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A concept image of what Crows Nest could like under the rezoning program.

This high-rise housing reform promised 185,000 homes. One suburb is doing the heavy lifting

Figures have revealed one part of Sydney is being flooded in applications for new multistorey housing blocks, while others have yet to receive a single proposal.

  • David Barwell

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Data centres, not apartments, are being built just a stone’s throw away from metro stations such as Macquarie Park and North Ryde.

This site near a Sydney metro station could be home to hundreds. Instead, 50 people will work there

Minutes away from transport hubs is where a towering data centre – not apartments – could be built.

  • Cindy Yin
The design for a new high school at Macquarie Park.

Plans unveiled for a new high school at Macquarie Park

Construction will begin next year on the eight-storey secondary school for 2000 students – a key step in the area’s transition from industrial to mixed-use.

  • Anthony Segaert
Building defects across Sydney.

Search for buildings with defect notices across Sydney

Building defects cost homeowners north of $700m a year. These are the rectification orders issued in the past four years.

The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park.

The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed

A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.

  • Anthony Segaert
What the locals say: how the north-west metro has changed their commutes.

How the metro has transformed people’s commutes

It’s been quite the journey to get to Monday’s opening of the second section of the M1 Metro. Here’s what commuters who use the north-western section of the line want you to know.

  • Anthony Segaert
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Constraints on water supply to Macquarie Park threaten to delay the building of thousands of new homes.

Thirsty data centres threaten to delay thousands of new homes

A lack of water supply threatens to delay the construction of thousands of new homes in Macquarie Park.

  • Andrew Taylor
The 294 bus will no longer run when the Metro opens

Revealed: The Sydney bus routes that will be axed and cut short when Metro opens

While there is bad news for some commuters, long-suffering Victoria Road bus passengers have had a win.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
The development at 23 Halifax Street, Macquarie Park has serious defects, the Building Commission NSW says.

Building commissioner takes control of defective Sydney apartments

David Chandler is personally overseeing undertakings to repair serious damage to a concrete slab in the buildings’ basement. Plus, check out where defect notices have been issued across Sydney with our interactive map.

  • Anthony Segaert
The Macquarie Park apartments were issued with a rectification order.

‘I want to know who knew’: Councillors demand answers over Macquarie Park apartment complex

Ryde councillors say they should have been told about building defects at a 900-unit apartment development months ago when the draft orders were issued to the council.

  • Megan Gorrey