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Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Relentless Rise of Branded Residences: New Report from Graham Associates
Taking another deep dive into the thriving global branded residences sector, the 6th edition of 'Branded Residences: An Overview' by Graham Associates is published this week. LONDON, May 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With 68 fact-filled pages featuring latest research, data, interviews, and insights from global industry leaders, the report analyses market trends and guides readers through a myriad of issues that need to be considered to ensure a healthy balance between developers, operators, and homeowners. Described by global industry experts as "essential reading", contents are presented in concise, easy-to-read chapters that enable quick access to topics of interest. "There seems to be no end in sight to the sector's potential, evidenced by the ever-expanding and increasingly diverse range of participating brands," comments author Chris Graham, founder of Graham Associates, an award-winning branding and marketing consultancy that works with luxury and branded real estate developers around the world. To illustrate this diversity, Graham Associates also publishes 'Branded Residences: A Compendium', a comprehensive listing of over 200 brands active in the sector. Since the 1st edition – the first ever in-depth study of the sector - was published a decade ago, it has remained the industry's leading independent report. "Faced with a plethora of choice, buyers need to understand how one brand will benefit their lifestyle and investment aspirations over another," observes Graham. "As long as the branded residential lifestyle appeals to global buyers, with innovative developers continually seeking ways to raise the bar, and brands that adapt effectively to evolving trends while staying relevant to their audiences, the sector will continue to flourish." Complimentary copies of the 6th Edition of 'Branded Residences: An Overview' and 'Branded Residences: A Compendium' can both be requested at Printed copies are available to order. Enquiries: Contact Chris Graham at enquiries@ About Graham Associates Established in 2008, Graham Associates is a multi-award-winning consultancy specialising in branding, marketing, and lead generation strategies for luxury and branded residential developments around the world. Founder and Managing Director Chris Graham is a frequent commentator and international speaker on branded residences, best known as author of the industry's #1 report series, "Branded Residences: An Overview". In 2024, the company published a sister report, "Branded Residences: A Compendium", a comprehensive listing of c.200 brands active in the sector. Industry awards include: TITAN Platinum Award – Strategic Property Program (Launch) 6 x Best Development Marketing at the International Property Awards Gold Medal for Best Marketing at the Overseas Property Professional Awards for Excellence Best Estate Agency Marketing at the International Property Awards Best Property Website at the International Property Awards Chartered Institute of Marketing's Excellence Awards (Finalist - Digital Media, Hotels & Leisure) Visit for more information. Photo - - View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Graham Associates
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Cyclone Alfred downgraded to tropical low as it nears Australia
Cyclone Alfred weakened into a tropical low Saturday as it neared the rain and wind-lashed eastern coast of Australia where hundreds of thousands of properties were without power. The former tropical cyclone lay about 65 kilometres (40 miles) off the coast of the Queensland capital Brisbane, government forecasters said in a final update. Now deprived of its gale-force winds, the storm was slowly moving north and was expected to cross over the mainland later in the morning, it said. "Despite its weakening, heavy rainfall is likely to continue over southeast Queensland and northeast New South Wales during the weekend," the bureau of meteorology said. The rains could still lead to "dangerous and life-threatening" flash flooding across the 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coastline straddling the two states. One man was missing after his four-wheel drive vehicle was swept off a bridge into a rain-swollen river the previous day in northern New South Wales. He clambered out of the vehicle and tried in vain to cling to a branch. "The man was swept from the tree and seen to go beneath the water where he has not been sighted since," police said in a statement. A "staggering" number of more than 239,000 properties in southeast Queensland were without power on Saturday morning after winds toppled power lines or blew trees and debris into them, utility group Energex said. It had been too dangerous for crews to work in some blacked-out areas, Energex Brisbane area manager Chris Graham told national broadcaster ABC. djw/md
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Cyclone Alfred live updates: 'Staggering' number of power outages, mainland braces as category one system crosses islands
Welcome to Yahoo's live coverage of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The Bureau of Meteorology has revised the cyclone to a category one system however millions are being warned the conditions remain life-threatening. There are power outages for close to 300,000 people, which energy networks are calling a "staggering" number. In a brutal assessment, they believe those without power should expect to be without it for at least a week. The Bureau of Meteorology had earlier warned residents they will face extreme conditions for six or more hours once the cyclone makes landfall. That is expected to happen on the mainland very shortly, with the cyclone already crossing Moreton Island. Follow along as we bring you regular updates throughout the day. OK, we have a major update from the Bureau of Meteorology. Just hours after the cyclone was revised down to a category one system late on Friday, it has now been downgraded to a tropical low. Now that does not mean the dangers millions have been warned about will become less likely as the sheer amount of rain predicted is still expected. "Some of the biggest weather event I've seen in my career have been tropical lows," the ABC's meteorologist Adam Morgan said Energex says there are widespread power outages in Queensland's southeast. A staggering number of 239,000 people are currently off in the southeast area. Those are the main ones. Significant numbers," area manager Chris Graham told the ABC news channel. The worst hit is the Gold Coast with nearly 120,000 people without power. And in a bleak update for residents, Graham said people needed to "be prepared for prolonged outages". He said that could be at least a week some are left without power. Good morning and welcome to Yahoo's live coverage once more. In a key update this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology has said Cyclone Alfred has been revised to a category one system after weakening slightly. However that does not mean life-threatening conditions will not occur, with damaging gusts and flash flooding expected on the mainland. The cyclone is expected to make landfall shortly between Maroochydore and Bribie Island. This is where we'll be leaving our live coverage for the day, however the Yahoo homepage will have the latest news from the cyclone here. And for vital information from the Bureau of Meteorology, you can find that here. Our live coverage will return early tomorrow morning before Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall. With Tropical Cyclone Alfred now just hours away from landfall, authorities are warning residents it's now time to get serious. Residents are being urged to stay inside 'immediately' as the wild weather ramps up. The cyclone was 125km east-southeast of Brisbane and 90km east-northeast of the Gold Coast on Friday afternoon, moving west southwest at 8km/h. 'Everyone should be off the roads and at home almost from immediately after this press conference,' Acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates said at 2pm (AEST). 'It is serious and strong winds can't be underestimated." OK, passing 2pm (AEST), all Brisbane Coles stores are now closed. Woolworths had earlier said the select number of stores open in Brisbane would close early. We'll stick with Acting Gold Coast mayor Donna Gates as she's just revealed police are working to remove four children from the ocean at Southport. "They're ignoring warnings to get out... it's very, very foolish and very, very dangerous," she said. Gates said two teens had earlier been rescued from the water. She clarified a previous warning people could get fined $16,000 for entering the water, saying they were not on-the-spot fines, however the maximum someone could be fined if taken through the courts. She said trying to scare people with that information appeared to have "fallen on deaf ears". Acting Gold Coast mayor Donna Gates has urged people not to call Triple-0 to report fallen powerlines with emergency services inundated amid the cyclone. "Don't clog other resources," she urged, telling people to call 131962 instead, stressing it was still an important call residents still need to make. Well we mentioned before a few of the Gold Coast's iconic lifeguard towers had succumbed to the coastal erosion there, so let's take a closer look at that now. Remarkably the ones that have fallen around Southport remain in tact after falling down the sand cliff onto the beach below. NSW Premier Chris Minns has told anyone who ignores evacuation orders in northern NSW will be "by yourself". While he said the majority of people are following the advice, there are concerns a small number of people will stay. "If you're one of the few people that are remaining in your house and you're in an evacuation area … you will literally be by yourself,' he said. Mr Minns warned that despite the heavy emergency service presence, it did not mean those remaining in the evacuation zone could 'ride out the storm'. 'There aren't the same number of boats as houses, and in the event of a major natural disaster we can't be everywhere at the same time," he said. The Bureau of Meteorology has released a new update, saying Cyclone Alfred is expected to remain a category 2 system as it approaches the coast. It is now just 150 kilometres east southeast of Brisbane. It's on track to cross the Moreton Bay islands on Saturday morning as a category 2 cyclone, before potentially dropping to a category 1 around midday. By Sunday, BoM predicts it will become a tropical low. Damaging wind gusts of up to 140km/h are still forecast for today, with locally 'intense' rainfall and the risk of flash flooding. 'Destructive wind gusts of up to 155 kilometres per hour may develop about the Moreton Bay Islands and exposed coastal location on the northern Gold Coast from tonight,' BoM said in the update. 'Although Alfred is expected to weaken and move inland during Saturday, damaging wind gusts may continue, particularly over elevated terrain during Saturday, before easing throughout during Sunday.' People between Cape Moreton and Yamba, including the Moreton Bay Islands should remain inside until conditions have eased and listen to the next advice. People between Yamba and Grafton in New South Wales, as well as Brisbane and Double Island Point in Queensland should take precautions and listen to the next advice. And how about this unfortunate moment for this Brisbane driver? With fears e-scooters and e-bikes could prove to be a deadly projectile, they've all been gathered up and stored together in the CBD. But one driver was left trapped by them all. Unsurprisingly the motorist's plight went viral this morning. Read more about it from the Yahoo team here. Two Currumbin Valley residents are lucky to be alive after a massive gum tree fell on their home on Friday morning. Damaging winds from Cyclone Alfred sent the tree crashing into the roof of the house, ripping open the roof and flattening walls. The occupants thankfully sustained only minor injuries and were taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable conditions. On Facebook, a woman claimed it was her brother's home, and emergency crews had to cut up the tree in order to free him from the house. Your home is your castle, as they say and it appears those who live in this Currumbin apartment block certainly see it that way. They've managed to build one of the most sophisticated sandbag walls we've seen. There's been plenty of vision from the Gold Coast's Currumbin and the waterfront there showing the water swamping the local surf life club's car park with fears the water will shortly cross the coastal road there. There's plenty at threat thanks to the coastal erosion on the Gold Coast with reports some of the city's iconic lifeguard towers have fallen. And crews in Southport are working to save the iconic bronze sculpture 'Melody on the foreshore' in front of the surf live saving club. The sculpture's neighbouring lifeguard tower is nowhere to be seen. Surf cam shows a digger looking to pull the sculpture to safety, which can be seen below. And take a look at what the site normally looks like. The NSW SES has issued 25 evacuation orders in anticipation of severe flooding from Cyclone Alfred. The most recent additions have been New Brighton and South Golden Beach on the Tweed Coast, and areas of Macksville and Bowraville on the Mid North Coast as river levels continue to rise. The NSW government admitted its evacuation orders were made too late during the 2022 Lismore floods so it is making early calls on areas it expects will need to be evacuated. There are currently 19 evacuation centres open in NSW. In Queensland four areas along the Moreton Bay coast, including Wynnum and Brighton, have beed ordered to prepare to evacuate. Redland City Island communities were last night at 9pm warned to 'Take Shelter Now'. The cyclone is forecast to reach the Queensland mainland at midday on Saturday. Well this is a somewhat positive update for millions anxiously waiting in Brisbane. The Bureau of Meteorology's Matthew Collopy told reporters just now the cyclone should weaken by the time it reaches Queensland's capital. "As the cyclone moves across Moreton Bay islands, it is expected to weaken from a Category two to a Category one system," he said. "That will mean that destructive winds are unlikely for Brisbane itself, but damaging wind gusts to 120km/h are expected and they will develop quickly as the system approaches." He expects the cyclone to pass north of the city's CBD about midday on Saturday. Collopy said waves bigger than 10 metres are expected to continue while he said flooding remains a "major concern", with the southern flank of the cyclone expected to bring 800mm across the next two days. In what Premier David Crisafulli was a "little moment of magic" amid the chaos, a set of twins have been born on North Stradbroke Island overnight. The island has been badly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Alfred however midwives and paramedics were able to deliver the twins in the town of Dunwich on the western side of the island. We've seen plenty of viral videos from Currumbin's Vikings Surf Life club over the past few days as the storm surge engulfed its car park right on the beach there. Well vision shared to Instagram by local photographer Luke Workmann now shows the damage caused. While plenty of sand has been washed away either side, the car park's tarmac has been completely ripped up. Tens of thousands of people are being warned they could be without power for over a week after storm debris took out a substation on the Gold Coast. Roughly 38,000 people in southeast Queensland have lost power, with the majority of those on the Gold Coast. 'The strong winds have carried debris, tree branches, whole trees, everything onto the network," Energex spokesman Danny Donald told the Courier Mail. Donald said if the cyclone hits part hard, restoration work will be delayed. Do you have a story tip? Email: newsroomau@ You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube. OK, we have a major update from the Bureau of Meteorology. Just hours after the cyclone was revised down to a category one system late on Friday, it has now been downgraded to a tropical low. Now that does not mean the dangers millions have been warned about will become less likely as the sheer amount of rain predicted is still expected. "Some of the biggest weather event I've seen in my career have been tropical lows," the ABC's meteorologist Adam Morgan said Energex says there are widespread power outages in Queensland's southeast. A staggering number of 239,000 people are currently off in the southeast area. Those are the main ones. Significant numbers," area manager Chris Graham told the ABC news channel. The worst hit is the Gold Coast with nearly 120,000 people without power. And in a bleak update for residents, Graham said people needed to "be prepared for prolonged outages". He said that could be at least a week some are left without power. Good morning and welcome to Yahoo's live coverage once more. In a key update this morning, the Bureau of Meteorology has said Cyclone Alfred has been revised to a category one system after weakening slightly. However that does not mean life-threatening conditions will not occur, with damaging gusts and flash flooding expected on the mainland. The cyclone is expected to make landfall shortly between Maroochydore and Bribie Island. This is where we'll be leaving our live coverage for the day, however the Yahoo homepage will have the latest news from the cyclone here. And for vital information from the Bureau of Meteorology, you can find that here. Our live coverage will return early tomorrow morning before Cyclone Alfred is expected to make landfall. With Tropical Cyclone Alfred now just hours away from landfall, authorities are warning residents it's now time to get serious. Residents are being urged to stay inside 'immediately' as the wild weather ramps up. The cyclone was 125km east-southeast of Brisbane and 90km east-northeast of the Gold Coast on Friday afternoon, moving west southwest at 8km/h. 'Everyone should be off the roads and at home almost from immediately after this press conference,' Acting Gold Coast Mayor Donna Gates said at 2pm (AEST). 'It is serious and strong winds can't be underestimated." OK, passing 2pm (AEST), all Brisbane Coles stores are now closed. Woolworths had earlier said the select number of stores open in Brisbane would close early. We'll stick with Acting Gold Coast mayor Donna Gates as she's just revealed police are working to remove four children from the ocean at Southport. "They're ignoring warnings to get out... it's very, very foolish and very, very dangerous," she said. Gates said two teens had earlier been rescued from the water. She clarified a previous warning people could get fined $16,000 for entering the water, saying they were not on-the-spot fines, however the maximum someone could be fined if taken through the courts. She said trying to scare people with that information appeared to have "fallen on deaf ears". Acting Gold Coast mayor Donna Gates has urged people not to call Triple-0 to report fallen powerlines with emergency services inundated amid the cyclone. "Don't clog other resources," she urged, telling people to call 131962 instead, stressing it was still an important call residents still need to make. Well we mentioned before a few of the Gold Coast's iconic lifeguard towers had succumbed to the coastal erosion there, so let's take a closer look at that now. Remarkably the ones that have fallen around Southport remain in tact after falling down the sand cliff onto the beach below. NSW Premier Chris Minns has told anyone who ignores evacuation orders in northern NSW will be "by yourself". While he said the majority of people are following the advice, there are concerns a small number of people will stay. "If you're one of the few people that are remaining in your house and you're in an evacuation area … you will literally be by yourself,' he said. Mr Minns warned that despite the heavy emergency service presence, it did not mean those remaining in the evacuation zone could 'ride out the storm'. 'There aren't the same number of boats as houses, and in the event of a major natural disaster we can't be everywhere at the same time," he said. The Bureau of Meteorology has released a new update, saying Cyclone Alfred is expected to remain a category 2 system as it approaches the coast. It is now just 150 kilometres east southeast of Brisbane. It's on track to cross the Moreton Bay islands on Saturday morning as a category 2 cyclone, before potentially dropping to a category 1 around midday. By Sunday, BoM predicts it will become a tropical low. Damaging wind gusts of up to 140km/h are still forecast for today, with locally 'intense' rainfall and the risk of flash flooding. 'Destructive wind gusts of up to 155 kilometres per hour may develop about the Moreton Bay Islands and exposed coastal location on the northern Gold Coast from tonight,' BoM said in the update. 'Although Alfred is expected to weaken and move inland during Saturday, damaging wind gusts may continue, particularly over elevated terrain during Saturday, before easing throughout during Sunday.' People between Cape Moreton and Yamba, including the Moreton Bay Islands should remain inside until conditions have eased and listen to the next advice. People between Yamba and Grafton in New South Wales, as well as Brisbane and Double Island Point in Queensland should take precautions and listen to the next advice. And how about this unfortunate moment for this Brisbane driver? With fears e-scooters and e-bikes could prove to be a deadly projectile, they've all been gathered up and stored together in the CBD. But one driver was left trapped by them all. Unsurprisingly the motorist's plight went viral this morning. Read more about it from the Yahoo team here. Two Currumbin Valley residents are lucky to be alive after a massive gum tree fell on their home on Friday morning. Damaging winds from Cyclone Alfred sent the tree crashing into the roof of the house, ripping open the roof and flattening walls. The occupants thankfully sustained only minor injuries and were taken to the Gold Coast University Hospital in stable conditions. On Facebook, a woman claimed it was her brother's home, and emergency crews had to cut up the tree in order to free him from the house. Your home is your castle, as they say and it appears those who live in this Currumbin apartment block certainly see it that way. They've managed to build one of the most sophisticated sandbag walls we've seen. There's been plenty of vision from the Gold Coast's Currumbin and the waterfront there showing the water swamping the local surf life club's car park with fears the water will shortly cross the coastal road there. There's plenty at threat thanks to the coastal erosion on the Gold Coast with reports some of the city's iconic lifeguard towers have fallen. And crews in Southport are working to save the iconic bronze sculpture 'Melody on the foreshore' in front of the surf live saving club. The sculpture's neighbouring lifeguard tower is nowhere to be seen. Surf cam shows a digger looking to pull the sculpture to safety, which can be seen below. And take a look at what the site normally looks like. The NSW SES has issued 25 evacuation orders in anticipation of severe flooding from Cyclone Alfred. The most recent additions have been New Brighton and South Golden Beach on the Tweed Coast, and areas of Macksville and Bowraville on the Mid North Coast as river levels continue to rise. The NSW government admitted its evacuation orders were made too late during the 2022 Lismore floods so it is making early calls on areas it expects will need to be evacuated. There are currently 19 evacuation centres open in NSW. In Queensland four areas along the Moreton Bay coast, including Wynnum and Brighton, have beed ordered to prepare to evacuate. Redland City Island communities were last night at 9pm warned to 'Take Shelter Now'. The cyclone is forecast to reach the Queensland mainland at midday on Saturday. Well this is a somewhat positive update for millions anxiously waiting in Brisbane. The Bureau of Meteorology's Matthew Collopy told reporters just now the cyclone should weaken by the time it reaches Queensland's capital. "As the cyclone moves across Moreton Bay islands, it is expected to weaken from a Category two to a Category one system," he said. "That will mean that destructive winds are unlikely for Brisbane itself, but damaging wind gusts to 120km/h are expected and they will develop quickly as the system approaches." He expects the cyclone to pass north of the city's CBD about midday on Saturday. Collopy said waves bigger than 10 metres are expected to continue while he said flooding remains a "major concern", with the southern flank of the cyclone expected to bring 800mm across the next two days. In what Premier David Crisafulli was a "little moment of magic" amid the chaos, a set of twins have been born on North Stradbroke Island overnight. The island has been badly impacted by Tropical Cyclone Alfred however midwives and paramedics were able to deliver the twins in the town of Dunwich on the western side of the island. We've seen plenty of viral videos from Currumbin's Vikings Surf Life club over the past few days as the storm surge engulfed its car park right on the beach there. Well vision shared to Instagram by local photographer Luke Workmann now shows the damage caused. While plenty of sand has been washed away either side, the car park's tarmac has been completely ripped up. Tens of thousands of people are being warned they could be without power for over a week after storm debris took out a substation on the Gold Coast. Roughly 38,000 people in southeast Queensland have lost power, with the majority of those on the Gold Coast. 'The strong winds have carried debris, tree branches, whole trees, everything onto the network," Energex spokesman Danny Donald told the Courier Mail. Donald said if the cyclone hits part hard, restoration work will be delayed.
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Teen killed, another injured in Port Orange mini-bike crash
The Brief A mini-bike crash in Port Orange killed 19-year-old Cody Erali and seriously injured another rider. Authorities haven't released details on the cause, but experts warn of the dangers of small vehicles on the road. Safety advocates stress helmet use and driver awareness to prevent future accidents. PORT ORANGE, Fla. - A mini-bike crash in Port Orange over the weekend left a teenager dead and another rider seriously injured. What we know A crash in Port Orange on Saturday night at the intersection of Nova Road and Samms Avenue involved two people riding mini-bikes. One of the riders, 19-year-old Cody Erali, was transported to the hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The other rider was also hospitalized with serious injuries. What we don't know Authorities have not released details on what caused the crash. It remains unclear whether other vehicles were involved, if speed or road conditions played a role, or if any traffic violations contributed to the accident. An update on the second rider's condition is still pending. The backstory Mini-bike accidents have been a growing concern in the area. Just weeks ago, a similar crash in DeLand resulted in a 10-year-old being airlifted to the hospital. Experts warn that these small vehicles are difficult for drivers to see, increasing the risk of collisions. Hospitals have reported a rise in injuries related to mini-bikes, e-bikes, and scooters. Big picture view The accident highlights ongoing safety concerns regarding mini-bikes and similar vehicles. Riders, especially young people, often do not wear helmets, increasing the severity of injuries. Medical professionals and safety experts continue to stress the importance of protective gear and heightened awareness from both riders and drivers. What they're saying Safety advocates, such as Chris Graham, stress helmet use and driver awareness to prevent future accidents. "Motorists need to just be on the lookout because these minibikes are not as big as vehicles, so they may be hard to spot," Graham explained. Dr. Marc Levy, a pediatric surgeon, echoed Graham's take on helmets. "Always wear a helmet," he said. "We've had kids who've come in, and the parents buy them a scooter but don't buy a helmet. Or buy them an E-bike and don't buy them a helmet. I think it kind of should go together." STAY CONNECTED WITH FOX 35 ORLANDO: Download the FOX Local app for breaking news alerts, the latest news headlines Download the FOX 35 Storm Team Weather app for weather alerts & radar Sign up for FOX 35's daily newsletter for the latest morning headlines FOX Local:Stream FOX 35 newscasts, FOX 35 News+, Central Florida Eats on your smart TV The Source This story was written based on information shared by the Port Orange Police Department, safety advocate Chris Graham, and pediatric surgeon Dr. Marc Levy.
