This Month
Allens to be king of the hill in Sydney’s new legal district
Allens and four other law firms are set to move into the revamped AMP building at Circular Quay as a new legal district in Sydney develops towards the harbour.
- Maxim Shanahan and Campbell Kwan
April
Welcome to WeWork for spies
In this co-working space, only the cappuccino isn’t classified. Servicing the spook sector is a rare bright spot in the market for office facilities,
- Daniel Flatley
January
As office workers make their return, so does the lowly cubicle
Cubicles, like scrunchies, are back, spurred by demand from employers and employees alike.
- Ellen Rosen
NYC’s financial district gets luxury apartments in office tower
New York mayor Eric Adams has been pushing for residential overhauls to address city’s severe housing shortage, especially where office vacancies have soared.
- Jennifer Epstein
December 2023
High land prices stalling office developments: Hines
Land values have yet to adjust to rising cost and the price of debt, the developer and fund manager says.
- Michael Bleby
October 2023
As timber buildings go up, emissions come down
The growing use of engineered wood products allows for less embodied carbon in buildings, but that alone won’t make construction clean.
- Michael Bleby
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- Commercial real estate
Rich Lister Stamoulis spies opportunity in $155m Charter Hall tower
The Melbourne deal comes in a market which has been starved of major trades for the past year as office values fall, under pressure from higher rates and softening demand.
- Nick Lenaghan
September 2023
Whose responsibility is it for office productivity?
Office landlords want workers back in the office to make them more effective and collaborate, but the onus is on landlords to draw people back.
- Campbell Kwan
August 2023
Recession fears not driving workers back to office: survey
More than three years after the start of the pandemic, the corporate world is still grappling with workplace productivity and management.
- Michael Bleby
Why remote working didn’t work for this lawyer
Individuals will always differ, but the main game is a power struggle playing out now between employers and employees.
- Michael Bleby
July 2023
UK architects WilkinsonEyre look to muscle up Down Under
Director Ed Daines is relocating to Sydney, as the elite firm looks for fresh Australian opportunities in high-rise, transport infrastructure and beyond.
- Hans van Leeuwen
June 2023
Why some investors are betting on C-grade buildings
Large landlords have been spruiking their shiny, new offices in the ‘flight to quality’. But what about C-grade buildings? Some investors are betting on them.
- Michael Bleby
May 2023
Offices need to flex up and down, new Hassell boss says
Changing workplace habits are as much a challenge for employers committing to space as they are for the consultants designing for them.
- Michael Bleby
Fancy working in a 26 degree office with a desk fan?
INSEAD in Singapore has just conducted an eight-week experiment on reducing energy usage by raising the temperature in the workplace.
- Sally Patten
February 2023
Why your next apartment might come with an EV included in the deal
Imagine having access to an electric vehicle, bike or scooter wherever you go - work, home, hotels. That’s the vision of start-up Ohmie Go.
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- Gus McCubbing
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- Office
CBD offices fight back as tenants exit suburbs
In a move that shows the value of a central location, Wesfarmers Health has left its eastern suburbs home for a Flinders Street office building in Melbourne.
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- Michael Bleby
January 2023
How this law firm lured staff back to the office
Clifford Chance has bucked the trend of companies shrinking their office footprints and the investment is paying off, with their office nearly full “most” days.
- Hannah Wootton
November 2022
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- Office
CEFC puts $70 million into Hines’ hybrid timber building
The significance of embodied carbon in construction and development is growing, and the government’s green bank wants to encourage more use of wood.
- Michael Bleby
October 2022
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- Commercial real estate
M&C Saatchi cuts office space to replicate WFH gains
The advertising firm has cut its office footprint by more than 40 per cent to replicate and encourage the collaboration gains it discovered during lockdown.
- Michael Bleby
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- Office
Hines gets approval for 600 Collins Street tower
The US investor, like local and overseas rivals, is searching out the best sites in a fast-changing global market for office properties.
- Michael Bleby
