PropertyO News
Commercial property, Jul 2009
Hotels to be named and shamed
Luxury hotels which exploit Australian workers and destroy the environment will be named and shamed on a new ethical rating website...
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Dubai merger dominates
The merger between leading property developers in Dubai will create a giant entity that will dominate the real estate market, it is claimed...
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
Unfinished sympathy
Spanish property developer Martinsa-Fadesa, currently in administration, has been heavily criticised for forcing approximately 1,000 clients to carry on making staged payments for off-plan Spanish homes that may never be completed...
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
‘shower curtain' for melbourne
The National Trust of Victoria says a proposed 25-storey tower to be built behind Melbourne's iconic Hotel Windsor could threaten the heritage character of the area...
Wed, Jul 29, 2009
Nz opens foreign investment door
In a bid to show foreigners that ‘New Zealand is open for business,' and encourage greater international investment, the NZ Government has relaxed its rules relating to overseas buyers purchasing assets in the country - a move which could potentially see Auckland airport put back on the market...
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Art-deco torn down
One of Melbourne's landmark art-deco buildings - Lonsdale House - will be bulldozed to make way for a new CBD shopping centre as part of the Myer redevelopment...
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Voted world's best
Several Australian properties have featured in Travel + Leisure's 2009 World's Best Awards readers' survey...
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Legendary hotel closes
The Y-shaped Ilikai hotel that once hosted Elvis Presley and graced the Waikiki skyline for nearly five decades has closed...
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Suing over a hula
Two groups of property investors are demanding their money back from the developers of the upscale Trump International Hotel & Tower in Waikiki, Hawaii over claims that the property tycoon was directly tied to the project...
Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Dubai tower 'opens this year'
The Middle Eastern developer building the world's tallest skyscraper vowed yesterday to complete the tower by year's end, though the exact date remains uncertain...
Thu, Jul 16, 2009