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Outside of Sydney, Star’s big game is still Brisbane, the Gold Coast
When Star Entertainment chairman John O’Neill addressed a recent Brisbane luncheon, he was buoyant about the company’s future. And why not? According to O’Neill, the company had survived the worst of pandemic-related restrictions and, unlike other businesses, found cust [...]
Ground breaks as work begins on Valley Build-to-Rent development
Work is underway on the second project to provide more inner-city affordable housing through the Palaszczuk Government’s signature Build-to-Rent program. Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Cameron Dick today turned the sod on Frasers Property’s Brunswick & Co. Build-to-Re [...]
First look: ETU lodge plans for build-to-rent South Brisbane apartment tower
Designed by Nettleton Tribe, the development will comprise 77 studio, 154 one-bedroom plus MPR, and 127 two-bedroom units. The Electrical Trades Union of Employees Queensland has submitted plans for a 358 build-to-rent apartment tower in the heart of South Brisbane. The 1838 sqm site at&n [...]
Queensland Vacancy rates reach record lows Media Release
Rental vacancy rates in Queensland have tightened to record lows in the first quarter of 2022 in more than half of the 50 Local Government Areas and sub-regions reported on by the REIQ. The REIQ’s Residential Vacancy Report for the March 2022 quarter, released today, shows the Tablelands [...]
Woolworths opens $184 million distribution centre in Brisbane's southwest
Woolworths Group (ASX: WOW) has unveiled its new state-of-the-art Heathwood distribution centre (DC) spanning the size of three Suncorp Stadium playing fields, servicing 280 stores in Queensland and northern NSW. The 42,000sqm temperature-controlled facility 20km southwest of Brisbane's CBD is [...]
Debate begins on what animal should be mascot for 2032 Brisbane Olympics
The Brisbane Olympics might be 10 years away, but debate is already firing up about what the mascot should be. Cameron Costello, who sits on the Queensland Tourism Industry Council and the state's Koala Advisory Council, believed the koala was the clear front-runner. Having recently bee [...]
How Brisbane Independent School prevented outbreaks of COVID-19, despite Omicron wave
A small primary school in Brisbane's west has done what many others have been unable to achieve during COVID-19's Omicron wave in Queensland: remain outbreak-free. And it's all a result of a group of dads at the Brisbane Independent School in Pullenvale getting together with the principal and usi [...]
Brisbane behind on boosters, expert says fatigue to blame
Brisbane and the Gold Coast are falling behind regional areas for COVID-19 boosters, and experts are calling on authorities to give vaccination rates a shot in the arm by finding out why. Brisbane’s north and south, the Gold Coast, and the Sunshine Coast have lower COVID vaccine booster rates [...]
The Brisbane suburbs still booming despite housing market slowdown
THE first signs Brisbane’s housing market may be starting to cool have emerged, but prices have still risen a staggering 27 per cent in 12 months — outpacing every other housing market in the country. PropTrack has released its first national home price index, measuring monthly changes [...]