Construction

The company behind the redevelopment of Melbourne’s former Hotel Lindrum has told a judge that the terms of a hotel management agreement were sufficient to establish use of the 'Lindrum' trade mark.

Allens, along with fellow Big Six firm Clayton Utz, has joined a leading data centre lobbying group to promote national reforms that will bring greater certainty to data centre developments.

A Tasmanian senator has questioned OpenAI over allegations that its partner Firmus began work at a data centre site without planning approval.

Microsoft and Stockland have secured NSW planning approval for two data centres worth a combined $1.83 billion, with conditions requiring renewable energy to offset their electricity use and emissions.

The corporate regulator has secured orders appointing receivers to a company behind a housing project on Lake Narracan in Victoria's LaTrobe Valley, after telling a court it was concerned more than 100 investors have been misled.

Distributed energy platform Energy Bay will invest $430 million to install solar panels and battery storage at up to 240 properties across Centuria Capital Group's portfolio, supplying electricity to participating tenants under a 30-year agreement.

A court has refused to approve a development application for an affordable housing project in Bondi Junction, finding it would lead to unacceptable overshadowing of Clementson Park.

The team from Perth's Chord Advisory -- headed by two former Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer partners -- will join Clayton Utz to strengthen the Big Six firm's infrastructure, construction and real estate practice.

Engineering company Gulf Civil has lost a challenge to an adjudicator's payment claim decision after arguing an  agreement to hire equipment from K & F Group did not constitute a construction contract.

A local council has rejected Centuria's proposal for an expanded data centre in Clayton, Victoria.