Entries by Lesley Bloor

Market Update: It’s Time To Shine

PRICES ARE UP, THE ECONOMY IS STRONG, SO WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HOLD THE GOLD COAST PROPERTY MARKET BACK IN 2018? Gold Coast homes posted some of their best gains in a decade over 2017, and according to one senior analyst the city has the fundamentals to continue growing for a little while yet. Figures from…Read More→

ANZAC Story (how it all happened)

In 1914, the cabled reports from Europe gave an Increasingly desperate forecast – Europe was teetering towards war in a conflict between an increasingly stronger and powerful German empire and the rival British, French and Russian alliance. As Britain returned to work after the August Bank Holiday Monday, war was declared on Germany and the…Read More→

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What post-Commonwealth Games slump? Gold Coast to get $30 billion of development

A $30 billion pipeline of private and public development will be rolled out on the Gold Coast over the next decade, putting paid to criticisms it would suffer a post-Commonwealth Games slowdown. Nearly $20 billion in housing and apartment projects will meet the city’s ongoing growth, while a further $10 billion in public and private infrastructure is either underway…Read More→

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Coomera Indoor Sports Centre

Coomera Indoor Sports Centre, the venue that will host the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics as well as the Netball competition. This is a wonderful facility that will be a lasting legacy of the Commonwealth Games, and just one more reason to call the Gold Coast home.