Penrith jumps for joy
THE Penrith business community is jumping for joy with the long awaited news the Erskine Park link road, or more accurately the missing 3.1 km section of this crucial Western Sydney transport arm, will finally become reality.
The Parramatta Factor - Panorama of a Global Sydney Future
IF Parramatta did not exist it would need to be invented.
So far off centre is the Sydney CBD in the westward expansion of the metropolis that the very sustainability of Global Sydney is at risk.
Iconic properties sold
THE 37-suite Echo Point Motor Inn, in Katoomba has sold for $1.4 million, a steep discount to its trading price of $2.15 million in 2004, according to The Australian Financial Review. In June, the Hotel Gearin sold for $1.925 million, well below the $4.2 million paid in 2005.