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James Young, owner of iconic Melbourne live music venue Cherry Bar which is two doors down from the Parkade car park which was sold by City of Melbourne for $55 million this week.

Cherry Bar said no to Gaga. Now it’s threatening to stop Hemmes

Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes is now in a showdown with Melbourne’s famed Cherry Bar owner James Young over a planned ‘hospitality wonderland’ development.

  • Rachael Dexter

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Guest says the council decision to sell the carpark is ‘like selling the farm to pay for the silverware’.

‘Selling the farm to pay for the silverware’: Car park sale to Merivale slammed

The Melbourne council has voted to sell a CBD asset to Sydney hospitality billionaire Justin Hemmes, but some councillors say it’s gone ‘for a song’.

  • Rachael Dexter
Artist’s render of Hemmes plans for 34/60 Little Collins street.

Mimi’s and a ‘sky garden’: Sydney billionaire Justin Hemmes’ grand plan for Melbourne CBD car park

Merivale Group has bought a City of Melbourne car park to build a precinct with restaurants, cafes, bars, a hotel and retail.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece and deputy lord mayor Roshena Campbell.

Councillors are lining up to attack this website – the lord mayor granted it an interview

There are complaints aplenty from the city’s municipal chambers about the site’s pointed attacks.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Francesco Fontana, of Fontana Brothers, will be part of a strike of Queen Victoria Market fruit and vegetable stall holders on Tuesday.

Why Queen Victoria Market fruiterers will strike for the first time in 147 years

As a dispute over rising costs rolls on, the famed market’s fruit and vegetable traders say they will shut their stalls on Tuesday.

  • Cara Waters
Lord Mayor Nick Reece at the Regent Theatre. He pledged during his campaign to be elected lord mayor to sell the council’s share in the theatre.

‘I got it wrong’: Lord mayor abandons plan to sell Regent Theatre

Nick Reece says he failed to appreciate the level of support among Melburnians for the heritage-listed venue on Collins Street.

  • Cara Waters
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King George’s head on a barbecue

George V statue’s lopped head shown alight on barbecue

Victoria Police and the City of Melbourne are searching for the head after footage was posted on Australia Day.

  • Cara Waters
Alec Kahn, match secretary for the Mercantile Cricket Association in Royal Park.

Seventy hectares lost: Melbourne’s sports grounds are dwindling

Sports clubs across the City of Melbourne are cramming onto a diminishing number of sports grounds in the battle for green space for a booming population. 

  • Cara Waters
Fiona Bell, president of the Protectors of Public Lands Victoria, is worried about plans to add more sporting grounds to Royal Park.

Melbourne’s largest park is dark and wild, but a new plan will add sports grounds, paving and lighting

The new masterplan for Royal Park has angered residents and community and environmental groups, who fear a loss of open space and harm to flora and fauna.

  • Cara Waters
Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece pledged to bring in a city safety team.

Nick Reece spruiked a crack squad to clean up the CBD. So far, it’s two security guards

The City of Melbourne wanted their 30-strong team of local law officers to tackle begging and alcohol use in the CBD with the help of police, but the force rejected a request to trial two full-time officers.

  • Cara Waters

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