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Ashley Jae Freeman’s Sunsafe Property has hedged its bets on Mermaid Waters as a good market for medical offerings with its plans for a mixed-use project.The project at the 6516sq m site at Lakeview Boulevard, Mermaid Waters, proposes two buildings of three and four storeys, with both to be a mix of residential and hospital uses. A cafe is also included ine one of the buildings.The plans filed with the City of Gold Coast council show six apartments.Council records list 5 The Lanes Boulevard as an alternative address for the site.Spatium Architects has designed the plans, to be known as The Skin Centre Development.Office spaces, a spa, auditorium, staff areas, and injection and treatment rooms would be part of the first level of the three-storey building.Operating theatres, consulting and recovery rooms will be on the second level with two residential apartments on the third level.<div id="7BzhZEIp1IuvjJvTPUl9iT"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/hw9EVKUhja3MTWfYBLMfS/a28dfe981859b14555baa971513f68f6/Panthera_Snaps_Up_Sunland_s_Retail_Strip_for__46m" alt="Panthera Snaps Up Sunland's Retail Strip for $46m" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/hw9EVKUhja3MTWfYBLMfS/a28dfe981859b14555baa971513f68f6/Panthera_Snaps_Up_Sunland_s_Retail_Strip_for__46m"></picture><div>▲ A render of Sunland’s Lanes Retail project bought by Panthera for $45.8 million. </div></div>A carpark with 117 spaces would be on the first level of the four-storey building with six spaces designated for private medical parking, six for the residents and 105 for visitors.Recovery and occupational therapy rooms, reception and waiting rooms and administration rooms would be on the second and third levels.Four two-bedroom residential units with terraces would be on the fourth level.&nbsp;The site is north of The Lanes Residences project and Lanes Retail is earmarked for the corner of Bermuda Street and Hooker Boulevard to the west of the site. <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sunland-the-lanes-panthera-group-mermaid-waters-gold-coast" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sunland-the-lanes-panthera-group-mermaid-waters-gold-coast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Panthera Group bought the Lanes Retail site </a>from Sunland Group for $45.8 million in October 2021 after it won planning permission in February 2021.&nbsp;ASIC records show that Ashley Jae Freeman as the director of Sunsafe Property, which has shares held in it by Sunsafe Investments Pty Ltd and Blue Shores Pty Ltd.It also lists Andrew Michael Freeman and Ashley Jae Freeman as directors in Sunsafe Investments Pty Ltd, which is the majority shareholder.Both are listed on LinkedIn as dermatologists at The Skin Centre on the Gold Coast.Deborah Susan Freeman is listed as the director of Blue Shores Pty Ltd.&nbsp; The Urban Developer approached Ashley Freeman for comment.

Ashley Jae Freeman’s Sunsafe Property has hedged its bets on Mermaid Waters as a good market for medical offerings with the filing of its plans for a mixed-use project...

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International investment manager Hines has continued to bet on the build-to-rent sector of the property industry, filing plans for its third Melbourne project with the City of Port Phillip Council.The lots at 15-29, 31-33 and 35-37 Bank Street will form one 2900sq m site with a 18-storey tower of 355 apartments.There will be 87 studio apartments, 136 one-bedroom apartments, 117 two-bedroom apartments and 15 three-bedroom apartments. According to council records, the project will have 141 carparking spaces and 355 bicycle spaces for residents, 36 bicycle spaces for staff and one for staff at the ground-floor level, accessible from Little Bank Street.Council records list a development cost of $130 million for the entire project.The plans have been designed by Rothelowman Architects.Hines is the second largest global build-to-rent developer after Greystar with 51,000 properties in the US and the UK alone and it manages $117 billion in global real estate assets.“Our global expertise, coupled with local track record, in residential and build-to-rent development, operations, and investment management has allowed us to secure a portfolio of over 850 build-to-rent units with an end value of approximately $820 million,” Hines head of living Australia Sam Bisla said. Hines has three build-to-rent sites across Melbourne, including the Bank Street site.&nbsp;The second site is a 3000sq m site with a planned 250 apartments at 36-58 Macauley Street, North Melbourne, which was purchased for $30 million in early 2022.<div id="EUyIHW36I29ZtIJZmpqY5"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/3AfqGDdTV8np5ROdMDR3YF/a06d8d8e7b1d76c934c3044bcf96e2a7/51Untitled-2.jpg" alt="▲ At 36-58 Macaulay Road in North Melbourne, Hines has plans for 250 build-to-rent apartments overlooking the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/3AfqGDdTV8np5ROdMDR3YF/a06d8d8e7b1d76c934c3044bcf96e2a7/51Untitled-2.jpg"></picture><div>▲ At 36-58 Macaulay Road at North Melbourne, Hines has plans for 250 build-to-rent apartments overlooking the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve. </div></div>At the third site at 10 Ballarat Street at Brunswick, Hines expects an end value of $250 million for its 250 apartments.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/hines-bank-street%E2%80%93south-melbourne-site-acquistion-build-to-rent" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/hines-bank-street%E2%80%93south-melbourne-site-acquistion-build-to-rent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hines stated that they bought the first two Bank Street lots </a>for a combined $40 million in 2022 with 35-37 Bank Street going for a similar rate when the acquisition was announced in May 2022.Corelogic records state that the first two sites last exchanged hands prior to the acquisition in March 2016 for $22.5 million and $7.5 million while 35-37 Bank Street was sold in April 2022 for $6.5 million with settlement in October 2022.The project is in the heart of the Domain Precinct and close to the future Anzac Station and the Royal Botanic Gardens.<div id="37krLg6NWCja3gsecnpjiQ"><div><div id="53y3rRfhFdI5aYeYKInC26"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/7s6K4gHs3wcJFf4YcLOoBA/52f18a8c80177ccd0c77b0170e11d124/bruns_stie_hines.jpeg" alt="Hines plans a 250-apartment build-to-rent complex on this site at 10 Ballarat Street.
" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/7s6K4gHs3wcJFf4YcLOoBA/52f18a8c80177ccd0c77b0170e11d124/bruns_stie_hines.jpeg"></picture><div>▲ Hines is planning a 250-apartment build-to-rent complex on this site at 10 Ballarat Street. </div></div> </div></div>A three-storey commercial building and six-storey commercial building now occupy the site and are earmarked for demolition as part of the plans.The application was lodged in December 2022 and has been referred to the Public Transport Authority as part of the planning process.JLL is predicting that by 2024, more than 7000 build-to-rent apartments will be built in Australia with more than two-thirds of them located in Melbourne.

International investment manager Hines has continued to bet on the build-to-rent sector of the property industry at the start of 2023, filing plans with the City of Port Phillip Council earlier this month. 


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Spherical Developments has filed amended plans for a student accommodation project with the City of Stonnington, less than a year after winning planning permission.The project originally was a part five-storey, part six-storey building with 124 student apartments and 127 beds at 909 -911 Dandenong Road, Malvern East.A basement carpark with six parking spaces and access from Dandenong Road was also part of the plans designed by C Kairouz Architects.Planning approval for the original plans were granted by the City of Stonnington Council in May 2022.Application documents from May 2022 list Studio Apartments as the client. BCI records list Spherical Developments Pty Ltd as the developer for the project.ASIC records said that Simon Broons and Samuel Phillip Roitman are the directors of the company Spherical Developments Pty Ltd with companies Seventh Dector Pty Ltd and Hodgebrook Pty Ltd holding shares in the company.City of Stonnington’s planning register shows that amended plans were lodged on January 9, 2023.The changes proposed include a deletion of the basement level and changes to the carparking.<div id="5wbVWIAB7ZQtNJxQnUl8Gk"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/4S5dC2IOrx0HR9kDH7JYEo/e0666d872c8698c472fc27291b7caf07/spherical_developments_pbsa_story_mid.jpg" alt="The site consists of two lots that sit alongside the main transport corridor Dandenong Road with transport links to both the Clayton and Caulfield campuses of Monash University." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/4S5dC2IOrx0HR9kDH7JYEo/e0666d872c8698c472fc27291b7caf07/spherical_developments_pbsa_story_mid.jpg"></picture><div>▲ The site consists of two lots that sit alongside the main transport corridor Dandenong Road with transport links to the Clayton and Caulfield campuses of Monash University. </div></div>Council documents from May 2022 show that several previous applications to build student accommodation on the site with varying numbers of units had been made and refused. These included a prior application for 200 student apartments which BCI records confirmed, stating that the number of units had also been amended.VCAT had upheld all the refusals by the council.&nbsp;Carparking spaces and bicycle storage spaces are still listed as part of the project’s scope on the BCI record.The project is expected to create a gross floor area of 6700 square metres.A development cost of $10.5 million is listed on the BCI record with Corelogic records showing that both lots on the site were sold separately in 2019.In July 2019, 911 Dandenong Road was sold for $3.98 million while one month later, the lot next door at 909 Dandenong Road was sold for $164,715.Both the buyers and sellers information was withheld.Investors and developers are expecting international students to return in large numbers with housing supply already under pressure, making purpose-built student accommodation or PBSA, an active sector of the property industry.<a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/iglu-pbsa-student-accommodation-nsw-anzac-parade" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/iglu-pbsa-student-accommodation-nsw-anzac-parade" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Developer Iglu has plans for a $53-million, 18-storey mixed-use tower</a> along Anzac Parade to target several universities in Sydney.Spherical Developments’ project is close to the Clayton and Caulfield campuses for Monash University.

Spherical Developments has filed amended plans for a student accommodation project with the City of Stonnington, less than a year after first getting planning permission.

The project originally was a part five- and six-storey building with 124 student apartments with 127 beds.

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A developer's office project in Melbourne has been greenlit after a confidential Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal meeting late last year to amend a planning permitFortis will now move ahead with its plans for the 12-storey tower in Richmond.&nbsp;Developer Little Projects had initially been granted a permit in August ,2021 for a 300-apartment tower on the site at 1 Little Lesney Street and 9 Wiltshire Street, which neighboured another Fortis site at 8 Brighton Street.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-fortifies-foothold-in-fringe-with-two-new-finds" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-fortifies-foothold-in-fringe-with-two-new-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fortis bought the Little Lesney Street site in February 2022 for $16 million</a> and applied to the City of Yarra to change the permit to include land 3 Little Lesney Street and 5 and 7 Wiltshire Street.The application also included a change in project and use from a 13-storey serviced apartment project to a 12-storey office project with three food and drink tenancies on the ground floor.Council records show that it failed to make a determination on the application in time.Fortis then applied to VCAT to amend the planning permit provided to Little Projects. &nbsp;A compulsory conference was scheduled for November 28, 2022 with further hearing dates set for February 2023.The permit and associated conditions were amended at the November meeting, negating the need for any further hearings.<div id="792wggtnY8gzj0BXXUHtsA"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/jXDx2eJJOO4J97iBKExYB/beafab4f8263d454743048029febf284/Fortis_2_-_8_BRIGHTON_STREET__1_-_3_WILTSHIRE_STREET_AND_5_LITTLE_LESNEY_STREET__RICHMOND_development_application" alt="Fortis 2 - 8 BRIGHTON STREET, 1 - 3 WILTSHIRE STREET AND 5 LITTLE LESNEY STREET, RICHMOND development application" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/jXDx2eJJOO4J97iBKExYB/beafab4f8263d454743048029febf284/Fortis_2_-_8_BRIGHTON_STREET__1_-_3_WILTSHIRE_STREET_AND_5_LITTLE_LESNEY_STREET__RICHMOND_development_application"></picture><div>▲ A render of the tower planned for 8 Brighton Street in Richmond. </div></div>The council then issued a permit on January 12, 2023, handing Fortis&nbsp; around $300 million in end value in project approvals in Richmond.&nbsp;Fortis plans to create a mixed-use precinct across the 15 blocks including the site at 8 Brighton Street and the new lots added to the former Little Projects.The developer will now use 5 Wiltshire Street as the new address for that site and Pallas Capital will fund both projects. SJB Architects will design the plans for both projects.A pedestrian-focused food and drink boulevard is planned for Wiltshire Street along with plans to open up and connect Little Lesney Street to Brighton Street.Fortis bought the 1298sq m <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-development-group-brighton-street-richmond" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-development-group-brighton-street-richmond" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brighton Street site for $19 million. </a>It will have a 13-storey mixed-use tower with ground floor retail, two podium levels with 2500sq m of commercial NLA, 55 apartments over the remaining nine storeys and three basement levels of car parking.&nbsp; <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-brighton-street-richmond-development-application" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fortis-brighton-street-richmond-development-application" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Plans for the Brighton Street </a>site were filed in August, 2021.The entire acquisition cost for all nine lots in the 1432sq m Wiltshire Street site was around $33 million, according to Fortis.Plans for the site include the 11 levels of office space holding 11,000sq m of NLA and three basement parking levels as well as end-of-trip facilities, a rooftop barbecue area, bar, wellness areas and tenant-only communal social spaces and workspaces.Around 1500 workers and more than 150 residents are expected to use the precinct once completed—construction is scheduled to begin this year for both projects.Fortis is the property development arm of Pallas Group and has about $5 billion in projects in construction or being assessed across Australia.&nbsp;

After a confidential Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal meeting in November to amend a planning permit, Fortis has got the go-ahead to proceed with its plans for an office project in Richmond...

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Fyve Developments has lodged plans with the City of Bayside council for an eight-storey residential tower at Arncliffe, south of the Sydney CBD.The plans for the 2039.5sq m site at 5, 9 and 11 Flora Street are by Benson McCormack Architecture and comprise 4 apartments across eight storeys.&nbsp;Council application documents list the construction cost of the project at $24 million.&nbsp;The plans call for the demolition of the current one to two-storey houses on the site.&nbsp;The tower would have two basement levels with 72 car parking spaces, one motorcycle parking space and six spaces for bicycle storage. A car wash bay and four accessible parking spaces will be part of the second basement level.Four three and one two-bedroom apartment would be on the ground floor with an area of communal open space at the back of the building.There would be five one and four two-bedroom apartments on the first floor with one apartment designated as an accessible unit; a one-bedroom apartment and six two-bedroom apartments on the second floor including one accessible apartment.This apartment mix would be replicated on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors with one accessible apartment per floor, with two two-bedroom apartments and three three-bedroom apartments on the seventh floor.<div id="5BRPX3RNHwLyfDF8z4LVmg"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5mJLwMyEo9DU0vfmSa1Nwl/8387c49e4aed4683cfe04ad203f3a6ff/Liverpool_Tower_Hero.jpg" alt="Fyve's major project, the $200-million 34-storey mixed-use tower The Liverpool in Liverpool, New South Wales." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5mJLwMyEo9DU0vfmSa1Nwl/8387c49e4aed4683cfe04ad203f3a6ff/Liverpool_Tower_Hero.jpg"></picture><div>▲ Fyve's major project, the $200-million 34-storey mixed-use tower The Liverpool in Liverpool, New South Wales. </div></div>The Bayside Local Environment Plan 2021 designates the area as one suitable for high-density housing.Flora Street is also home to a high-density housing project approved: an eight-storey building at 31-35 Flora Street.Sydney Airport is near the site to the east while major transport corridors West Botany Road and Princes Highway are to the west.Fyve has a similar residential project slated for <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fyve-campbelltown-residential-apartment-tower" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/fyve-campbelltown-residential-apartment-tower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iolanthe Street in Campbelltown </a>of eight storeys and 75 apartments.The developer also has a major project, <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/two-year-wait-liverpool-tallest-tower" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/two-year-wait-liverpool-tallest-tower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the $200-million The Liverpool in Liverpool, a 34-storey mixed-use tower, in the pipeline.</a>South-west Sydney-born and raised Amen Zoabi and Khalil Hafza are the directors of Fyve Group, who started out with construction company Binah before moving into property development.

Fyve Developments has lodged plans with the City of Bayside council for a residential project at Arncliffe...

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The Victorian planning minister has approved Samma Property Group’s build-to-rent project put forward for one of the Victorian capital’s hottest development precincts.The project by Samma Property Group calls for a 31-storey residential build-to-rent tower at 194 Lorimer Street in the City of Melbourne’s Docklands area.The Fender Katsalidis-designed plans include 402 build-to-rent apartments, 202 carparking spaces and 248 bicycle storage spaces.The project will have 3000sq m of community indoor-outdoor amenities, 115sq m of food and beverage facilities, and 850sq m of community space.The building, featuring all-electric infrastructure, will target a 7-star NatHERS rating and a 5-star green star building certification.In October, 2022, the <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-property-docklands-build-to-rent-future-melbourne" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-property-docklands-build-to-rent-future-melbourne" target="_blank" rel="noopener">City of Melbourne received a ministerial referral</a> and determined that it could provide support for the project.Planning officers at the time recommended that affordable housing be set at 6 per cent of the dwelling mix and that the three-bedroom apartments be increased to 10 per cent of the mix.&nbsp; &nbsp;It has now received planning approval from the Department of Water, Environment, Land and Planning in Victoria. <div id="poBhRdY292PDptp82tixZ"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/22wLjWntvC0dHhQ4cehyn8/f300e46c9863f5f424c5f26d72abef94/Lorimer_St_-__Facade_view.jpg" alt="Fender Katsalidis' plans for the 31-storey project at 194 Lorimer Street in Melbourne's Docklands." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/22wLjWntvC0dHhQ4cehyn8/f300e46c9863f5f424c5f26d72abef94/Lorimer_St_-__Facade_view.jpg"></picture><div>▲ A render of the Fender Katsalidis-designed 31-storey tower at 194 Lorimer Street in Melbourne’s Docklands. </div></div>There will be 26,913sq m of residential area, and 31,078sq m of net lettable area in the community, and food and beverage spaces.The tower will have an end value of $250 million—construction costs for the project were estimated at $152 million in the application documents in October, 2022.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-brightlight-194-lormier-street-docklands" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-brightlight-194-lormier-street-docklands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Samma Property and Brightlight bought the site</a> in November, 2021 for an undisclosed price as part of Samma’s second Designed To Rent initiative.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-property-group-brightlight-build-to-rent-southbank-melbourne" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/samma-property-group-brightlight-build-to-rent-southbank-melbourne" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brightlight will provide $750 million in capital</a> for the initiative after partnering with Samma in October, 2021.Shed 21, a collection of heritage-listed sheds on the site next to the Bolte Bridge and originally built for the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioner in the 1950s, will not be demolished as part of the project.A review into how they will be managed and maintained in the future was recommended to be included in the project by planning officers in October, 2022.The site also borders the future Yarra Edge Tower 12 site on Lorimer Street.

The Victorian planning minister has approved Samma Property Group’s latest project at Docklands in Melbourne...

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BG Estates is poised to move ahead with its eight-storey office building on Richmond’s Bridge Road after winning approval for the development.The developer filed plans for the office tower in April, 2022. ASIC records list Gurpreet Singh Kahlon and Bianca Kahlon as the directors of BG Estates.The plans by Davey Architecture Studio include two basement levels for 34 car parking spaces with access&nbsp; from Coppin Street’s northern laneway.There will be a gross floor area of 3741sq m and terraces on the third, fifth, sixth and seventh floor.In April, the estimated cost for the project was listed in application documents as $7 million.The site last exchanged hands according to Corelogic’s property records in June 2004 for $2.3 million.<div id="50rTwHDh9yK6Ge909aGqax"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/1heHkXq92MwgkNZTcz2NRT/1d393391e6c2b74e8a1888da57de06c7/richmond_office_story_hero.jpg" alt="A render of a five-storey brick building, a new office project at 90A-96 Bridge Road in Richmond in Melbourne." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/1heHkXq92MwgkNZTcz2NRT/1d393391e6c2b74e8a1888da57de06c7/richmond_office_story_hero.jpg"></picture><div>▲ Leemedlegal's office project planned for 90A-96 Bridge Road in Richmond, Melbourne. </div></div>Council records show that the City of Yarra Council made a notice of determination granting planning permission in July 2022.However, BG Estates appealed to the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal on the conditions, included as part of the permit under Section 80.VCAT made its decision on December 22, 2022 and the City of Yarra listed the application as having been granted a permit on January 5, 2023.Bridge Road has long been a popular development location with a slew of projects put forward in 2022.Lei Huang’s <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/residential-hotel-plans-filed-for-richmond-site" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/residential-hotel-plans-filed-for-richmond-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HLL Development filed plans for a hotel</a> on the throughfare, while <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/bridgeworth-bridge-road-richmond-office-tower" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/bridgeworth-bridge-road-richmond-office-tower" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Stephen Anson and Robert Henry Anson’s Bridgeworth Management</a> filed office project plans for a 519sq m site at 54-56 Bridge Road in October, 2022, and <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/melbourne-lawyer-bridge-road-richmond-office" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/melbourne-lawyer-bridge-road-richmond-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melbourne-based lawyer Lee Flanagan’s Leemedlegal Pty Ltd </a>filed plans for a five-storey office project at 90A-98 Bridge Road.

BG Estates has received approval to move ahead with its eight-storey office building along Richmond’s Bridge Road...

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City West Housing has filed a plans for an affordable housing project in one of Sydney’s most promiment developments precincts.The 6708sq m site at 330-332 Botany Road is part of the Green Square Town Centre.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-most-searched-development-projects-2022" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sydney-most-searched-development-projects-2022" target="_blank">Green Square</a>, 4km from the airport, is the focus of a major urban renewal project.&nbsp;City West’s plans for the site, which is residual land from the creation of the Ashmore Connector East Road, include 275 apartments across two buildings of nine and 11 storeys building with communal open space, basement level carparking and space for retail or commercial tenancies on the ground floor.If approved, the development will offer a GFA of 25,270sq m with 23,467sq m of that set aside for affordable rental housing and 1599sq m for retail or commercial tenancies.&nbsp;The proposed nine-storey building on the southern boundary of the site&nbsp; has a stepped design while the 11-storey building would front the eastern boundary.City West Housing will undertake a design competition when and if the application is been approved. Once a design has been chosen, another more detailed development application will be submitted for planning approval.<div id="7KcwGpextVjfzwdU4u9689"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5lRWLkWDPymqWO4SpYnuIe/57644f5caff55c3df95e8e91da523ea1/green_square_city_west_mid.jpg" alt="The Acacia Apartments will be in the Green Square Town Centre just four km away from Sydney's airport." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5lRWLkWDPymqWO4SpYnuIe/57644f5caff55c3df95e8e91da523ea1/green_square_city_west_mid.jpg"></picture><div>▲ The Acacia Apartments will be part of the Green Square Town Centre, 4km from Sydney’s airport. </div></div>The project, Acacia Apartments, is expected to cost $119.6 million.Other affordable housing projects within the Green Square Town Centre are in the works.And while City West has approval for 64 apartments at the Banksia Apartments project at 74-88 Botany Road (part of the Botany Road Precinct), a new Stage 1 Development Application will be submitted to increase this to 100 apartments and to introduce a new concept with more public open space included.The firm is also working on a concept design for its Bangalay Apartments at 216-220 Wyndham Road, a recent acquisition for the developer.Other recent plans for Green Square include <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/922-935-bourke-street-waterloo-green-square-woolworths-mixed-use-project" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/922-935-bourke-street-waterloo-green-square-woolworths-mixed-use-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Woolworth’s development arm Fabcot</a> proposing a mixed-use project in the area.

A site a couple of doors down from Sydney’s Green Square has been earmarked for a potential affordable housing project by City West Housing…

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“There’s not a lot of time to get it done.”Greater Geelong mayor Trent Sullivan is right. The next Commonwealth Games is scheduled for March, 2026, to be shared between five regions in Victoria, and an opening ceremony in Melbourne.And developers could be in line for a slice of the pie with demand for housing and short-stay accommodation predicted to skyrocket across regional Victoria.&nbsp;The concept for a regional Games began in 2017, according to City of Greater Shepparton mayor Shane Sali.“The idea centred around inclusiveness and ensuring that the Games, for once, was not just about the metropolitan cities,” Sali says.“The concept was to give everyone a fair go and it was agreed that the Games should leave a legacy across the state.”This has led to a flurry of planning for new and upgraded buildings across the regions ahead of the Games, with the five cities drawing up a wishlist. And the clock is ticking.&nbsp;“It’s like 34, 32 months?” Greater Geelong mayor Sullivan says.<div id="3lb35p09cjyFqXFYcGCv96"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/3IoqHydm2lbps7O4Ny0cTj/2c3e6fe7ebf75468ffcd195a33b0102a/Mid_article_resizes__3_.jpg" alt="null" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/3IoqHydm2lbps7O4Ny0cTj/2c3e6fe7ebf75468ffcd195a33b0102a/Mid_article_resizes__3_.jpg"></picture><div>▲ Geelong will host the BMX events during the 2026 Games. </div></div>Getting it right is important.The Games is predicted to bring in more than $3 billion to the Victorian economy and create more than 7500 jobs before, during and beyond.It also provides an opportunity to deliver much-needed upgrades to infrastructure and facilities.“Our goal is a long-term legacy across our housing, sporting and transport infrastructure, as well as a strong cultural legacy, increased social inclusivity and a boost for our visitor economy,” City of Ballarat mayor Des Hudson says.And the opportunties for private developers to be involved are very real.As workers come to the regions to build projects and as infrastructure is upgraded, demand for services, housing and more temporary accommodation will ramp up.“We are about 1000 beds short in our offering,” Sullivan says.“So we are very welcoming of investment in the development of short-stay accommodation in our region.”Once the Games do begin there will be athletes, support staff, volunteers and spectators flocking to the venues, and they will need accommodation and services too.“There is the opportunity to have buildings and attractions that can host people in small, sustainable ways,” Sullivan says.“There will be the legacy demand post the Games as well.“So we can build for the teams, when they come for a few months prior to the Games and they train, they stay in the region for a while—and then it can transition for visitors, friends, families, and coaches.”<div id="5x61AJqbkUyT3tMIQdclMK"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5uFz8yrS3xNV3OPeuz1fDY/7fda8e81d3df6dc22e2a67e8d53692b9/Former_Ballarat_Saleyards__2021___1_.JPG" alt="The former Ballarat Saleyards site where the athletes village will be built." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/5uFz8yrS3xNV3OPeuz1fDY/7fda8e81d3df6dc22e2a67e8d53692b9/Former_Ballarat_Saleyards__2021___1_.JPG"></picture><div>▲ The former Ballarat Saleyards site where the athletes village will be built. </div></div>Latrobe City mayor Kellie O’Callaghan agrees.“There is definitely a significant demand for housing across the municipality and pressure to bring housing to market,” Callaghan says.“Our projections for housing needs are strong across each of the major townships,“We have excellent civic infrastructure including arts and leisure offerings and we are blessed with significant open space so the lifestyle prospects are attractive to prospective residents.”So what is being built and when?Development Victoria is in charge of building four athletes villages, several facilities and upgrading and developing other necessary infrastructure ahead of the Games.A community survey was undertaken in late 2022 and a village masterplan is due out in the next few months.Detailed designs for the villages are expected in early to mid-2023 with village civil works scheduled to occur from mid-2023 to mid-2024.Actual construction of the villages is set out for late 2023 to mid-2025 in time for the Games, which run from March 17-29, 2026.After the Games until early 2027, time has been set aside for legacy work on the villages to transform them into social and affordable housing.“Social and affordable housing is the goal,” Sullivan says.“What it looks like or any percentages [of what will be social or affordable] hasn't been defined yet.”That is because the masterplan is still being created. It has meant that while some of the projects are known, such as the athletes’ villages, others are not yet confirmed.<div id="608wvYL27z9u3LBVqEeeVv"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/462336CxKINYqEW4NWJBiQ/93724ab3325b85ca3860a3baa947d4ba/Mid_article_resizes__2_.jpg" alt="null" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/462336CxKINYqEW4NWJBiQ/93724ab3325b85ca3860a3baa947d4ba/Mid_article_resizes__2_.jpg"></picture><div>▲ The athletes village for the Gold Coast Games was successful converted into a residential developer, The Smith Collective. </div></div>Investments for some projects have been announced while others are undisclosed.&nbsp;Across the venues accessibility has been a big winner with much needed improvements to facilities and transport infrastructure.In October 2022, the Victorian government promised the City of Ballarat $150 million to upgrade the Eureka Stadium, adding 5000 permanent seats and 18,000 temporary seats, and improving accessibility.It also confirmed another $50 million will be given to upgrade the Ballarat Train Station to make it universally accessible with passenger lifts and a pedestrian overpass.Details have not yet been confirmed for a permanent athletics facility on the Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society site next to the stadium and for the village at the former LaTrobe Street Saleyards site.“We expect the Games will provide an invaluable boost to Ballarat that will span generations,” Hudson says.Morwell, within the City of LaTrobe, will also get a 1000-bed athletes village on a site at 10 English Street.The municipality will undertake other projects including the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium for badminton events, the Ted Summerton Recreation Reserve for women’s Big Bash Cricket and the Gippsland Sport and Entertainment Park for the rugby sevens and a long-term home for regional football.“The details of these are not yet finalised however some will require significant investment,” O’Callaghan says.“While the planning work for infrastructure is under way the council is also working on key programs of work around the cultural program and festivities which will accompany the sporting program as well as looking at support for local businesses for maximising the opportunity presented by the event.”Bendigo’s athletes village will be the former LaTrobe University’s residence hall at 2 Osborne Street, Flora Hill.With a population of 120,000 that is expected to reach 200,000 by 2050, Bendigo is also a regional centre concerned with the demand for social and affordable housing.<div id="3VnuLZC4IHTqXxhn4WKGTy"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/7CYCtkDbJfOzSPFQ1FHOBW/ed3bd4c8abea6f41a140a686109bd722/GIPPSLAND-web-res.jpg" alt="The site of Morwell's athlete's village in City of Latrobe." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/7CYCtkDbJfOzSPFQ1FHOBW/ed3bd4c8abea6f41a140a686109bd722/GIPPSLAND-web-res.jpg"></picture><div>▲ The site of Morwell's athlete's village in City of Latrobe. </div></div>The city is hoping to refurbish regional swimming pools, construct off-road tracks and trails, create a Bendigo low-line safe transport corridor alongside the creek and create sfacilities at the Bendigo showgrounds such as a table tennis forecourt that can become an exhibition space.The wishlist also includes upgrading passenger train access to the Bendigo Showgrounds and increase the frequency of the Bendigo-Melbourne, Bendigo-Echuca and Bendigo-Swan Hill train services.&nbsp;Duplication of the Bendigo-Kyneton line will also allow more services to be run.Further details, however, will need to wait until the masterplan is released.Geelong’s 2000-to-3000-person village site will be in Waurn Ponds.Upgrading Stead Park hockey facilities at 190 Princes Highway in Corio is on their list.Also on that list are a swimming facility, weightlifting facility and a purpose-built facility for gymnastics.But again, confirmation will come in the next few months as Development Victoria drafts a masterplan for the villages and announcements are made for funding—and work begins.And, in keeping with the theme, it looks certain to be a sprint to the finish. <hr> You are currently experiencing The Urban Developer Plus (TUD+), our premium membership for property professionals. <a href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/membership-plans" data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/membership-plans">Click here to learn more.</a><div id="2GhuueZl01Zwo2aFfjNVi2"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/12UMq5eMSEOh0QxJVBYaDt/d7507cf4ceb1365cc9ce7eaff84d06cc/tud___banner.jpg" alt="TUD + Banner" data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/12UMq5eMSEOh0QxJVBYaDt/d7507cf4ceb1365cc9ce7eaff84d06cc/tud___banner.jpg"></picture></div>

The opportunities Victoria’s Commonwealth Games in 2026 present for developers are real, but exactly what will be needed, what will be built and when remains unclear…

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A developer has been granted an extension of time to commence work on its mixed-use project in Western Australia for the third time.The Metro-Inner North Joint Development Assessment Panel decided in favour of the application by Brett Lovett’s DevWest Group for extra time to begin work on the Subiaco plan.&nbsp;DevWest won approval for the project, dubbed&nbsp;Hay 263, planned for a site at 263-277 Hay Street and 304-305 Olive Street in 2016 and has twice previously successfully applied to extend the time to commence.&nbsp;The six-storey tower eight apartments on the ground floor along with three spaces for cafe tenancies and three commercial tenancies.Both the first and second floors will each have 10 apartments and seven office tenancies, the third floor will have 10 apartments, the fourth floor 18 apartments and the fifth floor 15 apartments.Residents will have access to 85 car parking spaces on the second basement level along with storage and end-of-trip facilities for the office tenants.There will be 68 car parking spaces including 31 residential parking spaces, 28 commercial parking spaces and nine visitor parking spaces on the first basement level with more end-of-trip facilities, storage space and bin access and storage.&nbsp;&nbsp;The site was purchased from Ordberg Nominees Pty Ltd for $4.9 million in November 2011, according to Corelogic's property records. It was listed again in 2017 for $9 million but not sold.<div id="4qcHI29Wvu0x7rY8gc02ee"><picture><img src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/mMQN92ZJIvK29vRcE5jrz/3e0485d8393b8cdede044a3434e4f2f7/131203-Railway-View-05.jpeg" alt="DevWest's Railway 23 project also located in Subiaco." data-mce-src="//images.ctfassets.net/8pr762qjocl3/mMQN92ZJIvK29vRcE5jrz/3e0485d8393b8cdede044a3434e4f2f7/131203-Railway-View-05.jpeg"></picture><div>▲ A render of DevWest's other Subiaco project, Railway 23. </div></div>After being approved in April, 2016—a few weeks later in May, the developer appealed to the State Administrative Tribunal for changes to some of the conditions of the approval.These changes and an extension in time from two to four years were granted but in April 2020, the West Australian planning minister introduced Covid exemptions.&nbsp;This then pushed the commencement period to end on April 27, 2022.In November 2021, DevWest lodged amendments to the original proposal which included increasing the height.The City of Subiaco supported these changes but not a time extension and the developer put in a late request prior to the February 14, 2022 Development Assessment Panel meeting for the extension.Both the changes and the extension were approved, extending the time to October 27, 2022.Planning officers at the City of Subiaco recommended that the Metro-Inner North JDAP refuse the application for an extension of time for commencing the project.&nbsp;Panel members voted 3-2 against the council's recommendation, approving an extension of another six months, noting that current conditions in the industry were also a key factor.DevWest has developed other projects including Adelaide’s District Outlet Centre, and Railway 23 and the Cloisters, both in Subiaco, 3km west of the Perth CBD.It will work with EMCO to design and build Hay 263.<a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/perth-housing-market-update" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/perth-housing-market-update" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Perth has experienced a relatively lower rate of decline</a> in housing approvals compared to other capital cities. Subiaco is a key suburb for development with heavy-hitter <a data-mce-href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sentinel-pggm-1.5bn-build-to-rent" href="https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/sentinel-pggm-1.5bn-build-to-rent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sentinel developing the first institutional build-to-rent project in Australia </a>in the suburb.The Urban Developer contacted DevWest for comment prior to publication.

A West Australian planning committee has decided that a developer will have more time to begin work on its mixed-use project in Subiaco. 