30 storey building constructed in only 360 hours
Now this is just amazing! A 30-storey, 17,000m² hotel built in just 15 days! Chinese construction company Broad Group erected the structure near the Dongting lake in the Hunan Province, China. The building…
Football club turns property developer with $1 billion resort
One of the biggest football clubs in the world, Real Madrid, has unveiled plans to develop a $1 billion themed resort, known as Real Madrid Resort Island, in the United Arab Emirates. Club…
Foster+Partners Hermitage Plaza one step closer to Europe’s tallest
PARIS: The €2.5 billion Hermitage Plaza was this week granted planning approval in the French capital. Developed by Russian property developer Hermitage SAS and designed by Foster + Partners, the two 93 story…
Melbourne’s The Garden House awarded nation’s top honour
A boutique medium-density residential project in Carlton, Victoria has been awarded with the nation’s top residential award at the Urban Development Institute of Australia’s (UDIA) National Conference in Perth recently. In addition to…
Toga sells 400+ apartments in 5 months at Macquarie Central
The Toga Group, in joint venture with LaSalle Investment Management, have achieved outstanding sales success at Macquarie Central in Sydney’s Macquarie Park with over 400 recorded apartment sales since November 2011. According to…
BOQ commits to Gasworks as CBD exodus continues
Brisbane’s CBD fringe continues to expand outwards with another major tenant moving out of the CBD. Bank of Queensland (BOQ) has announced that it will be relocating its headquarters out of the CBD and into…
Brisbane tops JLL’s fastest growth list
Global property giant Jones Lang LaSalle has released a report which claims Brisbane will be the world’s fastest growing ‘mature’ city through to 2020. It is predicted that Brisbane will record annual GDP…
Inside Rosebery’s Powerhouse apartments
One of Sydney’s historic art deco buildings is set to be transformed into a striking residential development known as the Powerhouse Apartments in Sydney’s inner south eastern suburb of Rosebery. Built around 1935,…
Construction progresses on Hamton’s Fifty Albert
Hamton’s Fifty Albert development in Melbourne’s Domain is on track for a mid-2013 competion, according to a statement from the developer. The Elenberg Fraser-designed 28 level apartment building comprises 294 luxurious one, two and three…
NSW Premier backs Barangaroo casino concept
An ambitious plan for a second Sydney casino on Lend Lease’s Barangaroo site has been publicly supported by NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell. Led by gaming and media tsar James Packer, the concept proposes…
