This Month
Threat to customer safety cited in call to end sparkie work bans
Endeavour Energy has launched legal action to stop six months of industrial action, as other power workers join to form a triple threat to major projects in NSW.
- David Marin-Guzman, Campbell Kwan and Angela Macdonald-Smith
July
Sydney metro line delayed days before opening
The National Rail Safety Regulator is yet to sign off on the $21.6 billion project’s latest section, just five days before the state government said it would open to passsengers.
- Staff reporters
December 2023
Rozelle interchange ‘diabolical’ as workers pay the price
Emergency roadworks are under way to fix traffic snarls at the Rozelle interchange, which have persisted into a second week.
- Samantha Hutchinson
October 2023
Plan to build more Sydney homes near train stations is ‘imminent’
Anti-development councils could be bypassed with the establishment of new development precincts around Sydney train stations.
- Aaron Patrick
February 2023
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- Property development
Developer plans $1b project over Sydney metro station
The developer says a five-year settlement window gives it time to ride out current uncertainty and complete in what will again be a booming apartment market.
- Michael Bleby
NSW Labor declares ‘no reckless spending’ as it vows to scrap TAHE
The NSW shadow treasurer has vowed to bring a $40 billion swathe of public assets - including the state’s trains - back onto the state’s balance sheet.
- Samantha Hutchinson
October 2022
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- Rail
France’s Systra eyes Australian rail acquisitions
The French engineering group aims to quadruple staff numbers as it prepares to bid for big projects including a potential east coast fast rail link, says global chief executive Pierre Verzat.
- Jenny Wiggins
June 2022
Matt Kean to deliver a budget that ‘pushes the boundaries’
The firebrand MP said the scale of the government’s reform agenda wouldn’t shrink even as inflation rises and labour and skills shortages bite.
- Samantha Hutchinson
August 2021
Five-year battle to build luxury North Sydney apartments almost over
Avenor has been trying to get planning approval for a key site since 2017 and is almost there following state government intervention.
- Martin Kelly
May 2021
Sydney Metro West buyouts to create CBD strata office price increases
Sydney CBD strata office prices could rise by up to 25 per cent over the next two years due to compulsory building acquisitions linked to the Sydney Metro West.
- Martin Kelly
October 2020
Capitol Square hotel sold to Malaysian investors for $26m
The Capitol Square Hotel was last valued in February at $28 million with the sale to the Mahs reflecting about a 7 per cent decline in valuation since the pandemic.
- Larry Schlesinger
June 2020
Meet the 2020 BOSS Young Executives
The coronavirus meant the annual program to find Australia's top executives under 35 was a virtual affair, but this year's winners were up to the task.
- Sally Patten
February 2020
Macquarie's real estate deal of a lifetime
When the Sydney Metro project was announced, Macquarie Group sensed an opportunity quite literally under its nose.
- Stephen Todd and Matthew Drummond
- Exclusive
- Public transport
Macquarie in prime position on Sydney metro
The infrastructure manager is in prime spot with ownership of several buildings above what is shaping up as a new transport hub in Sydney's CBD.
- Matthew Drummond and Ingrid Fuary-Wagner
December 2019
Sydney's emerging mid-town to get $250m hotel
Completion is planned for early 2023 and the developers aim to tap the growing demand of an area undergoing an investment surge.
- Michael Bleby
October 2019
Toga, Danias kick off first project for 800 new units in Marrickville
New apartment project to launch residential development in the Victoria Road Precinct of Marrickville, which is emerging as Sydney's "metro" suburb.
- Su-Lin Tan
Macquarie Group to sell Martin Place metro precinct tower
Macquarie Group will steer its own expressions of interest campaign for the prime tower at 39 Martin Place.
- Su-Lin Tan
August 2019
'We'd love to invest more': Plenary hails success of Sydney metro
Infrastructure group Plenary wants to increase its 10 per cent equity stake in the new Sydney metro.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Exclusive
- Rail
Tunnelling the biggest risk in $288b infrastructure pipeline
Infrastructure executives are worried they can't deliver projects because they can't find enough people to build them.
- Jenny Wiggins
July 2019
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- Rail
Vive le metro: France's RATP joins bidding fray for Sydney metro
Paris' Metro operator has teamed up with John Holland to bid for Sydney Metro West and Greater West.
- Jenny Wiggins