Originally published on The Financial Review in December 2019 Rich Lister Maha Sinnathamby survived financial ruin to build Australia’s biggest private city. But the 80-year-old is far from done. Standing up here on level 10, you can almost believe you’re in a real-life version of the video game SimCity.There are the hospital, the university campus and the…
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Originally published on Greater Springfield on 20 November 2019 Under the alliance, investments are being planned in renewable energy generation and storage infrastructure, district energy schemes, green mobility solutions, digital technology, energy efficiency initiatives and a dedicated research and innovation centre. The Zero Net Energy Vision for Greater Springfield means that by 2038, the partnership’s vision…
Originally published on Greater Springfield on 21 November 2019 The special 25th-anniversary award was announced recently as part of the 2019 UDIA (Urban Development Institute of Australia) Queensland Awards for Excellence. This year’s Awards ceremony celebrated 25 years of recognising developers creating inspiring places for Queenslanders to live, work and play. Springfield resident Janelle Burton moved…
Originally published on The Courier Mail on 21 November 2019 In his second column, Springfield visionary Maha Sinnathamby reflects on some of the city’s greatest achievements to date. IN 2010, Springfield was awarded the World’s Best Masterplanned Community by the International Real Estate Federation. In 2018, the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull recognised Greater Springfield as…
1. Understand the fundamentals Successful investors, first and foremost, familiarise themselves with the most basic fundamentals of investing in properties, according to Mr Le Quesne. “It comes down to your ability to hold the property, which comes down to cash flow,” he said. By knowing the do’s and don’ts, as well as the factors that…
Originally published on Smart Property Investment on 14 November 2019. Property investment is one of the biggest financial commitments anyone can make. As such, aspiring investors must be equipped with the knowledge and skills to manage their finances over the long term. How can they maximise opportunities and mitigate financial risks? As one of the…
Originally published on Courier Mail November 29, 2019 A CITIES expert has named Greater Springfield as most-likely contender for Brisbane’s second central business district. How Great Cities Happen author and University of Sydney Professor John Stanley made the prediction at an exclusive forum on population growth, Building Australia- Big or Small, at Brookwater this week. The…
Originally published on Smart Property Investment While there are a lot of different measures to evaluate the performance of a property portfolio, for some experts, the three most important metrics are equity, gross yield and cash flow. Equity According to Mr Cohen, equity is the first variable he looks at when assessing his clients’ portfolios.…
Originally published on Australian Bus and Coach Photography by: courtesy Lendlease November 15, 2019 YARRABILBA, Queensland, played host to the launch of the state’s first fully electric urban bus route, via a South Brisbane Logan Coaches-run service, it was announced today. Yarrabilba – a Lendlease “…new generation master-planned community, which will be home to over…
Originally published on Ipswich First October 15, 2019 Tourism figures in the heritage city continue on an upward swing with international visitors coming into the region up 41.9 per cent, day trippers up 22.1 per cent and domestic overnight stays up 14.7 per cent. The tourism and hospitality industry employs more than 15,392 people in…
Originally published on Ipswich First Queensland will be home to the nation’s most advanced greyhound racing tracks at a new $39 million venue that will be built by the State Government. Racing Minister Stirling Hinchliffe said it was a great day for the greyhound industry, with the multimillion-dollar project, which has a working title of…
Originally published on Ipswich First October 22, 2019 Welcome to a bird’s eye view of Ipswich Central. Notice anything different? Over the years, many people have invoked the famed Sir Joh economic index: cranes on the city skyline was clear evidence of progress. That means progress is happening in Ipswich Central with a new tower…
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