Archive for February 2024

The long-awaited, $150 million Eden Project at Anglesea is one step closer to delivery after the initiation of design work. But local councillors remain sceptical that the project at the former Alcoa mine site will ever come to life. The project is a partnership between Alcoa and The Eden Project – a UK-based educational and…

Melbourne University’s Hawthorn campus will be replaced by 350 luxury apartments, following approval of the site’s development plan by state planning minister Sonya Kilkenny. The apartments will sit adjacent to a Big Housing Build project comprising 206 social housing and affordable housing apartments, which will be managed by Homes Victoria. The University of Melbourne originally…

Who said retail was dead? It’s certainly not in Rosebud, where Charter Hall has just sold Rosebud Plaza for $134.5 million. It follows a significant renovation of the facility, designed to develop a ‘sense of belonging,’ as well as enhance the retail offering to the local community. Located on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the shopping centre…

63 Exhibition Street is officially for sale again, after Salta relisted the 894 sq m property located in the heart of Melbourne. This will be Salta’s second attempt at selling the site. The family-owned company previously listed the property in 2020 for $90 million but eventually withdrew it from the market. Uniquely positioned with frontages…

Heritage Victoria has approved the construction of Gurrowa Place, a multi-tower project by Lendlease located at the historic Queen Victoria Market. The three towers, designed by a who’s who of architecture firms, will accommodate students, residential apartments and office spaces. 1.8ha of existing carpark will also be transformed into an open public area. The project’s…

New Australian regulations are forcing private companies to publicly disclose their gender pay gap data. So, it’s time to ask: how will your business rise to the occasion? The countdown to transparency is on On 27 February 2024, the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) will publish the gender pay gap data of private companies with…