Indicative of Australia’s housing crisis is new data showing a drop in apartment construction, according to the country’s peak building group, with last year the worst for higher-density home building since 2011.
Clayton Utz has become the latest tenant in a new commercial precinct under development in Canberra’s CBD.
Real estate landlord Dexus is suing South Australia’s medical research insitute for failing to execute on 30-year leases to occupy Adelaide’s Australian Bragg Centre, despite “repeated demands”.
A consortium including Acciona, UGL and others has been selected for pre-construction work on Queensland’s Logan and Gold Coast Faster Rail project, which aims to reduce congestion ahead of the 2032 Olympic Games.
A court’s finding that EnergyAustralia is on the hook for portable long service leave for maintenance workers at its Yallourn power station because its “significant’ maintenance activities mean it’s ‘in the construction industry’ could affect energy, rail and telecommunications firms.
Property developer HYG has been given the green light by a court to build the next stage of a masterplanned community in Western Sydney.
Builtcom has lost a challenge to an adjudicator’s $8.5 million determination of a final payment claim under a contract with VSD Investments for construction of a 30-storey development in Sydney’s inner west.
Hotel construction company Reward Group has secured a win in a dispute with the owners of the Seasons of Perth Hotel over progress payment claims, with a judge finding an adjudicator did not err in ordering the release of performance bonds, but more questions over the release of the bonds remain on foot.
Sydney City Council has been ordered by a court to produce documents in a legal battle with a property developer seeking to convert a Paddington boarding house into luxury residences.
Big Six firms Allens and Herbert Smith Freehills are the law firm heavyweights behind $750 million in platform financing for ACEN Australia’s renewable energy portfolio.