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Latest Jul 24, 2026

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Veteran developer Benni Aroni argues that while capital is abundant and seeking Australian real estate, the housing development system lacks the leadership and feasibility frameworks to deploy it effectively, creating a paradox of money chasing too few viable projects.

Cbus development arm has filed plans for a 40-storey all-electric office tower delivering 33,600 sq m of A-grade space in Brisbane's Golden Triangle, replacing a 1963 Telstra building.

Aware Super's real estate arm acquired a 50 per cent stake in Sydney's 100 Market Street office tower for $226 million, establishing a partnership with Link Asset Management in a deal valuing the fully leased A-Grade property at $452 million.

The Urban Developer Awards 2026 recognized excellence across Australian property development, design and innovation, with winners including 33 Alfred Street for adaptive reuse, Local: Residential for affordable housing integration, and Parkline Place for integrated urban design.

A boutique mixed-use apartment project in North Fremantle has received planning approval despite objections that noise complaints from residents could impact the internationally significant rock music venue Mojo's Bar across the street.

Analysis of how automation and robotics adoption in construction will be gradual and incremental rather than disruptive, with tasks shifting incrementally to machines alongside human oversight.

Fortis and Sherpa Property Group acquire Brisbane inner-city residential development sites totalling $58.5 million with combined end values exceeding $600 million, marking their expanding Queensland portfolios.

Analysis of construction capacity and development pressures in South East Queensland ahead of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, six years away.

A Perth apartment developer seeks a two-year extension on his $20 million eight-storey residential project after local authorities increased public art and community benefit contributions.

Marriott and M Property have signed a deal to develop a Westin hotel adding 138 keys to the Gold Coast's Surfers Paradise precinct.

Analysis of how federal LRBA (Limited Recourse Borrowing Arrangement) tax changes affecting self-managed superannuation funds may impact the real estate industry, complicated by lack of comprehensive data tracking.

A timber build-to-rent apartment project in Abbotsford has been approved, marking a developer's first entry into the sector, amid broader discussion of tax changes affecting mortgage data and SMSF lending.

Homecorp has received approval for a $360 million health-focused residential tower development at Budds Beach, Queensland.

New South Wales approves a $1 billion industrial estate development at Aerotropolis, signaling major infrastructure investment in Sydney's emerging logistics hub.

Development plans for residential offerings adjacent to a new surf park facility on the Gold Coast are progressing.

Singapore-based Zerra DC unveiled plans to develop a data centre on the former Ford Falcon assembly plant site in Campbellfield.

Victoria's Planning Minister approved Sime Darby Property's 67-storey, $495.6m tower at 382-406 Queen Street: 693 apartments, 900 PBSA beds, office and retail.

Multiplex topped out a 40-storey, $194m, 715-room/1,010-bed PBSA tower at 100 Franklin Street for Journal Student Living (a Brookfield JV).
Mirvac put nine buildings at its Green Square precinct on exhibition, including a dedicated PBSA tower delivering 514 student units/711 beds.

Panache Hotel Group assumed management of Mantra 100 Exhibition, its third Melbourne property, under a leasing/franchising model with Accor.

NEXTDC unveiled a $7bn, ~550MW hyperscale AI campus at Eastern Creek, with OpenAI signed as inaugural anchor tenant under an MOU.

Sydney's Central City Planning Committee conditionally approved Merivale's 'Kings Green' concept converting five heritage buildings into a hospitality precinct with a 100-key hotel.

National Storage Operations lodged plans for a $45m mixed-use scheme converting a warehouse into 24-hour self-storage above ground-floor retail in Collingwood.

Corimbia Capital broke ground on 'Workway Kirrawee,' a 6,012 sqm trade retail/light-industrial/self-storage scheme, with ASX-listed ARB Corporation signed to a 15-year anchor lease.

Children's Medical Research Institute filed a $272.4m two-phase Gene Technologies Building at Westmead.

International childcare operator Kinderland Early Learning signed a 15-year lease, its Australian debut, in Golden Age Group's SKY SQR retail podium in Box Hill.

Uniting NSW.ACT lodged a State Significant Development application for a $376m aged-care/independent-living project at the War Memorial Hospital site, Waverley.
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