The James Street tower moves from approval to construction nine days after the Reserve Bank lifted rates, with its reported value now $20 million lower.
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Development
ALL DEVELOPMENT →Four years after floodwater shut Toombul for good, the new owner wants retail back first, with 8 to 12-storey buildings to follow.
The third recut of the Elizabeth Street site in three years swaps an office-led scheme for apartments and a hotel above a public rooftop garden.
Distress & Opportunity
ALL DISTRESS & OPPORTUNITY →Nine structural defects, a builder in liquidation and an engineering report the regulator said it never received: the tribunal sent the claim back.
Residential
ALL RESIDENTIAL →Eighteen one-bedroom and 11 two-bedroom villas, designed for residents to age in place.
The developer paid $70 million for the former Nobby's Outlook site in 2024. Early works are under way ahead of the sales launch.
A boutique block on Brisbane's bayside, from a developer also converting an office building in Spring Hill.
Policy & Planning
ALL POLICY & PLANNING →The scheme covers the 108-hectare precinct around the Showgrounds, the site of the 2032 athletes village. Finalisation is targeted for November.
The cut starts in November. The mayor, outvoted, warned it could repeat the overcrowded backyard units Logan is still living with.
Markets & Data
ALL MARKETS & DATA →Four months after its May peak, Brisbane is now 5.4% off the top, and the number of homes changing hands has fallen faster than anywhere else.
Houses are holding up nationally. Apartment approvals are not, and Queensland's monthly count fell by about three quarters.
A unanimous decision, a falling housing market and rising material costs: the Governor named the squeeze on developer feasibility directly.
People & Companies
ALL PEOPLE & COMPANIES →Investors put in $25,000 to $200,000 each. The offending came to light through reports to ASIC, not through any disclosure by the developer.