Inside Track: Property & Real Estate - In the media, Published research, In practice and courts, recent Cases and Legislation

• Published date: 21 May 2020
• Subject Matter: Real Estate and Construction, Construction & Planning, Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant - Leases
• Law Firm: Holding Redlich

In the media

Commonwealth

During COVID-19 crisis, one type of commercial property stands above all others
News of tenants across different sectors requesting rent relief will likely see investors gravitate toward an asset where the state or federal governments are a tenant (08 May 2020). More...

Micro-weddings and private dining rooms: How Australian hotels are adapting during coronavirus
Australia's struggling hotels are going all out to innovate in order to stay in business, converting serviced suites into residential apartments or temporary offices, allocating beds for the homeless and offering special isolation packages with reduced prices for long-term stays (07 May 2020). More...

Catalyst infrastructure fund proposal
The Property Council, Urban Development Institute of Australia and Housing Industry Association have written to the Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning to advocate for a new approach to catalyst infrastructure funding (06 May 2020). More...

How will buildings adapt to the new realities of home?
As the world has responded to COVID19, working life has instantly shifted from offices and co-working to working from home. This will change the way we design and use our workplaces, schools and homes. While we expect the physical changes to offices and classrooms to happen over time, the changes to our homes could be far more rapid (29 April 2020). More...

A sensible step to support housing construction
The Property Council of Australia has called on state and territory governments to consider housing and display home inspections as they look at easing social distancing restrictions (29 April 2020). More...

New standard to transform Australian homes of the future
An ambitious new standard for Australian homes will help drive the transformation of the housing market to ensure new homes are built to a higher standard which is focused on health, resilience and net zero energy (07 May 2020). More...

KPMG: Potential economic pay-off of a circular economy for Australia
A circular economy could deliver Australia a $23 billion GDP boost by 2025, according to a new report produced by KPMG. Commissioned by the CSIRO, Potential economic pay-off of a circular economy for Australia investigates the potential economic effects of circular opportunities in three key sectors of interest: Food, Transport and the Built Environment (07 May 2020). More...

AHURI: Trends show that home ownership is unlikely to increase in the future
The research suggests that while no single policy failure, single political decision or single market or state failure has eroded the ability to achieve the ownership dream, the change has come from complex shifts throughout the entire institutional environment. (07 May 2020). More...

March housing finance numbers a high tide mark
The March 2020 Lending to Households and Business figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show the value of loans for housing continued to increase, albeit at a slower rate, with the increase being driven by owner occupiers, according to the Real Estate Institute of Australia (REIA). (06 May 2020). More...

A good old-fashioned commercial property crisis could wreck recovery
History shows that trouble in commercial property ends up roiling the broader economy. That sector is facing both a pandemic shock and longer-term changes that could smash investment plans (30 April 2020). More...

If more of us work from home after coronavirus we'll need to rethink city planning
If, as some expect, people are likely to work from home more often after the pandemic, what will this mean for infrastructure planning? Will cities still need all the multibillion-dollar road, public transport, telecommunications and energy projects, including some already in the pipeline (28 April 2020). More...

Fast-tracked planning for the coronavirus recovery: Can triage help?
Fast-tracked planning approvals could accelerate the low carbon transition, fix social problems and boost the economy at the same time. Western Australia and NSW are using State Emergency powers to accelerate planning decisions and to extend planning permissions already granted but not yet started due to the lockdown (27 April 2020). More...

Victoria

Making rebuilding easier for bushfire affected Victorians
Under the new streamlined process, applications to rebuild dwellings or businesses damaged or destroyed by bushfire after 1 January 2019 will be exempt from some planning requirements – meaning permit applications can be assessed much faster (06 May 2020). More...

Planners say pandemic shows farmland on city fringes is crucial
Melbourne has withstood the pandemic by feeding itself on largely locally grown foods from here and interstate. But for how long if urban sprawl continues (06 May 2020). More...

Free mediation service for commercial tenancy disputes
The service is provided through the Victorian Small Business Commission and is part of the Government's commercial tenancy relief scheme. Regulations to deliver the scheme come into effect, implementing the commercial tenancy principles agreed by the National Cabinet (01 May 2020). More...

NSW

Green light for thousands of new homes thanks to fast-tracked approval
More than 3,000 new homes, a new primary school and town plaza in Sydney's North West have been given the green light, with the NSW Government approving the concept plans for Ivanhoe Estate (03 May 2020). More...

Fast tracking projects key to economic recovery
Property Council of Australia has today welcomed the NSW Government's announcement of the first tranche of 24 fast-tracked projects providing nearly 9500 jobs, $7.5 billion worth of investment and 4400 new dwellings to drive the recovery of the NSW economy (28 April 2020). More...

Queensland

Further stop order for the Broadway Hotel
Environment Minister Leeanne Enoch has issued an eighth Stop Order under the Queensland Heritage Act, preventing any demolition that would impact the heritage significance of the Woolloongabba's Broadway Hotel, ensuring the heritage-listed building is protected as essential repairs (08 May 2020). More...

Major Qld shopping centres to go green as part of ground-breaking partnership
Five major shopping centres in Australia, including four here in Queensland will soon have solar panels covering their entire roofs as part of the first phase of a new partnership to deliver 15MW of renewable energy (06 May 2020). More...

PCA: Priority development area updates
Economic Development Queensland have made some key announcements pertaining to Priority Development Areas in South-East Queensland for Woolloongabba Cross River Rail, Ripley Valley PDA and Oxley PDA (30 April 2020). More...

Queensland's residential developers upbeat despite headwinds
Keep calm, and communicate: That's the general consensus from some of Brisbane's private residential developers on how to manage the uncertainty surrounding the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (30 April 2020). More...

H&F Property gets green light for controversial tower
Developer H&F Property plans for a controversial 14-storey tower in Palm Beach at Gold Coast were conditionally approved during council's first round of meetings since the election and Covid-19 restrictions started in Queensland (29 April 2020). More...

State land rent waived for farmers, tourism and clubs
More than 6000 farmers, businesses, tourism operators, and community and sports clubs, won't have to pay state land rent for six months (29 May 2020). More...

First look: Queen's Wharf Brisbane River park
A suspended concrete platform will support a new 6,500sq m park on Brisbane River as part of the $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf development by the privately-owned Destination Brisbane Consortium (29 April 2020). More...

Fears some tenants will be 'picked off' amid government's rent law changes
Some renters face uncertain futures, unsure if their landlords' notices to vacate are legal given the state government's new protections and reasons to vacate (27 April 2020). More...

Published – articles, papers, reports

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