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 THE new owners of a disused city college near the Queen Victoria Market in the Melbourne CBD have lodged an application which would more than doubles the size of a proposed apartment tower approved by council just four months ago. If permitted, the former Carrick Education College, on a battle-axe shaped site at 48 – 50 A’Beckett Street could make way for a 39-level tower rising 121 metres, and distinguished by a 40-metre podium at street level. The new proposal would replace a permit issued in April by the City of Melbourne to redevelop the 723 square metre block into an 18-level apartment building rising 60 metres. This permit was issued after council rejected another application, lodged in November 2010 and for a 45-level tower, based on height and setback. [...]
MELBOURNE based developer Grocon has unveiled plans for a carbon neutral apartment complex built entirely from timber. The complex, Delta (pictured, right) will be developed on the former Carlton United Brewery site, on the Carlton-CBD suburb border. Delta will include 50 flats, and be one storey taller than a similar tall timber structure, the Stadthaus in Hackney, East London, which currently holds the title as the tallest building of its type in the world. Copied below is a Grocon statement about Delta: [...]
AFTER sitting unoccupied for almost a decade, recently refurbished office space at Lonsdale Street’s historic Askew House has hit the market for rent. The art deco building at 364 Lonsdale Street sold to its current owners in June 2001 for $4.05 million and has recently undergone a major refurbishment. A new sixth level, with a large balcony on three sides, has been added to the 1937 building. Askew House is widely recognised by one of its ground floor tenants, the JB Hi Fi DVD Video Superstore outlet. [...]
ARMADALE’s next major mixed use project looks likely to rise from the site of a rundown collection of buildings between 1196 – 1200 High Street. A local private investor and developer paid $5.525 million for the 706 square metre site, which is expected will make way for an apartment building with ground floor retail, and maybe some upper level offices. Property developer and the former owner of Malvern’s Giorgio’s restaurant, George Saade, bid at the auction according to sources. [...]
It’s a case of buyer beware when selecting your pre-purchase building inspector in Melbourne.
There are hundreds of residential building inspectors in Melbourne but not all building inspectors offer the same service, some provide service to the building industry in the form of stage inspections, certificate of occupancy and defect reports.
The services of a pre-purchase building inspector [...]
ASIAN Pacific Building Corporation has pocketed $12.5 million from the sale of nine city shops, at the ground floor of the Oaks on Collins serviced office and serviced apartment building, at 480 Collins Street. Only two of the retail investments had frontage to Collins Street, both of which are leased to Oaks. The remaining shops – basically trading as a drinking, dining and food hall – sold individually to private investors, according to CB Richard Ellis selling agents Mark Wizel, Sebastian Drapac and Max Cookes. [...]
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