New projects in the Urban.com.au database

New projects in the Urban.com.au database
Alastair TaylorJune 16, 2013

A busy weekend has come and gone with 18 new projects appearing in the database, some of which are highlighted below. We still have a multitude of projects yet to be entered, with some of the new residential tower designs (most of which are at the planning stage) quite outstanding...but they are for another day.

We'll also be rolling out some new features through the database in coming weeks, including making it easier to find projects which are at a Registration and Sales stage. Further the database will be expanded to cover all building over all stages (proposed to completion) and all uses, thereby providing the most complete and up-to-date Melbourne building database there is. This will be yet another long-term project and the new data will be gradually added.

As for the most recent database additions, they cover wider Melbourne with suburbs such as Carnegie, Essendon, Maribyrnong, Nunawading, St Kilda and the CBD scoring additional projects. If nothing else it shows now how entrenched apartment living has become through metropolitan Melbourne.

2 Wests Road, Maribyrnong is a new planning application before Maribyrnong City Council. Put forward by Pace Investment Group and designed by Doig Architecture, the scheme covers three buildings with 192 apartments expected. Within close proximity to the approved 19 level, 62 Wests Road complex, this new application enforces the already impressive number of new apartment proposals that have encircled Highpoint Shopping Centre, the areas main draw card.

New projects in the Urban.com.au database

200-204 Wells Street, South Melbourne is an approved residential tower prepared for 15 Park Street Pty Ltd. Taking up a corner location on Wells Street & Park Street, the 22 level complex will hold 261 apartments and 194 car parking bays. It's expected to abutt the proposed 50 Park Street apartment complex.

New projects in the Urban.com.au database

FRD - 2 Morton Avenue, Carnegie is currently at sales. Put forward by high-end developer Fridcorp, the development will contain 40 apartments over 5 levels and is opposite Carnegie Train station. See the website.

New projects in the Urban.com.au database

1048 - 1060 Mt Alexander Road, Essendon has been proposed for some time, and is currently mired in legal proceeding relating to site ownership. At nine levels and containing 101 apartments, it would be Essendon's largest apartment development. Designed by Jackson Clement Burrowes, the design may take its place amongst other buildings on the already established apartment strip.

New projects in the Urban.com.au database

Packington Apartments - 44 Packington Street, St Kilda is an intended residential development by fast expanding Melbourne developer Urban Inc. Highlighted on their website, the six level project expects to house 83 apartments, and is close by to a number of large residential projects about to commence their sales campaign.

New projects in the Urban.com.au database

These projects are but a few of what can be expected in the near future. Stay tuned as UrbanMelbourne.info brings into focus a number of visually exceptional apartment developments in coming weeks, starting with the redesigned Queensbridge Tower proposal later this week, a Bates Smart classic in the making!

Alastair Taylor

Alastair Taylor is a co-founder of Urban.com.au. Now a freelance writer, Alastair focuses on the intersection of public transport, public policy and related impacts on medium and high-density development.

Editor's Picks