Melbourne Docklands is a 200 hectare, $10+ billion waterfront development in the heart of Melbourne. Located on Victoria Harbour and three kilometres of Yarra River frontage at the western edge of the city, Docklands is Australia’s largest construction project and a large urban renewal project by world standards.

The Docklands development is turning unused government land into a successful, integrated community of residents, workers, investors and visitors.

Being developed in stages over the next 10 to 15 years, Docklands is currently around one third complete. When complete in around 2020, it will double the size of the Melbourne CBD.

website: http://www.docklands.com.au/cs/Satellite?c=VPage&cid=1179455173298&pagename=Docklands%2FLayout

wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Docklands

Map of Docklands with Precincts highlighted:

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PRECINCTS

Batman's Hill map:

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Site 1:

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Site 2a/737 Bourke Street/ National Foods:

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Construction Photo by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/NationalFoods20071230.jpg

Site 2b/750 Collins Street/AXA HQ:

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http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9837/pic0026af5.jpg

Interior shots by Shumway:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=17227183&postcount=571

Site 3a/700 Collins Street/Bureau of Meteorology:

http://www.contractfire.com.au/images/700collins_02.jpg

http://www.contractfire.com.au/images/700collins_01.jpg

Site 3b/717 Bourke Street/ESMOD & Travelodge:

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Thanks archi!
I think i should just note that there will be four towers in Batman's Hill designed by Zaha Hadid.
Also to be included in Watefront City will be the Southern Star observation wheel (much like the London Eye, 15m shorter) and a surrounding shopping center
Render Roundup:
HELLO HARBOUR TOWN/SOUTHERN STAR!!!

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Site 4/Village Docklands:

Australia's largest and greenest office development.

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/village%20docklands.jpg

Heights above ground level are (some of the plans quoting lower heights do not include the plant levels at the top of the towers):

4A: 17 levels, 77.7m
4B: 8 levels, 35.9m
4c: 14-18 levels, 65.3-77.3m
4D: 38 levels, 155.9m
4E: 10-19 levels, 34.8 - 62.8m
4F: (V1 - completed) 20 levels, 70m

Renders by me:



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Walker Corporation Commences Work This Week at 735 Collins Street
17th December, 2007

The Most Prestigious New Corporate Address In Melbourne

* Work will commence next week on one of Australia’s most significant new commercial projects – 735 Collins Street
* 160 metres of blue-ribbon Collins Street frontage • Early works to commence on site establishment, demolition, excavation and piling
* New Project Team in place, including appointment of new Project Director
* Outline Development Plan approval received for this significant Collins Street address
* Largest 6 Star Green Star Commercial Development in Melbourne
* This new commercial and retail precinct will complete Collins Street, and link Melbourne’s CBD with Docklands

The Collins Street extension to Docklands is to be completed with Walker Corporation announcing that it will commence work on its showpiece project at 735 Collins Street this week. This development is the last undeveloped whole city block of land on Collins Street, presenting a significant commercial opportunity that is unlikely to ever be repeated.

Master plan approval for development of one of Australia’s largest and most significant commercial precincts with an end-value of $850 million has just been granted to the Walker-Kuok Group Joint Venture to develop 200,000sqm (gross) on Collins Street.

The $850million development will span an entire city block, with frontages to Collins Street and Batmans Hill Drive. Comparable to the Collins Place development in scale, 735 Collins Street will comprise four commercial towers set over an extensive retail domain of 8,700 square metres including an innovative retail concept for revitalising the adjacent historic Goods Shed. The first of the commercial towers will be completed in late 2009.

The project will be anchored by an innovative “Laneway-esque” podium featuring an expansive transparent light-weight roof offering patrons year-round weather protection. The concept design will focus on an enlivened and activated space reminiscent of Melbourne’s much-loved laneways with a 21st Century twist.

The Walker Corporation has moved quickly to get the development underway since achieving planning approval. Last week Walker established its Victorian headquarters and project team for the development on site.

Walker has appointed the contractor to undertake the early works package including demolition, piling and site establishment, with works commencing before the end of the year. The main contractor will be announced early in the New Year.

Leading Australian architects Bates Smart have been appointed for the master plan, commercial and retail design. Roger Poole, Executive Chairman of Bates Smart said “This is the development that will complete Melbourne’s Collins Street. It presents a unique opportunity for businesses to join other prestigious Corporates in the Docklands precinct whilst also boasting the best commercial address in Australia – Collins Street.”

The development’s commitment to a 6-Star Green Star rating will enable tenants to put their environmental credentials and commitment into action through the building of a headquarters that is innovative, creative, technologically cutting-edge, environmentally sustainable and financially responsible. The development will feature a precinct-wide central co-generation plant, and water capture and re-use program.

735 Collins Street provides unsurpassed ease of access to public transport. It is two minutes walk from Southern Cross Station, has tram services at its front door, and offers exceptional vehicular access from both the Melbourne CBD and the greater metropolitan area.

To oversee the development, Walker has appointed Brad Vercoe as the Project Director. Mr Vercoe joins Walker Corporation from Lend Lease where he was the Senior Development Manager of the $3.5 billion Victoria Harbour precinct development at the Docklands. Prior to Lend Lease, Mr Vercoe had extensive experience working internationally on major commercial and retail projects in Dubai and Asia.

Lang Walker, Executive Chairman of Walker Corporation said today “I’m very excited about this new approval which we’ve been quietly working on over the past 18 months. We feel that in developing this new master plan, we’ve brought the very best place-making skills to the table to deliver a commercial and retail precinct that will rival international benchmarks.

“This development is one of the most significant commercial developments currently underway in Australia. It will bring together a mixture of innovative architecture, iconic Melbourne elements and leading environmental design to create a thriving new precinct for Melbourne.” Mr Walker said.

Project Director Brad Vercoe said of the 6-Star Green Star commitment “This is a unique opportunity. While many individual buildings are driving sustainability programs, this development adopts a holistic approach. The end result will be an environmentally responsible development which will deliver bottom-line savings for our tenants - setting new standards in the industry.”

Walker Corporation’s investment in this $850million project in Melbourne further consolidates its significant investment in Victorian property which includes the Point Cook City Centre project, the Main Street Kew project and the South Morang Bulky Goods Development. This Victorian program of development adds to Walker’s extensive national and international development strategy.

http://www.walkercorp.com.au/news/article.asp?articleid=22&zoneid=1

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V1 (only completed tower so far) and site by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/BatmansHill20071230a.jpg

Site 5a/Kangan Batman TAFE Automotive Centre for Excellence:



$30 million investment for Automotive Centre of Excellence Stage 2
3 May 2007

The creation of a world-class automotive hub in Victoria is closer to reality, with the Bracks' Government allocating $30 million towards the second stage of the Automotive Centre of Excellence in the 2007-2008 State Budget.

The second stage of the Automotive Centre of Excellence will develop a number of practical workshops and office space at the Docklands facility, where the remainder of Kangan Batman TAFE's automotive training (currently at the Richmond and Coburg campuses) will eventually transfer.

The Bracks' Government already built the $20.5 million first stage, which houses Kangan Batman TAFE's automotive body trades training.

The funding allocation comes as part of the Bracks' Government's Skills for a Growing Economy statement, released on Tuesday 1 May 2007.

Planning will now commence concurrently for Stages 2 and 3 (designed specifically for automotive industry organisations). Construction is anticipated to begin in 2008-09.

'When Stages 2 and 3 are complete, the Centre will become more than just a TAFE-it will be the focal point of the Victorian automotive industry, bringing together automotive training, higher education, research and development, in one central location.'

Kangan Batman TAFE is working with its valued partners in the automotive manufacturing sector on the business case for the Stage 3 development. It will be presented for approval to government in September 2007.
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so stages 3-4 will eventually stretch to bourke st between watergate and the tram lines.

stage 2, primo
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Stage 1 Completed:

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Site 5b and Site 6:

Currently under negotiation. Looks likely to be awarded to Sama Dubai who are planning 4 towers (the tallest of which will be around 60 storeys and 250m tall) to be designed by Zaha Hadid and Ashton Raggatt McDougall. No renders as yet.

For Melbourne's Docklands:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/architect-to-transform-docklands/2007/08/01/1185647977807.html

Visionary architect set to transform Docklands

By Royce Millar
August 2, 2007

One of the world's leading architects is designing a Melbourne landmark for Docklands that will be Australia's greenest and most expensive office and housing complex.

Iraqi-born, London-based Zaha Hadid will oversee design of a spectacular $1.5 billion scheme earmarked for Collins Street by Middle Eastern investment company Sama Dubai. Ms Hadid, 57, was the first woman to win architecture's most prestigious award, the Pritzker prize, in 2004.

Property and State Government sources say Government approval looks likely for the proposal. It consists of four buildings - Docklands' tallest tower and elaborate civic spaces over two sites and on decking over Wurundjeri Way.

The scheme was recently presented to former premier Steve Bracks, whose response was believed to be encouraging. Docklands development agency VicUrban has supported it in principle.

Ms Hadid's work is variously described as ultra modern, supremacist and utopian. A major influence was pre-Stalin Soviet constructivism. She gained international fame with her design for The Peak country club in Hong Kong in 1983. Once known as an architect whose work was often too ambitious to be built, she is now sought after. Her built works include the Lois Rosenthal Centre for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, Ohio; the BMW factory in Leipzig, Germany; and a National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Rome.

Royal Australian Institute of Architects Victorian president Philip Goad described Ms Hadid as a "colourful, larger-than-life figure" who would bring much needed "style and finesse" to Docklands. "Docklands could do with a much greater degree of architectural sophistication," he said. "It needs to rise above the developer schlock we now have."

The proposed tower will be 50 to 60 levels high and would occupy the site once earmarked for the failed Grollo Tower.

The proposal includes sophisticated water features and extensive use of recycled materials. A Government source said the proposal was so green it would deserve an eight-to-12-star energy rating. The current rating system extends to six stars. The only two completed buildings to have achieved six-star accreditation in Australia are in Melbourne: the Melbourne City Council's CH2 in Swanston Street and a nine-storey building at 140 Albert Road, South Melbourne.

But the Sama Dubai proposal is already controversial given the involvement of John Tabart, the former VicUrban chief executive who now works for the company. After a decade at the helm, Mr Tabart left VicUrban (formerly Docklands Authority) in December 2005 bound for Dubai.

Last September VicUrban agreed to deal exclusively with Sama over the Batman Hill sites for three months. Ten months later the exclusive negotiations continue. Local developers, competitors for the sites, are furious at what they claim is special treatment for Sama.

"They got preferential treatment because Tabart was the CEO of Vicurban," one disgruntled competitor said this week. "It stinks."

Mr Tabart is not involved in negotiations between VicUrban and the Government.

Such is the wealth of Sama that it may build the Docklands complex speculatively, gambling that tenants will be found later. Such risk-taking has been rare in Melbourne since the property meltdown of the early 1990s.

The cashed-up company has billions to invest across the world and is believed to be targeting stable Western economies for investment. But it is highly sensitive to any potential hostility to Arab investment in countries such as Australia.

A theme of the proposed project is the re-establishment and celebration of Batman's Hill, once a city focal point and location of John Batman's home from 1836. The hill, now more of a rise, was levelled to make way for Spencer Street Station in the mid-1860s.

Architects Ashton Raggatt McDougall and development investment firm EPC Partners are believed to be among local firms involved in the Sama scheme. Major Projects Minister Theo Theophanous issued a carefully worded statement to The Age this week that sounded promising for the developers.

"No decisions have been made about the future of this project," it said. "However, we are keen to keep expanding the Docklands, which is a vibrant community."

VicUrban said it did not discuss proposals under consideration.

Responses could not be obtained from Sama Dubai or Ms Hadid.

These are some alternate designs for Site 5b:

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ANZ (Australia's 3rd Largest bank) are building an 80,000sqm office in Victoria Harbour with a 6 star energy rating. 11 stories but still to be the biggest office in the country...

Seeing as it was me who strayed off topic I thought I'd get back on topic with these:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/741/anzenviroke5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Same as before but now with the wind turbines included:

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/5182/anzwindkx1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

And updated render from the river:

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The original plan for the Zaha Hadid site was the 560m Grollo Tower that was approved and well on its way to becoming the worlds tallest when it fell through because of a funding disagreement.

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Site 7/643 Collins Street/Media House-Fairfax HQ:

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http://www.theage.com.au/news/general/iagei-set-for-hightech-new-home/2007/12/13/1197135597809.html

Video (http://media.theage.com.au/?rid=33958)

New Age building revealed
Natalie Craig
December 14, 2007

The Age has raised the curtains on its eye-catching new headquarters: a high-tech, transparent building that will give pedestrians a view of the excitement and drama of news reporting.

Premier John Brumby presided over the unveiling of the design this morning in the basement of The Age's current home at 250 Spencer Street.

The $110 million building, due for completion in late 2009, will sit on the corner of Collins and Spencer streets, at the crossroads of the CBD and Docklands.

Ron Walker, chairman of Fairfax Media, publisher of The Age, said the building would cement the paper's future in "the heart of the city".

It would accommodate more than 1400 Fairfax Media staff, from The Age, 3AW radio, Fairfax Digital and the Melbourne bureaus of the Australian Financial Review and Business Review Weekly.

A long, grassy forecourt, plaza, cafe, auditorium, and simulated ticker tape newsreel would encourage people to meet and socialise at Media House and give a sense of the immediacy of breaking news.

Located well back from Spencer Street, opposite Southern Cross Station and next to the Grand Hotel, the north face of the long, eight-storey building will extend for about 150 metres along Collins Street.

The building will aim for a 5-star Green Star rating. The glass facade will be protected from harsh northern sun by awnings and high-performance glazing. Solar panels will heat water; air-conditioning will run on 100% fresh air and rainwater will be collected and used for irrigation.

Editorial staff will work on two large, open-plan floors designed to enhance movement and communication and further integrate new and old technology, including print, broadcast and online media.

A control centre, visible from the street, will accommodate news desk staff, while supporting journalists will be arranged around the core.

Project designer James Milledge, director of Bates Smart architects, said the interior design was intended to reflect the value of all staff.

"No one will own a window," he said, "The narrowness of the building will also let more natural light in.

"It's exciting, it's flexible and modular - so the spaces can be changed easily in the future."

Fairfax Media chief executive David Kirk said the intention was not to rebuild a newspaper, but to create a digital media headquarters with fibre-optic technology already built-in. Print and online editors would sit together and make decisions together, and video would be an increasing part of news coverage.

"We will have broader reach across the community . . . we will reach your desktop and your mobile phone, your radio, your BlackBerry, your laptop and your iPod - and we will reach you on whatever comes next," Mr Kirk said.

Melbourne developer Grocon will be responsible for construction, including an extensive supporting deck over existing railway lines.

Grocon chief executive Daniel Grollo said construction over railway lines had already begun and that negotiations with State Government stakeholders including Connex emphasised safe working conditions and minimal train delays.

This morning's launch included an overview of the 153-year history of The Age, including the move of the printing presses from within the paper's offices to a $220 million centre at Tullamarine in 2002.

Guests including State Opposition leader Ted Baillieu, Melbourne Lord Mayor John So and former Age editor Creighton Burns were ushered to their seats by paperboys dressed in breeches and felt hats. They sat in what was once the old reel room, where massive newspaper rolls about 20 kilometres long were stored. It was an austere setting compared to the computerised images of the bright, digitally enhanced "newsroom of the future": Media House.

ROFL. :applause: Go Melbourne ^-^

Victoria Harbour:

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Website:http://www.victoriaharbour.com.au/llweb/victoriaharbour/main.nsf/html/index?opendocument

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Site V1/National Australia Bank HQ:

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pic by rpiker101, flickr:

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Site V2/Ericsson House:

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Pic by Drunkill:

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Site V3/Dock 5:

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Site C1/The Mosaic:

Construction pic by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/VicHarbour20071208b.jpg

Site C10/The Montage:

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Site C3/The Gauge:

http://www.propertylook.com.au/listings/JLL/JLL_42/300/JLL_42_88142_112555.jpg

Construction pic by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/VicHarbour20071208c.jpg

Site Y1/833 Collins Street/ANZ

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Construction pic by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/ANZ20071230.jpg

Yarra's Edge

Completed towers:

http://www.ajr.com.au/images/yarras-edge.jpg

Pic by Dean-Melbourne, flickr:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2095/1577279143_0568fd988a.jpg?v=1193366136

Overview:

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Details:

* Marina Precinct (Towers 1-5): 772 apartments, $570 million, Completed
* River Precinct low rise: 83 dwellings, $144 million, Completion December 2008.
* Park precinct (Towers 6-8): 554 apartments, $492 million, Completion December 2010.
* River Precinct Highrise (Towers 9-11): 409 apartments, $328 million, completion December 2016.


Render of River Precinct townhouses:

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2007/12/28/mbn_docklands_wideweb__470x290,0.jpg

Construction pic of River Precinct townhouses site by Ozfrog:

http://ozfrog.thehoddlegrid.net/construction/YarrasEdge20071230.jpg

Article:

Cashed-up Melburnians fork out $60m in a frenzy
The Age

INTEREST rate rises? Economic downturn? Bah, Humbug! The prospect of either, it seems, could not have deterred the well-heeled clients of Mirvac when the giant property developer recently put up for sale 27 waterside townhouses at its Yarra's Edge development.

More than $60 million worth of prime, north-facing Docklands real estate was snapped up in just a few hours, signifying a new phase in the once-blighted urban renewal of Melbourne's western fringe.

The properties were bought off-the-plan for up to $5 million each, with nine of the houses boasting a marina berth just a few steps from the front door as well as their own internal courtyard and lap swimming pool.

Nearly all the townhouses were bought by locals in a quirky ballot that was not widely advertised. Mirvac trawled through its client base and waiting lists, inviting potential buyers to register an interest for $10,000 each. They then virtually pulled names from a hat. About 50 potential customers missed out.

The successful buyers came from Brighton and other bayside suburbs, as well as the inner city, and included a number of owners of apartments in Mirvac's five already-completed Yarra's Edge apartment towers. Many of the buyers wanted to bring their boats with them.

The stunning pre-Christmas sale was the first in Mirvac's so-called "river precinct" of low-rise properties that sit within its strip of land stretching from the south-west corner of the central business district to Bolte Bridge.

The 27 houses are to be built in three rows: prices ranged from $4.95 million for more than 530 square metres of split-level riverfront luxury to $855,000 for the smaller, so-called "home office" dwellings to the rear.

Mirvac plans to build 82 of the townhouses amid its 10 planned apartment towers, but has yet to decide when to take the next tranche to market.

The demand augurs well for a new phase in Docklands' evolution: other big developers MAB Corporation, ING and Lend Lease are also selling low-rise residential projects within their precincts at NewQuay and Victoria Harbour. But Mirvac has boasted that its townhouses are the only freehold offering in Docklands, free of any body corporate hassles.

"I think the Docklands is really starting to hit its stride," Mirvac sales manager Tom Ormerod said yesterday. "The place has evolved a heck of a lot.

"There's far more certainty about the amenities that are going in down there. It's given people the sort of lifestyle choices that they probably haven't previously had. The place is coming to fruition, essentially."

Docklands' evolution, however, has tended to be stop-start. An apartment glut and lack of investor interest a few years ago put a damper on the area's development. But the new range of residential offerings appears to have reinvigorated the market.

MAB Corporation is promoting the first stage of its low-rise luxury waterside apartments west of NewQuay, with three-storey, three and four-bedroom units selling for between $2.5 million and $3.5 million. All up, 60 residences are planned.

ING is also offering a mix of townhouse-style living as part of its nearby Waterfront City development, while Lend Lease is building two complexes, the Mosaic and the Montage, which offer a small number of townhouses amid apartments on its Victoria Harbour site at the end of Bourke Street.

But Mirvac's river precinct has set a high watermark for price, with the prospect of extensive interest in future offerings. Clients who missed the cut were refunded their $10,000 ballot fee. Some had been waiting up to six months for the opportunity to bag one of the 27 houses.

After the sell-off, successful buyers were given a taste of the exclusive lifestyle, celebrating aboard a 60-foot launch.

The townhouses, which start at 173 square metres, are expected to be completed by early 2009. Mr Ormerod said it was not his decision when a second lot of the townhouses were released. "Certainly we had a lot of people put down $10,000 … There's enough demand down there to almost do another release straight away. "

Though the demand for the townhouses looks to have captured most recent interest, apartment sales have rebounded. Mirvac has just five apartments left to sell in its fifth Yarra's Edge tower and is expected to start selling for tower six next year.

NewQuay

website:http://www.newquay.com.au/

http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/8850/newquayia2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Completed towers: Nolan, Arkely, Palladio, Boyd

Pic by The Collector

http://www.thecollectormm.com/gallery/photography/City/slides/NewQuay1.jpg

Pics by avidday, flickr

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/39/121096208_8b62966353_o.jpg

Conder tower:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/36/121096222_185e393e21_o.jpg

HQ NewQuay:http://www.hqnewquay.com.au/

370 Docklands Drive:

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/6341/370docklandsdrivevq8.jpg

pic by silvermb:

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/dao200712.jpg

Aquavista tower:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5002/pic0090di5.jpg

Lots 5 & 9:

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2421/docklandsdriveofficetowxa3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6072/docklandsdriveofficetowdk9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lot14b:

Age/Capital Gain
27/10/2007

CSC in Docklands hunt

INFORMATION technology group Computer Sciences Corporation could be the next tenant to call Docklands home.

Speculation mounted this week that the group is in advanced nego-tiations with developer MAB Corporation to lease a new custom-built office building at New Quay, north of Victoria Harbour.

CSC has been in the market for 13,000 square metres for a consoli-dated office and data centre for about a year. A spokeswoman confirmed the company planned to move to Docklands, although she refused to comment on any deal with MAB Corporation.

"CSC will consolidate its existing Melbourne offices in the CBD, St Kilda Road and Southbank into a sin-gle site in Docklands, which will house 700 to 800 employees," the spokeswoman said. "We can't discuss the specific location at this time."

Industry sources say MAB and an unnamed joint venture partner are negotiating to build the office on a Docklands Drive site, near MAB's strata office development Aquavista. A representative from MAB Corporation declined to comment. GPT's new Docklands development Ericsson House, at 818 Bourke Street, repor-tedly had also been under consideration by CSC.

The Avenues, NewQuay Western Precinct:

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“The Avenues at NewQuay” Melbourne’s Multi-Million Dollar Waterside Housing Precinct

Picture this: you've moved from the suburbs to Melbourne's premier waterside living destination, NewQuay Docklands. Every morning you wake to the sounds of water lapping in your front yard marina, home to your personal yacht. You step out of bed and enjoy the unobstructed water, city or park views from your individually designed three storey town residence. Welcome to "The Avenues at NewQuay".

This was MAB Corporation's vision for NewQuay ten years ago. Guy Pahor, Chief Operating Officer said, "we believe The Avenues at NewQuay will rival any Sydney harbourside development offering Melburnians the promise of city living without compromising their desire for space, luxury and quality. The Avenues will be a tranquil low rise premium waterfront residential precinct on the edge of Melbourne's CBD."

The three storey town residences will be flanked by water and a major urban park, offering residents' open city views across Victoria Harbour and front row seats in Melbourne's newest urban park. The first stage of development will see nine exclusive water front residences released to the market. A further 20 homes will complete the development.

The starting price for the town residences on the waterfront will be upwards of $3.5 million and for the residences facing the park upwards of $2.5 million. The expected value of the first stage of development once completed will be around $60 million. Each town residence will have a four car garage, cellar, home theatre, home office, elevators and three or four bedrooms as well as large entertaining terraces.

Behind the waterfront, will be Quay Park, Melbourne's newest urban park - a large, sheltered, green oasis. The parkside residences will have front row north facing views across the park. Quay Park and the adjacent waterfront will be seamlessly integrated via a network of public paths and promenades.

"Quay Park will become a destination for both locals and visitors alike and be a home for vibrant public art works including dramatic outdoor sculptures, murals and water sculptures," added Mr Pahor.

Two renowned Australian designers have been commissioned by MAB Corporation to design the town residences because of their experience in developing individual, premium homes. The award winning design team, BBP Architects and Plus Architecture, will collaborate on the project and work individually to design each town residence with its own distinctive design.

"The town residences will be placed on the market over the coming week and MAB has already been fielding calls from interested buyers enquiring about what we are confident will be Melbourne's most exclusive waterfront homes," said Mr Pahor.

Stadium Precinct

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Telstra Dome (formerly Colonial Stadium):

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South West Stadium Precinct/Victoria Point:

pic by Eric morot, flickr:

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North East Stadium Precinct (NESP):



NESP, East Tower 15 storeys, West Tower 18 storeys:

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North West Stadium Precinct (NWSP):

360 Degrees:

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South East Stadium Precinct:

Down to two bidders, decision expected in the next month.

South-East Stadium Outcome Moves a Step Closer
Thursday, 20 December 2007

The competition for the right to develop one of the few remaining Docklands sites tightened today, with VicUrban announcing a final shortlist of two for the South East Stadium Precinct.

The final two bidders are Bourke Junction Consortium (ISPT, CBUS Property and EPC Partners) and the joint venture of Leighton Properties and Devine Limited.

VicUrban's General Manager - Docklands and Major Projects Michael Hynes, says all the proposals received were of a very high standard.

'It was an incredibly strong field with expressions of interest received from 13 development entities in August, of which four were requested to submit proposals in September,' Mr Hynes said.

'The strong interest in the site and the high quality of the bids is consistent with the wider interest in Docklands, which is increasing its reputation daily as a premier location to live, work, invest and visit,' he said.

The two consortiums will now finalise their bids, submitting their final proposals early in the New Year with the successful developer to be announced soon after.

The South East Stadium Precinct is a 1.6 ha site, ideally positioned between Telstra Dome and Southern Cross Station, with Bourke Street frontage. It is a key connection between Docklands and the CBD for pedestrians, cyclists and public transport users.

Mr Hynes says he is confident the final proposal will complement the other activities, facilities and developments in the area.

The Melbourne Docklands precinct is currently one third complete or under construction and by around 2020 is expected to be home to 20,000 residents and 40,000 workers with 20 million visitors annually.

Digital Harbour aka Commonwealth Technology Port

Masterplan:

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Completed:

Innovation Building:

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Port1010:

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1010 La Trobe at Digital Harbour Receives Commendation
for Outstanding Commercial Architecture

Melbourne, October 31, 2007 - 1010 LaTrobe at Digital Harbour - Melbourne’s newest commercial waterfront precinct - received a commendation for excellence in commercial architecture at the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National Architecture Awards.

The RAIA architecture awards celebrate the nations most inspiring architectural projects and the architects who created them. A total of 27 awards and commendations across 11 categories were awarded to projects in Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT, NSW, NT, the UK and China.

Digital Harbour received a commendation for its new 1010 LaTrobe building. The Jury commended 1010 LaTrobe for challenging the traditional approach to corporate architecture by presenting a sophisticated and unique work environment for contemporary businesses, while also achieving an extremely high level of sustainability, particularly in terms of energy and water consumption. In the tenancy areas, occupants have the advantage of exceptional views of the city and the docks. The design has also dispensed with conventional grid ceilings, instead exposing the structure and utility services to create a sense of light and space. This simple strategy shifts the experience from a standard office space to a dynamic “studio” environment.

The unique and brave design strategy which architects Ashton, Raggatt, McDougall employed for 1010 LaTrobe has resulted in a fully tenanted building housing the Australian Customs Service, Bureau of Meteorology and VicTrack.

Executive Director of Digital Harbour, David Napier, said the Award was a real milestone in Digital Harbour’s development. “We believe Digital Harbour is leading the way in affordable and innovative green commercial building design in Melbourne. The RAIA commendation for 1010 LaTrobe is real recognition that our buildings are now making an impact nationally and we are heading in the right direction for the delivery of environmentally responsible commercial buildings that are also responsive to the immediate and future needs of the commercial property market”.

Under Construction:

Life.lab:

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pic by melbournee12:

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Starting soon 1000 LaTrobe Street:

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Fresh from receiving an outstanding commercial architecture commendation for its 1010 LaTrobe Street building at the 2007 Royal Australian Institute of Architects Awards, Melbourne’s newest commercial waterfront precinct, Digital Harbour, looks to the future with the unveiling of its latest commercial development, 1000 LaTrobe Street.
Digital Harbour is fast emerging as Australia’s leading commercial precinct for organisations, both large and small, sharing a common interest in technological innovation. Embracing strict environmental design principals, the precinct blends sustainable development with leading edge technology, to create a unique commercial accommodation experience.

1000 LaTrobe Street
With 1000 LaTrobe Street, Digital Harbour intends to deliver a first class, sustainable facility for larger organisations. Employing features such as large open floor plates (approximately 2,350 m2), inter-floor open staircases, and the option of open ceiling voids for ready access to services, the building has been designed to offer flexibility of tenancy layout and enhance collaboration within the working environment.“Organisations, especially larger corporates, are looking for ways to more effectively promote collaboration and interaction between teams to enhance workplace efficiency,” said David Napier, Digital Harbour’s executive director. “1000 LaTrobe Street incorporates a number of design features that delivers the floor space flexibility required to stimulate collaboration and maximise the efficient use of space.”

Designed by award winning architects Woods Bagot, the new development that commences construction in early 2008, embraces the precinct’s commitment to environmental sustainability. The building design maximises the opportunity of natural day lighting, which assists in achieving a high Environmental Sustainability Design rating.

David adds, “we also work closely with tenants on environmental matters, including strategies for reducing energy usage, and the ongoing monitoring of building performance, to ensure that energy conservation targets are met.”
Staff are well catered for by convenient public transport including free City Circle tram, Southern Cross railway station and Citylink freeway at the door. Plus, secure car parking within the building and an abundance of car spaces both in the precinct and within the Docklands, makes access to 1000 La Trobe Street a commuters dream!

Fantastic Job Archi and Edward. All the projects in the one thread

Wow. You guys have put in so much effort.

You should really include some stuff about the new Southern Cross station. It's really the cherry on top of the whole development (for me at least)

At Your Request
Southern Cross was built to replace they hideous decaying spencer street station in 2002 and was completed in 2005 for the Melbourne commonwealth games. It's located on the corner of Collins and Spencer streets and is considered by many as a gateway to the Melbourne Docklands. It has 16 platforms, but even though two are not used it sill remains one of the two largest stations in Melbourne (The other being Flinders Street).
The redevelopment was shadowed by much controversy, which involved the project becoming over $200 million over budget. Today it acts as a major hub, running Vline, City Loop and normal Metro services.

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Thanks Ed. I'll just add that the winning design is by Nicholas Grimshaw and Daryl Jackson.

Colourful office pods:

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Older aerial shot of roof:

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Original winning design:

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It included a 36 storey office tower, two 40 storey apartment towers and a second footbridge.

The design was scaled back to this:

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The Campus style office block @ 664 Collins St:

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Note, the design may have changed as the site was sold to a joint venture of Mirvac and CBUS. Media release: http://www.mirvac.com.au/investor/pdf/20071010_Landmark_Melbourne_CBD_Site.pdf

GO ARCHI!
Unfortunately the area next to the station, which originally had plans for a 100m tower houses possibly the most disgusting development in our city. DFO (Direct Factory Outlers) Spencer is taking up valuable inner city space. :(
It doesn't even have a proper roof. it should go back to airport west, where it belongs!
although i do have to admit it does have a few nice shops!

The projects looks great and the architecture of them seems to be very interesting.

The station is incredible :drool:

I absolutely love the developments here in Melbourne. And I'm sort of glad that Grollo Tower fell through. I never really thought a tower like that would look good in its location in conjunction with the CBD/Southbank. Plus I don't like the designs' lack of substance. It's just too plain for my liking lol.

Thanks for posting them all in one thread. ^_^

stunning project

Great summary Archi (and Ezza); it really is a massive project.

I'm somewhat a Docklands skeptic (it has its flaws, like any major urban renewal) , but this shows the unprecedented enourmity of it . In Australia; this development is in unchartered waters.

That's one of the reasons I wanted to put a thread together with all the projects. I have certain grievances about Docklands too, but I think seeing all the projects together, overall (IMO) I'd have to say it looks pretty impressive.

Plus I wanted to see what some of the international forumers thought of it too.

That's one of the reasons I wanted to put a thread together with all the projects. I have certain grievances about Docklands too, but I think seeing all the projects together, overall (IMO) I'd have to say it looks pretty impressive.

Plus I wanted to see what some of the international forumers thought of it too.

It definitely is impressive. The sheer enormity of Melbourne's skyline in 2020 is just going to be plain awesome. CBD, Southbank and Docklands will contrast nicely with each other. :lol:

Though some of the designs were/are a bit suss.. I just wish the wheel was done differently. Plus I don't like the colouring on the NAB HQ. It was a good idea but personally I wouldn't have had so much of it.

^_^ But that's just my opinion.

Construction updates by OzFrog:

Batman's Hill

Today...

Media House:

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National Foods:

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Travelodge:

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Village Docklands, work has commenced.

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Kuok/Walker Corporation are in negotiations with the Commonwealth Bank to lease space in Tower A


Victoria Harbour:

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Myer HQ and Montage sites in the foreground, with The Gauge and 833 Bourke St nearing completion in the background.

ANZ HQ

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Deal is sealed - 150 new child care places for Melbourne Docklands
Thursday, 17 January 2008

Construction of the first major community facility, the Family and Children Services Hub, in Victoria Harbour, Docklands is underway.

Legal documents formalising the new child care centre were signed just prior to Christmas last year and the facility, which will provide 150 new child care places for metropolitan Melbourne is on track to open early 2009.

Lord Mayor John So said it would offer a range of other services including long day care, occasional care, preschool programs, maternal and child health services, family counselling and intervention services including speech pathology.

“This is a substantial development not only for Victoria Harbour but for Melbourne Docklands. Providing affordable child care through this project is one of the ways we are meeting the needs of people living, working or investing in Docklands and the wider City of Melbourne community,” the Lord Mayor said.

“The City of Melbourne is contributing $6.95m to this project and we are also in the process of providing more than 60 additional child care places at our existing facilities throughout the municipality.”

Councillor Peter Clarke said the project could not have reached construction stage without the combined efforts of all project partners, the City of Melbourne, VicUrban, Lend Lease and the Lady Gowrie Child Centre (Melbourne) which will manage the hub on the City of Melbourne’s behalf.

“There are more than 100 families with children under five living in Docklands and more than 40 babies were born in the Docklands area in the past year. This is the first major community facility to be built since the precinct joined the City of Melbourne municipality.

“Melbourne Docklands is one of the fastest growing areas in metropolitan Melbourne and the Family and Children Services Hub will be an ongoing legacy for the City of Melbourne for many years to come,” Cr Clarke said.

VicUrban’s General Manager Docklands and Major Projects, Michael Hynes said the Children’s Hub demonstrated how VicUrban was working with Melbourne City Council and the private sector to ensure Docklands continued to develop in response to the evolving community’s needs.

The building features a range of sustainability features including a living landscape area on the roof, energy efficient lighting, natural ventilation, low energy air conditioning, a vegetable garden and water harvesting from the roof.

It is being built in Victoria Harbour on top of the new Safeway supermarket, the first full-line supermarket to service the Docklands community. It has been designed to meet standards set by VicUrban’s ESD (Ecologically Sustainable Development) Award of Merit and is intended to act as a ‘best practice’ model for the design of inner-city childcare centres.

VicUrban has developed an ESD rating tool specifically for child care centres in association with the project, and General Manager Docklands and Major Projects, Michael Hynes congratulated the project partners on the achievement.

“The Award of Merit acknowledges a move towards best practice and is awarded to recognise an increased level of commitment beyond that of the standard ESD principles all developments in Docklands must comply with,” Mr Hynes said.

“Importantly, it reinforces VicUrban’s vision to create and maintain Docklands as a development of ecologically sustainable excellence, demonstrating environmental leadership to the market.”

Lend Lease Development General Manager for Victoria, Maurice Cococcia, said Lend Lease was proud to be delivering such an essential community facility for Docklands and the surrounding area in Victoria Harbour.

“Victoria Harbour is growing at a phenomenal speed and we are very pleased to be able to offer a true mix of businesses, residential apartments, retail and community facilities such as the Children’s Hub,” he said.

“The Victoria Harbour precinct has been designed to grow a solid community that has all the amenities required for anyone that lives, works or visits the area. Particular attention has been paid to parklands and public open spaces as well as retail and other services essential to any successful community.”

The City of Melbourne is the municipal authority for Melbourne Docklands, following the precinct’s transition from VicUrban to the City of Melbourne on 1 July 2007.

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A few updates:

Water Plaza @ Victoria Harbour:

New Water Plaza out the front of Ericsson
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Yarra's Edge River Precinct (far background), ANZ and Village Docklands (foreground)

Also Village Docklands:

25/01/08

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Media House:

25/01/08

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Digital Harbour:

Life.Lab

More cladding on LifeLab

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And new render of 1000 LaTrobe St

One Thousand LaTrobe...

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all thanks to one very kind soul on ssc...

website:

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Article:

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Capital Gain
Marc Pallisco, Chris Vedelago
15 March 2008
The Age
www.theage.com.au

Suncorp eyes South-East Stadium precinct in Docklands

ONE of Dockland's last remaining - and most prominent - development sites will become a $350 million mixed-use project, under ambitious plans by the consortium vying to buy it.

Sources said the 1.6-hectare site known as the South-East Stadium precinct would make way for up to two office buildings, a high-rise apartment building, a hotel and a retail pavilion that capitalises on busy pedestrian traffic connecting the Telstra Dome to the Southern Cross railway station.

Insurance giant Suncorp is believed to have committed to between 15,000 square metres and 30,000 sq m of office space, depending on what Promina-controlled brands it wants based at one flagship office. Suncorp merged with Promina in March last year.

Joining Suncorp as a potential neighbour is Members Equity Bank, which is reported to have committed to between 20,000 sq m and 30,000 sq m of office space in the same precinct.

Both tenants would walk the well-worn path from the central business district, leaving more offices to be filled from about 2012, sources said.

Besides office buildings and a major retail hub, sources said the site was expected to make way for a Saville-branded hotel and a high-rise apartment tower.

The South-East Stadium site was put to the market late last year by the typically possessive VicUrban, which has slowly siphoned all sites in the $7 billion Docklands precinct to major developers including Mirvac, Lend Lease, MAB and ING.

A consortium including ISPT, Cbus Property and Equity Pacific is believed to have paid more than $50 million for the site, which sits immediately south-east of the Telstra Dome, between the Bourke Street footbridge.

It is believed Suncorp will relocate its offices from 501 Swanston Street into ISPT's recently vacated 447 Collins Street office building on a flexible-lease term, allowing it smooth transition into the Docklands building once it is complete.

Representatives from Suncorp and VicUrban declined to comment on the speculation when contacted by Capital Gain. A spokesman from ISPT could not be contacted.

Knight Frank director Mark Rasmussen, who is believed to have negotiated the two office deals, declined to comment as did a spokesman from global architect firm Woods Bagot, which is believed to be designing part of the project.

I want to see a 200m + tower being built somewhere

Fantastic summary, have not been home to Melbourne for three years, the next time I get a chance, I will not know the place. Thanks for the effort guys

Hi there, does anyone know of any new resedential developments in the docklands area?

love that buildings style... :cheers:

Hi there, does anyone know of any new resedential developments in the docklands area?

Follow the links from here:

http://www.docklands.com/cs/Satellite?pagename=Docklands

At the moment the developers are mostly selling boutique-style apartments and townhouses, the only high rise apartment development selling at the moment is Lacrosse, although some new towers should be released mid year.

A couple of dodgy looking buildings...but overall a brilliant expansion to the CBD. Easily the most exciting area in the country at the moment.

South East Stadium Precinct finally announced. Will be known as Bourke Junction.

ISPT, CBus Confirm $700 Million Bourke Junction Development, Docklands. Suncorp Major Tenant.

Written by Company Announcement
Monday, 07 April 2008
Industry Superannuation Property Trust (ISPT), Cbus Property and EPC Partners today announced their joint venture to develop the new $700 million South East Stadium Precinct (SESP) at Docklands in Melbourne.

Following an extensive bidding process, the successful Bourke Junction consortium today announced it had entered a development agreement with VicUrban, the state’s sustainable urban development authority, for the project to be known as Bourke Junction.

The five building mixed use project will comprise over 150,000 square metres of built area including the development of two landmark commercial towers; a 250 room hotel; restaurant and bar facilities; and a five level mixed-use building incorporating a medical centre, retail facilities, a business club and gymnasium.

Bourke Junction occupies a prominent site adjacent to Telstra Dome, on the corner of Bourke Street and Wurundjeri Way, and will improve pedestrian access in the precinct through the construction of additional pathways from the Bourke Street concourse, between Southern Cross Station and the stadium, and the establishment of new laneways.

The project’s design initiatives include a blackwater treatment system, solar hot water systems and extensive facilities for cyclists.

The 29 storey northern building will be jointly developed by ISPT and Cbus Property and will incorporate approximately 45,000 square metres of 5 Star Green Star commercial office space as well as approximately 1,140 square metres of retail space. ISPT and Cbus are well advanced in securing office space pre commitments from two major corporations.

The southern building and hotel are being jointly developed by ISPT and EPC Partners. The landmark office building will have a net lettable area of approximately 35,000 square metres over 21 levels, with floorplates averaging 2,000 square metres. The hotel is proposed to house 250 rooms and be a 4 star operation. ISPT and EPC Partners have confirmed leading diversified financial services provider, Suncorp, has committed to the lower rise of the office tower, representing approximately half the NLA.

Both buildings will feature two lobbies, one at a concourse level and one at the Bourke Street level.

Construction is scheduled to commence in the second half of 2008 and the project will be delivered in stages with final completion scheduled for 2012. Architectural firm Hassell are responsible for the masterplan and South Tower, Hotel and central building design and Woods Bagot are responsible for the North Tower design.

The project aims to improve access to and from Telstra Dome but will also provide enhanced connections between Docklands and Melbourne CBD, dramatically easing the foot traffic congestion that currently occurs on event days.

Representatives of the Bourke Junction consortium made these comments at the official launch today.

ISPT Chief Executive Officer, Mr Daryl Browning said ISPT with our partners EPC and Cbus Property are proud to be involved in a project of this scale and significance and shares VicUrban’s commitment to ensure Bourke Junction performs to the highest environmental standards.

“Bourke Junction will be developed to a high environmental performance standard and has been registered for a Green Star design rating. We look forward to working closely with our joint venture partners to deliver a project that will transform this key site into a vibrant business precinct and provide a significant boost to the entire Docklands area,” Mr Browning said.

Cbus Property Chief Executive Officer, Mr Adrian Pozzo said he was delighted to announce the joint acquisition of the Dockland’s premier commercial site.
“This development represents Cbus Property’s third major successive commercial development in Melbourne, having completed 8 Exhibition Street in 2005 (45,000
square metres) and CBW at the corner of Bourke and William Streets (75,000 square metres) which is approaching completion,” Mr Pozzo said EPC Partners founder and Managing Director, Mr Patrick Smith, who initiated and co-ordinated the consortium bid said EPC was proud to be a partner in the Bourke
Junction development and believed the consortium had the right blend of expertise to deliver a truly outstanding development for Docklands and Melbourne.

“Bourke Junction represents an important next step for both EPC and in the continued integration of Docklands with the CBD. We are excited to be involved in
this landmark project and, with our partners, intend to deliver a genuinely design focussed outcome which will be truly exciting for Docklands and all of Melbourne,” Mr Smith said.

Suncorp Executive General Manager, Corporate Real Estate, Mr Peter Affleck said location emerged as a key factor influencing the Group’s selection of the 740 Bourke Street site.

“Feedback from staff workshops indicated that access to a range of transport options and proximity to the CBD were important to our staff,” Mr Affleck said.

“Signage rights at the new premises will also provide us with an ideal opportunity to reinforce Suncorp’s national reach and Top 25 listed company status within Australia’s emerging premier financial services district.”

Mr Affleck said the move to Bourke Junction was also consistent with Suncorp’s national real estate strategy to consolidate its staff in environmentally sustainable, long term A-grade sites.

http://www.realestatesource.com.au/Victoria/ISPT-CBus-Confirm-$700-Million-Bourke-Junction-Development-Docklands.-Suncorp-Major-Tenant.html

Managed to grab the news recap, didn't have all the renders that were in the full story, but here were the ones shown:

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:drool:

i love it

impressive development!
Some of the designs are rather bland, but these last images are certainly more promising!

Update on Site 5b and Site 6:

Out with Zaha Hadid and in with Sir Norman Foster:

Melbourne, are you ready to be Fosterised?

Royce Millar
May 14, 2008
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/melbourne-are-you-ready-to-be-fosterised/2008/05/13/1210444438488.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

ONE of the world's pre-eminent architects, Norman Foster, who is regarded as "Mr Landmark", has been hired to put a signature stamp on Australia's biggest and most expensive office and housing projects at Melbourne's Docklands.

Well-placed property industry sources yesterday confirmed that the prolific London-based company Foster+ Partners would shape a $1.5 billion scheme proposed by Middle Eastern investment company Sama Dubai for Collins Street.

Foster+ Partners is renowned for iconic designs in cities worldwide from Bilbao and Berlin to Beijing, including the contentious Swiss Tower (known as "the Gherkin") in London, the Lumiere residences Sydney, the Hearst Tower in New York and the Reichstag dome restoration in Berlin. It has designed one of the new towers at the World Trade Centre in New York.

The firm's founder Lord Foster, 72, was recently described in an Australian newspaper as "the architect whose stamp on the British capital is exceeded only by Sir Christopher Wren's in the late 17th century".

On the Sama project in Melbourne, Lord Foster, a winner of architecture's most prestigious award, the Pritzker prize, will replace another Pritzker winner, Iraqi-born, London-based Zaha Hadid. Last year The Age revealed Ms Hadid was the project's lead architect. It is not clear why she is no longer involved.

News of Sama Dubai's and Ms Hadid's parting of ways had led to speculation that the Docklands project had collapsed. But State Government sources denied this yesterday and insisted the proposal was alive and well.

Royal Australian Institute of Architects president Carl Fender welcomed the prospect of a major international firm working in his hometown.

"I don't have a problem with great architecture being produced by great architects from other countries. I don't think we're so parochial. It's obvious he's (Norman Foster) produced some of the great talking points of architecture," said Mr Fender, a partner of prominent Melbourne firm Fender Katsalidis.

Sources have confirmed the project is larger than earlier thought, with as much as 250,000 square metres of commercial and residential floorspace over two prized Docklands sites and decking over Wurundjeri Way. It boasts a minimum six-star green rating and sophisticated water features.

An important theme will be the re-establishment and celebration of Batmans Hill, once a city focal point and location of Melbourne founder John Batman's home from 1836. The hill, now more of a rise, was levelled to make way for Spencer Street Station in the mid-1860s.

The Sama Dubai proposal has been controversial due to the involvement of John Tabart, the former VicUrban chief executive, who helped put together the scheme for Sama. Mr Tabart is not involved in negotiations with the State Government development agency, VicUrban, which oversees Docklands. Sources close to Sama insist Mr Tabart is no longer involved in the Docklands project and is now based in London working with construction firm Laing O'Rourke.

In September 2006, VicUrban agreed to deal exclusively with Sama over the Batman Hill sites for three months. Negotiations have now drawn out for 20 months.

Commenting on the length of the negotiations, VicUrban chief executive Pru Sanderson said: "This is one of the biggest projects on one of the most significant development sites in Melbourne. It would be naive to expect that a developer would have everything in place for such a development within a short period."

Local developers competing for the sites are peeved at what they claim is special treatment for Sama.

Yesterday a VicUrban spokesman said that as a matter of policy the agency did not disclose details of negotiations over Docklands sites.

He did confirm VicUrban negotiations with a developer for that area but there was "currently an exclusivity arrangement in place".

The director of Sama Dubai Australia, Pat Smith, declined to comment.

Melbourne is already an ace city. Love it.

Another update on the Sama/Foster Project:

Looks like one of the SAMA towers are going to be 90 Stories!!!!
Definately over 300m now! WOOOT!!!

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7196/90ba5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


Taken from todays AFR story Leighton looks for Devine inspiration
http://www.afr.com/home/viewer.aspx?EDP://20080701000020849985&magsection=news-property&source=/_xmlfeeds/property/feed.xml&title=Leighton+looks+for+Devine+inspiration

Some new renders of 717 Bourke St

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/esmod.jpg

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/717.jpg http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/7171.jpg
http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/7172.jpg http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/7173.jpg

Anyone knows where Costco will be located in Docklands. Costco will be having massive warehouse supermarket to challegene the duopoly of the Aussie supermarkets of Woolies and Coles.

two supertalls in melbourne would be very good.

two supertalls in melbourne would be very good.

you think ?

Yeah thats why I said it.

New renders of 735 Collins Street/Quattro thanks to Shumway.

http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5065/quattropl6.jpg

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/6465/quattro2oj5.jpg

http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/714/quattro1zb8.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/2678/picture005mc9.jpg

City waterfront park planned for Docklands (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24114889-2862,00.html)

http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,6176450,00.jpg

John Masanauskas

August 02, 2008 12:00am

MELBOURNE will have a major new park under a $90 million redevelopment of the Docklands waterfront.

To be known as Melbourne's Verandah, the park will feature a sculptural covered walkway, water deck and separate areas for relaxation and activity.

Existing tram lines and roadway on Harbour Esplanade will be moved back within a tree-lined boulevard to create more green space.

The 700m-long park will run between Docklands Drive and Bourke St to connect the waterfront precinct with attractions such as Telstra Dome and the traditional CBD.

VicUrban CEO Pru Sanderson said yesterday that the new park would be an oasis amid the hustle and bustle of Docklands areas such as NewQuay, Waterfront City and Victoria Harbour.

"There will be things like bocce courts, fishing spots, places to fly kites and to kick a ball with your kids," she said.

Ms Sanderson said space would also be set aside for more relaxing activities such as jazz performances.

The 5.6ha area will also feature a boardwalk, gardens and a bike path. The project will be available for public comment for two weeks at the Docklands community hub, and workshops with key groups will be held over the next month.

Ms Sanderson said that she expected Melburnians to embrace the city's first park since Birrarung Marr.

"The concept is inspired by sites such as the banks of the Yarra River, and it's designed to celebrate where the water comes to Melbourne's front door," she said.

"We're saying to people: 'Here's a range of uses we've thought about, what do you reckon and do you have any other ideas that you'd like us to consider?' "

The concept by architects Black Kosloff Knott and Taylor Cullity Lethlean was based on an initial round of community consultations last year.

The detailed design phase will start after the latest consultation phase and VicUrban will then submit plans to the State Government.

The first stage of the project is due to open next year.

sorry bout that

story in todays fin rev
LEND LEASE PLANS DOCKLANDS TOWER
LL have lodged plans for a $200mil tower for waterside precinct.
The 30 level tower on Bourke st will be known as V5, will include 212 units with 1600sqm retail.
The Bates Smart designed tower is a curved shape to reflect waterside location.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3097/2757470171_9eb8116d8c_o.jpg

so this tower is one next to white model of dock5?

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/2121/483lendleasevision147xd.jpg

Dock 5 has a friend now :)

Melbourne... one of my favourite cities.

The project, fantastic.

Found this pic in my collection of HDR images

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1538/anzcopylk6.jpg

Myer HQ @ Victoria Harbour:


http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/20-08-2008/myer%20rendering%201.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/nmharrison/20-08-2008/myer%20rendering%202.jpg

Thanks to Grollo.

Thanks to silvermb. Some new projects:

Convesso (30-storeys, 90m+) Concavo (36-storeys, 100m+), Victoria Harbour

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/viccc.jpg

Tower 8 @ Yarra's Edge

T8 looks about 150m, 9 & 10 about 130m

http://silvermb.thehoddlegrid.net/ye200809.jpg

Yet another tower, this time at NewQuay. Harbour 1, 22-storeys tall:

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q279/duongLe_/h1.jpg

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4908/h1to0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Tightest squeezes in our city living spaces
9 July 2009
The Australian

IT may seem a simple question but it is surprisingly difficult to answer: where is the most densely populated part of Australia? Some would argue that the towers that line Melbourne's Southbank and Sydney's Darling Harbour house most people per square metre of land, and they would be right.

But this is not the concept of density that interests me. A series of towers interspersed by parkland and open space doesn't deliver urban density in, say, the Manhattan sense.

What I am interested in is the most densely populated square kilometre in Australia, not that this area needs to be a neat square shape but it must be characterised by a geographic agglomeration of sorts.

I have scanned the 2006 census and conclude that on this measure there is one square kilometre that stands apart: Sydney's Kings Cross accommodates 18,900 residents (and visitors) between Bourke Street and Rushcutter's Bay. The second most densely populated square kilometre is located 2km southwest of the Cross at Surry Hills, where 13,000 residents cram between Oxford and Devonshire Streets.

Part of the reason why these precincts contain so many residents is that both were part of 19th century Sydney's walking city. They contain a mix of Victorian terrace housing and 20th century apartment stock that accommodate a colourful community of gays, young professionals, singles, expats, DINK couples and divorcees as well as a fair complement of assorted down-and-outs.

Oddly it is not Docklands that delivers most Melburnians per square metre but the rapidly evolving student quarter in the CBD centred on the former police headquarters of D24 in Russell Street.

This CBD quarter, as well as Carlton between Rathdowne and Swanston Streets, delivers 9400 residents in a single square kilometre. Carlton is to Melbourne what Surry Hills is to Sydney: both are terrace housing strongholds augmented by flanking apartment towers. (Terrace housing offers accommodation on less than 200sqm.)

Densities in Brisbane are greatest in New Farm between Brunswick and Macquarie Streets, where 6000 people live in a single square kilometre. The housing stock in New Farm is not Victorian terrace but rather early 20th-century modest. Originally the area housed workers for the nearby wharves. The manual labourers left a generation ago and the area was quickly gentrified by young professionals seeking river proximity and access to the CBD.

The Brisbane story is repeated in Perth, where Victoria Park between the Canning Highway and Rathay Street accommodates 4000 residents in a square kilometre. Victoria Park is not unlike New Farm in its housing stock, its relationship to the CBD and its proximity to the capital's river.

Neither place, however, has the towers, the terrace housing density, or the late 20th-century walk-up flats that are necessary to get densities above 10,000 per square kilometre.

Adelaide is different. For much of the city's history the most densely populated precincts have clustered around Unley, Glenelg, North Adelaide and even parts of Norwood, but the 2006 census has uncovered something quite extraordinary in Adelaide. The most densely populated square kilometre is now located in suburban Paralowie 20km north of the CBD.

The area bounded by Deuter, Burton and Bolivar roads and largely constructed in the past decade has 3400 residents.

The housing stock in Paralowie is a contemporary version of suburbia -- small blocks, token front yard, housing built almost to the side fence line. And in these tight ``efficient'' urban boxes live families with children.

Oh, and this particular precinct is not interspersed with open space. Here is evidence that suburbia can be delivered efficiently in a low-density format.

No need to corral and horse-whip families into apartments; simply follow the Paralowie model. Where are people thickest in Canberra? Contrary to popular opinion it's not the parliamentary triangle. It is in fact the suburb of Palmerston in the new town of Gungahlin, where 4300 residents cram into a square kilometre between Gundaroo and Nudurr drives.

Palmerston and Paralowie are two examples of how consolidation is being delivered in a low-density family-friendly format.

Hobart residents bunch up in Battery Point, where Australia's cutest but tight Georgian housing delivers 3200 residents per square kilometre.

In Darwin it is Coconut Grove, where 2300 people jam together (by Top End standards) into a single square kilometre.

But how do these densities, ranging from barely 2000 to 19,000 people per square kilometre, compare with people hotspots in other world cities? Paris tops out at 42,000 residents in the 11th arrondissement off Boulevard Voltaire while New York delivers 59,000 in the Upper East Side (around E86th Street).

Parts of Hong Kong deliver more than 400,000 residents per square kilometre. The form here, as in New York, is a series of collocated towers. Paris opts for apartment buildings jammed cheek-by-jowl but rising no more than five to six levels.

Even these densities are exceeded in third-world slums. Densities are said to reach more than half a million per square kilometre in Mumbai's Dharavi slum. Similar densities are believed to apply in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Australia's housing form in suburbia generally delivers a population density of about 2000 per square kilometre.

Melbourne left trailing in capital city rent returns
7 July 2009
The Age

MELBOURNE rents may be the most affordable of any Australian capital city.

The report by RP Data showed Melbourne landlords made less money on rental property investments than their counterparts in other states in the three months to March 31.

Melbourne landlords made 4.2 per cent returns on the median price of houses and 4.8 per cent on units, compared with the highest national returns in Darwin, where houses returned 6.4 per cent and units 6.1 per cent.

Landlords in Melbourne's inner city fared better than those in the middle and outer suburbs, as rents within 10 kilometres of the CBD continued to squeeze tenants.

Inner-city units and apartments proved to be the best-performing local investments, with Carlton units attracting the highest rents relative to property prices in the March quarter.

A median priced $225,000 Carlton unit attracted rent of $370 a week, with Burnley, Melbourne CBD, Southbank and Docklands the next most expensive.

When it came to houses, rents were at a premium in Collingwood, where the median house price was $555,000 and attracted a median rent of $550. It was followed by Parkville, South Kingsville, Abbotsford and Port Melbourne.

RP Data research analyst Cameron Kusher said tenants wanted units more than houses in the inner city, giving landlords comparatively higher returns, because they were a more affordable way of living close to work, public transport and the cultural heart of the city.

Nationwide, returns on house and unit rentals within 10 kilometres of the city centre grew the most, helped by sluggish property values and low vacancy rates, the property research group said.

Mr Kusher said growth on returns for landlords was "exceptional" last year in capital cities but predicted most would now plateau or even fall.

Australian Property Monitors chief economist Matthew Bell said the report was evidence that prices of "Melbourne houses are generally lower compared to houses in other capital cities".

$2bn in inner-city flats put off
28 May 2009
The Age

PLANNED apartments worth more than $2 billion have been shelved or abandoned in inner Melbourne because of the financial crisis.

Projects affected since September include the $700 million Jam Factory redevelopment in Chapel Street, South Yarra, and failed venture WeLive's 320 apartments at Southbank.

At least 3155 apartments or units planned for the CBD, Fitzroy, St Kilda, South Yarra, Docklands, North Melbourne and Collingwood have also been shelved or abandoned, according to figures collated by Colliers International for The Age.

The drop-off could put hundreds of building jobs at risk and worsen the inner-city rental squeeze.

The figures are based on the status of development applications kept by Building and Construction Interchange Australia, a leading provider of building information.

They are likely to spur on supporters of the Commonwealth's proposed $4 billion Australian Business Investment Partnership - or "RuddBank" - that would fund commercial property players struggling for finance. The Senate is yet to vote on the proposal.

Freehills law firm partner David Sinn, who advises developers in gaining finance, said difficulty in securing loans and their high cost was making some projects unviable, despite strong demand. "Basically, the banks are in a position at the moment where they feel they are overexposed to the property market and are very reluctant to provide any further funding," he said.

A spokesman for Jam Factory owner Challenger said it had wanted to reduce debt by attracting a joint-venture partner since the start of the year but none suitable was forthcoming and the site was put on the market last week.

Challenger planned at least one high-rise apartment block at the Jam Factory with a 100-room hotel, office space and shops.

The halting of apartment projects has implications for the State Government's plans to increase housing density.

The trend is also bad news for CBD renters.

Economic forecaster BIS Shrapnel has predicted no relief to the undersupply of housing forecast within three years.

Its report last week on the Melbourne apartment market forecast that current high rents would rise by between 5 and 10per cent a year until 2011.

City property manager Kate Rigter, of Leasing Melbourne, said she received an average of 60 inquiries for each unfurnished rental apartment cheaper than $500 a week. Demand for one-bedroom apartments was strong.

Yarra's Edge tower to test the waters
20 May 2009
Australian Financial Review (Abstracts)

Mirvac plans to start marketing is sixth residential tower by the end of 2009 that will test demand for middle and upper-end apartments in Melbourne’s Docklands. The $240 million project is expected to have around 128 apartments. Other residential towers being sold in the vast waterside development include MAB’s Harbour One (H1) and Vivas Lend Leases’s Convesso Concavo, but have not reached enough pre-sales to warrant the start of construction. Mirvac chief executive Nick Collishaw said enough prospective buyers were making inquiries so that Mirvac would consider building a sixth tower in its Yarra’s Edge precinct on the market. MAB chief operating officer Guy Pahor said pre-commitments for its $180 million residential tower in the New Quay precinct would need to reach 50 to 60 before the project would start.

Lend leases’s chief operating officer Paul Shaw said the developer was aiming to be realistic instead of cautious in its approach to building the $250 billion Viva Lend Lease’s Convesso Concava project.

Docklands, MAB’s Harbour One Vivas Lend Leases Convesso Concavo, Nick Collishaw, Yarra’s Edge precinct, Guy Pahor, New Quay precinct, Lend Leases, Paul Shaw, Viva Lend Lease.

Another bar at Docklands
7 November 2009
The Age

VICTORIA'S planning tribunal has approved another large bar for the Docklands, despite objections from police, liquor licensing authorities and the Melbourne City Council.

The Woolshed Pub on Central Pier will cater for 675 people and open until 1am.

Last week, Planning Minister Justin Madden's department approved Platform 28, capable of holding 750 people, in the Docklands, and Premier John Brumby attacked the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal for approving a 1500-patron nightclub in South Melbourne.

VCAT this week granted a licence for the Woolshed, reducing the capacity from 1445.

A spokeswoman for Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson said: "Because of the Government's freeze on late-night licences, the licence was not granted past 1am. We are pleased that patron numbers were halved."

Melbourne councillor Peter Clarke said the decision showed the Government had no control over liquor licensing in the Docklands and this would be the 67th bar in the area.

"In the past two weeks we've had 1500 more bar patrons allowed in the Docklands, encouraged by the Government," he said

Opposition consumer affairs spokesman Michael O'Brien said VCAT was applying the Government's laws.

"If John Brumby wants to stop turning Docklands into Liquorland, he needs to make sure the laws reflect his rhetoric and he's clearly failed to do that."

Victoria Harbour and Batman's Hill by uewepuep:

http://www.melbournephotos.net.au/images/2009-12-31%20Melbourne%20-%20Rialto%20Observation%20Deck/_MG_7451.jpg

MYER is basically complete bar the fit out and 717 Bourke St is in its final stages.

New Quay and Waterfront cityby uewepuep:

http://www.melbournephotos.net.au/images/2009-12-31%20Melbourne%20-%20Rialto%20Observation%20Deck/_MG_7468.jpg

Not much change. Wheel has almost all gone and luxury townhouses have begun. Also two (pretty bad) office buildings and the giant COSTCO supermarket have gone up.

ANZ world HQ has also finished. Londoner took this one:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2651/4229484540_285249fcfe_o.jpg

And these are by Grollo:

http://web.aanet.com.au/~nmharrison/new/anz%20panorama%20forum.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/~nmharrison/new/anz%203%20forum.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/~nmharrison/new/anz2%20forum.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/~nmharrison/new/anz%202%20forum.jpg

http://web.aanet.com.au/~nmharrison/new/anz1%20forum.jpg

:cheers:

What's up with this building, it looks like it's going to be a Westpac high rise, is that going to be the new Westpac head office?


Site 5a/Kangan Batman TAFE Automotive Centre for Excellence:



Stage 1 Completed:

http://www.lyonsarch.com.au/projects/t/t14/larges/T14-1.jpg http://www.lyonsarch.com.au/projects/t/t14/larges/T14-2.jpg

Site 5b and Site 6:

Currently under negotiation. Looks likely to be awarded to Sama Dubai who are planning 4 towers (the tallest of which will be around 60 storeys and 250m tall) to be designed by Zaha Hadid and Ashton Raggatt McDougall. No renders as yet.



These are some alternate designs for Site 5b:

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5110/batmanhs9.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4200/f220061002image2of7equimk0.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9296/f220061002image1of7equihy6.jpg

Does anyone know anything about the project in this photo??

I got this photo off the internet, all i know is that it's located on Docklands Highway's next to the Victoria Police HQ.

If anyone knows about it or if there building it, please let me know, thanks????????

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file:///C:/Users/Ashley%20Brient/Desktop/zahahadid-the-age.jpg

Never heard of it before. Maybe a student project?

Isn't that the site that Quattro's being built on anyway?

http://www.theworldedition.com/index.php/news/389-melbourne-docklands-australia

lovely dancing towers!

Site 5a/Kangan Batman TAFE Automotive Centre for Excellence:



Stage 1 Completed:

http://www.lyonsarch.com.au/projects/t/t14/larges/T14-1.jpg http://www.lyonsarch.com.au/projects/t/t14/larges/T14-2.jpg

Site 5b and Site 6:

Currently under negotiation. Looks likely to be awarded to Sama Dubai who are planning 4 towers (the tallest of which will be around 60 storeys and 250m tall) to be designed by Zaha Hadid and Ashton Raggatt McDougall. No renders as yet.



These are some alternate designs for Site 5b:

http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/5110/batmanhs9.jpg

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/4200/f220061002image2of7equimk0.jpg

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/9296/f220061002image1of7equihy6.jpg





What's that building about? it looks like a Westpac bank building? it has the westpac logo?

Been a while since this thread was updated.

Digital Harbour Revised Masterplan

http://www.scharp.com.au/wp-content/uploads/WBA002-A02_000-LARGE.jpg

Melbourne Water Building, 990 LaTrobe Street @ Digital Harbour U/C

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/mw.jpg

Yarra Point, Yarra's Edge, 31 storeys U/C

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/12-1.jpg

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/yp.jpg

NewQuay

The Marriner U/C

http://themariner.com.au/images/mariner-architecturerender.jpg

The Quays - 31 Storeys and 27 Storeys

http://www.newquay.com.au/media/38663/2.jpg

http://www.newquay.com.au/media/38661/1.jpg

Victoria Harbour Revised Masterplan

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/vh1-2.jpg

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/vh2.jpg

Convesso - 100m (U/C)

http://images.domain.com.au/img/20081121/13786/b089fd1f-4c58-47ce-acac-a5f42db71b17_FS.JPG?mod=081124-2217

Lifestyle Working on Collins

http://www.lifestyleworkingcollinsstreet.com/images/slides/1a.jpg

Serrata U/C

[IMG]http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/2849/serrata.jpg (http://img710.imageshack.us/i/serrata.jpg/)

Stadium Precinct

695 LaTrobe Street Docklands 36 storeys

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs541.ash1/31680_418641928833_638048833_5264535_4345951_n.jpg

685 & 690 La Trobe Street, Docklands, 13 storeys & 15 storeys

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/685La7.jpg

http://i318.photobucket.com/albums/mm410/raz188/685La.jpg

700 Bourke Street, National Australia Bank D2 Campus - 15 Storeys

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs498.ash2/77113_10150094336288834_638048833_7188449_4237244_n.jpg

Australian Tax Office @ 735 Collins Street, Collins Square - 17 Storeys U/C

http://www.built.com.au/library/news/1283316658_image_lg_735_image_1.jpg

Very nice thread :) Melbourne Docklands looks very interesting.

Great designs, I love the projects in Australia, an Australian architect did the design of a very beautiful stadium here in Brazil. (Natal-Dunes Arena). The construction will be made for "2014 FIFA World Cup"
Congratulations to the Australians!

Look at this stadium project that I talked(3rd pictury):
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=813778