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Category: Commercial

Posted inCommercial

Seek’s sustainable HQ sought a “fun” design to honour industrial past of Melbourne’s rising “Silicon Valley”

by Rose Mary Petrass 19 May 202219 May 2022
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Posted inCommercial

Take a look at how Computershare is responding to Covid with its refurbed global HQ in Melbourne

by Rose Mary Petrass 4 May 202210 May 2022
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Posted inCommercial

Getting people back to the office? How your office layouts impact organisational culture and what employees think about their workplace

by Kusal Nanayakkara, University of Technology Sydney, Professor Sara Wilkinson, UTS and Dulani Halvitigala, RMIT 3 May 20223 May 2022
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Posted inCommercial

The office is dead – long live the office! What’s the fate of the physical workspace?

by Rose Mary Petrass 7 April 202211 April 2022
Posted inCommercial

The right recipe for decarbonising our buildings

by Andrew Sadauskas 29 March 202230 March 2022
Posted inCommercial

EY mandates green leases in sustainability push

by Andrew Sadauskas 24 March 202224 March 2022
Posted inHousing

“I don’t know of any more ambitious project anywhere in the world that’s doing these things. It’s pretty impressive” – Mulpha’s zero carbon “City of Tomorrow”

by Rose Mary Petrass 8 March 202210 March 2022
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Posted inCommercial

Forza Capital’s radical Brisbane eco refurb

by Rose Mary Petrass 14 February 202215 February 2022
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Posted inSpinifex

An investment in clean indoor air would do more than help us fight COVID – it would help us concentrate, with lasting benefits

by Peter Martin, Australian National University 10 February 202214 February 2022
Posted inHousing

What if we relaxed planning but only for more affordable housing? Meet the Woollahra Buyers Club

by Mike Brown 9 February 202215 February 2022
Posted inNews from the Front Desk

On why oil and gas won’t be the only stranded assets – watch out for sub-prime property

by The Fifth Estate 4 February 202222 February 2022
Posted inRating tools

STAR – a new toolkit to repurpose underused space

by Professor Sara Wilkinson, UTS, Professor Jua Cilliers, UTS and Dr Gill Armstrong, UTS 27 January 202228 January 2022
Posted inEbooks

WELL and healthier buildings, the ebook: “The rise of buildings and places that help me thrive”

by The Fifth Estate 20 December 202115 March 2022
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Posted inCommercial

How to help a servos club save $70,000 a year on energy costs

by Rose Mary Petrass 16 December 202116 December 2021
Posted inCommercial

Victoria Tower Cross will be fully electric and the promise is so will all other new buildings from Lendlease

by Tina Perinotto 2 December 20212 December 2021
Posted inCommercial

Knight Frank and Cundall team up to deliver WA’s greenest commercial building

by Duncan Murray 21 October 202121 October 2021
Posted inCommercial

Australia leads GRESB’s real asset ESG rankings for 11th straight year

by Duncan Murray 19 October 202120 October 2021
Posted inCommercial

Colliers builds ESG capacity

by Duncan Murray 15 October 202115 October 2021
Posted inCommercial

Silly money being offered to inexperienced staff? – yep skills shortages will do that, especially in property

by Duncan Murray 13 October 202113 October 2021
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Posted inCommercial

From ‘nice to have’ to ‘must-have’ in the post-covid workplace

by Associate Professor Christhina Candido, Dr Samin Marzban and Iva Durakovic 23 September 202124 September 2021
Posted inCommercial

How Scentre and Vicinity are fighting to stay relevant

by Duncan Murray 9 September 202113 September 2021
Posted inCommercial

Industrial property emissions aren’t too tough to crack – the biggest danger is “backseat landlords”

by Duncan Murray 9 September 202121 September 2021
Posted inCommercial

Demand for office space in Australia steady, with Melbourne the unfortunate exception

by Duncan Murray 5 August 20215 August 2021
Posted inCommercial

Melbourne City calls on landlords to open vacant shopfronts for creatives and entrepreneurs

by Duncan Murray 30 July 202130 July 2021
Posted inBuilding

Aussie company takes part in developing new WELL building standard

by Duncan Murray 20 July 202120 July 2021
Posted inCommercial

Platinum WELL for existing building? So how hard was it exactly?

by Duncan Murray 14 July 202115 July 2021
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Posted inJobs News

Charter Hall aims for “next level” ESG

by Tina Perinotto 13 July 202115 July 2021
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Posted inInvestment/deals/companies

Goodman Group investing millions in new electric vehicles – for its staff

by Poppy Johnston 13 July 202114 July 2021
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Posted inWaste and recycling

Brookfield Properties declares war on single use plastic

by Poppy Johnston 8 July 20218 July 2021

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