Melbourne It (MLB) News

Long after the stadium floodlights switch off, the true scale of Melbourne Park comes into view.

Two Melbourne real estate agents who were among 14 poached from Colliers in a major recruitment coup by Cushman & Wakefield in 2023, have struck out on their own with a new commercial real estate agency at a challenging time for the local market. Anthony Kirwan and George Davies have teamed up with fellow ex-Cushman & Wakefield director...

MA Financial Group (ASX: MAF) has agreed to acquire a 50 per cent interest in The Glen Shopping Centre in Melbourne's south-east for $327.5 million, marking one of the city's largest retail property transactions this year and pushing the alternative asset manager's recent retail acquisition program to almost $500 million. The deal, ...

Australian Travis Bazzana has continued his impressive rookie season with two home runs, helping Cleveland secure a crucial 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox in its battle for a Major League Baseball play-off berth.

Perth-based low-carbon cement developer Green360 Technologies (ASX: GT3) has reported that more than 3,500 cubic metres of concrete containing its MKX cement replacement product has now been poured across major Victorian infrastructure projects, marking a sharp acceleration in commercial uptake. The volume, equivalent to more than 500 truc...

Melbourne-based independent publisher Hyperlocal News is consolidating five community newspapers into a single monthly publication called The Melburnian, bringing together titles that have covered the city's inner suburbs for more than two decades. The new masthead will replace CBD News, Southbank News, Docklands News, Inner City News ...

Melbourne-based clinical-stage biotech ImmunoBiota Therapeutics is progressing plans for a $5 million seed funding round to advance what it describes as the only oral, non-immunosuppressive therapy entering paediatric clinical development for Type 1 diabetes. Founded in 2022 by immunologist Dr Eliana Marino, the company is developing IBT-100, a...

Top hospo operators discuss how takeaway and delivery is reshaping how we eat. Hear from Smith & Deli’s Shannon Martinez, Tulum’s Coskun Uysal and more.

RMIT University and student accommodation provider Scape have committed more than $270 million combined to develop a 46-level mixed-use tower directly above the city's new State Library train station, in one of the largest commercial lease agreements in Melbourne's CBD in recent years. The project, dubbed the State Library Exchange, wil...

The former Australian test batter alleges a concussion he suffered during an "aggressively physical" football training session at Brighton Grammar 12 years ago ultimately ended his professional cricket career.

Property investment manager Dexus (ASX: DXS) has revealed its protracted legal dispute over a stake in Melbourne Airport's parent company has cost $60 million in legal and related expenses, as the group warned investors to brace for a materially weaker FY27. The costs relate to the APAC shareholders' deed dispute, in which the NSW Supre...

The ABC understands Chad Warner, Isaac Heeney, James Jordon and Riley Bice are the players linked to the investigation, although there is no confirmation that they were directly involved or that all four have spoken to police.

That a Swedish private equity firm is now cued up as a likely buyer for the NRL team marks a new era in the commercial coming-of-age for Australian sport.

Melbourne Airport has released its draft Master Plan 2027, a 20-year blueprint to accommodate an expected doubling of passenger numbers to 75 million a year by 2047, underpinned by $4.5 billion in privately funded international terminal expansion, a new third runway and rail access via Sunshine. The plan, released this morning, maps out staged ...

Melbourne-based street poster and printing company Rock Posters is the quiet engine room behind much of the visual culture that has defined the city's laneways, construction hoardings and venue walls since 1986. Founded by John D'Aquino, his brother Frank, and Joe Di Natale, Rock Posters began as a specialist outfit printing and pasting...

Melbourne Airport and the Qantas Airways (ASX: QAN) have locked in a long-term commercial agreement that will underpin a major expansion of the airport's international terminal, delivery of a third runway and significant upgrades to lounges and check-in facilities. The deal includes a 15-year commitment from Qantas to Melbourne Airport...

Backed by boutique Australian financier Catalytic Impact Capital, the ebike subscription service is setting its sights on the US.

Number 8 stands for luck in Chinese culture, and the building’s sale price may be no coincidence.

Epping football club's reserves players have decided to skip this weekend's game following the death of their beloved teammate Nathan Fitzgerald on Monday night.

The younger brother of footy player and teacher Nathan Fitzgerald, who died last night, has described him as a "gentle, wonderful" soul who cherished his family.

Capital Guard reassured clients with a prestigious address overlooking the best of Sydney Harbour, but its sole director lived far away.

Nathan Fitzgerald's club has asked authorities to look at the way hard cricket pitches are covered on multi-use ovals as the 27-year-old continues to receive end-of-life care.

VietJet is eyeing an Australian domestic entry that could come under a fresh name to compete with Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin.

Geelong-founded developer TW Projects has made its first metropolitan Melbourne acquisition, snapping up an 11.1-hectare site in Rockbank in partnership with Bori Liberman family office-backed Monark Property Partners to deliver a 257-lot residential community with an estimated end value of $100 million. The deal for the site at 2331 Western Hi...

Thousands of fans partake in a walk to the MCG for the Big Freeze slide in honour of Neale Daniher before Collingwood takes on Melbourne. Follow live.

The Newcastle Knights are looking to end a winless drought in Melbourne stretching for more than a decade as they head south to take on the Storm in the NRL. Follow live.

Melbourne Storm chief executive Justin Rodski says he's "got no doubt" a deal with Tasmania can be reached if the commercial interests line up, following a round of courting from premier Jeremy Rockliff.

Real estate asset manager Dexus (ASX: DXS) has lost a major NSW Supreme Court battle over its 27.3 per cent stake in Melbourne and Launceston Airports owner APAC, after a judge found the company committed a material breach of its shareholders' deed by sharing confidential information with foreign sovereign wealth funds. Chief Judge in ...

The church has now sold almost a whole row of properties lining the block between Lansdowne Street and Morrison Place in East Melbourne.

Melbourne-based developer Gurner Group has sold more than 580 apartments worth over $500 million across the first three towers of its Elysium Fields wellness precinct in Docklands, backing up recent research that reveals the city's inner-city apartment market is experiencing its strongest activity in a decade. The sales form the centrepiece...

Travis Bazzana continues his hot form with a tremendous hit as the Cleveland Guardians win a back-to-back series against the Philadelphia Phillies for the first time.

Real estate investment group Dexus (ASX: DXS) has entered a joint venture with building materials giant Boral to transform 630 hectares of land at Ravenhall in Melbourne's west into what Dexus describes as the largest institutionally held logistics precinct in Australasia, with a potential lettable area of 2.5 million square metres. The joi...