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"Mirvac and... Cbus Property were shortlisted out of 11 interested parties to develop the mixed-use project on Tuesday, with Colliers International managing the process. [Public] submissions on planning controls for the site close on Friday."
"Mirvac and... Cbus Property were shortlisted out of 11 interested parties to develop the mixed-use project on Tuesday, with Colliers International managing the process. [Public] submissions on planning controls for the site close on Friday."
Shortlist the purchasers first, determine the planning controls second? Arse-about!
The State is selling "Treasury Square" for the highest price, and is obviously giving bidders an indication of what the site's yield will be despite the planning process not being completed.
The State is selling "Treasury Square" for the highest price, and is obviously giving bidders an indication of what the site's yield will be despite the planning process not being completed.
This site is too important for this sort of sham process. No new built form controls have been developed for the site; the Hoddle Grid block controls have just been plonked onto this irregularly shaped site, with minimal design quality and sunlight controls to go with it.
There is currently a hard edge to the Hoddle Grid, with a famous heritage streetscape, and a site like this needs to be planned in that context. Instead, the State is simply treating this exercise as an asset sale process with planning controls an afterthought.
The process is rubbish and I called it out last night (debate starts at 1 hour sharp): https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-council/committees-meetings/meeting-archive/Pages/Council-meeting-26-May-2020.aspx
The Age's @chloebooker has covered the City of Melbourne's response to the State Government's draft planning controls here: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gold-coast-stuff-fears-over-treasury-square-development-20200527-p54x05.html
This site will change the cityscape forever. We only get to apply the right controls once. The process to date has been the worst sort of provincial planning and the State Government should start over.
And COVID-19 recovery is no excuse for this poor excuse for planning: this 'EOI for sale first, plan later' approach was cooked up last year.
This is not how you plan a city.
This is not how you plan a city.
