Andrew and Nicola Forrest buy Sydney’s Waldorf Astoria for $575m

Andrew and Nicola Forrest buy Sydney’s Waldorf Astoria for $575m

Billionaire couple Andrew and Nicola Forrest have bought the still-to-be-built Waldorf Astoria hotel at Sydney’s Circular Quay precinct for $575 million.

  • byCarolyn Cummins

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Lendlease looks to partner deals to boost funds management to $70b

Lendlease looks to partner deals to boost funds management to $70b

Global property giant Lendlease is targeting $70 billion in funds under management and with new capital partners has already reached $48 billion.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Let’s acknowledge our truthful origins and create a united country
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Let’s acknowledge our truthful origins and create a united country

The Voice is not a race issue,but a necessary precondition for the development of a multicultural Australian identity.

Readers divided about Thorpe’s defection:A real Indigenous Voice or conservative culture warrior?
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Letters

Readers divided about Thorpe’s defection:A real Indigenous Voice or conservative culture warrior?

We shouldn’t doubt the senator’s deep personal commitment genuinely outweighs her loyalty to a political party. She is being honest in the face of hostility.

Conditional:Sydney developers back affordable housing quotas

Conditional:Sydney developers back affordable housing quotas

The developer lobby cited the South Australian approach,but it contains incentives for developers which NSW councils say they cannot abide.

  • byMichael Koziol
Developer pushes to mandate social,affordable housing at all new projects

Developer pushes to mandate social,affordable housing at all new projects

Infrastructure giant Lendlease says the government should require future developments to contain at least 30 per cent affordable,social and build-to-rent homes.

  • byMegan Gorrey andMichael Koziol
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The 61cm school height increase that has inner-city residents up in arms

The 61cm school height increase that has inner-city residents up in arms

A last-minute tweak to the revamp of Fort Street Public School in Sydney’s Millers Point has angered residents and heritage advocates.

  • byMichael Koziol
HomeCo boosts fund management with $242.5 million deal

HomeCo boosts fund management with $242.5 million deal

The purchase from Lendlease of two shopping centres is the largest deal for the retail sector in four years.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Lendlease tops off Sydney’s tallest office tower at Circular Quay

Lendlease tops off Sydney’s tallest office tower at Circular Quay

Lendlease’s $2 billion Sydney Place will soar 55-storeys,or 263 metres,and be the flagship site for software platform Salesforce.

  • byCarolyn Cummins
Hemmes in race for massive CBD development above new train station

Hemmes in race for massive CBD development above new train station

The billionaire pub baron is teaming with two property giants to bid to develop a major high-rise precinct that would transform Sydney’s CBD.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
Property giants reap rewards for green credentials

Property giants reap rewards for green credentials

A swathe of leading landlords have been awarded high rankings in the latest global sustainability benchmark assessments.

  • byCarolyn Cummins