Japanese investors join Darling Harbour project
Mirvac hopes to entice more Japanese investors as it plans 48-storey high rise for Darling Harbour in Sydney.
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Podcast: Housing crisis advice that Albo can’t take
The housing crisis is still uppermost in many minds but there’s a new twist with a former Mirvac boss, now an advisor to the government, telling the Prime Minister to do something…
Podcast: Defects detective Chandler’s candid chat
We have something of a star guest on this week’s podcast. Sue Williams, our regular co-host, has allowed us to dip into her recordings of her interview with Building Commissioner…
Podcast: Horror of our $700 million defects hole
There’s a horror story, a happy ending and a bit of housekeeping in this week’s podcasts. The horror is the $714 million owed by Home Building Compensation for all the…
Bowling club battle ends with wins all round
There were broad smiles and few tears last week when spades cut the once-hallowed turf of Waverley Bowling Club in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs. Not only did the ceremony mark the…
Green ceramics counter curse of disposable fashion
When a university academic handed a property developer a small grey tile recently, and said “this is your son’s old school uniform” it marked the confluence of a creative vision,…
Tax and planning boost for build-to-rent blocks
The NSW government is getting behind build-to-rent housing in a big way, announcing major changes to tax and planning policies to encourage developers to build apartment blocks that will be…
Podcast 99: Long-term rental will tempt tenants
This week we returned to a topic we raised in the last podcast, namely build-to-rent and specifically the new Liv Indigo building at Sydney Olympic Park. They held an open…