Construction

Melbourne builder Cobild has filed a lawsuit against a developer arguing it must return a $497,000 bank guarantee under a contract to build a $50 million office complex.

A judge has stayed a judgment under the Security of Payment Act, finding that “exceptional circumstances” were not needed to justify such an order in light of a recent judgment that issued a rare stay of a SOPA determination.

The embattled construction union has a new administrator following the resignation of Mark Irving SC last month, an official "uncompromising" in the face of illegal conduct, the workplace umpire said Friday.

A developer has defeated a golf driving range’s challenge to plans for a major residential development on the Fraser Coast in Queensland, with a judge finding it was barred from bringing the appeal by an earlier $500,000 settlement.

Investment management company Gateway Capital has acquired an industrial property in Western Sydney from US-based real estate platform Greystar for a reported $78 million. 

A Qube unit and a developer have lost their bid to revive a $20 million suit against the Department of Defence over asbestos contamination at the Moorebank Intermodal Precinct, with an appeals court finding the department wasn't required to return the land to "pristine" condition.

A unit of developer Heworth has lost its bid to set aside a notice to produce served by Transport for NSW in relation to its claim for compensation over the compulsory acquisition of the Balmain Leagues Club site.

A tribunal has upheld the Greater Dandenong City Council’s decision to refuse PC Infrastructure a permit to build a service station in Melbourne's east, finding the "overall intensity" of the plan was too great for the site.

The local council in South Burnett, Queensland has won leave to add claims of misleading and deceptive conduct to its case against Aquatec Maxcon over upgrades to a water treatment plant.

Investors have settled a case against HWL Ebsworth and a former partner that alleged the firm was liable for lost money in connection with projects by property developer Belmore 88.