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CBD exempt from some apartment standards
High-rise inner-city apartments are exempt from some of Planning Minister Richard Wynne’s recently-released new apartment standards.
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All CBD awardees
Some 32 businesses have been honoured this year with Lord Mayor's Commendations.
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Like father, like son
Long before the rise of the hipster, word-of-mouth reputation cemented the Sabbadini family as culinary colonists of Melbourne’s lanes.
Read More93 per cent council rates gouge
Some CBD residents are reeling from rates gouging of up to 93 per cent by the City of Melbourne.
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Red light for ‘facadism’
The City of Melbourne has recommended that a developer be refused a permit to build an 85-storey tower at 640 Bourke St.
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Love-locks become art
Couples who fixed a padlock along Evan Walker Bridge some years ago as a tribute to their love can rest assured that, since removed, the locks are being transformed into extraordinary art.
Read MoreMarket implementation framework released
The City of Melbourne has released details on how and when it intends to revitalise the Queen Victoria Market (QVM) while keeping it open for business right throughout renewal.
Read MoreFinancial viability of market redevelopment in question
The recent fracturing of partisanship around the market redevelopment has called into question its underpinning financial assumptions.
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The day the politics started in earnest
July 20 could end up being remembered as the day the City of Melbourne’s well-intentioned Queen Victoria Market redevelopment became a political saga.
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$100 million hit to business during Metro Rail construction
Business acquisitions and disruptions during the construction of Melbourne Metro Rail will cost the CBD nearly $100 million in lost gross value added (GVA).
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Government road map towards zero emission bus fleet a win for the CBD
Vaping’s a searing health debate
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