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Couple that preferred one cladding’s aesthetic wins case against builder
Construction 2025-07-08 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has found a NSW prefab home builder that convinced a couple to vary their contract to allow different cladding which did not have the same aesthetic effect as their preferred one engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct.

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Lifestyle Communities mulls appeal after exit fees found void
Real Estate 2025-07-08 11:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Retirement village operator Lifestyle Communities has foreshadowed an appeal after a tribunal ruled that exit fees charged to departing residents were void.

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Court finds bar on anti-competitive contracts doesn’t apply to land
Construction 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge hearing a dispute over a lot in Victoria’s Merrifield Business Park has found that the Competition and Consumer Act’s bar on contracts that substantially lessen competition does not apply to a market in land.

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Star on hook for $36.5M if no deal reached with Queen’s Wharf partners
Construction 2025-07-07 11:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Troubled casino operator Star Entertainment says it will have to repay $36.5 million to its Queen’s Wharf partners if an agreement  on a plan to buy out its stake in the Brisbane entertainment project is not reached by the end of the month.

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Sentinel shells out $132M for office in Brisbane’s Olympics precinct
Real Estate 2025-07-07 11:24 pm By Christine Caulfield

Sentinel Property Group has purchased its most expensive office asset since its establishment, paying $132 million for a fully-leased office building in the heart of Brisbane’s Olympics precinct.

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Singapore firm sells vacant Melbourne CBD office tower
Real Estate 2025-07-07 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Singapore firm Roxy-Pacific Holdings has sold the iconic Melbourne House at 360 Little Bourke Street to an unnamed interstate investor.

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Charter Hall sells Bunnings asset for $44M in off-market deal
Retail 2025-07-08 11:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Property investment firm Charter Hall has sold its Bunnings Warehouse in the southeast Melbourne suburb of Clyde North for $44 million, in an off-market deal that reinforces the strength of retail real estate.

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Whyalla Port administrators win bid to delay creditors meeting
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-04 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The administrators of the company claiming to own the Whyalla Port have more time until a second creditors meeting to investigate a proposed DOCA as well as a $1.3 billion proof of debt served by Whyalla steelworks operator OneSteel.

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Provisional liquidators appointed to Melbourne developer Lion Property
Construction 2025-07-04 11:59 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A court has appointed provisional liquidators to Melbourne developer Lion Property Group after hearing that $120 million of investor money was not properly accounted for.

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Consolidated Properties buys Brisbane riverfront site from Mirvac for $64M
Real Estate 2025-07-04 2:50 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Consolidated Properties Group has acquired the last remaining riverfront development site in the Brisbane suburb of Newstead for $64.5 million from Mirvac Group.

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