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CBD renters missing amid crisis
Real estate professionals are navigating a market that is unprecedented in their careers. Belle Property’s Carlton and Melbourne leasing manager Suzie Inglis described the current environment for CBD News.
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Green light for tower despite overshadowing concerns
A 26-storey Collins St office tower has been given the thumbs up from the City of Melbourne despite concern from council officers about overshadowing.
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Residential lockdown begins
This is the kind of view many of elderly residents will have for the next few months as the CBD bunkers down to avoid the coronavirus (COVID-19).
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Palace demolition begins
The venue, a significant live music and performance space to many Melburnians, began life as a theatre in 1912, before rotating through use as a cinema, theatre, and church in succession.
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Underpayment charges
A CBD clothing shop is under fire from the Fair Work Ombudsman for allegedly underpaying its staff.
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Chart House lost
City of Melbourne councillors have bemoaned their inability to save a corner of Melbourne heritage through a prolonged struggle over gradings and protection.
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Gig economy grey area
In November last year, food delivery drivers working for platforms like UberEats in the CBD were targeted in a Victoria Police traffic operation. Two hundred infringement notices were issued, with at least a quarter of offences relating to delivery bike users.
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Spread art, not viruses
In March, Chinese curator Charlie Xiao was in McGraths Lane behind Tolarno Gallery putting up posters to promote his Instagram campaign #spreadartnotviruses.
Read MoreCouncil slams state, federal inaction on housing crisis
City of Melbourne councillors have slammed upper tiers of government for a “disgraceful” response to the housing crisis and said “business as usual” would no longer cut it for the city.
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Council well placed to support battling businesses
At a time when small business is getting wiped out by the coronavirus (COVID-19), it was good to see City of Melbourne councillors nimbly come up with a $10 million support package at the Future Melbourne Committee meeting on March 17.
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MESS moves to Fed Square, bringing electronic music to Melbourne’s cultural heart
Local anger at pub’s rooftop plans, but council largely powerless in dispute
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