The first stage of development within Victoria’s newest bayside town centre, Marina Village Martha Cove, is now complete. Martha Cove is a prestigious Bayside marina community located on the Mornington Peninsula. As the only waterfront retail and residential master-planned estate on the peninsula, Balmain Group acquired the site from receivers in 2015 and redeveloped the masterplan to create Marina Village Martha Cove, which was approved at the end of 2016. The project consists of an apartment development (The Moorings), a marina, a boatyard and a fully licensed restaurant (Martha’s Table) which is ... more

Architects from New York, Chicago and Singapore have been shortlisted to take part in a competition for the design of Cbus Property’s second commercial office project in Brisbane’s CBD, 205 North Quay, which it plans to develop in conjunction with partner Nielson Properties. HASSELL, REX (New York) and Richards & Spence; Cox Architecture, SOM (Chicago) and Rapt Studio; BVN and SHoP Architects (New York); and Architectus and WOHA (Singapore) are set to compete for the opportunity to produce a concept design for the circa $600 million sustainable A-grade commercial tower. CEO of Cbus Property, Adrian... more

Crowds of excited shoppers gathered at The Glen in Melbourne’s south-east on 1 August, to celebrate the official opening of the final major stage of the centre’s $430 million redevelopment. The development includes a brand-new indoor-outdoor dining precinct, a two-storey new-format David Jones and the addition of 50 new fashion and lifestyle stores. Since construction began in 2017, The Glen has slowly expanded to 78,000 square metres of gross lettable area, with more than 250 retailers now dedicated to either fashion, fresh food, beauty, lifestyle or dining. Co-owner Vicinity Centres Chief Executiv... more

The final designs have been released for the Victorian Government’s Latrobe Valley GovHub – a three-storey regional employment hub that will accommodate up to 300 workers once complete in late 2020. On Wednesday, Minister for Regional Development, Jaclyn Symes, released the artist impressions of the $30 million GovHub, a purpose-built regional employment hub that will be home to 300 workers – including 200 new local public sector jobs – when it opens in late 2020. WMK Architecture’s design incorporates elements of Latrobe Valley’s industrial history, with the roof of the building taking cues f... more

Luxury-focused developer, Crown Group, has announced plans to launch its West End residential project in late 2020, in order to coincide with the anticipated completion of the Queen’s Wharf redevelopment. The West End development will be Crown Group’s first premium apartment project in Queensland. Crown Group Chief Operating Officer, Pierre Abrahamse, explained that the project's revised timeline would allow for demand in the Brisbane market to catch up with supply, while allowing for current West End tenant Queensland Ballet to move into its redeveloped headquarters at the Thomas Dixon Centre in nearb... more

Plans for Liverpool’s tallest tower have been unveiled, solidifying its position as Sydney’s third-largest CBD. Designed by Melbourne-based architecture studio, Fender Katsalidis, for developer, Macky Corp, the landmark mixed-use project includes a 23-storey curved tower featuring approximately 25,000 square metres of new office space, 1,500 square metres of co-working, 640 square metres of retail including a refurbished 1888 Hotel. Fender Katsalidis Director, Mark Curzon, said that the landmark project, Liverpool Quarter, will transform the area and enhance its surrounds. “The building will act a... more

A highly anticipated $6.3 million revitalisation of Airlie Beach Foreshore has just been completed, following the devastating damage that occurred to the site during Severe Tropical Cyclone Debbie in 2017. The project reveal comes as part of a community celebration on the shores of Queensland’s Airlie Bay, with improvements to the foreshore including a new market site, carpark and performance stage, upgraded amenities block, and a ‘beach step’ stadium near the Esplanade. Prior to works, the Airlie Beach community was invited to have their say on the proposal for revitalisation of the area, which outl... more

MaxCap Group (MaxCap), a debt investment manager, has delivered one of the nation's largest single commercial office construction funding facilities. The construction facility is for the Midtown Centre, a PCA A-Grade office tower in the middle of Brisbane’s CBD. The project will join two old Queensland Government towers (Health and Forestry House) to create one modern 45,000 square metre (m2), 26 level office building with large 1,850 – 2,500m2 campus-style floorplates, including 3,000m2 of landscaped balconies, terraces and rooftop gardens, and one of the largest end of trip facilities in Brisbane. ... more