Leasing
Welcome to Thornbury: Boarded up windows, graffiti and run-down cars
Thornbury’s abandoned Le Pine Funerals site is defying High Street’s recently bestowed status as the world’s coolest street.
- by Tim Boreham
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Converting stranded offices into warehouses: Can it happen?
It’s a question occupying minds in the property industry as office occupancy dwindles and little used buildings face redundancy.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Sublease space shrinks as big corporates put brake on handing back office space
Big corporates wanting to offload space are struggling to compete with landlords who are offering big incentives in rent deals.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Sydney has the view, Melbourne has the bigger office
Sydney may have the views of the Harbour, but Melburnians opt for bigger office space.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Sheryl wants to stay in her Gosnells home. But it might not be up to her
Sheryl Houston is a cleaner who has lived in her “nice old place”, faithfully paying rent, for nine years. But she fears she’ll be on the street come Christmas.
- by Hamish Hastie
Developers launch $3bn national office and residential projects
More than $3 billion worth of private projects are getting the stamp of approval across metropolitan Sydney and Melbourne.
- by Carolyn Cummins
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Commercial real estate
First look: Paddington’s arthouse Verona cinema to become $100m office block
An Oxford Street landmark in Sydney’s east, the former Palace Verona cinema, is set to be transformed into a $100 million upmarket office complex with retail and rooftop dining.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Office vacancies hit all-time highs on the city fringes
Company managers who remain optimistic about staff returning to work are being dealt a worrying blow as office vacancy rates stay stubbornly high.
- by Carolyn Cummins
The companies making the office a little more cavood-adorable
Leaving the pampered pooch at home with post-COVID-19 separation anxiety has become one of the stumbling blocks to getting people back to the office.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Office occupancy gains momentum as workers come back to the city
The overall improvement in national office attendance is rising as many large corporations set clearer return to office policies.
- by Carolyn Cummins
Brookfield’s Sydney skyscraper defies office woes with ‘house full’ sign
Property giant Brookfield has defied the office market woes with the house full sign going up in its Sydney tower after signing up the operator of the global Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger brands.
- by Carolyn Cummins