People feel the double standard, but powerless to do anything about it.
The precinct has a brick podium for shops and a plaza with five towers for offices, apartments and hotel rooms above.
But signs are beginning to show the market is recovering.
But that is far from the end of the bad news for the sector, as The Urban Developer discovered.
The render shows the walkway to the new stadium which will be a modern design next to high rises and a new metro and rail station.
Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia.