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Enfield. Sydney Ports $150m tender

Sydney Ports Corporation is seeking expressions of interest for the construction of its $150 million intermodal facility, at Enfield, on a site which it purchased in 2001. The aim of the facility is to relieve Port Botany of congestion and hundred of empty freight containers, according to The Australian Financial review. Work could commence in March 2009 and when competed the facility could have an end value of $500 million, Jones Lang LaSalle said.

Bankstown. Airport emergency exercisec

Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown has completed a full field emergency
exercise with local emergency services testing the airport¹s emergency
response plan simulating an aircraft incident involving onboard passengers
and off-airport victims. “Being Australia¹s busiest and most diverse airport, we are keen to test and fine tune our emergency response plan,” said Mario Bayndrian, GM, Aviation, Sydney Metro Airport Bankstown.

Parramatta. New HQ for Motorcycling NSW

Motorcycling NSW, based in High Street, Harris Park, will move its headquarters to 9 Parkes Street, nearby, with the purchase of a freestanding commercial building for $1.27 million. The property was sold on vacant possession with a net lettable area of about 300 square metres, according to The Australian Financial Review.

Homebush Bay. Thakral and Payce do a deal

Singapore-listed, Thakral Corp, and Sydney company, Payce Consolidated, which will allow Payce to offload 179 apartments, worth $77 million, at Homebush Bay. In turn, Payce would have a 11.3 per cent share, of $28.22 million, in the Shanghai-based consumer electronics distributor.

Warwick Farm. Publisher buys site for $29 million

Sydney publishing and printing dynasty, the Hannan family, has purchased the former Kimberley-Clark manufacturing site, at Warwick Farm, for $29 million. A development application has been lodged for a multi-million printing plant for the site. Michael Hannan said it was still a couple of years from construction with planning approval and equipment still some time away, according to The Australian Financial Review.

Chullora. Major milestone for recycler

Leading Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions and joint venture partner Australian Glass Technologies have reached their first major milestone with their Chullora glass recycling plant processing its 5,000th tonne of glass fragments. The facility, commissioned in January this year, with the assistance of a grant from the National Packaging Covenant, to process a stockpile of 120,000 tonnes of glass fragments measuring less than 25 millimeters that were previously difficult to recycle.

Chullora.Major milestones for recycler

Leading Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions and joint venture partner Australian Glass Technologies have reached their first major milestone with their Chullora glass recycling plant processing its 5,000th tonne of glass fragments. The facility, commissioned in January this year, with the assistance of a grant from the National Packaging Covenant, to process a stockpile of 120,000 tonnes of glass fragments measuring less than 25 millimeters that were previously difficult to recycle.

Oran Park. $45 million phase one starts

The first development in Sydney’s Growth Centres kicked off with the $45 million phase one of the 30-hectare Oran Park Town Centre. Which includes upfront delivery of two school sites, a display home village, road infrastructure, playing fields, cycle paths, seniors living precinct, and the first commercial building of the town centre. The first of 2,000 lots will be delivered from late 2009, the Minister for Planning, Kristina Keneally, said. The 1119-hectare Oran Park precinct will include up to 7500 new homes for nearly 25,000 new residents, around 18 hectares of employment land and a capacity for 4120 jobs.

Chullora. Major milestone for recycler

Leading Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions and joint venture partner Australian Glass Technologies have reached their first major milestone with their Chullora glass recycling plant processing its 5,000th tonne of glass fragments. The facility, commissioned in January this year, with the assistance of a grant from the National Packaging Covenant, to process a stockpile of 120,000 tonnes of glass fragments measuring less than 25 millimeters that were previously difficult to recycle.