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		<title>&quot;Cycles Ain&#039;t Cycles&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2010/08/09/cycles-aint-cycles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overall, Australia has sailed through the Global Financial Crisis more or less unscathed. And from all accounts, Victoria and enjoys the standout economy of all the States.

The Traditional Cycle Has Been Interrupted

Last week, you explored the traditional cycle for CBD Offices &#8212; being 18 years from peak to peak. And over that same period, Retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Truck-Stop Facility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 06:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This Track-Stop is simply enormous &#8212; probably the world&#039;s largest!  And being located at Tarcutta, it is midway between Melbourne and Sydney.


You may have seen the launch of the marketing campaign on Wednesday, in the national newspapers? And the response has been quite extraordinary.

But you can go straight to a dedicated website, and find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CBD Office Shortage Looming for Melbourne</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And Rentals are Set to Rise ...

The recent boom period saw prime Office rentals in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth hit the $1,000 per sq metre mark.  However, they have fallen dramatically from that peak, since mid-2008 

Meanwhile, Melbourne has remained steady at around $750 per sq metre &#8212; mainly because most of its new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You May be a Doubter ... But I say: &quot;Yes, we can!&quot;</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/02/23/you-may-be-a-doubter-but-i-say-yes-we-can/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weekend Financial Review ran several articles, which seemed to echo many of the sentiments contained in my last blog about the Capital City Markets &#8212; but perhaps putting things a little more bluntly.

Brisbane

Mark Ludlow (on page 2) referred to Queensland as having moved from &#034;boom state to gloom state&#034; &#8212; because of its heavy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Which Australian Office Markets are in Trouble?</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2009/02/10/which-australian-office-markets-are-in-trouble/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.


Compared with the 20%+ vacancy rates of the early 1990s, and what&#039;s happening in the US and UK ... [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Live with a Labor Government!</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2007/11/26/how-to-live-with-a-labor-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will things really change all that much, now that Australia has wall-to-wall Labor governments across the country?

You&#039;d better believe it!


Jason Koutsoukis summed it up well in The Age yesterday ...



&#034;Rudd should enjoy the moment while it lasts.  The moment he makes his first decision, he will also make his first enemy.&#034;



The Reserve Bank (RBA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retail Construction Continues</title>
		<link>http://his-best.biz/2007/10/24/retail-construction-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia wide, the level of Retail construction was up by some 17% for the 12-month period to June 2007.  

In the main, this involved extensions to existing suburban Shopping Centres; plus some new construction in many of the growth corridors.



With continued inner-city residential population growth, CBD Retail rentals have shown strong growth.  But [...]]]></description>
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