

Australia

Jul, 2019

The Dymocks family acquires its second Brisbane office tower asset

Property Markets / Transactions

In their second acquisition in Brisbane, Dymocks Properties and the Dymocks Bookstore family has acquired has a 14-level commercial tower for $42.1 million at 420 George Street, which is the legal precinct of the CBD.

Australia

Jul, 2019

Uniting Church BPM sell 130 Little Collins St for c. $40m

Property Markets / Transactions

The Uniting Church Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and partner BPM, have successfully transacted 130 Little Collins Street to a locally based investor. Jeff Xu’s Golden Age has reportedly paid in excess of $40m for the site.

Australia

Jun, 2019

Camperdown Hotel to hit the market as Urban Renewal takes off

Property Markets / Transactions

Due to its strategic importance connecting the Sydney CBD to Parramatta, Sydney’s second CBD, the Parramatta Road Urban Transformation Strategy has been introduced by the NSW Government to upgrade and revitalise the Corridor over the next 30 years through investments in homes, jobs, transport, open spaces and public amenity.

Australia

Jun, 2019

Altis acquires discounted brand new apartment stock for $35m

Property Markets / Transactions

Altis Property Partners, have paid approximately $35 million for 61 unsold units at the Gondon Elysee project at 1-5A Cliff Road and 6-10 Carlingford Road in Sydney's northwest. The apartment project has a total of 130 units at Epping and the Altis acquisition represents a discount of about 32 percent to the $52 million book value.

Australia

Jun, 2019

The Balmain Post Office Historic Trophy Heritage Investment sold for $4,000,000

Property Markets / Transactions

The suburban investment market in Sydney’s Inner West is continuing to experience a revival, caused by low supply levels in the Sydney CBD and transition of ‘Mum & Dad’ capital moving from residential to commercial investment stock in the residential slow down.

Australia

Jun, 2019

The Essential Development Site | Approved Boutique in the Inner West

Property Markets / Transactions

The Inner West retail and mixed use development site market is set to be tested with 731-735 Darling Street, Rozelle listed by James Cowan and Joseph George of Colliers International. With limited land supply and a competitive retail and investment market, the property is expected to gather wide and varied interest from owner-occupiers, investors and developers.

Australia

Jun, 2019

2019 First Quarter Restores Equilibrium In New York City Real Estate Market

Property Markets / Outlook

New York City’s real estate market woke up during the first quarter of 2019. After an extremely slow fourth quarter at the end of last year, and after years of both price and transaction volume decline, we felt the stirrings of a waking market in the past two months. While January started off slow, February and March have finally brought equilibrium back into the market: sellers have begun to accept the realities of the new marketplace. As these sellers have lowered prices 10%, or 12%, or in some cases even 15%, from the optimistic numbers to which they originally aspired, buyers have stepped up who see the value in making a purchase now. We have seen some competitive bidding and some sales over (reduced) asking prices. Some things have not changed; buyers still don’t make offers, or even schedule viewings, for overpriced apartments. Value sells.

United States of America

Jun, 2019

London Home Sellers Offer Ever-Growing Discounts

Property Markets / Outlook

London homebuyers are getting the biggest discounts in at least six years, according to data from Zoopla. The average reduction on a home in 13 inner London boroughs jumped to 7.6% in the first quarter, up from 7% a year earlier, the property-search website said in a report Wednesday. The residential real estate market in the U.K. capital has been stung in recent years by the introduction of new taxes and the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

England

May, 2019

THE INDUSTRY WEIGHS IN ON SENTIMENT POST-ELECTION

Property Markets / Outlook

The lead up to any election poses a time of uncertainty, with buyers understandably sitting on their hands until they know which party will be instated into government and which policies will affect their household. This election was no different - not only did every poll and industry commentator suggest Labor would win the top job, but property market sentiment had plummeted to levels not seen in over a decade.

Australia

May, 2019

Prahran warehouses primed for purchase

Property Markets / Transactions

Two Prahran warehouses have come to market with expectations of more than $8million, as developers continue to scour the city fringe for untapped opportunities. Located 100 metres from bustling Chapel Street at 35-39 Clifton Street, one of the properties is leased to popular juice brand, Emma & Tom’s. The other, at 41-43 Clifton Street, is owner-occupied and will be sold with vacant possession.

Australia

May, 2019

Melbourne’s commercial property market still in great shape

Property Markets / Outlook

Melbourne’s commercial property market is set to regain momentum in the second half of 2019, despite negative noise surrounding the dwindling number of transactions, according to one commercial property agency.

Australia

May, 2019

CapitaLand unveils design of One Pearl Bank in Singapore

Property Markets / Transactions

CapitaLand has unveiled the highly-anticipated design of One Pearl Bank perched atop the verdant Pearl’s Hill. The development comprises two gently curving 39-storey towers linked at the roof by dramatic sky bridges. The slender, curved facades create a light and airy effect, providing ample space for residents and onlookers to look out and through the towers to admire the stunning views atop the hill. Towering at 178 metres, One Pearl Bank will be the tallest residential development in the Outram-Chinatown district in Central Singapore, offering panoramic views that extend from the Central Business District to Sentosa.

Singapore

Apr, 2019

Spotlight shines on Student Accommodation as International Students continue to flock to Oz

Property Markets / Outlook

The Australian student accommodation sector is powering through a rapid development phase, a chapter in its evolution not so dissimilar to other emerging asset classes across global markets, such as build-to-rent in the UK or data centres across South East Asia.

Australia

Apr, 2019

GURNER™ CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS AT SAINT MORITZ, SELLING $80MILLION IN FIVE PENTHOUSES OFF MARKET IN 36 HOURS

Property Markets / Transactions

Luxury property developer GURNER™ has defied the market yet again with almost $80million in off-market penthouse sales achieved in just 36 hours at its defining new development, Saint Moritz, as Melbourne’s wealthy business set emerge as buyers of the multi-million-dollar properties.

Australia

Apr, 2019

Australian voters do not understand Labor’s proposed changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing

Property Markets / Outlook

A report released by the Housing Industry Association today shows that the majority of Australian voters do not understand Labor’s proposed changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing. It also shows that the majority of people want a proper review before any changes take place.

Apr, 2019

New Home Sales Trending Down

Property Markets / Outlook

“New home sales remained subdued in February, with just a 1.0 per cent increase across Australia, against a downwards trend that has been evident since the end of 2017,” stated HIA’s Chief Economist, Tim Reardon.

Apr, 2019

Demand heats up for prime mixed-use freehold investments

Property Markets / Outlook

Sydney continues to be at the top of the list for international capital seeking prime real estate – particularly from China, Singapore and Malaysia. This is fuelled by significant investment into infrastructure, strong population growth, booming education and tourism sectors.

Australia

Apr, 2019

Woolworths Ivanhoe to spark investor contest

Property Markets / Transactions

Ivanhoe’s Woolworths supermarket has hit the market with expectations of more than $20million, presenting buyers with the opportunity to invest in a trophy retail asset in Melbourne’s densely populated inner east.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Make Ventures pays $17m for Build-to-rent Kensington site

Property Markets / Transactions

Melbourne based investor/developer Make Ventures has earmarked a CBD fringe site for its build-to-rent-to-buy concept with the acquisition of a Kensington industrial property for circa $17.5 million in an off-market deal brokered by Dawkins Occhiuto Director Chris Jones.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Prime rents up 27% in sought after St Kilda Road office market

Property Markets / Outlook

St Kilda Road office rents have grown nearly 50 per cent over the past seven years and a staggering 27 per cent in the past 12 months (to Dec) reflecting both the historically tight CBD market and the recent withdrawal of St Kilda Rd stock, according to CBRE research.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Australia’s Home Ownership Aspirations at Risk

Property Markets / Outlook

“Changes to existing capital gains tax and negative gearing arrangements on residential investment properties proposed by the Federal Opposition will dampen first home buyer capacity to save for their first home,” stated HIA’s Managing Director, Graham Wolfe.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Medical professionals flock to Melbourne's north for office space

Property Markets / Transactions

Medical professionals have snapped up the rare opportunity to purchase office suites in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor, with MAB’s $18 million 7 Ormond development achieving strong sales results in its first release.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Dexus and DWPF acquire remaining interest in MLC Centre, Sydney

Property Markets / Transactions

Dexus and Dexus Wholesale Property Fund (“DWPF”) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to jointly acquire the remaining 50% interest in the MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place, Sydney1. Dexus and DWPF will each acquire an additional 25% interest in the property for a total price of A$800.0 million.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Mixed outlook for Brisbane office despite investor demand; M3 Property

Property Markets / Outlook

Investor appetite for Brisbane office assets, which has driven an average 180 basis points fall in yields in recent years, looks likely to continue over 2019 aided by falling vacancy, forecast effective rental growth, and tight investment markets in Melbourne and Sydney, according to independent valuer m3property.

Australia

Mar, 2019

Tiffany & Co. Sydney flagship store opens at 175 Pitt Street

Property Markets / Transactions

The longstanding partnership between Dexus and Tiffany & Co. marks a major milestone this week with the unveiling of the new Tiffany & Co. Sydney flagship store. Located at 175 Pitt Street the new store will span three levels across 2,270 square metres of office and retail space, located within Sydney’s luxury shopping precinct on the prime corner of King and Pitt streets.

Australia

Mar, 2019

$9.21billion of retail assets transact in 2018, second strongest year on record

Property Markets / Transactions

A whopping $9.21billion of retail assets was transacted in 2018, despite mounting media noise surrounding retail trading pressure, according to the latest research from Savills Australia. The agency’s Q4 2018 National Retail Quarter Timeresearch report highlights the sales volume as the second highest on record, reflecting strong ongoing investor confidence in the sector.

Feb, 2019

Taxes in NSW Strangling Future Housing: HIA

Property Markets / Outlook

In the lead up to the NSW election, the NSW residential building industry is being strangled in red tape and taxes, said David Bare, HIA Executive Director NSW. “43 per cent of the cost of a new house and land package is made up of taxes, charges and levies from all three tiers of Government,” said Mr Bare. “Despite this, policies implemented by the State government continue to add to the tax burden for the housing industry.” “By way of example, in the past 18 months, the following regulations and taxes have been implemented or proposed, each one having a negative impact on housing affordability and supply.

Australia

Feb, 2019

Two decade review-CoreLogic Property Pulse

Property Markets / Outlook

A review of Australia’s property market over the past twenty years by CoreLogic research analyst Cameron Kusher showed that while the housing market has experienced weaker conditions over the past year, it is a different story over the longer term with most cities seeing substantial gains. Top performer Melbourne recorded the greatest value gains of $274.4% over the period.

Australia

Feb, 2019

Australian industrial property the asset of choice for investors

Property Markets / Outlook

Australian industrial property is fast becoming the sector of choice for investors, according to the latest research from Savills Australia. The commercial property agency’s Q4 2018 National Industrial Quarter Time report shows the yield compression cycle remains a reality, as competition to acquire the limited assets that were put up for sale drove yields further down in the second half of last year. The report highlights transactional activity in industrial assets rebounding in 2018, after muted activity in 2017, with about $4.42billion of industrial assets exchanging hands across the country. Almost 50 per cent of that value was brokered in NSW.

Australia

Feb, 2019

Housing Industry Australia- Building approvals lowest in 5 years

Property Markets / Outlook

“Building approval data released today shows that the slowdown in building activity accelerated at the end of 2018,” stated HIA Principal Economist, Tim Reardon. ABS data released today shows that a total of 13,995 homes (seasonally adjusted) were approved for construction in the month of December 2018. “This represents a 23.7 per cent decline in approvals for the three months to December 2018 compared to the same time frame in 2017,” added Mr Reardon. “This was led by a 40.1 per cent fall in approvals for apartments for the quarter. Houses fell by just 7.8 per cent. This brings approvals back to 2013 levels. “The boom in approvals of apartments is now over".

Australia

Dec, 2018

Legune Station sale paves way for Project Sea Dragon

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

CBRE Agribusiness has completed the novation of an option to acquire a circa 280,000ha property in the Northern Territory, which is set to become home to one of the world’s largest integrated land-based prawn farms.

Australia / Brisbane

Dec, 2018

Australia sees continued strength in construction applications

Property Markets / Outlook

2,210 new projects entered Australia’s construction work pipeline in November 2018, with their combined worth of $25bn being nearly double the 3 year median value.

Australia

Dec, 2018

Sydney's finest penthouse; 565 sqm Horizon comes to the market

Property Markets / Transactions

Stripped back to a bare shell, Level 40 of Sydney’s iconic Horizon building has been meticulously recreated by award-winning interiors firm Mim Design and no expense has been spared in the process.

Australia / Sydney

Nov, 2018

Pressure mounts to assess the future of golf course land

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Savills Australia comments on the future of Melbourne’s golf courses

Australia / Melbourne

Nov, 2018

Randwick’s Newest Retail & Dining “Spot”

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Randwick is undergoing significant changes, and there are more to come with Cbus Property launching Newmarket’s new retail and dining precinct leasing campaign this month, which will be followed by the release of their new Torrens titled terrace homes in early 2019.

Australia

Nov, 2018

Australia's largest engineered timber commercial building opens in Brisbane

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Lendlease’s 25 King in Brisbane designed by Australian architecture and interiors firm Bates Smart, takes Australia to the forefront of innovation in timber construction design.

Australia / Brisbane

Nov, 2018

Falling incentives and investment boost drive growth in Sydney office market

Property Markets / Outlook

NSW’s office market has recorded its second strongest sales period in a decade, with a $2.7 billion investment injection in the third quarter set to drive further yield compression by the end of 2018.

Australia / Sydney

Nov, 2018

MAB unveils new public park and its vision for the completion of NewQuay

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

After more than 20 years transforming the northern banks of Victoria Harbour into an integrated, vibrant and diverse waterfront suburb, developer MAB has unveiled its vision for the completion of the 14-hectare site.

Australia

Nov, 2018

Developers spark trend in aged care permits amid growing downsizer market

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Developers are sparking a surge in permit amendments for aged care projects, turning their backs on residential developments and shifting their focus to “independent living”, a hybrid between the aged care sector and traditional apartments, in a fight for Melbourne’s ever-expanding downsizer market.

Australia

Nov, 2018

Trophy CBD retail corner asset headlines Melbourne auction event

Property Markets / Transactions

A CBD supermarket and several ground floor retail shops at the base of an iconic Collins Street apartment tower are being offered for sale for the first time.

Australia / Melbourne

Nov, 2018

Office rents to rise sharply: HTW

Property Markets / Outlook

Tightening vacancy to ease in 2020

Australia / Melbourne

Nov, 2018

$68m of sales transact via Jason Boon in the 90 days to November in Sydney’s sought-after Potts Point.

Property Markets / Transactions

Whilst Australia’s residential property market sleeps, the vibrant and eclectic suburb on Sydney’s Fringe is alive with activity.

Australia / Potts Point

Oct, 2018

Student accommodation and co-living drive residential investment in Australia

Property Markets / Outlook

Savills releases latest Global Living report

Australia / Sydney

Oct, 2018

September 2018 quarter portfolio update - Dexus

Property Markets / Outlook

Dexus today announced a property portfolio operational update for the quarter ended 30 September 2018. Darren Steinberg, Dexus Chief Executive Officer said: ?Strong leasing in Sydney during the first quarter combined with the securing of trading profits from the settlement of 32 Flinders Street, Melbourne have set the group up to achieve our FY19 market guidance of circa 5% growth in distribution per security.?

Australia

Oct, 2018

Yarra Junction Shopping Centre listed as resi market surges

Property Markets / Transactions

The Yarra Junction Shopping Centre has been listed by its private family owner as a recent population surge in the outer eastern town drives strong residential property price growth.

Australia / Melbourne

Oct, 2018

No sign of office occupier demand slowing

Property Markets / Transactions

The Yarra Junction Shopping Centre has been listed by its private family owner as a recent population surge in the outer eastern town drives strong residential property price growth.

Australia / Melbourne

Oct, 2018

A piece of The Rocks history hits market

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia lists landmark building in Australia?s top tourist precinct

Australia / Sydney

Oct, 2018

Key components of the Draft St Leonards and Crows Nest 2036 Plan

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The NSW Department of Planning and Environment yesterday exhibited the much-anticipated documents that will guide the rezoning of the St Leonards and Crows Nest area. Critically, the Draft St Leonards and Crows Nest 2036 Plan provides detailed guidance around proposed zoning, height, floor space ratios, open space and ?Significant Sites? (a new aspect in the DP&E Planned Precincts program) within the study area.

Australia

Oct, 2018

Reawakening in Perth office market sparks $1bn transaction pipeline

Property Markets / Outlook

Perth’s commercial property market is rising on the radar of investors, with a revival of the state’s economic engine room sparking an upturn in investment activity that could see office transactions for 2018 reach $1 billion.

Australia / Perth

Oct, 2018

Burwood units up for grabs for first time in 36 years

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia appointed to market development-ready residential complex in Sydney?s inner west

Australia / Sydney

Oct, 2018

Sunshine Coast shopping centre hits the market

Property Markets / Transactions

A popular shopping centre, situated in a prime location in one of the Sunshine Coast?s most historic towns, is for sale.

Sep, 2018

Bi-partisan Support for a Federal Housing Minister

Property Markets / Outlook

Bi-partisan support for a Federal Housing Minister recognises the urgent need to address our housing affordability challenges at a national level, said the Housing Industry Association today.

Australia

Sep, 2018

Local Asian buyers splash $200m in 10 weeks with 41 properties selling for more than $570 million

Property Markets / Transactions

The strong Asian interest in Melbourne?s sub $100 million commercial property market remains despite restrictions on off-shore Chinese investors with CBRE selling 19 properties worth just over $200 million to Asia-linked investors since the first week of July.

Australia / Melbourne

Sep, 2018

Retail asset fetches $6.3 million

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia sell a 818 sqm retail property in Melbourne?s eastern suburbs

Australia / Melbourne

Sep, 2018

CapitaLand acquires portfolio of 16 multifamily properties in the United States for US$835 million

Property Markets / Transactions

CapitaLand, through its wholly owned international business unit CapitaLand International, has acquired a portfolio of 16 freehold multifamily properties1 for US$835 million (S$1.14 billion2) in the United States (U.S.). It marks the Group?s foray into the country?s multifamily asset class to ride on the growing demand for long-term rental housing.

United States of America

Sep, 2018

Akoya Apartments are the newest jewel in North Sydney

Property Markets / Transactions

Demand continues to rise for quality apartments in Sydney?s lower North Shore

Australia / Sydney

Sep, 2018

Insto pays $14m for Flight Centre, Brookfield Multiplex home

Property Markets / Transactions

Little Collins building sells on 2.8% yield

Australia / Melbourne

Sep, 2018

Celebrating the evolution of Canary Wharf with #UnpredictiveText

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The evolution of Canary Wharf is being celebrated in an artistic new campaign titled #UnpredictiveText.

Australia

Sep, 2018

Retailers sought for one of Sydney’s largest urban renewal projects… Park Sydney

Property Markets / Transactions

Vibrant retailers who reflect Erskineville’s character now sought for Park Sydney

Australia / Sydney

Sep, 2018

Time poor consumers driving shift to convenience-based retail in major Australian retail markets

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Time poor consumers are demanding more convenience-based retail in Australian CBDs, with banks, supermarkets and health insurance companies growing their footprint in major city retail precincts across the country.

Australia / Sydney

Sep, 2018

Prices soar in Sydney CBD’s south

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Savills Australia comments on recent resurgence of Haymarket and surrounds

Australia / Sydney

Sep, 2018

St Kilda Art Deco flats listed in tight market

Property Markets / Transactions

A block of fully refurbished Art Deco style apartments in St Kilda has hit the market as city fringe apartments continue to maintain strong investor and owner-occupier demand with local vacancy at a low 1.5 per cent.

Australia / Melbourne

Aug, 2018

Buyers invited to take advantage of stunning land opportunity with commanding water views

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Savills Australia welcomes vacant block to market in Roseville Chase

Australia / Sydney

Aug, 2018

Developers and home-buyers go head to head in Sydney?s suburbs

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia sells Ashfield residence to Chinese developer for $2.47million at competitive auction

Australia / Sydney

Aug, 2018

Three parties vie for Charles Sturt University retail asset

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia sells Bathurst freehold on sharp yield of 4.26 per cent

Australia

Aug, 2018

Collective sale on Macquarie Street puts 21 strata suites up for grabs

Property Markets / Transactions

21 strata office suites in the Sydney CBD are to be offered in one line as part of a collective sale at 195 Macquarie Street.

Australia / Sydney

Aug, 2018

Complications with new housing supply & affordability lead to build-to-rent

Property Markets / Outlook

In a recent maneuver, the NSW government and planning minister Anthony Roberts has handed approval and gazettal responsibility from State Government to the Inner West and Canterbury-Bankstown local councils.

Australia

Aug, 2018

NSW 2018 Budget commits $87.2 billion to new infrastructure projects

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The NSW Government is delivering the benefits of its strong financial management to families and individuals across the State, with cost of living relief, unprecedented school investment and record hospital funding among centerpieces of the 2018-19 NSW Budget.

Australia

Aug, 2018

Trophy asset for the Bondi Hall of fame

Property Markets / Transactions

62 Hall Street on the market for $10 million plus

Australia / Sydney

Aug, 2018

NSW Government the first to launch 'Build-To-Rent'

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Renters and social housing tenants will be among the first to benefit from the NSW Government?s Build-to-Rent model ? part of the largest social and affordable building program in the country, Communities Plus.

Australia

Aug, 2018

Oceanside jewel in Perth’s northern growth corridor hits the market

Property Markets / Transactions

Two prized englobo development sites in Perth’s northern beaches are being offered to the market for sale, unlocking over 1km of ocean front land in one of the city’s fastest growing precincts.

Australia / Perth

Aug, 2018

Downsizers discovering the benefits of apartment life

Property Markets / Outlook

A leading Australian developer Crown Group has highlighted an emerging trend in Australia which sees seniors downsizing earlier for lifestyle reasons.

Australia / Sydney

Aug, 2018

CoreLogic July Home Value Index results 2018

Property Markets / Outlook

Housing downturn gathers momentum in July, with national dwelling values falling at the fastest annual rate since 2012

Australia

Jul, 2018

New Home Sales Rise for the First Time in 2018

Property Markets / Outlook

“New home sales rose 2.0 per cent in June 2018, the first rise this year,” stated HIA’s Principal Economist, Tim Reardon.

Australia

Jul, 2018

Retail sales frenetic amidst sector upheaval

Property Markets / Outlook

"?online competition may, ironically, underpin its survival."

Australia / Melbourne

Jul, 2018

Double Bay icon to be returned to its former glory

Property Markets / Transactions

A company lead by well-known Sydney developer Eduard Litver has acquired the retail-component of the iconic Cosmopolitan Centre Double Bay from Stamford Group. Mr Litver plans to rejuvenate the island precinct as a sophisticated, world-class venue reminiscent of its indulgent past with a modern twist.

Australia / Sydney

Jul, 2018

Pellicano's sell family asset for $9.75m

Property Markets / Transactions

A Bentleigh commercial property, which had belonged to members of the Pellicano family for 30 years, has sold to a local Melbourne developer for $9.75 million.

Australia / Melbourne

Jul, 2018

Australia’s ageing population driving healthy returns for private hospital assets

Property Markets / Outlook

Australia’s ageing population is helping position private hospital real estate as the top ticket for property investors, with returns of more than 25% in 2017 outperforming the traditional office, retail and industrial classes.

Australia / Sydney

Jul, 2018

Autumn brings positive change

Property Markets / Outlook

The first half of the year has allayed fears that a dramatic decline in buyer activity is on the cards and the market is set for a more subdued phase. After a relatively quiet start to the year, activity in the second quarter picked up substantially, proving that there is still considerable appetite for real estate assets in Australia.

Australia

Jun, 2018

Bidding war between owner-occupier and developer sees Abbotsford site sell on 300th bid

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

An owner-occupier has fought off a land banker/developer with the 300th bid at a marathon auction to pay $3.126 million for a commercial building with development upside in the increasingly popular Abbotsford.

Australia / Abbotsford

Jun, 2018

Tide turns in Adelaide office market as economy fires

Property Markets / Outlook

The tide has turned in Adelaide’s office sector, with a resurgence of the state’s key growth industries boosting the market to its strongest position in several years.

Australia

Jun, 2018

New proptech firm Residently reveals London’s rental hotspots

Property Markets / Outlook

New proptech firm Residently has revealed London?s rental hotspots.

England / London

Jun, 2018

Neutral Bay Strata Owners amalgamate to double their profits

Property Markets / Transactions

Colliers International will sell a $20+m luxury Neutral Bay development site on behalf of the property's Strata Owners Group.

Australia / Sydney

Jun, 2018

Australian lending restrictions affect affordability

Property Markets / Outlook

As Australia’s housing affordability crisis worsens despite failed government measures to address the issue, experts across the property and finance industries are warning that unless relaxed, these regulatory measures will cripple the property market and render the great Australian dream even farther out of reach for every day consumers.

Australia

Jun, 2018

Shrinking Sydney drives changes in industrial warehousing developments

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Savills Australia comments on advantages of building commercial property up, not out

Australia / Sydney

May, 2018

Smart money buys big blocks

Property Markets / Transactions

Rose Bay apartment block with DA imminent on the market

Australia

May, 2018

St Marys industrial site snapped up within two weeks of settlement

Property Markets / Transactions

An industrial property in Sydney?s outer west suburb of St Marys has been leased shortly after its recent sale ? highlighting the shortage of available stock in western Sydney.

Australia / Sydney

May, 2018

Second Sydney airport development paves the way for new metropolis of three cities

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Australia’s largest capital city is in a state of major transformation, with the imminent construction of Sydney’s second airport at Badgery’s Creek paving the way for a new metropolis of three cities that will be home to more than eight million people over the next 40 years.

Australia / Sydney

May, 2018

Australian cities ranked among the world?s 'greenest' in new study

Property Markets / Outlook

Major metropolitan office markets across the globe are seeing a significant increase in the adoption of ?green? building certification programs, according to the inaugural International Green Building Adoption Index (IGBAI) ? a study by CBRE and Maastricht University (Netherlands).

Australia

May, 2018

Investors benefit from extended cycle

Property Markets / Outlook

Dexus Research today released the Australian Real Estate Quarterly Review Q2 2018 with the focus this quarter on the positive investment climate being experienced by commercial property investors.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Former Fratelli headquarters listed for sale

Property Markets / Transactions

The former home of Sydney Italian eatery Fratelli Fresh on Danks Street in Waterloo has been listed for sale with price expectations of more than $25 million.

Apr, 2018

Sale confirmed for Murrumbidgee Valley’s Gundaline Station

Property Markets / Transactions

On behalf of the consortium of vendors and manager, Kidder Williams and CBRE Agribusiness are pleased to announce that Contracts of Sale have exchanged for Gundaline at Carrathool in NSW.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Affordable housing the focus of new AHURI research

Property Markets / Outlook

More affordable housing for low income groups could be achieved through incentives and density bonuses for developers, along with mandates on the development of affordable housing during rezoning, according to research from the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Australian house prices vulnerable to foreign shocks, as global markets synchronis

Property Markets / Outlook

Australian property prices may be vulnerable to unexpected foreign shocks, new research from the International Monetary Fund has warned.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Apartment buildings remain most valuable

Property Markets / Outlook

Despite almost halfing in value over the previous month, new apartment buildings were the most valuable segment of Australia?s construction industry in March.

Apr, 2018

The essence of luxury at the heart of Sydney: The Lennox Stage 2 is launched.

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Stage 2 of the iconic mixed-use riverside development, The Lennox Parramatta has just launched, after Stage 1 has successfully sold out. Located at the junction of the historic Lennox Bridge and Parramatta’s Church Street dining and shopping precinct, the $450 m, 47 level, mixed-use project is the result of a Project Development Agreement between the City of Parramatta and PCC DevCo1 Pty Ltd, with development management by EQ Projects.

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

Surry Hills attracts investors amid unprecedented demand

Property Markets / Transactions

A 9-storey building in Surry Hills has hit the market through Colliers International, as the area experiences an investment boom.

Australia

Apr, 2018

City office rents skyrocket

Property Markets / Outlook

The average rent for city offices has increased to more than $1000 per square metre, per annum, thanks to low vacancy levels.

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

Charter Hall and Frasers acquisitions signify industrial and logistics expansion

Property Markets / Transactions

Charter Hall and Frasers have purchased industrial sites in Melbourne and Sydney, reflecting the expansion of the property groups’ industrial and logistics arms.

Australia

Apr, 2018

Sydney’s housing prices to bottom out, figures suggest

Property Markets / Outlook

New figures suggest Sydney housing prices could be close to bottoming out, having dropped 3.9 per cent since mid-2017, and only 0.3 per cent over the past month.

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

Kuma wins Crown Group design project

Property Markets / Transactions

Crown Group has appointed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to design its new 19-storey tower in Sydney’s Waterloo, part of a five-building development in the Green Square urban renewal precinct.

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

Beachside Tamarama named Australia’s best performer

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Sydney beachside suburb of Tamarama has been named as Australia’s best performing housing market, boasting the country’s highest annual increase in median house values over ten years, according to REA Group research.

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

New infrastructure will put Brisbane “on the map”

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Future infrastructure should never come into a buyer’s decision says Right Property Group buyers’ agent Victor Kumar.

Australia / Brisbane

Apr, 2018

Little spends $19.1 million on mixed-use project

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Real estate developer Paul Little has paid $19.1 million via his business Little Projects, for a 28 hectare site in Melbourne’s Cranbourne West, in partnership with development and advisory firm Pomeroy Pacific.

Apr, 2018

Stamp duty cuts making things harder for some first-home buyers

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Stamp duty cuts made by the Victorian and NSW government last year to help first home buyers are having the opposite effect, pushing house prices higher.

Apr, 2018

Student accommodation developers zone in on Burwood

Property Markets / Transactions

Savills Australia sells 2,122sqm block of land opposite Deakin University

Australia / Melbourne

Apr, 2018

Investors shift attention from Sydney to Melbourne industrial assets

Property Markets / Outlook

Savills Australia releases Q1 2018 National Industrial Quarter Time report

Australia / Melbourne

Apr, 2018

Office fringe markets in Sydney and Melbourne outperform CBDs

Property Markets / Outlook

Savills Australia releases Q1 2018 National Office Quarter Time report

Australia / Sydney

Apr, 2018

A strong start to 2018 for Australia?s office markets

Property Markets / Outlook

The leasing market recovery in Brisbane and Perth is starting to gather momentum

Australia / Brisbane

Apr, 2018

Broome Maccas sale to tap offshore investment appetite

Property Markets / Transactions

The first freehold McDonalds to be offered for sale in Western Australia for more than a decade has been brought to market – unlocking a premium investment in one of the state’s top tourism spots, Broome.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Showground Station precinct project to include 3600 new dwellings

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

A 9-hectare residential development site in the freshly rezoned Showground Station Precinct will feature 3600 new dwellings, including 360 affordable apartments for purchase and another 360 for rental.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Arcadia spends $176 million on Sydney CBD half-stake.

Property Markets / Transactions

Credit Suisse has sold its half stake in 52 Goulburn Street to boutique investment house Arcadia for $176 million, while Brookfield retains the remaining half.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Martin Place to receive two new office towers

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The NSW government has approved two new office towers at Martin Place, to be developed by Macquarie Group, despite objections from Dexus and GPT Group.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Australia sees record-breaking auction week

Property Markets / Transactions

Australia scheduled a record breaking 3967 auctions in one week, while clearance rates dropped from 67.5 per cent to 65.5 per cent.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Australian population to hit 25 million

Property Markets / Outlook

Australia’s total population grew 1.6 per cent over 12 months to 24.7 million, putting the country on track to top 25 million in July.

Australia

Mar, 2018

First build-to-rent project comes to Sydney

Property Markets / Outlook

Sydney will receive its first built-to-rent project, with Fortis Development Group launching the construction of 17 new apartments for rental in the eastern suburb of Double Bay.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

North Sydney office tower set to sell for $60 million

Property Markets / Outlook

Chinese backed local developer and investor Aqualand has sold its North Sydney office tower for $60 million, with the sale due for completion at the end of the week.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Logos marks Yennora divestment with $14.15m sale

Property Markets / Transactions

Logos has capitalised on strong owner occupier demand in Sydney’s shrinking infill locations, divesting a circa 8,800 sqm facility in Yennora for $14.15 million.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Lendlease Fund and First State Super acquire Two Melbourne Quarter, new anchor tenant signs

Property Markets / Transactions

The Australian Prime Property Fund (APPF) Commercial, managed by Lendlease Investment Management, has joined one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds, First State Super, to jointly acquire Two Melbourne Quarter, a next-generation office building located in the Melbourne Quarter precinct. A development agreement has been signed with Lendlease Development to build the tower.

Australia / Melbourne

Mar, 2018

Private interstate investor snaps up Coles Riverton, Perth

Property Markets / Transactions

A private interstate investor has snapped up a strong-performing Coles supermarket and First Choice Liquor store, just 10 kilometres south-east of the Perth CBD, for $31.95million from Coles Group Property Developments Ltd (CGPD) on a 5.29 per cent net yield.

Australia / Perth

Mar, 2018

APD powers in to new space on the Terrace

Property Markets / Transactions

In another major win for 200 St Georges Terrace, APD Power Engineering has pre-leased a whole floor on the 16th level to accommodate its Perth operations.

Australia / Perth

Mar, 2018

APD powers in to new space on the Terrace

Property Markets / Transactions

In another major win for 200 St Georges Terrace, APD Power Engineering has pre-leased a whole floor on the 16th level to accommodate its Perth operations.

Australia / Perth

Mar, 2018

Developers working with buyers on settlements

Property Markets / Outlook

Apartment developers will work closely with their buyers to held them settle, amid Australian credit curbs and tighter controls on getting funds from China.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Office development may go ahead without precommitment

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

With Melbourne’s office market in high demand, Poly Australia is expected to develop a Docklands office building without precommitment from a major tenant.

Australia / Melbourne

Mar, 2018

Cbus pays record breaking price for Melbourne site

Property Markets / Transactions

Cbus Property has spent $180 million on four sites in Melbourne CBD, in what could be the highest paid price for a city development site.

Australia / Melbourne

Mar, 2018

Sydney’s east in high demand

Property Markets / Transactions

An office warehouse at 63 Ann Street, Surry Hills is the latest sale in more than $95 million worth of commercial transactions in Sydney’s east over recent months.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Rezoning could fetch an extra $50 million for Crows Nest sites

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Two strata office buildings near the future Crows Nest metro station in Sydney’s lower north shore could fetch up to $150 million, with the properties’ owners actively seeking buyers.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Allianz’s exit leaves Charter Hall poised for takeover of $600 million tower

Property Markets / Transactions

Charter Hall Group will take full control of a Market Street tower, valued at almost $600 million, purchasing the half it doesn’t yet own from insurance group Allianz.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Developers compete for historic London regeneration project

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Lendlease and the UK’s Morgan Sindall Group will compete to partner with British Housing Association Peabody to support the Waterfront phase of the Thamesmead precinct.

United Kingdom / London

Mar, 2018

Ashe Morgan sells one and buys two

Property Markets / Transactions

In a flurry of pre-Christmas activity last year, real estate investment and advisory group Ashe Morgan followed the sale of its mixed use asset in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane and its acquisition of two commercial office towers in the Brisbane CBD, with the acquisition of a premium commercial office asset in the centre of the Sydney CBD.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Noah Holdings launches first Australian office

Property Markets / Outlook

Noah Holdings has flagged plans to invest up to $2 billion in Australian private equity deals, following the Chinese high-net-worth wealth manager?s Australian launch.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Greystar boss hopeful for change in build-to-rent draft laws

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

US-based developer Greystar?s Australian head hopes the federal government will reconsider draft laws impacting the build-to-rent sector.

Australia

Mar, 2018

SB & G Hotel Group edging closer to its $1 billion portfolio target

Property Markets / Transactions

SB & G Hotel Group, backed by Atlas Capital, has bought the Gold Coast and Brisbane Watermark hotels, in a deal worth more than $100 million.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Private owners battle the government over compulsory acquisition values

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Two private land owners are fighting the NSW government over properties on land allocated for use as part of the WestConnex infrastructure construction.

Australia

Mar, 2018

South Sydney industrial site sells for $72.4 million

Property Markets / Transactions

Industrial developer and investor Logos bought a south Sydney warehouse industrial site, paying $72.4 million for the Banksmeadow property.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Bacchus Marsh town centre hits the market

Property Markets / Transactions

The Village Bacchus Marsh has entered the market, after being listed by property group Abacus.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Prime island Darlinghurst sells at auction $13.75 million

Property Markets / Transactions

A prime island site at 256 Crown Street, Surry Hills went to Auction on March 7, via Ray White Commercial NSW Sydney City Fringe.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Evolution of Sydney’s North Shore sees APIL and Wingate capitalise on back of new infrastructure

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The settlement of an A Grade commercial building in St Leonards has occurred with aconsortium of three groups comprising Arrow Property Investments, Pindan Capital and Starwood securing a seven storey, A grade commercial building in St Leonards for in excess of $160 million from joint vendors APIL and Wingate.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Large Preston industrial site sells for record land rate

Property Markets / Transactions

Point Property Group has acquired a vacant industrial land parcel at Preston for $8,610,000 – representing a record land rate for the suburb of $633 per square metre.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Walking distance to Coogee beach - mixed-use block enters market

Property Markets / Transactions

A mixed use apartment block, within walking distance to Coogee Beach, has entered the market, with CBRE as the exclusive selling agent.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Queensland shopping centre bought by Brisbane firm.

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Cooloola Cove shopping centre, north of the Sunshine Coast sold for $12.85 million, following a deal between Brisbane-based private equity and syndication firm Altor Capital and a private vendor from Sydney.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Sydney property market a hive of activity

Property Markets / Transactions

A flurry of activity outside of Sydney's CBD has seen the sale of two separate retail outlets in Ashfield, the Engadine Tavern listed for sale in Sydney’s south and a potential blank development site in Mascot enter the market.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Education levels determine locale, demographer says

Property Markets / Outlook

According to demographer Bernard Salt, a person’s level of education will determine where they purchase real estate and reside.

Australia

Mar, 2018

Blackstone doubles its money following Fortius’ $140 million purchase

Property Markets / Transactions

Global investment company Blackrock has backed the purchase of the Home HQ Artarmon homemaker centre in Sydney’s northern suburbs by Fortius Funds Management.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

EOI called for new community around Sydney Metro Northwest

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Landcom is calling for Expressions of Interest to create new communities around Sydney’s new metro stations in the city’s northwest.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Marr family nabs Double Bay asset for $14.7 million

Property Markets / Transactions

Premium eastern suburbs freehold asset purchased at auction following first time to market

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Joint venture leads to $78 million North Sydney sale

Property Markets / Transactions

Sydney-based Marprop has joined forces with GLL, a German-based funds manager recently acquired by Macquarie Group, to purchase a North Sydney tower for close to $78 million.

Australia / Sydney

Mar, 2018

Melbourne Quarter tops out first office tower

Property Markets / Technology

Lendlease?s urban regeneration development Melbourne Quarter has celebrated the topping out of One Melbourne Quarter, with the precinct also receiving the highest available rating for sustainability in Australia.

Australia / Melbourne

Mar, 2018

Roxy Pacific and Tong Eng Group capitalise on strength of Sydney CBD market

Property Markets / Transactions

The impact of recent stock withdrawals for residential conversion and the Sydney Metro has led to unprecedented demand for B Grade office space in the Sydney CBD.

Australia / Sydney

Feb, 2018

Cushman Wakefield report dramatic fall in Chinese investment

Property Markets / Outlook

According to Cushman & Wakefield's annual China Outbound Investor Intentions Survey, Chinese outbound investment into Australian commercial property has seen a 60 percent drop over the past year, falling from almost $7 billion to $2.83.

Australia

Feb, 2018

High growth expectations for Alexandria, with development of commercial hub.

Property Markets / Transactions

Sydney’s Alexandria will continue its transformation from an industrial suburb to a commercial hub, as property investor and developer Tipalea Partners purchase its second site

Australia

Feb, 2018

Prime location - Glebe apartment building hits the market.

Property Markets / Transactions

One of the inner Sydney?s most desirable apartment buildings has entered the market. With its renowned architectural design and landmark characteristics, Ravenscourt provides a unique opportunity for investors to acquire prime single ownership.

Australia / Sydney

Feb, 2018

Metro snaps up Naremburn residential site

Property Markets / Transactions

Metro Property Development (Metro) has bolstered its New South Wales landbank, acquiring a 1,320 square metre residential development site on Sydney’s lower north shore.

Australia / Sydney

Feb, 2018

Goldman considering re-allocating $1.8 billion away from its London-based headquarters

Property Markets / Transactions

Goldman Sachs may sell and leaseback its new European headquarters, ahead of next year's scheduled move, with reports the building's sale could garner more than $1.8 billion.

United Kingdom / London

Feb, 2018

Room to breathe and space to grow: Granville deliver something truly special in Sydney's West.

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Granville Place, the $400M joint venture mixed-use development in Sydney?s West by SHOKAI Ausbao and Develotek is launching this March and set to be one of the most desireable residential addresses in Sydney?s West.

Australia / Sydney

Feb, 2018

Vacancy rates tighten in Wollongong office market - St Trinity

Property Markets / Transactions

Infrastructure and environmental services company, Cardno and Stockbroking and Wealth Management firm Morgans Financial take up a total of 1400sqm in separate deals at Crown Wollongong

Australia / Sydney

Feb, 2018

Work to commence on Pentridge Shopping Center

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The transformation of one of Australia’s most iconic former prisons into a new age urban village will commence this month, with construction work to begin on the 167-year-old Pentridge Prison.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Hampton leasehold has 3 frontages and develop potential

Property Markets / Transactions

Teska Carson (9421 7000) is marketing a corner investment property with potential development upside at Hampton in Melbourne’s south-eastern bayside suburbs. The property will be auctioned on Friday, March 16 at 1pm on site.

Australia / Melbourne

Feb, 2018

Pipe Road popular haven for industrial occupiers

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

E-bay powerhouse, Princess Trade, has secured a new warehouse facility in Melbourne industrial hotspot, Laverton North.

Australia / Melbourne

Feb, 2018

Rushy Lagoon sale provides generational opportunity to secure Tasmania’s largest farm

Property Markets / Transactions

CBRE Agribusiness has been appointed to market for sale Tasmania’s largest farm – boasting four dairies and sprawling more than 20,000ha in the state’s north east.

Australia / Melbourne

Feb, 2018

Grocon takes $40m loan to finance Barangaroo venture

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Embattled private developer Grocon made a loss of $27.5 million last year, prompting it to take out a $40 million loan secured against future development fees prior to winning the development rights for Sydneys Barangaroo Central.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Mascot leading the charge for new-look offices

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Mascot, is emerging as the latest office hot spot in Sydney's metropolitan market as the area moves away from being focused on airport-related industries.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Mirvac says housing headed for lower prices and volume growth

Property Markets / Outlook

Mirvac, one of the country's biggest residential developers, has said the housing sector is at the mature end of the housing cycle and is heading into a phase of lower prices and volume growth.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Developer pays $2.125m for Parkdale apartment site

Property Markets / Transactions

A local developer has outbid several others to land a Parkdale site, with a permit for a multi-unit residential development, at a lively Teska Carson auction.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Aria Hotel sale caps off strong year for stand-out Canberra market

Property Markets / Transactions

Canberras hotel market continues to gain momentum as the nations stand out performer, with the sale of the Aria Hotel for $35 million capping off a strong year of sales activity for the nations capital.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Commercial, government construction in U.S. to accelerate through 2019

Property Markets / Outlook

According to American Institute of Architects, despite labor shortages and rising material costs that continue to impact the construction sector, construction spending for nonresidential buildings in the U.S. is projected to increase 4% this year and continue at that pace of growth through 2019.

United States of America

Feb, 2018

CBRE invests in a new digital and technology center in India for real estate sector

Property Markets / Technology

Next generation software engineering hub is CBRE's first dedicated Real Estate Technology Center in Asia Pacific Facility integrates CBRE 360, an industry-leading digital experience connecting employees and their workplaces through advanced and seamless digital technology

India

Feb, 2018

Landlords in sweet spot as office vacancies hit record low

Property Markets / Outlook

National office landords are in a sweet spot with record low vacancies and rising demand, which means higher rents for tenants.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Chapel Street strata retail sells on 4.9% yield

Property Markets / Transactions

A Melbourne based investor has paid $2.1 million for a securely leased retail/residential investment on one of Melbournes prime retail strips at Windsor in Melbournes popular inner-eastern suburbs.

Australia

Feb, 2018

Hawksburn retail offered first time in 60 years

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Teska Carson (9421 7000) is marketing an outstanding retail investment opportunity within the very tightly held Hawksburn Village, at Toorak in Melbournes inner east. The property will be auctioned on Wednesday, February 28 at 1pm on site.

Australia

Jan, 2018

Art and design collaboration brings One Sydney Park display suite to life

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Leading local developer, HPG Australia, has gone the extra mile in linking its flagship One Sydney Park development in Alexandria to the surrounding environment, with the commissioning of a stunning art installation by St Peters-based artist Garth Knight for the projects display suite.

Australia

Jan, 2018

CanTeen snaps up Trocadero for $13m

Property Markets / Transactions

After 40 years as a popular music venue, the Trocadero in Newtown has a new owner, CanTeen, the not-for-profit group supporting young people impacted by cancer, which paid $13 million for the site, which also includes the Acad?©mie De Musique.

Australia

Jan, 2018

GM Property sells to Forza for $31.5million

Property Markets / Transactions

Perth based GM Property Group has sold a major Blackburn industrial asset to property investment group Forza Capital for $31.5 million on a passing yield of 6.6 per cent in the first significant industrial deal of the new year.

Australia

Jan, 2018

Home sales fell back across most of the US in December 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

Existing home sales fell back in most parts of the United States in December but overall still increased by 1.1% year on year and 2017 was the best year since 2006, the latest index shows.

United States of America

Jan, 2018

Latest tower to plunge South Perth residents into darkness

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Another fight has erupted in the high-density battleground of South Perth, this time over a proposal for a 33-storey tower, set to wall in the three-storey block of flats next door.

Australia

Jan, 2018

A Rich Melange of Architecture at RMIT's new academic street

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

RMIT Universitys city campus, known as the "new academic street", has a m?©lange of some of Melbournes great architectural practices, from the past to the present.

Australia

Jan, 2018

China's Wanda confirms sale of Australian property assets

Property Markets / Transactions

One of China's biggest property developers, Wanda, has said it has disposed of its flagship Australian property assets.

Australia

Jan, 2018

Home loan values lift 2.3 per cent in November, boosted by first home buyers

Property Markets / Outlook

The proportion of first home buyers entering the property market has reached its highest level in five years after state and federal government intervention lifted the market out of a near-all-time low a year ago.

Australia

Jan, 2018

Developers will fork out over $20 million for Hannahs Pies

Property Markets / Transactions

Ultimo site in education precinct up for auction as the pie business goes global

Australia

Jan, 2018

Commercial property market in Europe starts 2018 on a positive note

Property Markets / Outlook

European commercial property markets have a positive momentum at the start of 2018 with provisional data for 2017 suggesting that investment volumes were higher than in 2016.

England

Dec, 2017

Google for Entrepreneurs partners with Thailand's leading co-working space

Property Markets / Technology

Google for Entrepreneurs announced today its partnership with HUBBA, Thailand's longest-running, largest co-working space.

Australia

Dec, 2017

Knight Frank Makes 2018 Commercial Market Predictions for U.K.

Property Markets / Outlook

This week global real estate consultant Knight Frank made its UK commercial real estate predictions for 2018.

England

Dec, 2017

Bankstown's $55 million Flinders Centre upgrade takes shape

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Bankstown Sports Club, in conjunction with the project's managing contractor, Paynter Dixon, has completed  the structural phase of the new Flinders Centre Bankstown, with the $55 million project on schedule for a mid-2018 grand opening. Â

Australia

Dec, 2017

2018 expected to be the year Sydney's office vacancy will tighten to lowest level since the 2000 Olympics

Property Markets / Outlook

2017 has been an interesting year for the Sydney CBD office market. JLL research recorded the lowest vacancy rate (6.0%) in 3Q17 since the first quarter of 2008 when it was 5.7%.

Australia

Dec, 2017

Hickory takes a risk on South Melbourne spec project

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Hickory Group is moving swiftly on plans to build a 10,200-square-metre, $50 million office building in South Melbourne despite having no committed tenant.

Australia

Dec, 2017

Lendlease's Barangaroo set to export water

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Its offical, the Barangaroo precinct has its own eco system.

Australia

Dec, 2017

Disrupportunity: The robots are coming

Property Markets / Technology

A recent episode of Four Corners on the ABC covered the issue of robotics, with the implication that there could be profound changes in the way we work and live in the future. But robotics is just one type of change that is upon us, and not even the most immediate. Â

Australia

Dec, 2017

Government makes school-for-cash deal in Truganina

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Andrews government has struck a landmark deal with developer Villawood, swapping a cash contribution to its infrastructure fund for a 3.5-hectare school site in Truganina.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Naked for Satan expands trendy Fitzroy tavern

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Trendy Melbourne bar Naked for Satan has won the right to almost double its capacity and expand into a neighbouring building, opening another Naked in the Sky venue. Â

Australia

Nov, 2017

Government surplus land sales net $31 million

Property Markets / Transactions

The Department of Health and Human Services has offloaded a large site in Oakleigh to a developer for $9.13 million as the state government continues its massive surplus land divestment program. Â

Australia

Nov, 2017

Myer family sells St Kilda Road office for $77 million

Property Markets / Transactions

The Myer family has sold a seven-level office on Melbourne's premier leafy boulevard St Kilda Road to acquisitive Singaporean Tong Eng Group for close to $77 million. Â

Australia

Nov, 2017

Cafe gold strikes in Abbotsford

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The atomic symbol for gold, AU79, is the name of a cafe in Nicholson Street, Abbotsford which has put the shine on the tree-lined street.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Landlords proactively targeting smaller tenants

Property Markets / Outlook

The increase in small to medium-sized businesses in capital cities has seen a rise in demand for landlords to split floors and accommodate these tenancies.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Sydney councils still not in the zone in housing delivery. Undersupply will create long term upward pressure on house prices

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

New home construction is crucial to the state's economic fortunes as it underpins growth, jobs and affordability.

Nov, 2017

Melbourne's office market outperforms

Property Markets / Outlook

Melbourne's office market outperformed the rest of the country over the third quarter of this year with a rapid decline in incentives, strong effective rental growth and tightening vacancy, according to CBRE research.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Melbourne can't wait for its new CBD park so it opts for a pop-up

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Plans for a permanent park at the intersection of Flinders and Elizabeth streets have been postponed until after a $40 million revamp of an office building on the corner has been completed.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Construction work picks up for a ninth straight month

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

CONSTRUCTION work across the nation has picked up for a ninth straight month, according to new figures.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Industrial spec developments gathering pace

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Developers are now meeting the demand for industrial property by constructing speculative sites then offering them for lease once completed.

Australia

Nov, 2017

Li Ka-Shing sells Hong Kong office tower for $5.2 Billion

Property Markets / Transactions

Li Ka-shing's CK Asset Holdings has just sold his interest in The Center, the fifth-tallest building in Hong Kong, for $5.2 billion.

Hong Kong SAR

Oct, 2017

Landlords turn building foyers into cafes

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Landlords are cashing in on Melbourne's thriving cafe culture by transforming their ground floor foyers into retail venues.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Burwood mixed-use site adds to Parramatta Road amenity improvement program

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

A mixed-use development site within the Parramatta Road Precinct, Burwood, is the latest to test market interest for combined lots, with price indications said to be more than $20 million.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Brighton Le Sands seeks parking solution

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Bayside Council has launched a public campaign through Robert Lowe from Savills Australia to find a property solution to the parking shortfall in Brighton Le Sands, which may incorporate the council car park at 1-7 The Boulevarde.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Investment in South East of England office market at highest volume since 2013

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Investment volumes in the South East of England office market reached £1.3 billion in the third quarter of 2017, the highest quarter on record since 2013, the latest index shows.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Blackstone Seeks $10 Billion for Infrastructure

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Blackstone Group LP, the private equity giant with ambitions for the largest-ever infrastructure fund, is seeking as much as $10 billion to supplement a $20 billion anchor commitment for the pool before it starts investing, people with knowledge of the plans said.

United States of America

Oct, 2017

Ambitious plans to revamp popular Jam Factory

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The popular, but rundown, Jam Factory restaurant and entertainment precinct in Melbourne's South Yarra will be gutted and rebuilt as a glitzy 15-storey, $1.25 billion retail and office complex under ambitious plans put forward by owner Newmark Capital.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Merivale moves in Marrickville buying Vic On The Park

Property Markets / Transactions

Justin Hemmes continues to conquer outside of the CBD and the east.

Australia

Oct, 2017

Largest shed in southern hemisphere gets 6 Green Stars for environmental features

Property Markets / Technology

One of the largest sheds in the southern hemisphere, a half-a-kilometre-long storage and distribution facility the size of eight MCG playing fields, has won a 6 Star Green Star As Built rating. Â

Australia

Oct, 2017

Midtown's walkability impresses Oklahoma mayor known for transforming city

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Oklahoma City mayor who became famous for using urban design to help his town lose a million pounds offered praise Wednesday for Omaha's strides in walkable redevelopment.

United States of America

Sep, 2017

Australia ranks in top 10 in global Skyscraper Index

Property Markets / Outlook

Sydney and Melbourne rank high in the latest global Skyscraper Index, coming in at sixth and 15th respectively, according to Knight Frank's Global Cities 2018 report.

Australia

Sep, 2017

Historic bluestone CBD building sells for $2.3m

Property Markets / Transactions

A rare, free-standing, two-level, bluestone building at 375 Queen Street, opposite the Queen Victoria Market, sold under the hammer for $2,325,000 achieving $6643 per sq m. Colliers International's Oliver Hay, Daniel Wolman and David Sia in conjunction with Knight Frank brokered the deal.

Australia

Sep, 2017

Broadway development site comes to market

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Development sites in the fringe and suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne are in high demand as investors and developers seek out higher yielding brick-and-mortar assets.

Australia

Sep, 2017

Byron Bay $120m resort construction wraps up

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The $120 million upgrade of the Elements of Byron beachfront resort in Byron Bay has been completed with 99 new villas to open on September 29. Â

Australia

Sep, 2017

Byron Bay's Beach Hotel sells for $70 million

Property Markets / Transactions

The Byron Bay Beach Hotel, developed by John Cornell, known as "Strop" in his television days on the Paul Hogan show, has sold for $70 million to Melbourne-based investors.

Australia

Sep, 2017

Hyde Park Dress Circle taking shape in Sydney CBD

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

It has been dubbed the Hyde Park Dress Circle where multi-billions worth of developments are under construction or in the approval stage and once completed will transform the eastern corridor of the Sydney CBD. Â

Australia

Sep, 2017

Investors tipped to snap-up North Sydney site

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Investors are circling the revitalised North Sydney office market as vacancy rates decline as new infrastructure developments absorb older properties.

Australia

Sep, 2017

DAs no longer at the mercy of Sydney Councils

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

In a major shift for development assessment, mandatory independent local hearing and assessment panels (IHAPs) will be introduced to Wollongong and Sydney metropolitan councils, to make decisions on development applications. This change aims to improve the efficiency and integrity of the determination process.

Australia

Sep, 2017

Box Hill Boom Continues with $13.5m Sale

Property Markets / Transactions

1653 sqm site â?? sold off-marketÂ

Australia

Aug, 2017

Another inner-city pub for sale

Property Markets / Transactions

A popular inner-city Melbourne pub, the East Brunswick Hotel, has hit the market.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Co-working space the new office market disrupter

Property Markets / Outlook

GPT Group and Blackwall are the latest ASX-listed companies to expand their footprints in the co-working office space, a sector identified as an integral part of an organisation's workplace strategy.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Goodman looks to robots to boost demand for warehouses

Property Markets / Technology

Goodman Group will use a potential windfall of $2 billion from looming asset sales to develop highly automated logistics centres where artificial intelligence will boost efficiency for tenants.

Australia

Aug, 2017

More property set to transact on St Kilda Road

Property Markets / Transactions

Philanthropist and tech entrepreneur Malcolm Freake is set to offload a six-storey office tower in the St Kilda Road precinct, taking advantage of peaking demand for the boulevard's buildings. Â

Australia

Aug, 2017

Industrial players jostle for land

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The price of industrial land in Melbourne's fringe suburbs has surged up to 20 per cent in some areas as the supply of ready-to-develop lots dries up. Â

Australia

Aug, 2017

Asian investors heavily target US, UK and German commercial markets in 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

Commercial property investors are allocating more capital to real estate worldwide, with Asian investors now accounting for five of the 10 biggest cross-border spenders. Inter-regional investment reached $19.5 billion in Q2 2017.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Dubai posts USD106bn in transactions over 18 months

Property Markets / Transactions

Property handovers and off-plan unit transactions made the bulk of deals in the emirate.

United Arab Emirates

Aug, 2017

Historic Glenmore Meats site sells for $23.5 million

Property Markets / Transactions

The historic Glenmore Meats company at 40-46 Wentworth Park Road, Glebe has sold for $23,580,000 following a massive display of interest.

Australia

Aug, 2017

More beds on Royal Parade for students

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The number of students beds will nearly triple at Whitley College in Parkville after private British operator GSA redevelops the site.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Charter Hall fund pays $115m for new office

Property Markets / Transactions

Charter Hall has expanded its footprint in Melbourne city, with the purchase of 990 La Trobe Street, for a $114.5 million, as part of the Motor Accident Commission portfolio disposal.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Builders rise to the challenge of raising 200m tower on netball court-size block

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

It's a piece of land the same size as a netball court but it'll soon have a needle-thin, 57-storey building rising from it.

Australia

Aug, 2017

Malacca port being redeveloped to rival Singapore

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Malaysia eyes redevelopment of historic Malacca into a deep sea port, with some help from China amounting to billions of dollars in investment.

Singapore

Jul, 2017

Deals and Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

Property NSW has sold a 1.968 ha parcel of land at 28-50 Skipton Lane to Anvest Holdings. Robert Lowe and Eddie Petro, of Savills Australia.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Infrastructure key to balanced property investment

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Having a balance of infrastructure and pure property real estate investment trusts in a portfolio will help even out the volatility and improve returns, according to a US-based specialist, Todd Canter. Â

Australia

Jul, 2017

Empire State Building owner to spend up to $150M on new observatory entrance

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Meanwhile, Trump's visa policies mean fewer visitors from China, ESRT tells investors on earnings call.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

Box Hill high-rise boom gathers pace with Whitehorse Road sale

Property Markets / Transactions

A string of strong sales in Box Hill show developers have turned their focus to Melbourne's eastern suburbs, dramatically bumping up land rates. Â

Australia

Jul, 2017

London office sales primarily driven by Hong Kong investors in 2017

Property Markets / Transactions

According to international real estate consultant Knight Frank, buyers from Hong Kong have purchased £2.2 billion ($2.86b USD) of office buildings in the City of London over the first half of the year.

England

Jul, 2017

America's hottest properties: data centers and cell towers

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

E-commerce has been blamed for the struggles of retail real estate, but is proving to be a boon for owners of data centers and cell towers.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

E-commerce expansion driving global prime logistics rents higher in 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

U.S. industrial hubs posted the strongest growth in prime logistics rents for the past year, and Asian markets remained the world's most expensive as demand for top-quality warehouses and distribution centers continued to outpace supply globally.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Land values surge in Sydney south west

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Increased demand for industrial property assets has led to a sharp rise in land values in Sydney's south west and outer west, leading to an overflow from investors into what is deemed the secondary tier of properties.

Australia

Jul, 2017

City offices vacancies at their lowest point in four years

Property Markets / Outlook

Getting a sandwich in the city at lunchtime is taking a lot longer these days, with office towers near full capacity due to the national vacancy rate sitting at the lowest level for four years.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Markets to watch in 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

These diverse luxury housing markets are on the upswingâ??here are our top five picks of luxury property markets on the rise.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

Hong Kong skyscrapers most expensive real estate assets in the world

Property Markets / Outlook

According to global real estate advisor Knight Frank, office skyscrapers in Hong Kong are the most expensive commercial real estate assets in the world in 2017.

Hong Kong SAR

Jul, 2017

Disney teases Star Wars hotel in park investment flurry

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Walt Disney Co. said it will build an immersive â??Star Warsâ? hotel at its resort in Orlando, Florida, as part of a flurry of investments announced Saturday by the company's theme-park division.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

Deals and Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

Annabelle Boyd has sold a 349 sqm site at 374 Pacific Highway to SNP Investments P/L. Brad Sutton, Sutton Anderson.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Hong Kong, Australia top target markets for hotel investors in 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

Asia hotel investors during the first half of 2017 remained focused on gateway cities such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and Melbourne, as they offer positive tourism and trading fundamentals while the long-term demand and supply is in balance.Â

Hong Kong SAR

Jul, 2017

London's Grosvenor House hotel has a new owner

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

U.S. real estate investor Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. has acquired the Grosvenor House hotel in London, helping resolve an imbroglio that kept ownership of the famed properties in limbo for three years.

England

Jul, 2017

Australia's top-performing pension fund eyes more infrastructure

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Australia's top-performing pension fund over the past three years wants to invest in more toll roads and airports, betting infrastructure assets will offer among the most reliable returns over coming decades.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Hong Kong has the priciest skyscrapers in the world

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Skyscrapers in Hong Kong are the most expensive commercial real estate in the world, according to new analysis using rental values and yields.

Hong Kong SAR

Jul, 2017

Emerging assets in hot demand for yield hunters

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Demand for a diversified property portfolio has led to a rise in sales of non-core commercial investment assets such as service stations, childcare centres and government-tenanted buildings.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Michigan REIT sells industrial complex in Pompano Beach for $21.7M

Property Markets / Transactions

Seller flipped the warehouse at a 31% increase just six months after purchase.

United States of America

Jul, 2017

Australia Post sells half share in Melbourne tower to Singaporeans

Property Markets / Transactions

Australia Post has inked a deal with giant Singaporean fund Keppel REIT to sell it a $347.8 million half share in a Melbourne tower to be built for Victoria Police.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Low supply in North Sydney sees record rates

Property Markets / Outlook

With large corporates moving in or expanding across North Sydney and buildings marked for demolition to make way for the new Sydney Metro station, demand for office space on the other side of the bridge is running hot.Â

Australia

Jul, 2017

Luxury hotels spring up from bones of Sydney's old buildings

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Three rundown 1870s terraces in Potts Point have undergone a multimillion-dollar makeover to become Sydney's newest luxury boutique hotel.

Australia

Jul, 2017

Airports in the US now will have full-service gyms

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

You can already get a pedicure and a massage inside the terminal, so why not a full workout while you wait, wait, and wait?

United States of America

Jun, 2017

Cedar Woods sells Target headquarters for $58m

Property Markets / Transactions

Discount retailer Target may be struggling with sales, but a head office it recently leased for a 10-year period in Melbourne's west has sold to Centuria Property Funds for $58.23 million.

Australia

Jun, 2017

About 11M sf of industrial space has vanished in NYC. Here's what happened to it

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Nearly 1,200 lots affected between 2007 and 2016: Ariel Property Advisors.

United States of America

Jun, 2017

Fishermans Bend development site sells for $7.9 million

Property Markets / Transactions

An owner-occupier has purchased one of the largest vacant land parcels in Fishermans Bend, which currently has a 12-level residential redevelopment permit in place, soon to be amended into a 12-level commercial development.

Australia

Jun, 2017

Here's what the $10M-$20M NYC investment sales market looked like last week

Property Markets / Outlook

Azrak buys two UES walk-upsâ??, City Skyline picks up Sugar Hill building.â??

United States of America

Jun, 2017

Deals and Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

â??Jordana Fashion has sold a 2200 sqm site at 38 Rickettyâ?? Street to a private Investment firm. Marcus Schraag, LJHC South Sydney.

Australia

Jun, 2017

MVRDV completes Baltyk, its first building in Poland

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The structure, with a graphic glass-and-concrete façade, appears to rest precariously on one corner.

Poland

Jun, 2017

Myanmar's tourism destination dreams fade amid empty hotels

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

In recent years, foreign investment has poured in, but still, the country remains one of the world's poorest, the military still holds powerful sway, and ethnic violence persists.

India

Jun, 2017

Elizabeth St retail opportunity the 'last piece in the jigsaw' in gentrified Surry Hills

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The transformation of Surry Hills to smart precinct inhabited by boutique apartment blocks and hotels, small bars and bustling retail outlets is no better encapsulated than by the property Colliers International is marketing in the suburb's main thoroughfare.

Australia

Jun, 2017

Central London office yields boosts capital commercial growth in UK

Property Markets / Outlook

Capital values across the UK's commercial property market increased 0.4% in May 2017, apparently unaffected by the snap general election announcement, the latest index shows.

England

Jun, 2017

Malaysian developer launches South Yarra tower

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

A Malaysian developer, which lists projects in London and Sydney on its portfolio, is set to announce the launch of a high-end 27-storey tower in ritzy South Yarra. Â

Australia

Jun, 2017

Five bidders drive record industrial yield

Property Markets / Transactions

Moorabbin property sells on 4.5% yieldÂ

Australia

Jun, 2017

Apartment block sells for $5.95m

Property Markets / Transactions

A block of 12 apartments at 2-4 Garden Avenue has sold for $5.95 million. Fitzroys' James Lockwood, David Bourke and Terence Yeh handled the campaign.Â

Australia

Jun, 2017

Deals and deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

A private investor has sold a 39 sqm strata office suite at 702/122 Arthur Street, North Sydney, to Brickhill Projects P/L. Tom Appleby, Colliers International.

Australia

Jun, 2017

Entrada sale unlocks prized investment opportunity in Sydney's official second CBD

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Entrada Shopping Centre in the heart of Parramatta is being offered to the market â?? unlocking an opportunity to acquire a footprint in Sydney's second largest CBD.Â

Australia

Jun, 2017

McBride Charles Ryan have designed the Saigon Welcome Arch in Melbourne

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Architecture firm McBride Charles Ryan have designed the Saigon Welcome Arch, a modern sculpture that represents the Vietnamese community in Footscray, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia.

China

May, 2017

Commercial property investment down in France and UK in first quarter of 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

Investment in commercial property investment in the UK fell in the first quarter of 2017, probably due to Brexit concerns, but France also recorded a substantial fall, the latest analysis report shows.

England

May, 2017

King Street building sells for $5.4m

Property Markets / Transactions

A historic four storey King Street office built in 1887 has been snapped up by an owner occupier for $5.4 million.

Australia

May, 2017

Hipsters make new suburban offices in Cremorne, Collingwood valuable and groovy

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Hip inner-city suburbs are undergoing a worker renaissance as surging office rents begin to tip the construction scales away from residential apartments.

Australia / Melbourne

May, 2017

Don't propose homes on commercial sites, Shanghai developers told

Property Markets / Outlook

A shift from last year's policy direction

Australia

May, 2017

China's logistics hubs to benefit first from Asia's new belt & road initiative

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The recent Belt & Road (B&R) Forum for International Cooperation held in Beijing was attended by numerous international leaders and organizations and discussed topics including currency swaps, policy, infrastructure and trade.

China

May, 2017

Jeffrey Gershon to buy Jehovah's Witnesses site in Dumbo for $60M: sources

Property Markets / Transactions

Hope Street Capital developer can build close to 200K sf at property

United States of America

May, 2017

Melbourne's unloved Harbour Town to get $150 million makeover

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Sydney boutique bank Ashe Morgan, has unveiled a new $150 million entertainment precinct for Harbour Town, on the edge of Melbourne's Docklands.

Australia / Melbourne

May, 2017

Deals and Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

D&B Duffy has sold a 395 sqm office at 104 Alexander Street to LAK Investments P/L. Harry Kimpton, Sutton Anderson.

Australia

May, 2017

Landmark Sunshine Cinema to close to make way for mixed-use complex

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

East End Capital, K Property paid $31.5M for building.

United States of America

May, 2017

Empty shops not deterring investors

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Empty shops are not deterring investors. A vacant 48 sq m retail space, one of six shops on the ground level of 142 Rathdowne Street, has sold for $475,000, Fitzroys Terence Yeh said. Â

Australia

May, 2017

Church Street office sells for $44 million as suburban sector heats up

Property Markets / Transactions

Perth-based syndicator Property Bank has sold Building 8 at 658 Church Street in Melbourne to a wealthy local investor for $44 million. Â

Australia

May, 2017

China's copy of Manhattan is no longer a ghost town

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The unreal emptiness of China's vision of a new Manhattan and other mega-city developments has drawn unflattering international press coverage and come to symbolize the folly and financial risks of debt-fueled infrastructure projects and runaway urbanization.Â

China

May, 2017

Indonesian town transforms into rainbow-splashed tourist destination

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

A small rainbow village in Indonesia may have just become the most colorful place on earth, practically overnight.

Indonesia

May, 2017

Developer implores government to improve visual outcome of sky rail with innovative design concept

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

A prominent figure in Melbourne's development industry has come up with a concept to disguise the controversial new sky rail overpasses in order to reduce the visual impact of the elevated sections.

Australia

May, 2017

City of Sydney opens $10m community centre

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The City of Sydney's state-of-the-art community centre has opened the doors to its East Sydney Community and Arts Centre in Darlinghurst, to offer new community space for the growing inner city area. Â

Australia

May, 2017

Goodman Property JV to buy central Auckland office building for $62M

Property Markets / Transactions

Goodman Property Trust's joint venture with Singapore government-owned GIC has agreed to buy Bayleys House, a recently completed office building in central Auckland, for $62 million, Goodman Ltd, the trust's manager, said.

New Zealand

May, 2017

Badgery's airport a win for industrial property assets

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The commitment by the federal government to construct the $5.3 billion Western Sydney Airport Corporation at Badgerys Creek will add immense value to the surrounding western regions, which comprise a substantial amount of industrial property.

Australia

May, 2017

$54 million fight over vacant Superman Building is settled

Property Markets / Transactions

A $54 million lawsuit over the state's tallest building, called the Superman Building, has been settled just before a trial was scheduled to begin in federal court.

United States of America

May, 2017

$44m childcare sales set new records

Property Markets / Transactions

The sale of five of six fully leased Victorian childcare centres for more than $44 million have set new national benchmarks for the sale of individual centres.Â

Australia

May, 2017

Melbourne's great land sale continues

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Five prominent Melbourne development sites are trading this month in deals speculated to be worth a total of more than $40 million.

Australia

May, 2017

Karten family looks to sell 320-unit 990 Sixth Ave for $400M

Property Markets / Transactions

25-story mixed-use tower hasn't seen much improvement since it was built in 1987.

United States of America

May, 2017

Bank of China looks to sell longtime US HQ at 410 Madison

Property Markets / Transactions

Chinese lender has been moving piecemeal to much larger digs at 7 Bryant Park.

United States of America

May, 2017

China's Hawaii plans a $3 billion medical tourism hotspot

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

On the hilly and tropical island of Hainan, local officials and companies are investing billions of dollars to transform a string of riverside villages into a medical tourism destination.

China

May, 2017

Continental Corporation to sell University Hill 'supersite'

Property Markets / Transactions

Continental Corporation has moved to sell its purpose built facility in Bundoora's University Hill precinct - marking the end of the company's almost six-decade tenure in the region.Â

Australia

Apr, 2017

Coastal pubs ride the wave of city demand

Property Markets / Transactions

Gallagher Hotel Management has expanded its hotel portfolio with the purchase of the Terrigal Hotel for $28 million.

Australia

Apr, 2017

N.Z. plans spending splurge to keep `growing like Sydney'

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

New Zealand's government announced plans to substantially increase infrastructure spending to help sustain economic growth and cope with a swelling population.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Dubai hotel sector showing signs of early recovery in 2017

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

According to STR, the hotel industry in Dubai, recorded strong occupancy levels during the first quarter of 2017 despite continued and significant supply growth.

United Arab Emirates

Apr, 2017

Controversial skyscraper allowed in a 'test case for Philippine Heritage'

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Battle for skyline behind Philippine monument ends in favour of developer.

Philippines

Apr, 2017

A skyscraper that dispenses houses is the vending machine you thought you'd never need

Property Markets / Technology

Only in Japan.

Japan

Apr, 2017

Agreement entered with Impact Investment Group for sale of Central Park office and hotel

Property Markets / Transactions

Frasers Property Australia and Sekisui House Australia have entered into Option Agreements with Impact Investment Group (IIG) in relation to the sale of the hotel and commercial space at DUO on the north-west corner of the Central Park precinct in Chippendale.

Australia

Apr, 2017

$50M Fifth Avenue mansion has buyers lining up

Property Markets / Transactions

A tony Fifth Avenue mansion boasting all the Gilded Age trimming hit the market last year, asking $50 million after the government of the former Yugoslavia decided to unload some of Josip Broz Tito's properties.

United States of America

Apr, 2017

Building on the western plains supports start-ups

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Rising from Melbourne's western grasslands is a startling building that is accelerating success.

United States of America

Apr, 2017

European commercial real estate investment activity was strong in 2016

Property Markets / Outlook

European commercial real estate investment activity in 2016 was the third highest on record with total sales volumes of â?¬207 billion, according to new research.

England

Apr, 2017

Multiplex tops out Greengate's $115 million retirement and aged care community at Kogarah

Property Markets / Transactions

Multiplex, a leading global contractor, has reached a milestone on Greengate's $115 million St Patrick's Green Aged Care and Retirement Village, topping out the structure to three buildings, the tallest being 11 levels fronting Chapel Street in Kogarah.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Footscray site offers prime development opportunity

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Teska Carson (9421 7000) is marketing a large, vacant development site with exceptional development potential at Footscray in Melbourne's inner western suburbs.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Bayside park sells out, bar one, before completion

Property Markets / Transactions

The sale of a national retail portfolio with all properties leased to The Good Guys has attracted strong market interest prior to the official launch with feelers coming from local, interstate and off-shore interests, according to exclusive agents Savills.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Australian markets have witnessed the fastest rental growth for offices in skyscrapers

Property Markets / Outlook

Rents for skyscraper offices in Australian cities, are rising faster than those in any other global city, according to the latest Skyscraper Index from Knight Frank.Â

Australia

Apr, 2017

Hong Kong property prices are near their peak: J.P. Morgan

Property Markets / Outlook

Hong Kong housing prices are close to their peak and economically â??unsustainable,â? said Cusson Leung, managing director at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s Asia Pacific equity research unit.

Hong Kong SAR

Apr, 2017

Leasing Ladder

Property Markets / Outlook

Westpoint Formwork P/L has leased a 41 sq m office at 469-483 Parramatta Road from Protaxac P/L. The lease term is one year. Adam Selikman, Taylor Nicholas Inner West. Â

Australia

Apr, 2017

Huntingdale industrial sold for $2.05 million

Property Markets / Transactions

A local private investor has paid $1.15 million for 38 Shafton Street and $905,000 for 32 Hargreaves Street  for a brand new office and warehouse dual occupancy, in Huntingdale in Melbourne's south-east, destined for a self-managed super fund.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Broadway Plaza in Punchbowl goes for $41.2m

Property Markets / Transactions

Real Asset Management Group has emerged as the buyer of the Broadway Plaza, Punchbowl, paying $41.2 million to creditors PPB Advisory.

Australia

Apr, 2017

Dubai's commercial property market to moderate in 2017

Property Markets / Outlook

A slowing decline across all sectors of the Dubai real estate market suggests increasing stability and the expectation of the market 'bottoming out' before the end of 2017, but the planned introduction of VAT on January 1, 2018 is already causing nervousness amongst existing commercial tenants.

United Arab Emirates

Apr, 2017

Here's what the $10M-$20M NYC investment sales market looked like last week

Property Markets / Outlook

Besen sells in Washington Heights, former Flatbush theater trades for $12M.

United States of America

Mar, 2017

Haileybury's vertical school fights high-rise development next door

Property Markets / Transactions

Upmarket private school Haileybury College is fighting to stop a 24-storey hotel development next door to its city campus due to fears it will overlook and overshadow students and classrooms. Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

City fringe office rivals CBD market

Property Markets / Transactions

The sale of a freestanding office building in Hornsby by the Abacus Property Group for $22 million, on a yield of 5.6 per cent, reflects the increasing demand for suburban offices, according to agents.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Government drives leasing surge

Property Markets / Outlook

Preliminary office leasing figures for Melbourne's CBD show a massive rise of circa 128 per cent over the 12 months to March with the Government and Community sector taking 38 per cent of the space, according to the latest Savills research.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Expansion plans prompt Truganina lease

Property Markets / Technology

Skyzer Technologies' search to expand its operations in Victoria has successfully concluded in securing a five-year lease over a brand new office warehouse in West Industry Park, Truganina.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Iconic haunted Richmond Regent Theatre for sale

Property Markets / Transactions

Richmond's legendary â??hauntedâ? Regent Theatre is set to attract significant interest from buyers seeking a unique opportunity, according to agents Matrix Property Group, Sydney's leading residential development site specialist.

Australia

Mar, 2017

House prices jump 3.7 per cent since start of year

Property Markets / Outlook

Home prices in Australia's biggest cities have jumped 3.7 per cent since the start of the year with the proportion of settled auctions on the rise as well.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Chinese buyers to prop up Australian housing market: Credit Suisse

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Foreign buyers are purchasing new housing in New South Wales and Victoria at a rate of $8 billion a year - a figure the equivalent of one in five new homes completed across the two states.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Hong Kong still most expensive office market in the world

Property Markets / Outlook

According to CBRE Group, Inc.'s new Global Prime Office Rents survey, Hong Kong is the world's highest-priced office market while European office markets showed the most consistent growth in prime office rent, mostly due to a lack of supply.Â

Hong Kong SAR

Mar, 2017

Mont Albert's commercial values jump 35% over 15 months

Property Markets / Outlook

A local investor has reaped a 35 per cent increase on two shops bought 15 months ago.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Investa raises the Bar in tenant service and office building experience

Property Markets / Technology

Investa Office Management this month launched its INSITE tenant engagement program nationally.

Australia

Mar, 2017

HNA, partner to buy 245 Park for $2.2B: sources

Property Markets / Transactions

Sale of Brookfield, NYSTRS' office tower would be one of the priciest to date.

United States of America

Mar, 2017

'Bubbly' Australia housing market may lead to more lending curbs

Property Markets / Outlook

Australia is facing a period of â??heightened riskâ? in the housing market, the nation's top banking regulator said, amid rising speculation further lending curbs may be imposed to cool runaway housing prices.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Deals and Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

SG Gaming Australia Property Pty Ltd has sold an industrial property featuring a 2043sqm two-storey office/mezzanine area and a 3055sqm high clearance warehouse at 13 Sheridan Close to Harosenne P/L. Jon Orsborn, Colliers International.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Investor pays $4.5m for KFC Tamworth

Property Markets / Transactions

A Melbourne-based private investor has snapped up an existing KFC restaurant site in Tamworth for $4.47 million, reflecting a yield of 5.1 per cent.

Australia

Mar, 2017

First-in-a-century opportunity in Sydney's Chinatown sells for $19.9m

Property Markets / Transactions

82-84 Dixon Street, Haymarket sold under the hammer at a highly competitive Sydney auction today.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Frances Farm Portfolio offers substantial 2,802-hectare agribusiness footprint

Property Markets / Technology

CBRE has been appointed to market for sale more than 2,800 hectares of irrigated cropping and grazing land in Victoria's Western Wimmera area and the south-east of South Australia.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Chinese capital dominates Asian outbound real estate investment in 2016

Property Markets / Outlook

Asian outbound real estate investment was dominated by Chinese investors in 2016, accounting for almost half â?? 47% or US$28.2 billion - of the total capital transacted during the period.Â

China

Mar, 2017

Multiplex begins construction on Werribee Mercy Hospital

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Multiplex, a leading global contractor, has been appointed by Mercy Health in partnership with the Victorian Department of Health and Services to deliver the $66.5 million Stage 1C of Werribee Mercy Hospital.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Calls for Sri Lanka to regulate its property sector

Property Markets / Outlook

Even â??housewives and three wheel driversâ? can be property brokers on the side, CEO laments.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Cremorne cafe/studio sells $800k over reserve

Property Markets / Transactions

An owner occupier has paid $3.07 million, or more than $800,000 over the reserve, at a hotly contested Teska Carson auction for a warehouse cum café/studio premises at Cremorne (Richmond) in Melbourne's inner eastern suburbs.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Insurer inks 48K sf lease at Rockpoint's Meatpacking project

Property Markets / Transactions

Bermuda-based Argo to occupy three floors at 413 West 14th Street

United States of America

Mar, 2017

Manhattan leasing up 40% so far this year

Property Markets / Outlook

Thanks primarily to big deals Downtown, activity at end of February stood at 7.65M sf.

United States of America

Mar, 2017

Australian Road Research Board checks out of Melbourne's east & unlocks infill development opportunity

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Melbourne headquarters of the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) has been offered to the market â?? unlocking a development opportunity expected to generate interest circa $18 million.Â

Australia

Mar, 2017

Government casts off East West Link commercial buildings

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The Andrews government has begun selling a portfolio of commercial properties acquired for the scrapped East West Link project.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Inspirational architecture: Lifting the spirits of people with spinal injuries

Property Markets / Outlook

Architecture can make the heart soar, and the creators of the new Sargood on Collaroy resort on Sydney's Northern Beaches believe it can also help heal the body and mind.

Australia

Mar, 2017

Building Binge: ADB Calls for More Infrastructure Across Asia

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Asia needs at least $1.5 trillion of roads, bridges and other infrastructure annually between now and 2030 to maintain its growth momentum, a doubling of earlier projections, according to the Asian Development Bank.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Big House Arts buys into Coburg's creative spaces

Property Markets / Transactions

Creative and co-working spaces are spreading from the city centre into smaller, hip suburbs.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Chinese Set to Buy London Cheesegrater Tower for $1.27 Billion, CoStar Says

Property Markets / Transactions

An investment company of Chinese property magnate Cheung Chung Kiu is set to buy the London skyscraper nicknamed the Cheesegrater for about 1.02 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) from owners British Land Co. and Oxford Properties Group Inc., CoStar News reported.

England

Feb, 2017

Developer pays $3 million for Moonee Ponds site

Property Markets / Transactions

A Melbourne based developer has paid $3 million for a Moonee Ponds site with a permit for a mixed use development in a private sale brokered by Savills Jesse Radisich and Julian Heatherich.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Here's what the $10M-$20M NYC investment sales market looked like last week

Property Markets / Transactions

Applegrad buys Bronx rental, Icon sells Hell's Kitchen walk-up

United States of America

Feb, 2017

Large slice of Brisbane land with holding income hits the market

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

One of Brisbane's last remaining 'large format' hotels, the Mansfield Tavern, has been listed for sale.Â

Australia

Feb, 2017

Fringe markets hot as investors chase yield

Property Markets / Outlook

Fringe CBD vs CBD yields show attractive differential

Australia

Feb, 2017

Melbourne industrial property surges

Property Markets / Outlook

Melbourne industrial property deals surged to a record $1.92 billion in transactions in 2016, a 15 per cent increase on the previous year.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Mall Landlords' Next Act: Apartments and Concerts

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Westfield Corp. recognized more than a decade ago that the long-term outlook for shopping centers was rough. So it changed course.

United States of America

Feb, 2017

12 lots sold in 12 weeks as shortage looms

Property Markets / Transactions

Stage 1 of a new Keysborough industrial estate â?? Interlink Business Park â?? has sold out within 12 weeks of release with 12 allotments selling for prices up to $375 a square metre setting a new benchmark for industrial land in Melbourne's south-east.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Deals & Deeds

Property Markets / Transactions

A private vendor has sold 18,000 sq m of industrial development land at 24 Bernera Road to Apex Investment. Fab Dalfonso and Rino Gazzera, Colliers International.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Chinese investor pays $4.8m for South Rd clinic

Property Markets / Transactions

A Chinese investor has paid $4.8 million on a 6 per cent yield for a fully leased dental clinic at Moorabbin, in a deal brokered by Savills Clinton Baxter and Julian Heatherich.

Australia

Feb, 2017

HKD 35,000 psf for Convention Plaza, broke the building's record

Property Markets / Transactions

Rooms 10-12, High-Floor, Converntion Plaza, Wan Chai, with an area of 3,004 sq ft, has been changed hand for HKD 105 million, or HKD 35,000 per sq ft.

Hong Kong SAR

Feb, 2017

Crown casino wins approval for 90-storey tower at Southbank

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

Casino giant Crown will expand its Southbank site to eight hectares after it won approval from the Andrews government to build a $1.75 billion 90-storey tower.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Luxurious Mudgee Hangar House on the market

Property Markets / Planning, Zoning, Infrastructure

The freehold going concern of The Hangar House hotel at Mudgee, in New South Wales, is on the market through Savills Senior Hotels Executive, Nic Simarro.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Adjoining owner pays $4.15million for Glendenning industrial

Property Markets / Transactions

The adjoining owner has paid $4.15 million for a freestanding office and warehouse facility at Glendenning in Sydney's outer west in a deal brokered by Savills.Â

Australia

Feb, 2017

A-Reits to return 9 per cent in 2017, but still underperform equities - CLSA

Property Markets / Outlook

The Australian real estate investment trust (A-Reits) sector will return 9 per cent in 2017, split roughly 5 per cent yield and 4 per cent growth, says CLSA's Sholto Maconochie and Stephen Lam, but still underperform equities after beating shares by 1.4 per cent in 2016.

Australia

Feb, 2017

Meadowbank: Sydney's strongest growth hot spot

Property Markets / Outlook

Meadowbank, just 15kms west of the Sydney CBD has completely transformed over the past few years due to some of the country's largest developers snapping up sites within the riverside suburb.Â

Australia

Jan, 2017

Busiest corner in Milton sells for $4 million

Property Markets / Transactions

A fully leased retail and commercial centre on the corner of Milton and Baroona Roads in Milton has been picked up for a clean $4,000,000.

Australia