ISPT’s 500 Bourke Street: a case for deep retrofit and high tenant appeal
Corporates such as TAL Insurance, Russell Kennedy Lawyers, Holding Redlich, PKF, the Victorian Legal Services Board and Wotton + Kearney have quickly moved into ISPT’s retrofitted building at 500 Bourke Street Melbourne. For TAL it’s a third time tenancy. So what’s the big attraction?
Mulpha buyers may qualify for green home loans
Commonwealth Bank, Bank Australia and Loans.com.au are the three banks that have agreed to offer buyers of apartments in Mulpha’s Norwest Quarter precinct in Sydney’s Hills district access to green home loans thanks to the higher sustainability profile.
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The City of Melbourne has proposed transforming two council-owned sites into new affordable housing as it moves towards meeting its target of delivering up to 25 per cent more affordable housing on land that it owns. The goals were set to address the current shortfall of more than 6000 affordable homes across the city, which…
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A tour through 8 Bishopsgate in London – with video clips
In January, The Fifth Estate went on a guided tour of London’s latest tower in the very tightly controlled financial district known as the City.
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Racial prejudice is biggest barrier to effective learning from foreign experience and projects, research shows
A report released last month in New York as part of the International Conference on Urban Affairs explores a range of critical factors. Research director for the project Matthew Trigg unpacks key learnings.