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Local Govt Super buildings star performers
NINE commercial offices and shopping centres owned by Local Government Super have had their NABERS rating upgraded to 6-star. ...
Lyons returns to the pride
HIGH profile property industry identity and GPT Group’s former CEO Nic Lyons has returned from the wilderness to lead the newly privatised ...
Lend Lease gets top marks for sustainability
LEND Lease has maintained its leadership in sustainability by scoring highest score (100%) in the 2011 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. ... Full story
Energex shows industrial property not just slabs & tin sheds
ENERGEX’s new logistics warehouse in the TradeCoast Central precinct at Eagle Farm has become the first building of its type in Australia to receive a 4 Star Green Star Industrial Design v1 design rating from the Green Building Council of Australia. ... Full story
GPT leads office sustainability initiative
GPT Group is setting a new benchmark with a paperless office at its newly refurbished headquarters, the MLC Centre in the Sydney CBD. ... Full story
Watpac scores $240m Sydney development work
FRASERS Property Australia has awarded Watpac Limited’s construction the job to develop the second stage of the One Central Park project in Sydney’s inner west. ... Full story
Gadiel leaves Urban Taskforce to join Gadens
THE Urban Taskforce’s chief executive Aaron Gadiel is leaving the development industry body to join Gadens Lawyers as director of the firm’s planning, environment and government division. ... Full story
More property classes to join Green Star
THE Green Building Council of Australia is working on tools to give Green Star certification to supermarkets, restaurants, retirement living and mixed-used developments. ... Full story
Wollongong’s hotel converted to psychiatric facility
WOLLONGONG’S Rydges Hotel is set to be converted into a private psychiatric facility early next year as part of a complex deal negotiated by Colliers International. ... Full story
Property developers welcome political donations ban
THE PROPERTY development industry has welcomed NSW premier Barry O’Farrell’s announcement of a blanket ban on political donations from all corporations in NSW and local government elections. ... Full story
Westpoint chief gets suspended jail sentence
FORMER Westpoint chief financial officer Graeme Rundle has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, which will be suspended when he enters into an 18-month good behaviour bond. ... Full story
Receivers shop around Spencer St station centre
AUSTEXX’S Spencer St Fashion Station and the West End Plaza have been put on the market by receivers KordaMentha. ... Full story
Bligh launches $2.9bn RNA Showgrounds project
QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh yesterday unveiled the $2.9 billion redevelopment of Brisbane’s historic RNA Showgrounds ... Full story
Industry welcomes NSW stamp duty measures
THE property industry has welcomed the O’Farrell government’s decision to limit first home buyers’ stamp duty concessions to newly built homes from 1 January 2012, as part of the state budget. ... Full story
Australia’s largest marina sails into receivers
MERIDIEN Marinas has placed two marinas in Queensland, including the $500 million Horizon Shores master planned marine business park, in the hands of receivers. ... Full story
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