Planning
A look at three CBD projects
In an otherwise-slow news month on the planning front, we take a look at three projects at various stages of their development cycles.
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Restoration of a sign of the times
Readers may have recently noticed scaffolding coming down from the former Herald and Weekly Times building on Flinders St, completing months of paintstaking restoration on one of our most iconic heritage buildings.
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Smooth sailing for CBD development
July has been a relatively quiet month within the Melbourne CBD from a planning and development perspective aside from projects already under construction.
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Planning rules target corner buildings
In June, the last CBD pub that didn’t have heritage protection, the 1925 Metropolitan Hotel on the corner of William St and Little Lonsdale, became the latest place threatened by the little-known ‘”80m on corners” rule.
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Heritage issues in the spotlight
Earlier this year, the City of Melbourne received an application for a development at 124-130 Russell St which would see the existing Theosophical Society building make way for a 13-storey hotel above two basement levels.
Read MoreBold proposal for the city’s tallest
The Royal Society of Victoria has floated a bold proposal for what would become Melbourne’s tallest skyscraper on one of the city’s smallest land plots.
Read MoreHeritage Victoria steps up
Some recent decisions affecting CBD heritage have affirmed that Heritage Victoria (HV) no longer wants to be seen as a rubber stamp – as many involved in heritage activism have thought it had become over the past decade.
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Towering over the Titles Office
The Title Office in Queen St is one of Victoria’s major 19th century public buildings.
Read MoreSlender towers are on trend
“Slender towers” are the latest craze to hit the Melbourne property market.
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A new identity for the Walk Arcade
The long-mooted redevelopment of the Walk Arcade looks to finally be progressing following the submission of an application to DELWP on February 9 for “alterations, additions (including partial demolition) to existing buildings for the purposes of retail premises, residential hotel and gym”.
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