Jack Hayes

Jack Hayes

Journalist

Latest articles by Jack Hayes

Melbourne’s best Thai hidden in a multi-level carpark

May 24th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Have you ever thought of having your lunch or dinner in a carpark? Sounds like a strange novelty, doesn’t it?

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The epitome of Melbourne warehouse living

May 24th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

When it comes to CBD warehouse living, it’s hard to think of a better example than 3/12 Warburton Ln.

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Melbourne’s apartment record price shattered

May 24th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

The exclusive sky-high penthouse at Sapphire by the Gardens has broken the sale price record for an apartment in Melbourne, selling for a whopping $39million.

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Dragon Boat Festival to take over Chinatown

May 24th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Beating drums, paddlers in long boats, and sticky rice dumplings can only mean one thing: Dragon Boat Festival has arrived in Melbourne’s Chinatown.

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Uncovering a piece of Melbourne magic

April 26th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

As a city that has built its identity on the unknown – hidden laneways, secret bars down alleys and upstairs, and a supposed series of tunnels underneath the city – Melbourne, and Melburnians, revel in the mystery.

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Dorsett opens its first Melbourne hotel

April 25th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Renowned international hotel brand, Dorsett Hotels, has marked another step into the Australian market with the opening of Dorsett Melbourne.

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Australia’s smallest distillery has a dark and twisted history

March 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Tucked away in the north-east corner of the Hoddle Grid, among offices, apartments and theatres, you’ll find a special piece of Melbourne history.

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Local real estate pioneer awarded as Melbourne’s best agent

March 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Gina Donazzan, founder of local real estate agency Donazzan Boutique Property, has taken out Melbourne’s Agent of the Year for the second year running in the recent RateMyAgent awards, landing her in the top five per cent of agents nationwide.

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Building banners for the bold

February 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

With International Women’s Day on March 8 only weeks away, the Queen Victoria Women’s Centre (QVWC) will hold its inaugural Protest Banner Workshop.

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Time; Rone in review

February 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

Entering through a security-guarded door off one of the city’s busiest pedestrian intersections, you travel up a rickety elevator to the third floor …

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Don’t miss the final weeks of the Summer Night Market

February 22nd, 2023 - Jack Hayes

The sun is about to set on Melbourne’s favourite mid-week foodie feast, with the final weeks of the Summer Night Market drawing closer.

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Thousands flock to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit

January 25th, 2023 - Jack Hayes

The Year of Rabbit has finally hit Melbourne with tens of thousands pouring onto the streets of Melbourne’s Chinatown to celebrate the Lunar New Year. 

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Re-defining Melbourne’s property management industry

October 28th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

In the last instalment of this three-part series uncovering the issues and opportunities in Melbourne’s inner-city property management market with Re-define Real Estate’s Philip Middlemiss, we ask “where to next?” for an industry under severe pressure.

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Changing the CBD’s property management landscape

October 26th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

For those within the inner circles of the property management industry, they know it can often be a thankless job.

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The Mediterranean meets the Yarra

October 26th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

Unless you’ve been living under a sizable rock or have been avoiding the lower Yarra River for the past seven years, you’ll know the semi-permanent floating barge of Arbory Afloat has become just as much a part of Melbourne as a great coffee or a discarded e-scooter.

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Rental providers beware!

September 21st, 2022 - Jack Hayes

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Celebrating more than two decades of property management success in the CBD

September 21st, 2022 - Jack Hayes

A lot has happened in the CBD since the turn of the millennium.

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Cleaning up Melbourne’s property management game

August 24th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

Managing director and owner of inner-city real estate agency Re-Define Real Estate Philip Middlemiss has seen a thing or two during his 21 years in the industry.

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A new era for Chinatown precinct

July 27th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

A new City of Melbourne-backed precinct business association is set to shake up Chinatown in what looms as an historic changing of the guard moment for the precinct and its traders.

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Nevile and Co. Commercial Lawyers: the CBD’s true agents of change

July 27th, 2022 - Jack Hayes

With more than half a century of practicing law, you’d forgive Peter Nevile, founding partner of Nevile and Co. Commercial Lawyers, to be a little stuck in his ways.

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