Archive for November 2023

The phrase ‘commensurate with experience’ appears often in job board jargon, leaving candidates scratching their heads. But what does this cryptic mantra really mean? After almost two decades in recruitment, I thought it high time I broke down this ambiguous term – and demystified its meaning to both job seekers and employers. The subjectivity problem…

Hot news out of Melbourne’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector: Golden Age Group has struck a deal with Residential, which will expedite the delivery of Box Hill’s first BTR project. Titled Sky SQR, the project will include 425 BTR apartments across two towers. A landmark retail and hospitality precinct, designed by Oval Partnerships (who are based in…

The Jam Factory – once a buzzing playground, now a veritable ghost town – is getting closer to a glow up after the City of Stonnington approved amendments to the original planning application. Designed by Bates Smart, the 2ha precinct will soon encompass new retail, entertainment, housing and a 5-star hotel. Village Cinemas, which is…

Charter Hall has sold Orica House – which is considered Australia’s first skyscraper – to Harry Stamoulis for $155 million. The building was completed in 1958 and was originally called ICI House after its first tenant, Imperial Chemical Industries. It was designed by Bates, Smart & McCutcheon and, at 19 storeys, was the first building…

Last month, we shared news of the Victorian Government’s housing statement – which promises to deliver more than 800,000 new homes over the next 10 years. Now, the government has confirmed the first 10 suburbs to receive some of those new homes: Broadmeadows, Camberwell Junction, Chadstone, Epping, Frankston, Moorabbin, Niddrie, North Essendon, Preston and Ringwood.…

If you follow some of Melbourne’s more… unfortunate planning adventures, you may be well acquainted with the saga of the historic Corkman Hotel in Carlton. Developers Stefce Kutlesovski and Raman Shaqiri were fined $1.1 million and served jail time for razing the heritage-listed pub in 2016 without a permit. The planning minister of the time,…