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12 May 2025
Melbourne's Build-to-Rent Dual Towers Top Out
The 17-story SKY SQR project in Melbourne's Box Hill has recently topped out. Developed by Golden Age Group in partnership with Local, it includes a...
12 May 2025
Construction has Started for All-Electric Residential High-Rise in Melbourne
Construction has begun on Ancora, a residential high-rise in the Collins Wharf precinct at 971 Collins Street. The 28-story building will deliver 312 homes—including one-,...
20 March 2025
Creditors Vote for Proposal to Sell Melbourne’s Sth Bank Development
Administrators overseeing Melbourne’s Sth Bank development, a large mixed-use residential project, presented a proposal to sell the site and use the proceeds to repay creditors....
30 October 2024
Futuristic Wellness Development in Melbourne has Received Approval for Initial Phase of Construction
Approval has been given by Victoria's planning minister for the initial phase of its AUD 1.7 billion Elysium Fields development at Melbourne’s Docklands. The construction...
27 September 2024
Melbourne Developer Selling Key Site Approved for 40-Story High-Rise
The site of 600 Lonsdale Street, in Melbourne's CBD has been listed for sale, as part of a $1 billion AUD asset sell-off by the...
19 August 2024
Construction Started for 29-Story Melbourne Residential High-Rise
Construction has begun on a 29-story high-rise called "Regatta" at Collins Wharf in Melbourne's Docklands, part of the Victoria Harbour precinct. This project, led by...
16 July 2024
Developers Receive Approval for Melbourne Office High-rise Proposal
Approval has been given for a twin 28-story office project at 522-552 Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. Designed by Hassell Architects, the development will occupy...
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02 July 2024
City of Melbourne Approves Residential Development with Seven Skyscrapers
Approval has been secured for a major residential development in Box Hill, Melbourne, featuring seven skyscrapers. The $1.57 billion USD residential precinct has secured itself...
22 May 2024
Large Build-to-Rent Project Approved by the City of Melbourne
One of Australia's largest build-to-rent development has been approved to move forward, with more than 900 units planned across two high-rises in Melbourne's Docklands. The...
30 April 2024
City of Melbourne Supports 35-Story High-Rise Incorporating Heritage Buildings
During a meeting on 23 April, 2024 with the Future Melbourne Committee, unanimous support was given for the devleopment on the site at 487-503 Collins...
28 December 2022
Developer Files Plans for 18-Story Building in Melbourne
Malaysian property developer Gamuda Land has filed plans for an 18-story residential tower in St Kilda, which will be the developer's third project in the...
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12 September 2022
Application Submitted for 25-Story Tower in Melbourne
A planning application for a 25-story glass tower has been submitted to the Stonnington City Council by two Melbourne-based development partners, Pomeroy Pacific and Quattro...
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22 August 2022
A New Build-to-Rent Project in Melbourne has Opened
A 60-level tower in Southbank, has opened its doors with a third of its 400 apartments now occupied. Home, a build-to-rent development and investment business...
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16 August 2022
Two High-Rise Towers Have Topped Out in Melbourne
A major construction milestone by Multiplex was achieved in the topping out of the two towers for S P Setia’s Sapphire by the Gardens development....
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12 August 2022
Developer Announces Plans for New Office Tower in Melbourne
Plans for 600 Collins, a new premium grade office tower in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district (CBD) was announced on 10 August 2022...
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09 August 2022
A Solar-Powered Office Tower has been Given Approval in Melbourne
Developed by Cbus Property, the newly approved office tower at 435 Bourke Street is in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and will feature a “solar...
21 July 2022
Plans are Lodged for $200m Cantilevered Tower in Melbourne
LaSalle Investment Management has proposed plans for a $200-million, 35-storey commercial tower to be built above Melbourne’s heritage-listed Comedy Theatre. The global investment manager, an...
03 June 2022
Construction Begins on Post Office HQ in Melbourne
An AU$460 million (US$331 million), 12-story tower has started construction after its planning assessment was one of a handful of construction projects across Victoria to...
10 May 2022
Queen Victoria Market Plans Win Approval in Melbourne
Golden Age Group’s plans for a 21-story tower in the Queen Victoria Markets precinct have been approved by the Victorian government. The “Block B“” site is...
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29 April 2022
Hotel Swapped for Office Scheme in Melbourne
Plans to swap out the hotel component of a proposed Melbourne CBD tower for an AU$400-million (US$282-million) office development have been approved. V-Leader’s amended plans for...
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27 April 2022
Melbourne Development On Hold Amid Legal Issues
The fate of One Melbourne, an AU$1-billion (US$710 million) four-tower precinct in Melbourne’s Southbank, hangs in the balance as plans for the 1.2-hectare site are...
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18 April 2022
Five-Tower Jam Factory Revamp Wins Green Light in Melbourne
The five-tower redevelopment of Chapel Street’s Jam Factory is set to go ahead, with Newmark Capital, Gurner and Qualitas’ reworked plans gaining approval from the...
24 February 2022
New Melbourne Hotel to Open in Complex Featuring Towering Sky Garden
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announced this week that the new Four Seasons Melbourne will occupy the top floors of the western tower of a...
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25 November 2021
Collins Street Office Tower Grows Taller
Dexus has added 55 meters in height to its US$722 million (AU$1-billion) Collins Street office tower project after buying development rights to the prestigious Melbourne...
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12 November 2021
Melbourne Project Redesigned with Solar Skin
A new design for 435 Bourke Street has been revealed. Previously scheduled to start construction in 2020, the project was delayed because of the Covid-19...
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20 October 2021
Melbourne's 405 Bourke Street Project Completes
The Melbourne project, 405 Bourke Street, has just completed. Multiplex, the project’s main contractor, topped out the building about 12 months ago. At the time,...
20 September 2021
Melbourne Residential Complex Reaches Stage One Completion
Stage one of the Queens Place residential development in Melbourne’s CBD is now complete. Located on the fringe of Flagstaff Gardens and the Queen Victoria...
31 August 2021
Melbourne Residential Skyscraper Flooded by Vandals
Vandals released hydrants on multiple floors in a Melbourne residential high-rise complex, causing extensive flooding in one of its towers. On Wednesday 25 August around...
08 July 2021
Melbourne Office Tower Begins Construction
Construction is underway for a 27-story tower at 130 Little Collins in Melbourne. Designed by Cox Architecture, the AU$190 million (US$ 141 million) tower will...
09 June 2021
Groundbreaking Imminent for Melbourne Timber Tower
US real estate firm Hines will break ground on what could be Melbourne’s tallest mass-engineered timber office building later in 2021 after pausing plans for...
25 May 2021
Mixed-Use Development in Melbourne Focuses on Site Permeability
A 21-story office development in central Melbourne received unanimous approval from the Future Melbourne Committee. The AU$800-million (US$620-million) 39,000-square-meter building in Southgate will house 4,000...
12 May 2021
Melbourne Building Featuring Starburst Concludes Interior Construction
Located in Southbank, adjacent to Melbourne CBD, Australia 108 has achieved final completion with the conclusion of interior construction. The building has 100 floors and...
23 April 2021
Developer Breaks Ground on Tech Giant's New Headquarters in Melbourne
Charter Hall has begun construction of its AU$1.5-billion (US$1.1-billion) commercial tower on Melbourne’s Collins Street, home to Amazon’s new corporate headquarters. The first stage of...
13 April 2021
Melbourne Skyscraper Complex Acquires Neighboring Property
Beulah is modifying plans for its landmark Southbank by Beulah project after acquiring the neighboring Hanover House property. The move will allow what will be...
02 March 2021
Buyers in Gold Rush for Tower Skydeck in Melbourne
Investors could strike gold with the iconic gold-plated Eureka Skydeck and Eureka 89 restaurant going to market. Levels 88 and 89 have been opened up...
26 February 2021
Lonsdale Street Tower Plans Move Ahead in Melbourne
Victorian property developer Colin DeLutis is one step closer to gaining approval for a premium 23-story office tower, along with retail and restaurant plans on...
23 February 2021
Melbourne Skyscraper Delivers What Could Be World's Tallest Vertical Garden
Developer Beulah is in the process of creating the world’s tallest vertical garden on its AU$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) Southbank tower in Melbourne. The images...
03 February 2021
Developer Wins Green Light for Northbank Towers in Melbourne
Mirvac’s AU$1 billion (US$762 million) plans for a 45,000-square-meter office tower and build-to-rent apartments on Melbourne’s Northbank have been approved with construction slated for later...
14 December 2020
Developer Wins Green Light for Docklands Skyscraper in Melbourne
Cromwell Property Group will push on with development at 700 Collins Street, after receiving approval for its mixed-use build-to-rent apartment, office and hotel tower in...
11 December 2020
Tech Giant Tenant Confirmed at Melbourne Tower
Charter Hall has secured global tech giant Amazon as the anchor tenant for its AU$750 million (US$566 million) office at 555 Collins Street, Melbourne. The...
12 November 2020
Melbourne CBD Tower Tops Out
Canadian asset management giant Brookfield Properties has topped out its 405 Bourke Street development in central Melbourne on schedule despite a limited workforce on site...
29 October 2020
Developer to Launch Luxury Apartments in Melbourne
Leading Australian property developer Crown Group will launch its first Melbourne development next month. Crown Group Chairman and CEO Iwan Sunito said Artis, in prestigious...
23 October 2020
South Melbourne Residential Tower Gains Construction Funding
MaxCap Group will provide construction funding for a AU$120 million (US$85.3 million), 20-story mixed-use residential building in South Melbourne, as non-bank lenders continue to up...
20 October 2020
Green Light for Flinders Lane Office Towers in Melbourne
GPT Group will build two office towers in Flinders Lane with an AUD$500 million (US$353 million) end value after receiving development consent from the department...
14 September 2020
Real Estate Investor Sells Office Tower in Melbourne CBD
Dexus said the sale of the 22-level office tower at 452 Flinders Street would net proceeds of $440 million (US$320 million) representing an 11 percent...
27 August 2020
Paragon Tower Project Hits Peak in Melbourne
Developer Beulah International has topped out its 48-story Paragon Tower as it continues its last push to sell the remaining apartments in the Melbourne CBD...
07 August 2020
More Than 166,000 High-Rise Construction Jobs at Risk in Greater Melbourne
More than 166,000 workers are at risk of being stood down from high-rise construction projects in Victoria as a result of new controls due to...
29 July 2020
Singapore-Based Property Group Eyes Final Sales at Melbourne Tower
Singapore-listed property developer Fragrance Group has topped out its 78-story Premier Tower in Melbourne as it pursues efforts to sell the remaining units in the...
23 July 2020
Office and Hotel Tower in Melbourne's CBD Reaches Completion
The 41-level office tower standing 216 meters tall at the Paris end of Collins Street, in Melbourne’s CBD, is officially complete. Multiplex has completed work...
20 July 2020
Local Living, Rise of 20 Minute Cities Post-Covid
As cities rebuild their economies beyond Covid-19, there is a growing call for planning measures to address widening income inequalities and density without overcrowding. So,...
07 July 2020
Victoria’s Plans to Redefine Melbourne Skyline Revealed
In a plan to “redefine the skyline," developers will be allowed to build towers up to 40 stories in the inner north-west suburb of Arden....
26 June 2020
Victoria Fast-Tracks Combustible Cladding Scheme in Melbourne
The Victorian government has accelerated the AUD$600 million (US$411 million) plan to fix flammable cladding following multiple fires in Melbourne. This adds to a number...
15 June 2020
Charter Hall Nears Completion at 35-Story Office Building in Melbourne
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Charter Hall's AU$1.5 billion Wesley Place precinct after the restoration of the neo-gothic Wesley Church...
09 June 2020
Melbourne's Newest Skyscraper Tops Out at 316.7 Meters
Australia’s newest skyscraper, Australia 108, is officially topped out, making it among Melbourne's tallest residential towers, soaring 316.7 meters high. With its roof complete and...
13 May 2020
Planning Application Lodged for 31-Story Office Tower in Melbourne
Mirvac Group has lodged a planning permit application for its site at 383 La Trobe St, Melbourne, cementing the Group’s future pipeline in the market....
27 April 2020
Australian Government Approves Plan for Country’s Tallest Building
What will be Australia’s tallest building, towering more than 354 meters above Melbourne’s central business district (CBD), Southbank by Beulah has been approved by the...
20 April 2020
Melbourne Residential Project Set to Move Forward
Pace Development Group will build an AUS$80 million (US$51 million) horseshoe-shaped Pace of Flemington building at Flemington racecourse after winning approval from the Melbourne City...
15 April 2020
Joint Venture Acquires Stake in Melbourne Skyscraper
A skyscraper that was once the tallest office tower in the Southern Hemisphere has gotten some new investors. A joint venture of Dexus and Singapore’s...
03 April 2020
Coronavirus Cases Confirmed at Melbourne Construction Site
As of Tuesday, 30 March, two known coronavirus cases have been confirmed on a construction site at Multiplex’s Melbourne Square, one of the largest development...
20 March 2020
Plans for a 26-Story Office Tower Move Forward in Melbourne
Dexus’ plans for a 26-story office tower has been given the final assent by the City of Melbourne following initial concerns about overshadowing and the...
04 March 2020
Land Parcel in Melbourne’s CBD Put Up for Sale
Retail high-flyer Harry Goles is looking to take advantage of Australia's tightest office market, in particular a development site in Melbourne's South Yarra for AUS$52...
23 January 2020
Melbourne Skyscraper Approved Under New Zoning Regulations
Cbus Property has won approval from Victorian state planners for an AU$1-billion- (US$6.8-million-) plus office tower that will reach 49-stories in Melbourne’s CBD. Dubbed 435...
10 December 2019
Student Residential Tower Approved in Melbourne
The City of Melbourne has voted in favor of a Bates Smart-designed proposal for a student accommodation tower, 407-409 King Street, to be built atop...
04 November 2019
New Government Tenant Signed for Downtown Melbourne Office Tower
Charter Hall has signed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to fill its entire 20-story 140 Lonsdale Street office tower. More than 560 workers will relocate...
25 October 2019
Plans for Office Precinct in Melbourne Pass Major Milestone
Fund manager Charter Hall has submitted a development application for a property at the eastern end of the Melbourne CBD. The redevelopment is part of...
18 October 2019
Three-Tower Residential Development Tops Out in Melbourne
The Shakespeare Group has moved a step closer to completing its $350 million development on Melbourne’s St. Kilda Road. The main contractor, Icon, is due...
16 October 2019
Melbourne to Add New Skyscraper
The highly-anticipated new addition to the Melbourne skyline, 435 Bourke Street, has undergone a significant design iteration process to ensure it meets council compliance and...
25 September 2019
Planned Melbourne Residential Tower Receives Funding
Melbourne-based developer ICD Property has secured construction funding from MaxCap Group and investment bank Goldman Sachs for its AU$440 million (US$297 million) residential tower development...
08 August 2019
Construction Tops Out on Melbourne Skyscraper
Global construction company Multiplex has reached a major construction milestone on the AU$800 million (US$544 million) mixed-use project at 80 Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD,...
06 August 2019
Plans for a 356-Meter Tower in Melbourne are Underway
Malaysian-backed developer Beulah International has entered into the next phase of its AU$2 billion (US$1.4 billion) Southbank project in Melbourne’s CBD, lodging plans with the...
05 August 2019
Construction Tops Out at 40-Story Melbourne Tower
Diversified developer and fund manager Mirvac have topped out its AU$800-million (US$542-million) redevelopment above the historic Olderfleet Buildings on Melbourne’s Collins Street in recent weeks....
16 July 2019
Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend to See Long-Awaited Development
It has been seven years since 250 hectares of Fishermans Bend land was controversially rezoned for Capital Alliance Investment Group by former planning minister, Matthew...
08 July 2019
New Mixed-Use Project Approved in Melbourne
Melbourne-based developer Caydon has received the go ahead for its AUD$300 million (US$209 million) mixed-use residential project located on the former site of Amcor Paper...
13 June 2019
Office Tower to Replace Melbourne’s German Club
The redevelopment of Melbourne’s former German Club has been approved by the City of Melbourne, which will see the addition of a 23-story office tower...
29 May 2019
Timber Tower to Rise Atop Melbourne Shopping Mall
Property company GPT Group has unveiled the design for what might be Australia’s tallest timber building, a 12-story office tower. Planned to be built at...
22 May 2019
Public Transit-Adjacent Tower Completed in Melbourne
Global construction company Multiplex has completed Fivex’s AU$24 million (US$16.5 million) Riverview House commercial office building at 276 Flinders Street in Melbourne’s CBD. Designed by...
13 May 2019
Melbourne Welcomes a Luxury High-Rise Development
Prominently located on the corner of Toorak Road and Chapel Street in Melbourne’s CBD, the Capitol Grand development, by global construction company Multiplex, consists of...
19 April 2019
Another Large Office Tower to be Built on Melbourne’s Collins Street
Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...
12 April 2019
Timber Tower Will Join Melbourne Skyline
Hines, one of the world’s largest privately-owned global property groups, has made its foray into Australian development, purchasing of a corner site in Collingwood where...
05 April 2019
Aurora Melbourne Central Tops Out
Malaysian development giant UEM Sunrise has topped out its Aurora project, an AU$770 million (US$ 547 million) skyscraper opposite Melbourne Central. The 88-story project, which...
28 March 2019
High Demand for Office Space in Melbourne Spurs Mega-Precinct Development
Dexus Property Group is set to acquire the octagon-shaped tower at 80 Collins Street from the Queensland government’s investment arm, QIC, in a deal industry...
22 March 2019
Development Freeze Halts Urban Redevelopment Projects in Melbourne
Submitted plans for projects in Fishermans Bend, a sprawling urban renewal site on the southern edge of Melbourne’s CBD, have been surging since 2017 after...
04 March 2019
As Plans for Melbourne’s One Queensbridge Tower Become Cloudy, Developer Ponders Next Steps
James Packer-backed casino giant Crown Resorts has been forced to rethink plans for a site in Melbourne’s Southbank, where it hoped to build Australia’s tallest...
27 February 2019
Final Tower Complete at Melbourne’s Collins Square
Global construction company Multiplex, has reached completion on the fifth and final commercial office tower at Walker Corporation’s landmark AU$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) Collins Square...
22 February 2019
Investors Back Out of a Residential Project in Melbourne
Jeff Xu’s Golden Age Group and partner US investment platform Starwood Capital have walked away from an AU$600 million (US$464 million) residential project at Melbourne’s...
29 January 2019
Green Light for Melbourne’s Chapel Street Tower
Melbourne’s CBD fringe office market is set to see the addition of a new tower with development approval granted for an AUD$300 million ($214 million)...
05 November 2018
Firm Selected to Lead 32-Story Vertical Campus Development in Melbourne
ISPT has been awarded the tender to develop a new 32-story vertical campus in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The 24,000-square-meter campus, known as the Victoria...
06 April 2018
Novotel Melbourne South Wharf Hotel Opens for Business
Hotel operator Accor has opened the AU$150 million (US$115 million) Novotel Melbourne South Wharf Hotel, one of several Melbourne hotel properties that will add to...
28 March 2018
New Plans Emerge for Melbourne Convention Center Site
An AU$800 million (US$614 million) apartment and hotel complex has been unveiled on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River in a partnership between China Century...
23 March 2018
Melbourne’s 671 Chapel Street Approved for Construction
Melbourne’s Chapel Street will welcome another high-rise tower, after Stonnington Council gave the controversial 22-story tower the green light. The AU$115 million (US$88.9 million) mixed-use...
21 March 2018
Developer Buys Tower Melbourne
Singapore’s Chip Eng Seng Corporation (CESC) sold its interest in the troubled Tower Melbourne skyscraper to Cbus Property as part of a massive aggregation that...
12 May 2025
Melbourne's Build-to-Rent Dual Towers Top Out
The 17-story SKY SQR project in Melbourne's Box Hill has recently topped out. Developed by Golden Age Group in partnership with Local, it includes a...
12 May 2025
Construction has Started for All-Electric Residential High-Rise in Melbourne
Construction has begun on Ancora, a residential high-rise in the Collins Wharf precinct at 971 Collins Street. The 28-story building will deliver 312 homes—including one-,...
20 March 2025
Creditors Vote for Proposal to Sell Melbourne’s Sth Bank Development
Administrators overseeing Melbourne’s Sth Bank development, a large mixed-use residential project, presented a proposal to sell the site and use the proceeds to repay creditors....
30 October 2024
Futuristic Wellness Development in Melbourne has Received Approval for Initial Phase of Construction
Approval has been given by Victoria's planning minister for the initial phase of its AUD 1.7 billion Elysium Fields development at Melbourne’s Docklands. The construction...
27 September 2024
Melbourne Developer Selling Key Site Approved for 40-Story High-Rise
The site of 600 Lonsdale Street, in Melbourne's CBD has been listed for sale, as part of a $1 billion AUD asset sell-off by the...
19 August 2024
Construction Started for 29-Story Melbourne Residential High-Rise
Construction has begun on a 29-story high-rise called "Regatta" at Collins Wharf in Melbourne's Docklands, part of the Victoria Harbour precinct. This project, led by...
16 July 2024
Developers Receive Approval for Melbourne Office High-rise Proposal
Approval has been given for a twin 28-story office project at 522-552 Flinders Lane in Melbourne’s CBD. Designed by Hassell Architects, the development will occupy...
02 July 2024
City of Melbourne Approves Residential Development with Seven Skyscrapers
Approval has been secured for a major residential development in Box Hill, Melbourne, featuring seven skyscrapers. The $1.57 billion USD residential precinct has secured itself...
22 May 2024
Large Build-to-Rent Project Approved by the City of Melbourne
One of Australia's largest build-to-rent development has been approved to move forward, with more than 900 units planned across two high-rises in Melbourne's Docklands. The...
30 April 2024
City of Melbourne Supports 35-Story High-Rise Incorporating Heritage Buildings
During a meeting on 23 April, 2024 with the Future Melbourne Committee, unanimous support was given for the devleopment on the site at 487-503 Collins...
28 December 2022
Developer Files Plans for 18-Story Building in Melbourne
Malaysian property developer Gamuda Land has filed plans for an 18-story residential tower in St Kilda, which will be the developer's third project in the...
12 September 2022
Application Submitted for 25-Story Tower in Melbourne
A planning application for a 25-story glass tower has been submitted to the Stonnington City Council by two Melbourne-based development partners, Pomeroy Pacific and Quattro...
22 August 2022
A New Build-to-Rent Project in Melbourne has Opened
A 60-level tower in Southbank, has opened its doors with a third of its 400 apartments now occupied. Home, a build-to-rent development and investment business...
16 August 2022
Two High-Rise Towers Have Topped Out in Melbourne
A major construction milestone by Multiplex was achieved in the topping out of the two towers for S P Setia’s Sapphire by the Gardens development....
12 August 2022
Developer Announces Plans for New Office Tower in Melbourne
Plans for 600 Collins, a new premium grade office tower in the heart of Melbourne’s central business district (CBD) was announced on 10 August 2022...
09 August 2022
A Solar-Powered Office Tower has been Given Approval in Melbourne
Developed by Cbus Property, the newly approved office tower at 435 Bourke Street is in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD and will feature a “solar...
21 July 2022
Plans are Lodged for $200m Cantilevered Tower in Melbourne
LaSalle Investment Management has proposed plans for a $200-million, 35-storey commercial tower to be built above Melbourne’s heritage-listed Comedy Theatre. The global investment manager, an...
03 June 2022
Construction Begins on Post Office HQ in Melbourne
An AU$460 million (US$331 million), 12-story tower has started construction after its planning assessment was one of a handful of construction projects across Victoria to...
10 May 2022
Queen Victoria Market Plans Win Approval in Melbourne
Golden Age Group’s plans for a 21-story tower in the Queen Victoria Markets precinct have been approved by the Victorian government. The “Block B“” site is...
29 April 2022
Hotel Swapped for Office Scheme in Melbourne
Plans to swap out the hotel component of a proposed Melbourne CBD tower for an AU$400-million (US$282-million) office development have been approved. V-Leader’s amended plans for...
27 April 2022
Melbourne Development On Hold Amid Legal Issues
The fate of One Melbourne, an AU$1-billion (US$710 million) four-tower precinct in Melbourne’s Southbank, hangs in the balance as plans for the 1.2-hectare site are...
18 April 2022
Five-Tower Jam Factory Revamp Wins Green Light in Melbourne
The five-tower redevelopment of Chapel Street’s Jam Factory is set to go ahead, with Newmark Capital, Gurner and Qualitas’ reworked plans gaining approval from the...
24 February 2022
New Melbourne Hotel to Open in Complex Featuring Towering Sky Garden
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts announced this week that the new Four Seasons Melbourne will occupy the top floors of the western tower of a...
25 November 2021
Collins Street Office Tower Grows Taller
Dexus has added 55 meters in height to its US$722 million (AU$1-billion) Collins Street office tower project after buying development rights to the prestigious Melbourne...
12 November 2021
Melbourne Project Redesigned with Solar Skin
A new design for 435 Bourke Street has been revealed. Previously scheduled to start construction in 2020, the project was delayed because of the Covid-19...
20 October 2021
Melbourne's 405 Bourke Street Project Completes
The Melbourne project, 405 Bourke Street, has just completed. Multiplex, the project’s main contractor, topped out the building about 12 months ago. At the time,...
20 September 2021
Melbourne Residential Complex Reaches Stage One Completion
Stage one of the Queens Place residential development in Melbourne’s CBD is now complete. Located on the fringe of Flagstaff Gardens and the Queen Victoria...
31 August 2021
Melbourne Residential Skyscraper Flooded by Vandals
Vandals released hydrants on multiple floors in a Melbourne residential high-rise complex, causing extensive flooding in one of its towers. On Wednesday 25 August around...
08 July 2021
Melbourne Office Tower Begins Construction
Construction is underway for a 27-story tower at 130 Little Collins in Melbourne. Designed by Cox Architecture, the AU$190 million (US$ 141 million) tower will...
09 June 2021
Groundbreaking Imminent for Melbourne Timber Tower
US real estate firm Hines will break ground on what could be Melbourne’s tallest mass-engineered timber office building later in 2021 after pausing plans for...
25 May 2021
Mixed-Use Development in Melbourne Focuses on Site Permeability
A 21-story office development in central Melbourne received unanimous approval from the Future Melbourne Committee. The AU$800-million (US$620-million) 39,000-square-meter building in Southgate will house 4,000...
12 May 2021
Melbourne Building Featuring Starburst Concludes Interior Construction
Located in Southbank, adjacent to Melbourne CBD, Australia 108 has achieved final completion with the conclusion of interior construction. The building has 100 floors and...
23 April 2021
Developer Breaks Ground on Tech Giant's New Headquarters in Melbourne
Charter Hall has begun construction of its AU$1.5-billion (US$1.1-billion) commercial tower on Melbourne’s Collins Street, home to Amazon’s new corporate headquarters. The first stage of...
13 April 2021
Melbourne Skyscraper Complex Acquires Neighboring Property
Beulah is modifying plans for its landmark Southbank by Beulah project after acquiring the neighboring Hanover House property. The move will allow what will be...
02 March 2021
Buyers in Gold Rush for Tower Skydeck in Melbourne
Investors could strike gold with the iconic gold-plated Eureka Skydeck and Eureka 89 restaurant going to market. Levels 88 and 89 have been opened up...
26 February 2021
Lonsdale Street Tower Plans Move Ahead in Melbourne
Victorian property developer Colin DeLutis is one step closer to gaining approval for a premium 23-story office tower, along with retail and restaurant plans on...
23 February 2021
Melbourne Skyscraper Delivers What Could Be World's Tallest Vertical Garden
Developer Beulah is in the process of creating the world’s tallest vertical garden on its AU$2 billion (US$1.5 billion) Southbank tower in Melbourne. The images...
03 February 2021
Developer Wins Green Light for Northbank Towers in Melbourne
Mirvac’s AU$1 billion (US$762 million) plans for a 45,000-square-meter office tower and build-to-rent apartments on Melbourne’s Northbank have been approved with construction slated for later...
14 December 2020
Developer Wins Green Light for Docklands Skyscraper in Melbourne
Cromwell Property Group will push on with development at 700 Collins Street, after receiving approval for its mixed-use build-to-rent apartment, office and hotel tower in...
11 December 2020
Tech Giant Tenant Confirmed at Melbourne Tower
Charter Hall has secured global tech giant Amazon as the anchor tenant for its AU$750 million (US$566 million) office at 555 Collins Street, Melbourne. The...
12 November 2020
Melbourne CBD Tower Tops Out
Canadian asset management giant Brookfield Properties has topped out its 405 Bourke Street development in central Melbourne on schedule despite a limited workforce on site...
29 October 2020
Developer to Launch Luxury Apartments in Melbourne
Leading Australian property developer Crown Group will launch its first Melbourne development next month. Crown Group Chairman and CEO Iwan Sunito said Artis, in prestigious...
23 October 2020
South Melbourne Residential Tower Gains Construction Funding
MaxCap Group will provide construction funding for a AU$120 million (US$85.3 million), 20-story mixed-use residential building in South Melbourne, as non-bank lenders continue to up...
20 October 2020
Green Light for Flinders Lane Office Towers in Melbourne
GPT Group will build two office towers in Flinders Lane with an AUD$500 million (US$353 million) end value after receiving development consent from the department...
14 September 2020
Real Estate Investor Sells Office Tower in Melbourne CBD
Dexus said the sale of the 22-level office tower at 452 Flinders Street would net proceeds of $440 million (US$320 million) representing an 11 percent...
27 August 2020
Paragon Tower Project Hits Peak in Melbourne
Developer Beulah International has topped out its 48-story Paragon Tower as it continues its last push to sell the remaining apartments in the Melbourne CBD...
07 August 2020
More Than 166,000 High-Rise Construction Jobs at Risk in Greater Melbourne
More than 166,000 workers are at risk of being stood down from high-rise construction projects in Victoria as a result of new controls due to...
29 July 2020
Singapore-Based Property Group Eyes Final Sales at Melbourne Tower
Singapore-listed property developer Fragrance Group has topped out its 78-story Premier Tower in Melbourne as it pursues efforts to sell the remaining units in the...
23 July 2020
Office and Hotel Tower in Melbourne's CBD Reaches Completion
The 41-level office tower standing 216 meters tall at the Paris end of Collins Street, in Melbourne’s CBD, is officially complete. Multiplex has completed work...
20 July 2020
Local Living, Rise of 20 Minute Cities Post-Covid
As cities rebuild their economies beyond Covid-19, there is a growing call for planning measures to address widening income inequalities and density without overcrowding. So,...
07 July 2020
Victoria’s Plans to Redefine Melbourne Skyline Revealed
In a plan to “redefine the skyline," developers will be allowed to build towers up to 40 stories in the inner north-west suburb of Arden....
26 June 2020
Victoria Fast-Tracks Combustible Cladding Scheme in Melbourne
The Victorian government has accelerated the AUD$600 million (US$411 million) plan to fix flammable cladding following multiple fires in Melbourne. This adds to a number...
15 June 2020
Charter Hall Nears Completion at 35-Story Office Building in Melbourne
There is light at the end of the tunnel for Charter Hall's AU$1.5 billion Wesley Place precinct after the restoration of the neo-gothic Wesley Church...
09 June 2020
Melbourne's Newest Skyscraper Tops Out at 316.7 Meters
Australia’s newest skyscraper, Australia 108, is officially topped out, making it among Melbourne's tallest residential towers, soaring 316.7 meters high. With its roof complete and...
13 May 2020
Planning Application Lodged for 31-Story Office Tower in Melbourne
Mirvac Group has lodged a planning permit application for its site at 383 La Trobe St, Melbourne, cementing the Group’s future pipeline in the market....
27 April 2020
Australian Government Approves Plan for Country’s Tallest Building
What will be Australia’s tallest building, towering more than 354 meters above Melbourne’s central business district (CBD), Southbank by Beulah has been approved by the...
20 April 2020
Melbourne Residential Project Set to Move Forward
Pace Development Group will build an AUS$80 million (US$51 million) horseshoe-shaped Pace of Flemington building at Flemington racecourse after winning approval from the Melbourne City...
15 April 2020
Joint Venture Acquires Stake in Melbourne Skyscraper
A skyscraper that was once the tallest office tower in the Southern Hemisphere has gotten some new investors. A joint venture of Dexus and Singapore’s...
03 April 2020
Coronavirus Cases Confirmed at Melbourne Construction Site
As of Tuesday, 30 March, two known coronavirus cases have been confirmed on a construction site at Multiplex’s Melbourne Square, one of the largest development...
20 March 2020
Plans for a 26-Story Office Tower Move Forward in Melbourne
Dexus’ plans for a 26-story office tower has been given the final assent by the City of Melbourne following initial concerns about overshadowing and the...
04 March 2020
Land Parcel in Melbourne’s CBD Put Up for Sale
Retail high-flyer Harry Goles is looking to take advantage of Australia's tightest office market, in particular a development site in Melbourne's South Yarra for AUS$52...
23 January 2020
Melbourne Skyscraper Approved Under New Zoning Regulations
Cbus Property has won approval from Victorian state planners for an AU$1-billion- (US$6.8-million-) plus office tower that will reach 49-stories in Melbourne’s CBD. Dubbed 435...
10 December 2019
Student Residential Tower Approved in Melbourne
The City of Melbourne has voted in favor of a Bates Smart-designed proposal for a student accommodation tower, 407-409 King Street, to be built atop...
04 November 2019
New Government Tenant Signed for Downtown Melbourne Office Tower
Charter Hall has signed the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to fill its entire 20-story 140 Lonsdale Street office tower. More than 560 workers will relocate...
25 October 2019
Plans for Office Precinct in Melbourne Pass Major Milestone
Fund manager Charter Hall has submitted a development application for a property at the eastern end of the Melbourne CBD. The redevelopment is part of...
18 October 2019
Three-Tower Residential Development Tops Out in Melbourne
The Shakespeare Group has moved a step closer to completing its $350 million development on Melbourne’s St. Kilda Road. The main contractor, Icon, is due...
16 October 2019
Melbourne to Add New Skyscraper
The highly-anticipated new addition to the Melbourne skyline, 435 Bourke Street, has undergone a significant design iteration process to ensure it meets council compliance and...
25 September 2019
Planned Melbourne Residential Tower Receives Funding
Melbourne-based developer ICD Property has secured construction funding from MaxCap Group and investment bank Goldman Sachs for its AU$440 million (US$297 million) residential tower development...
08 August 2019
Construction Tops Out on Melbourne Skyscraper
Global construction company Multiplex has reached a major construction milestone on the AU$800 million (US$544 million) mixed-use project at 80 Collins Street in Melbourne’s CBD,...
06 August 2019
Plans for a 356-Meter Tower in Melbourne are Underway
Malaysian-backed developer Beulah International has entered into the next phase of its AU$2 billion (US$1.4 billion) Southbank project in Melbourne’s CBD, lodging plans with the...
05 August 2019
Construction Tops Out at 40-Story Melbourne Tower
Diversified developer and fund manager Mirvac have topped out its AU$800-million (US$542-million) redevelopment above the historic Olderfleet Buildings on Melbourne’s Collins Street in recent weeks....
16 July 2019
Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend to See Long-Awaited Development
It has been seven years since 250 hectares of Fishermans Bend land was controversially rezoned for Capital Alliance Investment Group by former planning minister, Matthew...
08 July 2019
New Mixed-Use Project Approved in Melbourne
Melbourne-based developer Caydon has received the go ahead for its AUD$300 million (US$209 million) mixed-use residential project located on the former site of Amcor Paper...
13 June 2019
Office Tower to Replace Melbourne’s German Club
The redevelopment of Melbourne’s former German Club has been approved by the City of Melbourne, which will see the addition of a 23-story office tower...
29 May 2019
Timber Tower to Rise Atop Melbourne Shopping Mall
Property company GPT Group has unveiled the design for what might be Australia’s tallest timber building, a 12-story office tower. Planned to be built at...
22 May 2019
Public Transit-Adjacent Tower Completed in Melbourne
Global construction company Multiplex has completed Fivex’s AU$24 million (US$16.5 million) Riverview House commercial office building at 276 Flinders Street in Melbourne’s CBD. Designed by...
13 May 2019
Melbourne Welcomes a Luxury High-Rise Development
Prominently located on the corner of Toorak Road and Chapel Street in Melbourne’s CBD, the Capitol Grand development, by global construction company Multiplex, consists of...
19 April 2019
Another Large Office Tower to be Built on Melbourne’s Collins Street
Charter Hall tapped Gensler to design an 80,000-square-meter office tower project on Melbourne’s Collins Street, based on the US-based architecture firm’s experiences designing workplaces for...
12 April 2019
Timber Tower Will Join Melbourne Skyline
Hines, one of the world’s largest privately-owned global property groups, has made its foray into Australian development, purchasing of a corner site in Collingwood where...
05 April 2019
Aurora Melbourne Central Tops Out
Malaysian development giant UEM Sunrise has topped out its Aurora project, an AU$770 million (US$ 547 million) skyscraper opposite Melbourne Central. The 88-story project, which...
28 March 2019
High Demand for Office Space in Melbourne Spurs Mega-Precinct Development
Dexus Property Group is set to acquire the octagon-shaped tower at 80 Collins Street from the Queensland government’s investment arm, QIC, in a deal industry...
22 March 2019
Development Freeze Halts Urban Redevelopment Projects in Melbourne
Submitted plans for projects in Fishermans Bend, a sprawling urban renewal site on the southern edge of Melbourne’s CBD, have been surging since 2017 after...
04 March 2019
As Plans for Melbourne’s One Queensbridge Tower Become Cloudy, Developer Ponders Next Steps
James Packer-backed casino giant Crown Resorts has been forced to rethink plans for a site in Melbourne’s Southbank, where it hoped to build Australia’s tallest...
27 February 2019
Final Tower Complete at Melbourne’s Collins Square
Global construction company Multiplex, has reached completion on the fifth and final commercial office tower at Walker Corporation’s landmark AU$2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) Collins Square...
22 February 2019
Investors Back Out of a Residential Project in Melbourne
Jeff Xu’s Golden Age Group and partner US investment platform Starwood Capital have walked away from an AU$600 million (US$464 million) residential project at Melbourne’s...
29 January 2019
Green Light for Melbourne’s Chapel Street Tower
Melbourne’s CBD fringe office market is set to see the addition of a new tower with development approval granted for an AUD$300 million ($214 million)...
05 November 2018
Firm Selected to Lead 32-Story Vertical Campus Development in Melbourne
ISPT has been awarded the tender to develop a new 32-story vertical campus in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. The 24,000-square-meter campus, known as the Victoria...
06 April 2018
Novotel Melbourne South Wharf Hotel Opens for Business
Hotel operator Accor has opened the AU$150 million (US$115 million) Novotel Melbourne South Wharf Hotel, one of several Melbourne hotel properties that will add to...
28 March 2018
New Plans Emerge for Melbourne Convention Center Site
An AU$800 million (US$614 million) apartment and hotel complex has been unveiled on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River in a partnership between China Century...
23 March 2018
Melbourne’s 671 Chapel Street Approved for Construction
Melbourne’s Chapel Street will welcome another high-rise tower, after Stonnington Council gave the controversial 22-story tower the green light. The AU$115 million (US$88.9 million) mixed-use...
21 March 2018
Developer Buys Tower Melbourne
Singapore’s Chip Eng Seng Corporation (CESC) sold its interest in the troubled Tower Melbourne skyscraper to Cbus Property as part of a massive aggregation that...
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