Government Commercial Property News

Labor wants a public discussion about the future of Hobart’s iconic Treasury building.

The State Government should seek international expressions of interest in developing Hobart’s “neglected” Treasury Building into an outstanding hospitality precinct, Tasmania’s peak tourism body says.

Major infrastructure and property groups, including Chinese-backed John Holland and Lendlease, are expected to team up with listed trusts to vie for the rights to develop multi-billion-dollar towers above new metro stations in Sydney’s CBD and North Sydney.

Controversial plans to surround one of Sydney’s grandest colonial mansions with burial grounds ­appear to have ended with Rookwood General Cemeteries ­Reserve Trust walking away from plans to buy the Fernhill Estate in Mulgoa.

The rental market for office space across Darwin remains moribund and it is difficult to see how this will change in the short or medium term.

The federal government has tapped a series of new providers to manage the commonwealth’s property portfolio as it looks to drive greater efficiencies across its holdings. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

There’ll be no question about the tenants behaving themselves at this Surfers Paradise property.

Chinese-backed casino proponent ASF could explore its legal ­options, including potential compensation from Queensland tax­payers, after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk cancelled the developer’s $3 billion project on the northern Gold Coast. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au

The federal minister for the environment and energy Josh Frydenberg will not intervene in the sale of the freehold of the Sydney GPO to Singapore’s Far East Organisation and its sister company Sino Land Company. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.