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If not for the large, rainbow-coloured boomerang announcing its location, you probably wouldn’t notice this tourist attraction in the Australian mining town of Coober Pedy.

Can service stations continue their strong 2018 commercial property form into the new year?

Billionaire Gerry Harvey says it’s impossible to find suitable land for the next rollout of Harvey Norman flagship stores in Australia and will settle on redeveloping one of the group’s pre-existing Melbourne stores.

Many every-day investors are put off commercial property because they believe it’s too complex. But with careful research, it needn’t be.

Choices Flooring in two locations is on the market.

‘Aussie’ John Symond has listed the Double Bay building famous as the onetime home of Robyn Cosgrove Rugs, later fashion icon Trent Nathan and then Country Trader.

Property executives are pinning their hopes on the country’s resurgent office markets with Nat­ional Australia Bank’s Com­mercial Property Index showing office property scored the best results for future capital and rental growth.

Coles is capitalising on strong demand for shopping centres, adding a Queensland complex to its roster of sales that have seen it reap close to $100 million in recent months.

Shops along Melbourne’s holiday hotspot Sorrento’s main strip are continuing to trade at pace, with a property leased to women’s fashion brand Sportsgirl the latest offered up.