Dinah Lewis 28 MAY 19

A $1.2 billion deal to secure the infrastructure needs of two priority development areas over the next 45 years has been made between Queensland government, Logan City council and nine property developers.

The deal will ensure necessary funding towards local roads, water and sewerage facilities for the two development areas Yarrabilba and Greater Flagstone, both located roughly within a 55-kilometre distance from Brisbane CBD.

The nine developers include Lendlease, Villa World, Mirvac, Peet, Pioneer-Fortune, Celestino, Pacific International, New Beith and Gittins.

More than 1,800 additional people already call Ipswich home in 2019.

Darrell Giles May 10, 2019

The Ipswich population is closing in on another significant milestone with surging growth across the city. More than 1,800 additional people now call Ipswich home in 2019, taking the total population to 219,890. That represents an equivalent annual growth rate of 3.34 per cent and an annual change from the same period last year of 4.61 per cent. Ipswich had previously topped the 210,000 mark in the January-March 2018 quarter.

April 25, 2019

WORK will begin within weeks on building the multi-billion Queen’s Wharf development set to transform the Brisbane cityscape.

Australian-based global construction giant Multiplex has been awarded preferred contractor status for the major components of the $3.6 billion tourism precinct in the CBD.

It will include the main integrated casino resort building with its eye-catching arc-shaped facade overlooking the Brisbane River and the iconic 100m-high Sky Deck with 360-degree views of the city.

15 APRIL 2019

Brisbane is like a car where the engine is revving but it can’t move forward because the handbrake is on. The city’s property market is poised for an up-cycle but, according to the generalised price data published in mainstream media, it’s not yet happening.

The key point for investors, however, is that there are many Brisbane markets achieving above-average price growth.

Fiona Killman, Central Coast Gosford Express Advocate

The numbers are eye-popping — a $2.8 billion proposal, near 5000 new homes or units built, 10,000 jobs secured, over 70 hectares of land harnessed.

Scentre Group, the company behind Westfield, has unveiled a staggering concept plan to transform Tuggerah as we know it. It is the biggest proposal of its kind in the history of the Central Coast.