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A&O Shearman has poached a Squire Patton Boggs partner to build a dedicated real estate practice in Australia.

The federal government plans to significantly increase penalties for companies that contravene environment laws as it moves forward with a suite of changes described by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young as “not worth the paper they’re printed on”.

Lendlease has reportedly sold the $900 million Erina Fair shopping centre on NSW's Central Coast, one of the assets that formed part of an unlisted fund the real estate giant has fought to maintain control over.

Regis Healthcare has acquired two new aged care homes in regional Victoria for $45 million to meet growing demand for its services.

IP boutique Davies Collison Cave has brought proceedings against its Melbourne landlord at the Orica House, seeking a declaration that it has not abandoned its lease.  

Iplex Pipelines has argued builder BGC should hand over documents relating to its estimate that it will cost $123 million to fix homes it claims were fitted with faulty pipes manufactured by the Fletcher Building unit.

The Victorian government has chosen a John Holland-led consortium as its preferred bidder to build three new underground stations as part of Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop project.

An upscale health and wellness facility in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs has been sold to a private investor for $24.65 million. 

An ex gratia payment under Queensland's tax laws is just what it means — one made by the state revenue office as a favour and not a legal obligation, a court has found in a loss for UK developer Avon.

Queensland developer Cav Gasworks is facing a suit by a purchaser of an 'off-the-plan' apartment, after being ordered to pay $10.3 million for using a sunset clause to renege on an agreement with another buyer in the luxury Newstead high-rise.