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FOOTSCRAY | 1 Warde Street | 63m & 84m | 19L & 26L | Residential

Mark Baljak wrote on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 06:57

kicking off thread for 1 Warde Street

taken from DPCD planning application and © Elenberg Fraser Architects

site

transition line

design influence

rooftop layout

renders

Mark Baljak wrote on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 07:03

http://www.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/files/Attachments/FEB13_CDSC_1_Warde_S...

Martin Mankowski wrote on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 12:16

I love the rooftop concept. The indoor lounges and dining rooms make great entertaining options with stunning views, whilst the outdoor lounge areas are leisurely beaches in the sky. Make good additions to the usual gym and pool.

The lower levels are neatly dressed in shrubbery too. Adding greenery to the outside of buildings is starting to become a real trend in Melbourne, and its done smartly here.

However i dunno about the rest of the design. Its close cousin Clara Apartments at least had some interesting angles and curves to give the facade some definition. This design looks very straight up and down and grid like, with not a lot of imagination in the colour scheme.

I think these towers are much less the glamour and romance of 'Romeo and Juliet', and much more the everyday mundane life of John Cougar Mellencamp's 'Jack and Diane' - "Just 2 kids growing up best they can".

Danny Boy wrote on Sun, 20/09/2015 - 14:58

"Romeo & Juliet"

Approved a couple of weeks ago

http://www.starweekly.com.au/news/tycoon-gets-green-light-for-footscray-...

Dean wrote on Sun, 20/09/2015 - 15:26

With plans approved Gurner now has this site for sale.

Qantas743 wrote on Sun, 20/09/2015 - 18:54

Credit where credit is due.

Just a shame he doesn't apply the "its height and density were well suited to the growing area" line to CBD approvals.

Mark Baljak wrote on Fri, 24/06/2016 - 11:14

took a while

Gurner part of $15m+ Footscray sell-off
Gym owner turned blue-collar then white-collar property developer, young BRW Rich List member, Tim Gurner, is speculated to be selling a major development site in Footscray, five kilometres west of town.
The 1 Warde Street site covers 2170 sq m and came with a permit for towers rising 26 levels and containing 388 dwellings atop a commercial component.
Gurner agreed to acquire the property, within the state government's Joseph Road urban renewal precinct, more than five years ago.
The recent sale price has not yet been disclosed however the last round of advertisements were calling for offers in excess of $10 million. CBRE's Mark Wizel, Julian White and Ed Wright were the marketing agents.
In February, Gurner paid $40 million for an 8500 sq m Queens Parade, Fitzroy North, residential development site. That same month, the builder sold more than $10 million of flats within an hour, for its proposed 74 Eastern Road, South Melbourne, complex.
Elsewhere in Footscray this week, an 1890 sq m site at 26-30 Buckley Street, with a controversial 12-level development permitted by Planning Minister Richard Wynne last year, found a buyer for about $5.5 million, following a CBRE campaign.

zenith wrote on Sun, 15/01/2017 - 16:35

Can anyone confirm whether the site was sold, and if so to whom? CBRE is no longer listing the site.

Mark Baljak wrote on Mon, 16/01/2017 - 06:54

No announcement was made on the site's sale - not sure what happened with this one

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Mark Baljak wrote on Wed, 19/09/2018 - 06:51

Selling as Liberty One

design looks to have been simplified

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Paul Esson wrote on Thu, 21/03/2019 - 19:16

They have done a mail drop in the Footscray area with details of their "Grand Opening", Saturday 30th of March, 12:00pm to 4:00pm, 10 Moreland St, Footscray.