North Ryde. Uni luring multinationals

Macquarie University is one institution luring multinational companies on to campus to beef up a new generation of research and technology parks, creating jobs, work for students and big opportunities for local businesses, said The Australian Financial Review. Cochlear is moving into a $130 million precinct, custom built by Macquarie to link researchers, health-care enterprises and non-profit organisations. The project will, in turn, form part of a $1.7 billion campus redevelopment approved by the NSW Government in September.