Greater Sydney Articles
City continues to grow up, not out
SYDNEY'S love affair with apartment living continues. The latest data reveals that 11,025 units were approved for building in the greater Sydney metropolitan area between January and November 2010. With only 7458 houses approved during the same period, unit developments now represent 60 per cent of all dwellings planned for..read more
Brand Sydney seeks Holmes a Court
THE prominent businessmen and former South Sydney Rabbitohs chairman Peter Holmes a Court is expected to be appointed to head a new body charged with steering Sydney's brand as a global city.
It's time for the old grey mayor
To fulfil Kevin Rudd's "big Australia" promise of 60 per cent population growth by 2050, Sydney will bear the brunt of the expansion, almost doubling in size to 7 million people. We must "embrace" this inevitability, a forum of planners, bureaucrats and business types agreed this week.
Vacancies up but prospects good
VACANCY rates on the lower north shore moved higher in the past six months due to weak demand for office space, according to the Property Council of Australia's latest Australian Office Market Report.
Swans prove NSW is a no-go zone for talent
In a draft diluted by concessions, it's better, and cheaper, with the devil you know.


