Rev, cheap Greenfield housing is one of the great myths of our time. The low upfront cost to purchasers has only been historically possible because of the mammoth hidden subsidies provided by State and Local Governments. Read the following DPTI commissioned report and you'll never advocate cheap Gre...

Thanks for posting Norman. This has obviously been designed by Civil Engineer's with design input limited to the entrance canopy. This is a really poor urban design outcome without any input from Landscape Architects. The footpath on Park Tce is only about 1m wide which is pretty nasty next to a 6+ ...

What is concerning is the rate at which the other cities are growing in comparison to Adelaide. The national relevance of Adelaide (and South Australia) is steadily diminishing making it harder to attract head offices and hence investment capital. Below is an extract from a table from http://blog.id...

Lets say there are 2 people who apply for a job, only one of whom is competent and the other is not competent but is Aboriginal/from the northern suburbs. This leads to 100k+ of waste, and if this person is put in an important role such as project manager, the result could be far worse.' Conversely...

He also promised $2 million to plan an upgrade of Marion Road, which will investigate a grade separation of Marion from the intersection of Anzac Highway to Cross Road. It will also investigate a grade separation of Marion Road from the tram line to Cross Road, and a tramline overpass of Marion and...

Stamp duty concessions are in the order of $15k at time of purchase only. Tax deductions on a hobby farm or beach house can be $100k per year or more.

Nathan wrote:You mean we'll actually have a multi-level car park demolished?

No, this is Adelaide, the car park will be retained and the heritage buildings will be demolished!

What, and the beach house, micro winery and hobby farms just appeared by magic? No they are physical infrastructure requiring builders, electricians, plumbers, architects, council planners, rubbish collectors, service station operators, country IGA checkout operators, bank tellers, machinery agents...

Negative gearing is also used by many rich people to offset the costs of their hobbies. A lot of beach houses, micro wineries, hobby farms for example are set-up as businesses with small commercial arrangements that are never expected to come even close to returning a profit. The owner then gets a v...

A tree fell on the building in the recent storms. It took out the verandah and a parked car.

Can be awkward for taking shopping home.

Compare the carping and questioning of the details and the implication of a political stunt in SA, then I open the West Australian at lunch today, and out falls a glossy brochure, talking UP WA's contribution to the subs and warships and the billions in maintenance contracts to flow in WA and pages...

I've heard it is the developer of 400 KWS & 70 Franklin St, both of which went up quickly.

Given the track record of the developer, I would say that 102 Wakefield St is more likely to see a crane later this year than Kodo, West Franklin, New Mayfield, Lester, One Adelaide or Palladium.

My guess is that this was the Architect's original selection for the entire building but the cost manager and developer drove a change to the cheaper brown cladding & glazing (and the visible a/c units). Bronze glass is very expensive.