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The latest news and info about suburban studies and research.

How suburbs will change after COVID

As people move out of city centers into suburbs, keys

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Regional Australia’s time has come – planning for growth is now vital

Australian governments have always wanted thriving regional cities, but policy

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Steve De Nys
The distributed workplace: what’s driving demand for suburban workplaces?

The Suburban Alliance commissioned research in late 2020 to understand

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Australia’s largest greenfield CBD project secures a $2.5 billion commitment

Maroochydore City Centre’s shovel ready CBD redevelopment is set for

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Suburban agenda gains momentum in Victoria

The better cities = better suburbs movement is coming to

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A Defense of the Suburbs

An architect immerses himself in residential production housing to learn

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Revenge of the Suburbs

Suburbia was never as bad as anyone said it was.

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The Office Space Apocalypse

What if they reopened the office and nobody came? This

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suburban renewal
SEQ SUBURBAN PRECINCTS: confidence in market recovery

South East Queensland’s suburban office market has demonstrated remarkable resilience

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Recent Research

Research reports commissioned and published by the Suburban Alliance

Distributed Workplace Study
Distributed Workplace Study

Findings Snapshot This independent market review undertaken by AB Plus was commissioned by the Suburban Alliance and sponsored by Moreton Bay Regional Council, Logan City

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Suburbia On the Rise
Suburbia On The Rise – A new opportunity

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A Fairer Deal for Suburbia – Video Series

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Property in the Face of COVID-19 (A UK perspective)

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Suburbia is the new black. Enhancing the opportunities for suburbia is no longer a conversation killer in polite circles. More and more companies are exploring

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Cities post COVID-19

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Future of Suburbia II

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The Future of Suburbia II : Where the Jobs Are sought to explore recent trends in the geography of work, and to understand how the growth

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What Leading Experts Say

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“The Suburban Alliance has been an active, strong advocate for the suburbs. Our suburban areas all too often fade into the background as our cities, and in particular, Central Business Districts capture the attention as the focus of employment, business, commerce and political power. The suburbs are the beating heart

Raynuha Sinnanthamby

While nearly all metropolitan Australians live in the suburbs and 85% of all jobs are in the suburbs, these areas are poorly served by transport other infrastructure. The suburbs are almost forgotten in the media debates about infrastructure and priorities. Our cities can’t keep growing the way they have, with

Peter Seamer, AM. Chair of the Advisory Board for the NHMRC CRE in Healthy, Liveable Communities

The Suburban Alliance is an important resource… (that) has made substantial contributions toward improving the balance between planning for urban cores and the needs of suburban residents and suburban centres. It performs a valuable service in monitoring other research and developments. These efforts encourage broader economic progress and better standards

Wendell Cox Principal of Demographia

“When we think about city growth we tend to be seduced by the skyline of the CBD filled with cranes and high-rise luxury apartments. Impressive and positive as this might be, the real growth of Australian cities in terms of population increase and residential property development lies in the suburbs,

Dr Paul Maginn BSc Ulster, GradDip(TownPlanning) Belf., PhD S.Bank

It’s timely that groups like The Suburban Alliance stand up for the suburbs, given this is how most Australians prefer to live. Urban density has an important role but should not be mandated or forced to the exclusion of suburban development and suburban centre renewal. Some professionals seem happy at

Prof Joel Kotkin Internationally-recognized authority on global, economic, political and social trends

The Suburban Alliance is a go-to source for up-to-date news and information about global suburban trends, and one of the few unbiased resources for learning about the suburban market and suburban land-use trends in general. In a time when the intellectual elite and urban planning orthodoxy vilifies suburban forms, outlets

Prof Alan Berger, MIT Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design at Massachusetts Institute of Technology