Commercial Property Looking Forward

Posted on 18. Aug, 2011 by Chris Lang.

The last couple of articles have talked about all the misplaced doom and the gloom.

Plus, you also covered the various reasons why Australia overall is well placed to flourish (and not just survive) the current global distress.

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Commercial Construction
Outlook Remains Soft

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Chris Lang.

While Australia's overall business expenditure has remained fairly strong, our Commercial construction and infrastructure outlays are expected to decline by at least 10% this financial year. BCI Australia is forecasting project construction of some $63 billion 2009-10, which is about $7.7 billion down on that for 2008-09. In all but for Victoria and South Australia, [...]

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Which Australian Office Markets are in Trouble?

Posted on 10. Feb, 2009 by Chris Lang.

Queensland seems to have been hardest hit. And in particular the Gold Coast, where vacancy levels have soared to around 18%. But the difficulties confronting Queensland (and fellow mining State WA) are not necessarily reflected Australia-wide.

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