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1 week ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca |Phil Bartsch
PolicyRezoning plans for a regional centre in the north-west of NSW could add 2100 homes to the NSW housing stock. The plans for Narrabri, a town of about 5500 and about six hours from Sydney by road, would gain a mix of detached and medium-density housing as well as a new town centre under the state government planThe proposal includes three precincts, each with its own focus—housing, employment and industry.
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1 week ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Phil Bartsch |Taryn Paris
Changes to The Gurner Group’s Sydney debut and Sekisui House’s Melrose Park apartment plans are being sought as the developers refine their focus on buyer demands and amenity. Sekisui House has filed amendments for its Parramatta site at 82-84 Wharf Road, Melrose Park, and 29 Hughes Avenue, Ermington. The developer was approved for a 6-to-10-storey double-tower project of 368 apartments in 2024, but construction has not yet begun, according to the application.
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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Taryn Paris |Phil Bartsch
Sponsored ContentA new force for placemaking has emerged with the official launch of The Place Collective—an alliance of property specialists dedicated to place advocacy. The group aims to drive industry-wide understanding of the crucial role place plays in creating, shaping, repositioning and activating successful properties, communities, precincts and urban neighbourhoods.
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Leon Della Bosca |Clare J Burnett |Vanessa Croll |Phil Bartsch
TechnologyA data centre planned for the NSW-ACT border would add significant capacity to an emerging innovation precinct in the area, according to proponents. The plan is on public exhibition through the NSW State Significant Development pathway. The DCI Poplars Data Centre Project is proposed for 2 Wolseley Place at Jerrabomberra and would help service the Poplars Innovation Precinct.
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Phil Bartsch |Vanessa Croll |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca
The great shopping centre air space race is on in earnest on the Gold Coast. Grand new mixed-use plans—topped by a trio of towers comprising 700 apartments—have been filed for an approved “retail resort” site at Mermaid Waters. Sydney-based Panthera Group has reworked the original vision into a $1-billion-plus masterplan proposal to be built over a decade. It includes 19,375sq m of retail and commercial space as well as a 4310sq m gym and wellness centre and lakeside amphitheatre.
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4 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Phil Bartsch |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll
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1 month ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Marisa Wikramanayake |Vanessa Croll |Taryn Paris |Phil Bartsch
Six further sites are to be unlocked for development as the NSW Government’s audit of surplus land continues to uncover sites for housing. As part of Property and Development NSW’s land audit, government-owned land surplus to requirements in metropolitan and regional areas are being identified for divestment. The new tranche comprises three sites on the Central Coast, a site at Warabrook near Newcastle and two sites, at Castle Hill and Blacktown, in Greater Sydney.
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1 month ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Vanessa Croll |Marisa Wikramanayake |Phil Bartsch |Leon Della Bosca
A confidential court settlement has ended a long-running dispute between Seymour Group and Dexus over plans for the $1.5-billion Newstead Green project in Brisbane’s inner north. The deal follows nearly a year of delays and allows Newstead Green, approved in 2023, to proceed under new conditions agreed by Seymour Group.
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1 month ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Phil Bartsch |Taryn Paris |Marisa Wikramanayake |Vanessa Croll
DevelopmentThe development party, it seems, is far from over at Palm Beach on the Gold Coast. BPG Developments has filed plans for a 14-storey tower comprising 68 apartments as well as three integrated double-level townhouses. It is earmarked for a 1760sq m site at 1053-1055 Gold Coast Highway that backs on to the exclusive beachfront Jefferson Lane enclave.
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1 month ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Marisa Wikramanayake |Phil Bartsch |Vanessa Croll |Leon Della Bosca
Woodbridge Capital, a leading fund manager and non-bank lender operating across Australia and New Zealand, has announced an ambitious strategy to double its size within the next 12 months. This expansion plan reflects the firm’s unwavering commitment to innovation, product development and strengthening partnerships within the rapidly growing private credit sector.
