With five major sales in the last month totalling $3.9 million at Naisoso Island in Fiji, offshore property investments are still proving popular amongst savvy Australian and New Zealand investors. Naisoso Island, a half a billion dollar master planned community off the coast of Fiji in Nadi Bay has sold 73 of their 112 residential [...]
Brisbane’s historic Albion Flour Mill is set to become the centrepiece of a new $330 million urban village lifestyle precinct, developed by FKP, one of Australia’s leading property and investment groups. The heritage site, once home to a bustling flour mill, is being re-energised and transformed into a vibrant precinct of stylish apartments and boutique [...]
Q2-2011 statistics released by Jones Lang LaSalle Research show that below equilibrium vacancy rates in a number of office markets and a moderate development pipeline combined to cause upward pressure on national prime gross effective rents in the June quarter of 2011. Jones Lang LaSalle’s National Head of Office Leasing, Kevin George said “The CBD [...]
Jones Lang LaSalle has announced Gladstone Shopping Centre for sale in a time when demand is high for real estate in the burgeoning coal seam gas port. The Woolworths anchored neighbourhood centre features an outstanding mix of specialty tenants with onsite car parking for 335 vehicles across the 1.8ha site (approx.). “This offer to market [...]
Barbara Beves, a 61 year old Inala resident, was given notice that she was being evicted from her home of 22 years, as the owner planned to develop the property. A frail pensioner, the sudden news of her eviction left Mrs Beves fearing that she would be left homeless and fending for herself on the [...]
Brisbane, QLD Many renters could be easy targets for thieves because they lack decent home security, according to new research by home insurance provider NRMA Insurance*. In a recent survey, one in three renters reported they had no significant security measures, such as deadlocks on doors and windows, alarms and sensor lights. According to the [...]