Entertainment

Victorian regional centre Ballarat will welcome a second cinema complex, with Showbiz Cinemas to open a new six-screen facility just outside of the CBD.

A local group has swooped on the Bakehouse Quarter in Sydney’s inner west in a deal rumoured to have topped $300 million in a sign the market for major residential sites remains hot. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

Sunland will create a $100 million retail ­precinct in Mermaid Waters on the Gold Coast as part of its 42ha master planned community at The Lakes. This article originally appeared on www.theaustralian.com.au/property.

Hotel investors are focusing their sights on regional leisure assets in a bid to capitalise on the current strength of Australia’s tourism sector.

Queensland’s tropical islands are continuing their renaissance, with an island that once attracted interest from Kim Kardashian and Julia Roberts floated for sale.

Melbourne’s historic Palais Theatre in St Kilda has quite literally been given a new lease on life, with a new operator winning a bid to lease the iconic venue for the next three decades.

The world’s largest ski operator, Vail Resorts, is working on a master plan for its newly acquired Perisher resort, which could add more accom­modation, snowmaking and ski lifts. This article originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.

The Star Entertainment Group’s plans for a new-look Jupiters Resort on the Gold Coast have been revealed in a master plan that includes a new $500 million hotel and apartment tower.

The consortium developing Brisbane’s Queens Wharf casino precinct has bolstered its foothold close to the high-profile project by purchasing a nine-storey car park for $45 million. This story originally appeared on theaustralian.com.au/property.