Concrete should be coming in by the truckload, but in one of the fastest-growing regions in Sydney’s inner west, there is a development block.

The disparity in Rhodes is striking—on the west side of the tracks, towers soar 144m high while to the east there are single-storey homes.

Along the Parramatta River, prime sites are covered by older warehouses waiting for redevelopment ... but the time might never come.