Planning
Little Bourke St hotel changes backed
A long-approved hotel development on Little Bourke St is a step closer to construction after City of Melbourne councillors unanimously backed amendments to the planning permit at their July 21 Future Melbourne Committee meeting.
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Council backs Retrofit Melbourne pilot
The City of Melbourne has approved a new three-year Retrofit Melbourne Financial Incentive Scheme, aimed at helping older commercial buildings cut emissions, reduce operating costs and remain competitive amid high office vacancy rates.
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Melbourne tops nation for night-time economy
Melbourne has recorded the fastest-growing night-time economy of any Australian capital, with new data showing the city added almost 3000 jobs and nearly 180 venues in just one year.
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“Flies in the face”: Council rejects Town Hall tower plan
The City of Melbourne has urged Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny to reject a major expansion of Lendlease’s Town Hall Station development, warning the proposal would overwhelm one of Melbourne’s most significant civic gateways and cast new shadows over Federation Square and Flinders Street Station.
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Council backs infrastructure plan as CBD faces space squeeze
The City of Melbourne has endorsed a new 10-year Community Infrastructure Plan, with the CBD identified as one of the municipality’s most constrained areas for future community space.
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Gurrowa Place redesign approved
City of Melbourne councillors have endorsed revised designs for two towers in Lendlease’s $1.7 billion Gurrowa Place development, following changed market conditions and conditions attached to the project’s federal environment and heritage approval.
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New laws give council stronger hand on derelict buildings
The City of Melbourne is set to receive greater powers to pressure owners of vacant and derelict buildings to act, under state government reforms aimed at tackling some of the city’s most persistent eyesores.
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The rise of the “third room”: How Australians are reinventing their outdoor spaces
There was a time when the backyard was an afterthought. A patch of grass, a rusting barbecue, maybe a plastic chair or two.
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Kilkenny Inn site set for new chapter as council backs bigger residential tower
One of the CBD’s most prominent long-dormant corners appears finally set for a new beginning, after City of Melbourne councillors endorsed revised plans for the former Kilkenny Inn site at King and Lonsdale streets.
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From empty towers to a true CAD: can adaptive reuse reshape the CBD?
As the state government reviews long-criticised CBD developer incentives, a powerful new data tool from Plus Studio could help reveal which underused towers are ready to shift Melbourne from a Central Business District to a true Central Activity District (CAD).
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CBD buses named to go electric by end of 2022
Owners fight to take back control of Aurora tower
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