The Land Development Agency has a listing for the sale of the historic, and very beautiful, Hotel Kurrajong.
The purchaser is NRMA Hotel Holdings Pty Ltd As Trustee for KJ Hotel Trust.
Hopefully they’ll do something great with the heritage listed building.
The ABC has more details.

Did anyone read this article in the Canberra Times about the OwnPlace scheme?
Oddly enough, I can’t find it anywhere on the Canberra Times website now.
But I was absolutely appalled by the apathetic and unfriendly attitude of the Land Development Agency. I don’t care if it’s not LDA’s responsibility. At the very [...]

I’m looking to build/buy my family home around 2016 and am interested in what land releases might be available in that timeframe (2016-2018). I’ve been to the LDA website http://www.lda.act.gov.au but it really seems to be only focused on two years out. Does anyone know there is information on what long term planning there is for [...]

Andrew Barr has announced new appointments to the highly sensitive board of the Land Development Agency:
I am delighted that Ross Barrett OAM and Susan Proctor have agreed to join the Board. Mr Barrett, well known and highly regarded in the ACT construction and development industry, will Chair the LDA Board.
Mr Barrett, an engineer by profession, [...]

I am trying to get out of a Land Development Agency contract though it isnt very easy!!
Can anyone advise?

Andrew Barr is very excited that the Land Development Agency has been gonged for its affordable housing in Bonner:
I congratulate the staff of the Land Development Agency (LDA) for winning the prestigious and highly competitive Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) National Award for Affordable Development at the 2012 Awards for Excellence.
The award was presented [...]

Article in the Canberra Times this morning proudly promotes a footbridge to a proposed “private island” of exclusive residences, with no public spaces as far as I can tell (there is little information online).
It has been funded by the Land Development Agency as “part of almost $18 million it is spending on the public [...]

With little fanfare the Chief Minister’s website has pushed out the first tranche of Cabinet Outcomes, this one for June.
The ones that appear to be actual decisions rather than studies and consultations which we did not previously know about are:
– Direct Sale of Land to ALDI Foods Pty Ltd – Cabinet agreed to the direct [...]

Andrew Barr has unveiled significant changes to the way land is controlled in the ACT:
the Government has opted for a model that retains the independent expertise and commercial focus provided by the LDA Board while closely integrating the activities of the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the Economic Development Directorate (EDD). These arrangements aim to [...]

Chief Minister Stanhope is congratulating the Land Development Agency (LDA) after their work in Bonner made the finals of the Property Council of Australia 2011 Innovation and Excellence Awards.
Bonner is a residential housing estate in North Gungahlin, Canberra’s fastest growing region, and is located close to the Gungahlin Town Centre.
The suburb features tree-lined streets, [...]

The Auditor-General has announced her latest work: Residential Land Supply and Development.
It indicates there’s been a lot of trouble with the land rent scheme amongst other mismanagements:
– The Land Rent Scheme was introduced in July 2008 as an initiative of the Affordable Housing Action Plan, to allow buyers/lessees to make lease payments for LDA estate [...]

[ 4 December, 2010; 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. ]

The Land Development Agency has put out a spiffy flyer for a drop-in feedback session on their proposed plans for the 60 hectare Yarralumla brickworks site in the geographic heart of the city.

There’s more info on the plans on the LDA website.

The usually reliable Androo has sent in this tale:
word comes from a colleague of mine about the LDA’s royal email stuffup this morning… emailing all subscribers for the land release with their emails in the To: field, so there for all to see!
then some wag emails them all from a made-up gmail account to say [...]

Jon Stanhope is back to prime comedic form, praising the retiring Chair of the Land Development Agency (LDA) John Haskins:
“Mr Haskins joined the LDA Board at a critical time and his industry expertise was instrumental in driving the development of new land releases and in preparing an ambitious but necessary land release program,” Mr [...]

Zed Seselja is asking some interesting questions of the ACT’s monopoly new release land seller, the Land Development Agency:
“There is no shortage of demand for land in the ACT, with prospective buyers camping out to secure a block of land in Canberra’s newest suburbs yet;
– the LDA’s advertising costs have increased almost $700,000 since last [...]

The Canberra Times reports that Ms Anne Moore and the owners corporation of the Kingston Foreshore Gateway Apartments are off to the federal court seeking redress from the Land Development Agency and Bovis Lend Lease over sub-standard construction.
It must be pretty bad to draw this kind of public attention to their very expensive real estate [...]

Hi all,
I recently purchased land at Bonner and Wright, and I wanted to give a heads up to any buyers (in particular 1st home buyers) who are under the mistaken impression that the LDA is to be trusted with their standard contract terms.
The Bonner land contract (at least for stage 2) was very straight forward. [...]

Community CPS is reporting that it has now approved more than 25 home loans on ‘rented’ land under the ACT Government Land Rent Scheme according to CT today (not online).  This is out of 120 enquiries leading to 37 applications.
The Land Development Agency reports that 21 blocks have been settled and 179 have exchanged. The [...]