Construction

Commercial property fund Elanor Funds Management has hit back at "factually incorrect" claims made by Lederer Group as part of a $285 million takeover bid.

A court has ordered a stay of proceedings in a Melbourne property dispute, saying whether it could hear the case "better" than VCAT, as alleged by builder Brocon, was not the point.

Star Entertainment has reached an agreement with its Queen's Wharf partners to sell its 50 per cent stake in the Brisbane entertainment venture.

CDC Data Centres is planning to open a 200-megawatt data centre in Western Australia, citing heightened demand from AI and the region's importance for the AUKUS security partnership. 

Law firm HWL Ebsworth, which was found liable for negligence over advice on a Parramatta land development, has lost its opposition to a referee process for calculating damages.

Parkview Constructions is looking to settle a second case over alleged combustible cladding at Australia Towers in Sydney Olympic Park.

Energy giant Santos has won a dispute over its Gladstone LNG project, described by a court as "litigation on a monumental scale", securing a $692 million judgment against engineering firm Fluor with the help of four silks.

IGA can pursue its Victoria Supreme Court challenge to a decision allowing up to four supermarkets to operate in Shepparton, with an appeal bench finding the court can review planning decisions for jurisdictional error.

Builder Xela has failed in its bid to wind up the owner of a development to recoup a $776,000 debt owing under the Security of Payment Act, with a court finding that despite an unwillingness to pay, the owner is solvent. 

Monash University has taken construction giant Multiplex to court after its subcontractor installed more than 1,000 bathroom pods in the university's residential buildings with allegedly defective floors that leaked.