Local News

Mandarin Oriental coming

Asian hotel giant Mandarin Oriental is coming to the CBD by signing a management contract for a new luxury hotel at 600 Collins St.

Laneways get green facelift

One of the CBD’s oldest but most neglected laneways, Coromandel Place, is receiving a gradual green facelift. 

Woman died at CBD apartment

Real estate showroom

CBRE has opened a real estate showroom in Chinatown.

River Rink brings true winter

Children and adults put on their skates and spun on the outdoor ice rink by the Yarra River in July.

Police help Red Nose

Melbourne East Police Station staff and their families held a Red Nose Day fundraiser to raise money for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 

The last school

It was a Friday evening in July and the Oxford Scholar was pulling its last beers. 

Channelling students into entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial pair Arnav Dutta and Shourov Bhattacharya is determined to bring out the best in the CBD’s brightest international students.

Happy outcome for historic CBD house

Lola Russell and George Dixon got a happy outcome for their nightmare of losing their home when a development company offered to fully restore their hundred-year-old house.