Playground Digitial, Author at Gurner Group

High-profile developer Tim Gurner and his wife, Aimee, are selling their Melbourne apartment, featuring $400,000 worth of marble, extraordinary views, and a $40,000 “singing and dancing” toilet.

2 Jul 2021

GURNER™ plan $40m gothic revival for Prahran

July 2, 2021

Building on the legacy and heritage of a 130-year-old former bluestone church on High Street, Prahran, GURNER™ alongside our design partner Warren and Mahoney, will rejuvenate and reinvigorate this heritage gothic building

13 May 2021

Magnate unveils dramatic $800m property blitz

May 13, 2021

Property magnate Tim Gurner is stepping up the dramatic post-pandemic expansion of his empire by unveiling an $800m mixed project in the once grungy inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond.

30 Mar 2021

Melbourne’s Jam Factory to be reborn as luxury project

March 30, 2021

Property magnate Tim Gurner’s biggest deal signals a redevelopment of the famed Chapel Street site, including offices and apartments.

24 Feb 2021

First Look at the Record-Breaking Hawksburn Place Residences Penthouse

February 24, 2021

When property icon Tim Gurner put his Hawksburn Place Residences development up for grabs, the market was shocked to see families, not investors rush to drop a whopping amount on the Toorak luxury apartment block.

28 Jan 2021

GURNER acquires Cushion Lounge site, announces $35m project in first of many boutique accommodation plays

January 28, 2021

GURNER ™ has unveiled it has acquired St Kilda’s Cushion Lounge in Fitzroy Street, and has submitted plans to council for its first of many ‘Club Maison’ concepts – a luxury boutique short and long-stay accommodation play similar to London and New York’s Soho House concept.

3 Dec 2020

What the Spanish Club can teach us about urban living

December 3, 2020

Warren and Mahoney Auckland's Mat Brown speaks to Nick Deans about a new multi-residential project for the firm in Melbourne, and what it can teach us about apartment living here in Aotearoa.

8 Oct 2020

Banks are still competing for good projects: Tim Gurner

October 8, 2020

Financial Review Rich Lister Tim Gurner will kick off construction of a mixed-use hotel and apartment project in inner Melbourne this month after securing a $55 million loan from ANZ Bank.

24 Sep 2020

Qualitas injects $150m into Tim Gurner’s expansion plans

September 24, 2020

Financial Review Rich Lister Tim Gurner has struck a $150 million equity partnership with private real estate financier Qualitas to acquire distressed assets and turn them into successful development projects.

9 Sep 2020

Gurner Gains $1bn Fisherman’s Bend Approval

September 9, 2020

Apartment projects are taking shape in the 480-hectare Fishermans Bend urban renewal precinct, with Gurner’s $1 billion trio of towers gaining approval.

26 Jun 2020

Tim Gurner Albert Place Residences: Apartment leased for $5000 a week

June 26, 2020

A cashed-up tenant has forked out massively on a luxe Albert Park penthouse featuring a $40K “singing and dancing” toilet from developer Tim Gurner.

20 Jun 2020

Albert Place in the lap of luxury

June 20, 2020

Demonstrating the appeal of luxury, fully fitted-out penthouses, a lavish 300sq m apartment in Melbourne’s newly completed $140m Albert Place Residences development has just been leased for $260,000 per year or a hefty $5000 per week.

19 Jun 2020

Fitzroy’s Historic Spanish Club Adapts to Embrace the Future

June 19, 2020

When debt and dwindling membership threatened the future of Fitzroy’s 50-year-old cultural hub The Spanish Club, it called out for help. In partnership with Gurner, we find out how its transformation into a restaurant, luxury Spanish-inspired apartments and a clubhouse came to be.

12 Jun 2020

Tim Gurner’s lockdown game changer

June 12, 2020

Despite not having to commute anymore, Rich Lister Tim Gurner still starts his day at 5.30am and he opens up about why he won't be doing much business travel when restrictions are lifted.

11 Jun 2020

Tim Gurner to fast-track 400 units after Spanish Club rental success

June 11, 2020

A well-known Melbourne developer is bringing forward plans for 395 new apartments after seeing more than 400 people queued up for a rental inspection last week.

6 Mar 2020

Gurner receives approval for $120 million hotel and residence development

March 6, 2020

Developer Tim Gurner has gained planning approval for his first mixed-use hotel, residential and retail precinct - the $120 million mixed-use Ateliér Residences and hotel project in Collingwood

1 Oct 2019

Structurally sound or systematically flawed? Restoring faith in Victoria’s building regulations

October 1, 2019

You would have to be living under a rock to not have seen, read or heard about the controversy surrounding the structural safety of some newly developed apartment buildings, particularly in NSW. It is time to set the record straight as it is an unfair generalisation to suggest all regions and apartments are regulated the same way.

23 Sep 2019

Boom, bust or stagnation? Developer Tim Gurner weighs in on the property market debate

September 23, 2019

Lesson number one of university days (one of admittedly not many for me, a terribly restless student) was that prices respond eventually to one fundamental economic concept – supply and demand.

1 Aug 2019

Building on a Dream

August 1, 2019

Melbourne, get ready. The top end of the property market is about to explode and it’s all thanks to developers like Tim Gurner. Gurner’s glamorous projects, where penthouses sell for circa $30 million, are specifically aimed at the uber-wealthy or that modern-day acronym HNWI (high-net-worth individuals).

26 Jun 2018

Tim Gurner, Greg Shand strike Novotel St Kilda deal

June 26, 2018