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Environment

February 13, 2018 0

Westpac Barangaroo banking on highest Green Star credentials

Westpac Group’s fit-out in Tower Two of Barangaroo’s International Towers Sydney has received the highest number of Green Star points achieved by any office fit-out in Australia The project achieved a 6 Star Green Star Interiors rating from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). Continue →

Australia

February 12, 2018 0

Australia’s construction industry is holding strong against tumbling approvals and apartment market headwinds, experiencing its 12th consecutive month of growth – a promising start to 2018

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Construction

February 9, 2018 0

New report reveals New Zealand has at least 180,000 hidden homes

Latest research offers practical, community-based solutions to New Zealand’s housing crisis by turning existing stock into far more affordable, fit-for-purpose homes A report from the Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge shows around 12% of New Zealand’s housing stock is significantly under-utilised and many houses could be partitioned to deliver up to 180,000 new dwellings. Continue →

Opportunity

February 8, 2018 0

In the heart of south-west Sydney, one of Australia’s fastest growing regions, Moorebank flies under the radar

With its proud industrial history, Moorebank is often dismissed as a satellite of Liverpool, a place of quiet streets, nestled on a plateau with little interaction with the metropolis that surrounds it. Continue →

Environment

February 7, 2018 0

New Zealand’s biggest environmental challenges identified

Water quality and availability, rapid urbanisation, and the impact of natural hazards and climate change are the top three planning issues affecting New Zealand in 2018 and beyond, according to the New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) These challenges will be among those addressed at NZPI’s annual conference Breaking New Ground held in Tauranga from 21 to 23 March 2018. Continue →

All News

February 5, 2018 0

Vodafone gets poor reception in latest telco survey

Good communications is essential for safety, but the latest Consumer NZ survey reveals some telecommunications companies aren’t getting the message Telco customers rated Vodafone last for both mobile and broadband services in Consumer NZ’s latest satisfaction survey, the same place it occupied last year. Continue →

Employment

February 3, 2018 0

Australia’s property industry has overtaken the health care and social assistance industries to become the country’s biggest job creator

The revelation was shared by a recent report developed by AEC Group, which revealed that than 1.4 million people were employed into the industry, growing at a rate of 22 per cent from 2013-14 to 2015-16. Continue →

Property Trends

February 2, 2018 0

‘Highest hotel in New Zealand’ offered for sale

One of New Zealand’s most iconic alpine resorts is being offered for sale through Colliers International The Skotel Alpine Resort in the Whakapapa Alpine Village at the base of Mount Ruapehu is being marketed for sale by Colliers International Broker Mathew Gibbard and Hotels National Director Dean Humphries. Continue →

Design

February 1, 2018 0

St Kilda-based firms Grant Amon Architects and Brearley Architects and Urbanists have won the design competition for Australia’s first Pride Centre

The architects’ design was selected as the best of 18 submissions, with the competition’s judging panel commenting that their concept would help to make the Pride Centre “iconic and uplifting”. Continue →

Property Trends

January 31, 2018 0

Focus on core space a key office trend for 2018

Mobile tech will continue to disrupt workspaces, say office experts Office occupiers will increasingly draw a distinction between their ‘core’ and ‘flexible’ space needs as mobile disruption continues to reshape workplaces in 2018, office experts say. Continue →

Training & Management

January 29, 2018 0

National first aid training partnership forged

The Electrical Training Company, New Zealand’s leading provider of electrical apprenticeships, has partnered with Life Care Consultants Ltd to deliver first aid and CPR training across its apprentice programme The Electrical Training Company has more than 600 apprentices across the country and Life Care Consultants will provide all training nationally, apart from the Auckland region, where First Aid NZ is the provider. Continue →

Redevelopment

January 27, 2018 0

For a final price of £1.6 billion, the UK’s Battersea Power Station has been sold to a Malaysian investment company in what is likely Britain’s largest ever single property sale

Battersea Project Holding Company Limited approved the commencement of an exclusive transaction to Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), one of Malaysia’s largest asset management companies. Continue →

Property Trends

January 26, 2018 0

Bounce in NZ commercial property market expected

Office, industrial and tourism growth predicted to continue in 2018 says Colliers International NZ CEO Mark Synnott. Continue →

Development

January 25, 2018 0

In the financial year 2016, Chinese investment in Australian real estate was $32 billion, 400% more than the next country on the list, the US.

That same year, Chinese developers bought 38 per cent of the residential property development sites sold, spending $2.4 billion, according to a Knight Frank report. Continue →

Property Trends

January 24, 2018 0

Strong end to 2017, with house prices up in December

Tauranga may have taken Auckland’s place as New Zealand’s most unaffordable city in the latest Demographia survey but house prices are creeping up across the country REINZ research indicates Median house prices across New Zealand rose by 5.8% year-on-year to $550,000 – up from $520,000 in December 2016 and median prices for New Zealand excluding Auckland increased by 6.6% to $450,000 (up from $422,000 in December 16) according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ). Continue →

Australia

January 23, 2018 0

Nine out of 10 properties flipped by investors in Australia last year sold for a gross profit

According to CoreLogic’s inaugural Property Flipping Report, almost 90 per cent of houses flipped within a year or two of purchasing made a profit in 2017. Continue →

cities

January 22, 2018 0

Queen City’s unaffordability crown passed to Bay of Plenty counterpart

Auckland has lost its place as New Zealand’s most unaffordable city to Tauranga according to a major global study. Continue →

Australia

January 16, 2018 0

Brisbane’s future mega-hub for international cruise ships now has a primary designer to help craft its future as a major tourist provider

With an expected construction commencement sometime in 2018, Brisbane’s future mega-hub for international cruise ships now has a primary designer to help craft its future as a major tourist provider. Continue →

Future Living

December 7, 2017 0

Architectural firm Penda, in collaboration with car manufacturer Mini, have unveiled a new small living concept, the Urban Nest

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Predictions

December 6, 2017 0

Offshore money to chase urban commercial property in 2018

Offshore attention turns to urban commercial property and off-the-plan residential investments as the government’s restrictions on foreign buyers take hold. Continue →

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