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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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Judge slams ‘inadequate’ trial prep in case over failed $30M property deal
Construction 2025-05-07 11:29 pm By Andy Sidler

A hearing has gone ahead in a dispute over an aborted $30 million property dispute, with a judge rejecting Aintree Major Town Shopping Centre’s bid to vacate because of its “manifestly inadequate” preparation.

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Allens-repped Rio Tinto in $75M deal for Yarraloola Project
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-07 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Rio Tinto has put down $75 million for Zanthus Resources’ interest in the Yarraloola Iron Ore project assets in Western Australia’s Pilbara region as part of a joint venture with Mitsui & Co and Nippon Steel.

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Murphy takes 40% stake in Albergeldie Complex Infrastructure
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-07 11:41 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

UK construction company Murphy is continuing its expansion with a 40 per cent stake in Sydney-based building company Abergeldie Complex Infrastructure.

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Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough gas project faces another legal challenge
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-06 11:19 pm By Andy Sidler

Woodside is facing another legal challenge to its $16.5 billion Scarborough gas project, in what an environmental group called a “test case” for how NOPSEMA will assess greenhouse gas emissions from energy projects. 

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Developer VSD loses stay bid in payment claim spat with Builtcom
Construction 2025-05-06 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Developer VSD Investments has failed in its novel argument for keeping Builtcom from the proceeds of a successful $8.5 million payment claim for work on a Sydney project.

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