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Little Bourke St hotel changes backed

July 24th, 2026 - Sean Car

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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Heritage strategy scrap exposes deep cracks in Melbourne council chamber

February 25th, 2026 - Sean Car

What should have been a routine tick-and-flick adoption of the City of Melbourne’s new Heritage Strategy became, on February 17, a 75-minute rolling debate that exposed just how fractured this council chamber has become.

Construction begins on $200m redevelopment of historic Hotel Lindrum

August 27th, 2025 - Sean Car

A new chapter has begun for one of Melbourne’s most iconic heritage sites, with construction officially commencing on the $200 million redevelopment of the historic Hotel Lindrum on Flinders St.

Friends of Queen Victoria Market slam Gurrowa Place approval

August 27th, 2025 - Jon Fleetwood

Some traders and marketgoers have taken a stand against the federal government’s environmental approval of the Gurrowa Place redevelopment at Queen Victoria Market.

Gurrowa Place gets federal green light, paving way for major Queen Victoria Market transformation

August 14th, 2025 - Sean Car

The $1.7 billion Gurrowa Place redevelopment at Queen Victoria Market has cleared its final regulatory hurdle, with the Australian Government granting federal environmental approval for the project this morning.

Lonsdale St heritage building to be turned into 22-storey office building

September 25th, 2024 - Sabrina Caires

The building at 436-450 Lonsdale St was vacated in 2021 because it failed to meet fire safety regulations.

$1.7b Queen Vic Market tower proposal referred for federal heritage review

June 19th, 2024 - Brendan Rees

A federal heritage review is under way for a controversial $1.7 billion development to transform the southern site of Queen Victoria Market.

Petition launched to protect Queen Vic Market from becoming an “entertainment/hospitality precinct”

May 23rd, 2024 - Brendan Rees

A petition has been launched calling for the City of Melbourne to protect Queen Victoria Market amid concerns that the market’s heritage and authenticity are at risk due to the renewal project.

“Evocative lozenge”: Collins St heritage icons preserved under new tower plan

May 22nd, 2024 - Sean Car

The City of Melbourne has given its enthusiastic support of a $276 million development above the heritage-listed Winfield and Rialto buildings on Collins St, in a project the Victorian Government Architect quizzically described as an “evocative lozenge”.