Glen Waverley
This suburb is ‘centre of the universe’. Can it keep up with demand?
Among Chinese migrants, there is a term used to describe Glen Waverley. ‘Yu zhou zhong xin’ means ‘the centre of the universe’.
- by Sophie Aubrey
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Monash Council alarmed by secrecy and cost of rail loop, but backs taller buildings
Six-storey buildings could soon begin shooting up in Clayton and Glen Waverley, but some councillors have criticised the state government for shutting them out of discussions about the $34.5 billion project.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Prolific buyer on The Block sells Hampton East house for $3,245,000, a $1m loss
The vendor owned three houses in the Charming Street neighbourhood, and sold number 22 for a loss after listing it with a published $1 reserve price.
- by Carmen Forward
Upsizers snap up Glen Waverley five-bedder for $3.15 million, the middle of its price range
Melbourne’s clearance rate remains soft as higher interest rates lower buying capacity, affecting it more than other cities, AMP chief economist Dr Shane Oliver says.
- by Carmen Forward
No kitchen, no bathroom, no worries: Siblings pay $670,000 for unliveable house
The seller of an unliveable Thomastown property tried unsuccessfully to develop it but is now relieved after it fetched $670,000 at auction on Saturday.
- by Tom Carey
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Life in the ’burbs
Glen Waverley may be ‘boring’ but my childhood there was la dolce vita
My suburb lacks the prestige of Toorak, or the beachside charm of Elwood, but I grew up here and a hole it is not. Bland, perhaps. Ordinary, OK. Dependable, definitely.
- by Kelly Eng
Review
Melbourne
DooBoo's bubbling spicy tofu hotpot is delivered by robot
When it's soup weather in Melbourne summer, get jjigae with it at this Korean diner, writes Dani Valent.
- by Dani Valent
Copse and robbers: Tiny trees taken in $30k bonsai burglaries
A bonsai nursery in Glen Waverley has lost dozens of small but valuable trees in a spate of well-planned burglaries.
- by David Estcourt
It’s hot in Yarrambat as house goes for $1.96m despite grand final
The house sold well above its $1.7 million to $1.76 million guide, and was one of just 86 Melbourne properties scheduled to go under the hammer on grand final day.
- by Melissa Heagney
Review
Melbourne
Glen Waverley's Marble Yakiniku offers an embarrassment of magnificence
Marble Yakiniku is perhaps one of Glen Waverley's best-kept secrets.
- by Besha Rodell
Review
Melbourne
Melbourne's Ichi Katsu serves schnitty, Japanese-style
This smart-casual suburban restaurant specialises in tonkatsu, Japanese crumbed and fried pork.
- by Dani Valent
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