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Aqualand luxury tower loses challenge to $10.6M asset freeze
Construction 2025-07-02 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler

A luxury Aqualand development in Milsons Point can’t undo a $10.6 million freezing order granted to the owners corporation to address the risk that funds would be unavailable to meet its claim for damages to remedy alleged defects. 

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Lendlease appeals loss in $120M Campbelltown land case
Real Estate 2025-07-02 11:10 pm By Sam Matthews

Lendlease has filed an appeal after it failed in its bid to enforce a $120 million purchase agreement for five plots of land in Campbelltown, in a high-stakes challenge set to be heard later this year. 

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Lendlease’s $500M One Darling Point development wins fast-track approval
Construction 2025-07-02 11:27 pm By Christine Caulfield

Lendlease’s $500 million residential project in Sydney’s eastern suburbs known as One Darling Point has secured development approval from the NSW government in just five months.

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Saint Gobain’s CSR targeted in competition case over price hikes
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-06-30 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

CSR has been hit with a competition case alleging it abused its dominance by increasing prices of its insulation products during the pandemic.

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Ceerose says Sydney apartment owners may have ‘engineered’ relationship breakdown
Construction 2025-07-01 11:57 pm By Andy Sidler

The developer of a Sydney apartment block has appealed a decision that awarded the owners corporation $1.95 million, arguing the owners may have manufactured a relationship breakdown to escape their obligations. 

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RSL club can raise set-off as defence in dispute with subcontractor
Construction 2025-07-01 11:34 pm By Sam Matthews

An RSL club can raise a set-off defence against a subcontractor’s claim under the Contractor’s Debt Act, after a judge rejected the subcontractor’s argument that the defence was barred by a provision of the SOPA.

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Queen’s Wharf partners terminate $53M deal to buy out Star’s stake
Construction 2025-06-30 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Hong Kong-based investors Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far East Consortium plan to terminate a $53 million agreement to buy out Star Entertainment’s stake in the Queen’s Wharf entertainment project in Brisbane.

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Roberts Co creditors vote in favour of founder’s DOCA pitch
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-06-30 11:06 pm By Christine Caulfield

A restructuring proposal by the founder of Roberts Co has won the approval of creditors of the developer, which are owed a total of $100 million.

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Building materials giant CSR hit with misuse of market power case
Construction 2025-06-30 11:57 pm By Christine Caulfield

Saint Gobain-owned CSR faces litigation by an independent building insulation distributor alleging it abused its dominance by upping prices during the pandemic.

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Jones Day nabs real estate pro from Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz 2025-06-30 11:27 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Jones Day has lured a real estate expert from Clayton Utz to join its Brisbane office as a partner.

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