General Melbourne related banter - Page 60

melbournee12 · April 14th, 2011, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by A r c h i

I think Collector may have covered it in a thread somewhere. Shoot him a PM he's very knowledgeable and has a wealth of reference material. There is also Walking Melbourne.

Ahhk sweet, thanks Archi

ooh · April 14th, 2011, 11:11 PM

Agree!! 3:40 is possibly the freakiest thing ever. Your not sat next to her, you are letching behind her, breathing down her neck.. urgh

A r c h i · April 15th, 2011, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by melbournee12

Ahhk sweet, thanks Archi

No worries. And good luck.

The Collector · April 16th, 2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by melbournee12

Hey guys, just wondering if you could help me out, i've got a research assignment on the Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street that i have to write up, anyone know any good sites with some substantial information about the building, history, architectural significance or anything? Would be a massive help.

Click below and scroll down to #26

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...=622606&page=2

Good luck!

melbournee12 · April 17th, 2011, 02:08 AM

^Ah perfect. Thanks heaps mate.

Sky_Is_The_Limit · April 19th, 2011, 09:29 AM

A few people were given tours today of the new Zara store in Sydney and rumor has it that the Bourke Street Mall store will open in late June and have 1,700 sq m of floor space.

AUboy · April 19th, 2011, 10:36 AM

It is a while off, but the store is massive. Much bigger than the Sydney store.

Melb_aviator · April 19th, 2011, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by AUboy

It is a while off, but the store is massive. Much bigger than the Sydney store.

Should be a good addition.

Melb_SuperTall · April 20th, 2011, 01:15 AM

According to Sunrise this morning the Sydney store opened today.

cnud · April 20th, 2011, 06:21 PM

Just read from news that a Auzzie teenager admitted to killing an Asian student in Melbourne...

dockman · April 21st, 2011, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by cnud

Just read from news that a Auzzie teenager admitted to killing an Asian student in Melbourne...

Ummm, and why have you posted this?

John_Proctor · April 21st, 2011, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by cnud

Just read from news that a Auzzie teenager admitted to killing an Asian student in Melbourne...

this stuff really gives me the shits.

have you also read the news that asian teenagers kills asians in asia?

cjb287 · April 21st, 2011, 09:25 AM

This is a construction thread. A murder story couldn't be more out of place here.

I do however agree with JP though

melburn21 · April 21st, 2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cjb287

This is a construction thread. A murder story couldn't be more out of place here.

Unless he was murdered with a piece of rebar or something...

cnud · April 21st, 2011, 11:59 AM

Oh I thought this thread reads "General Melbourne Related Banter"... agree that the murder is no casual thing but free flow of information is needed right?

Jack Daniel · April 21st, 2011, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cnud

Oh I thought this thread reads "General Melbourne Related Banter"... agree that the murder is no casual thing but free flow of information is needed right?

I think it was an Indian student. Most Australians I know use the term Asian when talking about people from China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam etc.

Not that it makes a difference.

cjb287 · April 21st, 2011, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by cnud

Oh I thought this thread reads "General Melbourne Related Banter"

Which is within the projects, construction, skyscrapers & statistics thread. You'd be better off discussing this in the news thread in the skybar section.

kichigai · April 21st, 2011, 02:40 PM

For anyone interested the latest ep of Build it Bigger is on the new desalination plant.

tower_dan · April 22nd, 2011, 05:52 AM

sweet! 2nd ep on Melbourne (Victoria) no other aussie stuff in there that i know of!

kichigai · April 22nd, 2011, 04:20 PM

Tough times for new apartments
Simon Johanson
April 23, 2011

INTENSE competition in Melbourne's booming apartment market is taking a toll, with some high-profile developments stumbling after well-publicised launches.

At the top end of Swanston Street, developer Grocon is ''re-engineering'' its signature 32-storey Portrait apartment building in Carlton, which has the face of indigenous leader William Barak sculpted across its 100-metre-high facade.

And South Yarra's controversial $120 million, 14-level Tresor development, designed by architects Wood Marsh with sculptures by local artist Mira Gojak, faces uncertainty after key development partner Equititrust ceased income distributions on several property funds, prompting threats of legal action from investors.
Advertisement: Story continues below

Tresor was launched late last year with a French chic-themed party where model waitresses in Chanel suits served guests and chef Guillaume Brahimi was flown from Sydney to cater.

Channel Nine managing director Jeff Browne, among other Melbourne identities, reportedly paid $5 million recently for a luxury apartment in the controversial, yet-to-be-built, 99-apartment riverside complex on the corner of Chapel Street and Alexander Avenue.

Sales have been put on hold until the end of June. But Equititrust project director Brad Duncalfe said funding arrangements for the project would continue.

In the six months to December 2010, approvals for high-rise apartments jumped to 26 per cent of total dwellings. Over the previous decade to 2009 they averaged about 9 per cent annually, according to Oliver Hume Real Estate Group.

The group estimates a total of 321 apartment projects - buildings either in the pre-sale process, under construction or completed - with an end yield of 37,230 units were on sale across metropolitan Melbourne at the end of March.

A significant proportion of those - at least a third - were unlikely to be completed due to financial and market constraints, Oliver Hume's Jamie Kay said.

The surge of apartment approvals has since fallen. ''Residential building approvals had weakened in early 2011, with the fall concentrated in apartments, especially in Victoria, where there had been very strong growth in 2010,'' the Reserve Bank's latest minutes said.

Grocon's Carlton Brewery manager David Waldren said while some apartments in the Portrait building had sold well, others had struggled.

''We've put a pause on it … We've pulled back from our public marketing process until we've updated [it with] this exercise of re-engineering,'' Mr Waldren said.

Once the building was reconfigured internally, it would be targeted more towards investors. ''We think it's a great idea and a brilliant design and we're going to build it,'' he said.

The high-rise boom is set to continue for several years. ''The big up-tick in supply is probably 18 months to two years away,'' said BIS Shrapnel analyst Angie Zigomanis. ''It takes a good couple of years for decent-size projects to come online.''

BIS Shrapnel estimates about 4800 new apartment dwellings will be completed in the CBD and inner-city areas in the 2013-14 financial year, a sharp increase on the previous peak of 3600 during the 2005-06 apartment boom.

Another trend was towards apartments targeted at younger age groups who had been priced out of the inner-Melbourne house market, Mr Kay said.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/to...#ixzz1KGIC5RJP

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April 14th, 2011, 11:11 PM	#1182
ooh Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,319 Likes (Received): 4	Agree!! 3:40 is possibly the freakiest thing ever. Your not sat next to her, you are letching behind her, breathing down her neck.. urgh

April 19th, 2011, 10:36 AM	#1187
AUboy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Canberra Posts: 971 Likes (Received): 7	It is a while off, but the store is massive. Much bigger than the Sydney store.

April 20th, 2011, 01:15 AM	#1189
Melb_SuperTall AnxiousAsFcuk Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: ME!BOURNE Posts: 558 Likes (Received): 3	According to Sunrise this morning the Sydney store opened today.

April 20th, 2011, 06:21 PM	#1190
cnud Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Singapore, Melbourne Posts: 1,411 Likes (Received): 0	Just read from news that a Auzzie teenager admitted to killing an Asian student in Melbourne...

April 21st, 2011, 09:25 AM	#1193
cjb287 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,003 Likes (Received): 5	This is a construction thread. A murder story couldn't be more out of place here. I do however agree with JP though

April 21st, 2011, 11:59 AM	#1195
cnud Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Singapore, Melbourne Posts: 1,411 Likes (Received): 0	Oh I thought this thread reads "General Melbourne Related Banter"... agree that the murder is no casual thing but free flow of information is needed right?

April 21st, 2011, 02:40 PM	#1198
kichigai Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,859 Likes (Received): 11	For anyone interested the latest ep of Build it Bigger is on the new desalination plant.

April 22nd, 2011, 05:52 AM	#1199
tower_dan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,513 Likes (Received): 3	sweet! 2nd ep on Melbourne (Victoria) no other aussie stuff in there that i know of!

April 22nd, 2011, 04:20 PM	#1200
kichigai Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,859 Likes (Received): 11	Tough times for new apartments Simon Johanson April 23, 2011 INTENSE competition in Melbourne's booming apartment market is taking a toll, with some high-profile developments stumbling after well-publicised launches. At the top end of Swanston Street, developer Grocon is ''re-engineering'' its signature 32-storey Portrait apartment building in Carlton, which has the face of indigenous leader William Barak sculpted across its 100-metre-high facade. And South Yarra's controversial $120 million, 14-level Tresor development, designed by architects Wood Marsh with sculptures by local artist Mira Gojak, faces uncertainty after key development partner Equititrust ceased income distributions on several property funds, prompting threats of legal action from investors. Advertisement: Story continues below Tresor was launched late last year with a French chic-themed party where model waitresses in Chanel suits served guests and chef Guillaume Brahimi was flown from Sydney to cater. Channel Nine managing director Jeff Browne, among other Melbourne identities, reportedly paid $5 million recently for a luxury apartment in the controversial, yet-to-be-built, 99-apartment riverside complex on the corner of Chapel Street and Alexander Avenue. Sales have been put on hold until the end of June. But Equititrust project director Brad Duncalfe said funding arrangements for the project would continue. In the six months to December 2010, approvals for high-rise apartments jumped to 26 per cent of total dwellings. Over the previous decade to 2009 they averaged about 9 per cent annually, according to Oliver Hume Real Estate Group. The group estimates a total of 321 apartment projects - buildings either in the pre-sale process, under construction or completed - with an end yield of 37,230 units were on sale across metropolitan Melbourne at the end of March. A significant proportion of those - at least a third - were unlikely to be completed due to financial and market constraints, Oliver Hume's Jamie Kay said. The surge of apartment approvals has since fallen. ''Residential building approvals had weakened in early 2011, with the fall concentrated in apartments, especially in Victoria, where there had been very strong growth in 2010,'' the Reserve Bank's latest minutes said. Grocon's Carlton Brewery manager David Waldren said while some apartments in the Portrait building had sold well, others had struggled. ''We've put a pause on it … We've pulled back from our public marketing process until we've updated [it with] this exercise of re-engineering,'' Mr Waldren said. Once the building was reconfigured internally, it would be targeted more towards investors. ''We think it's a great idea and a brilliant design and we're going to build it,'' he said. The high-rise boom is set to continue for several years. ''The big up-tick in supply is probably 18 months to two years away,'' said BIS Shrapnel analyst Angie Zigomanis. ''It takes a good couple of years for decent-size projects to come online.'' BIS Shrapnel estimates about 4800 new apartment dwellings will be completed in the CBD and inner-city areas in the 2013-14 financial year, a sharp increase on the previous peak of 3600 during the 2005-06 apartment boom. Another trend was towards apartments targeted at younger age groups who had been priced out of the inner-Melbourne house market, Mr Kay said. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/to...#ixzz1KGIC5RJP