Planning
A Sydney council opposes this 62-storey unit block. It’s not for the reason you might think
The City of Parramatta says the proposed building won’t help meet rising demand for apartment blocks to accommodate larger households.
- by Megan Gorrey
Latest
This is the plan to squeeze 30,000 residents into Sydney Olympic Park. Could it work?
It already has a train station and will soon be home to a metro stop and light rail. Is this the perfect place for hundreds of new apartments?
- by Anthony Segaert
Petitioners take aim at Perth drive-in theatre proposal over tree removal, late-night noise
A proposed 807-car drive-in includes four outdoor cinema screens, a central café building and mini golf course.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Here’s where all Melbourne’s unlocked greenfield land will be (if the government picks up the pace)
Large swaths of land on Melbourne’s fringe will be released for development within 10 years, but experts say that may actually push prices up.
- by Adam Carey
Opinion
Housing crisis
Brighton, I want you to know that I’m not a blocker. I’m a builder
My generation worked hard to buy a home and start a family. Now, in this housing crisis, we should be doing everything we can to get young people into affordable homes, where they want to live.
- by Jacinta Allan
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Property development
45-storey apartments in Gordon? Ku-ring-gai Council has one big problem
Several of the sites slated for high-rise development by council staff to avoid developing other parts of the suburb are in fact heritage-listed themselves.
- by Anthony Segaert
Goodbye flats, hello mansion: Apartments demolished despite state’s housing goals
The government may have big ambitions for increased housing density in Melbourne, but in some inner suburbs, blocks of flats are being bulldozed to make room for a single luxury home.
- by Sophie Aubrey
North Sydney pool is already costing $91 million. Now ratepayers might need to chip in extra
The cash-strapped local council charged with redeveloping the famous harbourside pool will consider hiking rates to help fund the ballooning cost of the project.
- by Megan Gorrey
The plan to squeeze 45-storey apartment buildings into Ku-ring-gai
Ku-ring-gai councillors resisted the government’s plans for high-density apartments. Now their staff have come up with their own plans.
- by Anthony Segaert, Megan Gorrey and Daniel Lo Surdo
24-7 McDonald’s sets sights on outer Perth suburb
The proposed fast food outlet is part of Bullsbrook’s expanding town centre.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Property development
Where Melbourne’s next 25 activity centres should go, according to one group
An analysis of suburbs by YIMBY Melbourne has revealed which 25 train stations should be declared activity centres next.
- by Kieran Rooney and Rachel Eddie