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Parkview points finger at architect, surveyor in Australia Towers cladding claim
Mark Sheldon 2025-05-08 2:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Parkview Constructions is seeking to bring negligence claims against Bates Smart and McKenzie Group in a lawsuit over alleged combustible cladding at Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park. 

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Court rejects developer’s bid for extra time to settle $95M Hyde Park property deal
Real Estate 2025-05-08 11:59 pm By Sam Matthews

A developer seeking to redevelop the site of the Hyde Park Inn has lost its bid for an extra 15 months to pay up over $95 million to the NSW branch of the RSL to settle the purchase, but a judge has handed it a win in the process for determining the final price tag for the deal.

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Developer wins $200M in challenge to Sydney Metro compulsory land acquisition
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-08 11:48 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Coombes Property Group has been awarded $200 million in compensation for Sydney Metro’s compulsory acquisition of its CBD property, despite contending it was entitled to $430 million.

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Insurer defeats $13M claim by Parklea development owners corporation
Construction 2025-05-08 11:17 pm By Andy Sidler

The owners corporation of a 98-unit Parklea development by defunct builder Dyldam Developments has failed in its attempt to claim insurance for building defects in a property completed 17 years ago, with a court finding that time was up. 

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Council wins challenge to Peace Park residential development
Construction 2025-05-08 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A NSW council has partially succeeded in its challenge to the approval of a proposed residential development near the Peace Park in Ashbury in Sydney’s Inner West. In November 2024, Commissioner Elizabeth Espinosa of the NSW Land and Environment Court ruled in favour of developer Hamptons Property Services, and granted it development consent for a…

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Strip search class action plaintiff wants $130K for ‘humiliating’ inspection, trial hears
Trials 2025-05-05 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The lead plaintiff in a class action alleging police conducted thousands of unlawful strip searches at music festivals in NSW has sought $130,000 in damages on the first day of trial against the state. 

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Ex-School Infrastructure NSW CEO directed $20M contract to PwC partner, ICAC hears
Public Corruption 2025-05-06 11:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The former CEO of School Infrastructure NSW directed a $20 million contract to friends — a former PwC partner and the head of a consulting firm — without disclosing any conflicts, according to an ICAC inquiry.

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The Gosford developer remains locked out of $37M judgment against Chinese builder
Construction 2025-05-06 11:28 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A stay of a $37 million 2023 judgment in favour of the company behind an abandoned $185 million development in Gosford NSW against the Australian arm of China’s Shanxi Construction Investment Group has been extended.

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Lenders for Bondi Junction property lose bid for break fee, KWM’s fees
Real Estate 2025-05-05 11:55 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Lender WholeCap has lost its bid for a “break fee” and $430,000 in legal costs billed by King & Wood Mallesons associated with a term sheet for a proposed $66.1 million loan to a Harbour Land entity.

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King & Wood Mallesons advises Transgrid on connecting first renewable energy zone
Construction 2025-05-05 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

King & Wood Mallesons has advised Transgrid on a project to connect the country’s first renewable energy zone to NSW’s energy grid.

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