Development
Ropes cut, holes drilled: Mystery vandals target Sydney boat club
Canoe and dragon boat paddlers have been forced to either store their boats for two years or leave them open for vandals while their harbour park base is redeveloped.
- Jessica McSweeney
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The new ‘local oasis’ you can watch fireworks from – but not until 2028
A park on Sydney’s lower north shore will provide stunning views of the city’s New Year’s Eve fireworks once it opens after a three-year delay.
- Cindy Yin
‘Tick-box’ apartment standards stifle housing solutions, award-winning developer warns
Victoria’s apartment standards mean that unconventional plans, like boutique “lofts” similar to warehouse conversions, struggle to meet definitions for approval, Neometro says.
- Lachlan Abbott
Longest metro rail cavern disappears into distance beneath inner Sydney
A tight above-ground site in Pyrmont gives little indication of the scale of what is happening beneath one of Australia’s most densely populated suburbs.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Public housing tower demolition plan is ‘ethnic cleansing’, says mayor
Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly has slammed the state’s plan to demolish Melbourne’s public housing towers as a land grab and threatened street resistance in explosive inquiry testimony.
- Rachael Dexter
Commuters face at least another eight-month wait for new metro line opening
The state government is reluctant to commit to an opening date due to the complexity of converting a heavy rail line in Sydney’s south to one for metro trains.
- Matt O'Sullivan
Let there be light: Lessons from Melbourne’s first apartment high-rise
Apartments in the 1961 tower are larger and more light-filled than modern ones. An architect who has done refurbishments of the building says rules around high-density development must be loosened.
- Sophie Aubrey
Is private office space a public good? SRL density plan suggests so
Housing advocates have warned that social and affordable housing along the rail line could be diminished.
- Kieran Rooney and Patrick Hatch
Reusing their religion: The Sydney churches with eyes on high-rise futures
A century-old north shore church has won planning approval to redevelop the site into high-rise housing despite resistance from residents – and it’s not the only church eyeing a housing future.
- David Barwell
‘No-brainer’: Architects, developers ready to pounce on Woollahra ghost station
Locals are split on whether a potential reopening of Woollahra station should go ahead as the government plays coy on its plans.
- Jessica McSweeney, Cindy Yin and Alexandra Smith
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