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Jason and Kayley Marriner in the Comedy Theatre.

Backstage at the theatre, the Marriner siblings say there’s $25,000 they wish they never spent

 The Marriner Group wants to demolish part of the Comedy Theatre on Exhibition Street and build a 27-storey tower behind. The siblings behind the group outline their vision for The Age.

  • Cara Waters

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Lord Mayor Nick Reece weighs up his first year in office over lunch at Marmelo.

A mayor on a mission nominates crime crackdown as biggest achievement of his first year

Just over a year into his term as lord mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece says his greatest success has been in an area not usually within the council’s remit.

  • Cara Waters
The proposed redevelopment would create an office tower and hotel at the rear of the Comedy Theatre.

CBD redevelopment given green light after Marriner Group donated to mayor’s campaign

Last year, Nick Reece took a donation of $25,000 on the basis that it was not from a developer. Now, the City of Melbourne has approved its redevelopment proposal for a Melbourne landmark.

  • Cara Waters

Chris Langford took a $220m gamble at the height of COVID. Now, it’s paying off

The former Hawthorn great walked away from a South Yarra gem and turned to Melbourne’s CBD in a bid to reinvigorate retail.

  • Cara Waters
Jo Horgan at the new Mecca flagship store in Bourke street.

‘A real passion project’: Make-up mogul named Melburnian of the Year

Mecca founder Jo Horgan’s vision sprung to life in a Toorak shopfront 28 years ago and has grown into the nation’s biggest cosmetics retailer.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece is increasingly at logger heads with the Allan government.

City of Melbourne warns car parking levy hike will cripple CBD

Councillors said they were concerned the increase would deter visitors and workers from the city and would stall Melbourne’s economic recovery.

  • Cara Waters
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Sonny Baker, Hamish and Camilla McCombe at the unveiling of the Myer Christmas windows on Friday.

Brick by Lego brick, Myer brings Christmas cheer to its windows

It’s a Lego takeover of the Myer Christmas windows which this year feature Christmas scenes made from thousands of Lego bricks. 

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece in the City of Melbourne’s CCTV control room at Town Hall.

Councillors alarmed at addition of private cameras to City of Melbourne’s CCTV network

Nearly 20 privately owned security cameras already feed into the City of Melbourne’s CCTV network, but the council plans to add 60 more.

  • Cara Waters
Fashion designer Jason Grech and model Portia Jade Talib at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

The ‘anti-trend’ trend all over Melbourne Fashion Week

Designers and customers are focusing more and more on individual style rather than following micro-trends.

  • Cara Waters
The October 2 stabbing in Little Bourke Street, Melbourne.

‘Changed my whole life’: CBD stabbing victim details slow recovery as her alleged attacker is named

The victim of an apparently random stabbing attack in Melbourne’s CBD says she is slowly recovering but is still fearful, as her alleged attacker’s identity is revealed.

  • Hannah Hammoud, Kieran Rooney, Erin Pearson and Alexander Darling

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