Whilst many have objected to the final design, it’d be a hard-nosed critic who’d disagree that Brisbane’s newest (and the world’s largest!) solar-powered footbridge doesn’t look spectacular all lit up at night. We took this photo from level 33 at Evolution Apartments on Tank Street. Following its opening last Saturday Council expects around 36,500 pedestrians will pass under its needled arches each week.
Archive for October, 2009
Posted by admin on 9 October 2009
Posted by admin on 7 October 2009
Last night, the Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman spoke to Business South Bank members at West End’s Greek Club. Have a listen to his very positive view point on the future of Brisbane and its expected population growth rates. He briefly addresses urban sprawl and the planning process currently underway for developing West End including an update on the City Glider, Hale Street (Go Between) Bridge and future City Cat stops.
Posted by admin on 7 October 2009
Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman
I snapped Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman at Business South Bank’s monthly meeting last night at the Greek Club in Edmondstone Street, South Brisbane. There’s certainly plenty of positive things happening around the Kurilpa pocket and I enjoyed listening to the Lord Mayor’s take on the exciting plans for South Brisbane’s future.
Posted by admin on 5 October 2009
Brisbane’s celebrating our 150th birthday so we continue our series of posts looking at Brisbane’s history with a property focus…
The mammoth Cathedral Place apartments in Fortitude Valley have one of the more unusual boundary fences you’ll ever see. And newcomers to Brisbane might not have heard the fascinating story of the missing cathedral.
Brisbane’s Catholic Archbishop in 1928 was an entrepreneurial chap named Sir James Duhig. Sort of an early 1900’s Campbell Newman, devising huge projects and rallying everyone around him to make them happen.
Duhig wanted to build a new Cathedral to replace St Stephens in Charlotte Street and the pic below shows what he had drawn up – it would then have been the largest Christian church in the southern hemisphere. A one hectare (2.5 acre) site was chosen and a lengthy fundraising campaign began.
Work progressed as funds came in but despite completing the perimeter walls and a small crypt the project lost momentum. Rumour persisted that local funds raised were sent to the Vatican where the Pope refused to return them. In truth the project just flopped, Duhig died in 1965 and in 1985 the site was finally sold to developers.
Cathedral Place was finally completed by Devine Ltd in 1999, 514 apartments with a huge central beach and tropical pool. Not a real cathedral but probably used by more people today than it might have been had history taken a different turn.
Brisbane's Cathedral that never was...
Posted by admin on 5 October 2009
Property Managers often can’t find a simple line of communication with Resident Unit Managers.
You’re right, we are in competition against one another for the sales and management of property within the building, but why can’t there be a healthy rivalry and a friendly relationship between these two professionals like there is between two different Real Estate offices?
Many tenants and owners don’t know the boundary lines; where does the Resident Managers’ job end and the Property Managers’ job begin?
This is usually the cause of conflict between parties. It is up to us as professionals to inform our tenants and owners of what they need to know and who they need to go to.
The responsibility to our clients is fairly black and white but the best way to ensure we all get along is to communicate.
In 99% of cases, you need to call your Property Manager regarding your query and we’ll contact the Resident Manager if required.
The line is clear; and if you don’t know, please ask us!
