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🌟 SSRIA member feature Friday!🌟 Building on their initial discussion over the future of the former Royal Alberta Museum, Reimagine Architects are working towards developing an alternative solution to demolition. ⬇️ Read more below from a recent Edify Magazine interview.

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Hopefully this article sheds some light on a program of successful projects carried out by the City. I wrote the article some time ago, as is apparent when it refers to childcare in the QVM Munro Building. The childcare became the City's lending library and completed what has been an enormously rewarding project. Soon to follow, at QVM, is the final project in the suite, which is the Southern Site. That was pulled together by the City in 2014 through the consolidation of Council and State Government sites. The return from this site will help cover almost all the costs of the QVM Renewal Project and deliver further activation of this important precinct. One of the next phases of the Renewal Project will be removing cars from the surface-level carpark and creating a 1.7-hectare Market Square—a welcome addition to a city that was first planned without any public squares and an important public space for one of the densest precincts of the central city.

AMENDMENT C271 – FITZROY & COLLINGWOOD Yarra City Council have commenced exhibition for Amendment C271. The Amendment proposes sweeping changes to planning controls in Fitzroy and Collingwood to manage growth in these areas. Council is seeking to encourage ‘sensitive’ development that is responsive to heritage and character. Some of the headline changes include: - Applying permanent Design and Development Overlays with new controls for building heights, setbacks and more in activity centres, commercial and mixed-use zones - Introducing new heritage overlays to some properties - Rezoning existing residentially zones properties to mixed use or commercial If you have landholdings in Fitzroy or Collingwood this Amendment represents potentially significant changes to the planning controls in play. The exhibited documents can be viewed here: https://lnkd.in/gzV33YdH Council is accepting submissions on the Amendment until 24 February 2025. If you are considering engaging, please reach out to us at 03 8626 9000 or admin@pppartners.com.au

Here’s your daily round-up of the latest news and views from EG. 👍 The City of London Corporation’s planning committee has signed off three projects in one sitting that highlight a trio of trends shaping the Square Mile’s built environment. First, the need to revamp some of the area’s tired market stock. Freshwater Group’s proposals for the redevelopment of Tenter House at 45 Moorfields, EC2, drew a lot of complaints from residents of the nearby Barbican Estate. But the plans for a part-14, part-21-storey block with 363,400 sq ft of offices and 3,100 sq ft of retail were approved by 14 councillors to four. Next, the desire to turn some of that tired office stock into residential. Dominus and Cheyne Capital received a unanimous approval for the redevelopment of empty offices at 65 Fleet Street, EC4, into a student accommodation scheme. And finally, giving a lift to the City’s leisure space. An empty Fleet Street bank once home to HSBC will be turned into a mini-golf and bowling venue under another approval at Tuesday’s meeting. That project too received objections, with nearby residents worried about noise from late-night revellers. The committee ruled that the site should close at 11pm on weeknights, rather than 2am. 😋 Time Out Group plc is stepping up the pace of opening food halls in its Markets business, as it raises fresh funds to back its first London site. As EG revealed last week, the company is in talks with the The Crown Estate to take a space on Piccadilly Circus for its long-awaited first site in London. Time Out is now raising £8m through a new share sale to fund that project as well as a new site in New York. It said the London site requires an initial cash outlay of £2.6m for the rent deposit on a 15-year lease. Anticipated handover is in 2026, with opening expected in 2027. 🏢 Elsewhere in the capital, online publisher LADbible Group is on the hunt for a new base in London, with a focus on Old Street and the City fringe submarkets. The company is looking for a space of 30,000-50,000 sq ft, with Savills advising on the search. A spokesperson for the company told EG that its lease at the Relay Building at 114 Whitechapel High Street, E1, is up in 2026 and that the team is “assessing our options”. 😇 Apache Capital is weighing up the disposal of a £200m build-to-rent scheme in Manchester. Angel Gardens, run by Moda Living, comprises 466 homes in a 35-storey building, providing 23,000 sq ft of amenity space and 22,000 sq ft of commercial space. Savills has been appointed to explore options “in light of inbound interest from the market”. 🗞 There’s also news on single-family driving a rise in BTR investment; JLL’s new artificial intelligence platform; and a sweet deal between Lindt & Sprüngli and Landsec at the Piccadilly Lights. All this and more here. https://lnkd.in/exGmxRwP

🏛️ Centenary Square Birmingham - What might have been!! With the commencement of the latest development on Centenary Square by Court Collaboration and Select Property, I remembered a photograph I took of a model of Birmingham's Centenary Square, discovered at the Museum Collection Centre in Nechells, Birmingham, back in 2018. The model reflects 'what was' a grand vision for Centenary Square — yet only Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory were ultimately built. I had the opportunity to work on the redevelopment of Baskerville House, and it was fascinating to see how some elements of the original design intent endured. If you look closely at the rear elevation of Baskerville House, facing #Edition, you'll notice it’s constructed of brick rather than the decorative stone seen in the model. This change was driven by wartime economic pressures when funds were redirected to the war effort, requiring the building’s rear to be completed quickly and cheaply. The vision for the original scheme was huge! Where this strikingly grand complex was planned, today stands the Library of Birmingham, Symphony Hall, and the ICC! Each reflects the priorities and values of their respective eras, shaped by different political and economic forces. 🤔 So I started to wonder... what narrative is currently shaping Birmingham's skyline and its legacy buildings? What decisions are being made now, and what will they say about our era to future generations? How might this space, if built as intended, have influenced Birmingham's tourism, built environment and future planning policies? 🏙️ #realestate #construction #property #development #management #projectmonitor #responsibledevelopment #Birmingham #BuildingBrum

Sydney-based practice Em Be Ce have won an invited design competition for an affordable housing development in Sydney’s Alexandria. According to the release, the scheme “does more with less – bringing a distinctive new presence to the city and demonstrating how good design can achieve quality housing for all.” Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/grFixvz9

Learn more about New Manchester Flats VI, and a few other upcoming projects of ours, by checking out today's article from Richmond BizSense!

Just been to New York and visited Empire Building. Just a question, How Long Would It Take to Build the Empire State Building Again? The Empire State Building, completed in just 13 months between 1930 and 1931, is a symbol of extraordinary ambition. With 102 floors and over 250,000 square meters of space, it was constructed at an astonishing pace of 4.5 stories per week. But it begs the question: If we were to build the Empire State Building today, how long would it take? Would modern advancements help us match or even exceed the speed of the 1930s, or have regulations and complexities made such rapid projects a thing of the past? Let’s discuss!