Simon Johanson
The Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
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Mission critical: Can Australia win from the clean energy arms race?
America is supercharging its clean energy economy, setting the scene for a global race to control critical minerals, rare earths and other new energy resources that has vaulted Australia’s mining sector onto the world stage. → Read More
Bike sales boom, but not all cyclists are equal
Booming bike sales are leading to year-long delays for high-end cyclists as a crop of new pandemic-inspired riders and global disruption stretches supply chains. → Read More
Probuild collapses into administration, 750 jobs in limbo
At least 750 Probuild employees and numerous tradies and contractors are facing an uncertain future. The builder’s South African parent company has blamed Australia’s hard-line COVID-19 approach. → Read More
‘We can’t keep going like this’: Retailers struggle to survive Omicron wave
Soaring Omicron case numbers - rather than government edict - are keeping shoppers at home and wallets tightly shut, with no end in sight for hard-pressed retailers. → Read More
From rent war to vaccine battle: landlords and retailers at loggerheads
Retailers and landlords are on a collision course over who is responsible for managing the proof of vaccination process. → Read More
Blackstone’s Tynan sets the group on a growth path
Once a week at 2am Blackstone's head of real estate Chris Tynan gets on a video call with US head office to talk deals. → Read More
Tide goes out: Small businesses under pressure as insolvency threat mounts
Small retailers are bracing for a wave of insolvencies as JobKeeper payments fall away, insolvent trading protections have ended and consumers shop online. → Read More
Has COVID-19 changed shopping forever?
From smaller shops to major chains, the exodus from Australia's inner cities is having a profound effect on retail and shoppers. → Read More
'It's a tsunami': Pandemic pits retailers versus 'bully boy' mall owners
Struggling retailers, pushed to breaking point, are staring down their powerful landlords - and neither is flinching. → Read More
Pick, pack and stack: the robot warehouse has arrived
Retailers and other industries are turning to robots to do the "4D" tasks: dull, difficult, dirty and dangerous work. → Read More
'Jumbo jet deals': Shadow banks pile into developer lending as big four retreat
A surge in “shadow” lending to property developers has sparked warnings that a wave of unregulated finance could leave the property market exposed to new risks. → Read More
State faces backlash over freeze on towers
The state government failed to notify developers it will freeze $4.5 billion worth of apartment projects in Australia’s largest urban renewal precinct. → Read More
Growthpoint grows new building at Botanicca
Growthpoint Properties is poised to build a new 20,000 square metre office at Botanicca, the Richmond business park where David Jones now has its headquarters. → Read More
Hot housing lifts profits for nation's biggest developers
Heated real estate prices are helping deliver strong profits to the country’s diversified property developers. → Read More
Pub sector kicks off with sale of Montague for $3.3 million
A South Melbourne pub has kicked off the new year in Melbourne’s hospitality sector. → Read More
Big profit spurs Growthpoint to hunt for acquisitions
South African-backed property player, Growthpoint Properties, is eyeing recent stock market volatility for merger opportunities → Read More
Market Wrap: Inner-city industrial land reaches new peak
A vacant Preston industrial site has sold for $8.61 million, setting a new high land rate for the suburb. → Read More
Property fires up with $330m commercial offering
An estimated $330 million in city real estate is set to test the market. → Read More
Private investors buy Epping petrol station for $9m
Private investors continue to fuel petrol station sales with a BP service station in Epping selling for $9 million. → Read More
Mall owner Vicinity looks to cash in on property as retail struggles
Shopping mall giant Vicinity Centres is looking at developing the land around its malls. → Read More