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theurbandeveloper.com | Vanessa Croll |Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca
ResidentialA heritage-listed building at risk of collapse in Sydney’s north is at the centre of an urgent planning overhaul as developers propose changes to a $66-million apartment project. The site at 286–294 Pacific Highway, Crows Nest—formerly home to the North Shore Gas Company—was approved for redevelopment in November after a decision by the NSW Land and Environment Court.
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1 week ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Vanessa Croll |Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca
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theurbandeveloper.com | Marisa Wikramanayake |Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca
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1 week ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca |Phil Bartsch
PolicyRezoning plans for a regional centre in the north-west of NSW could add 2100 homes to the NSW housing stock. The plans for Narrabri, a town of about 5500 and about six hours from Sydney by road, would gain a mix of detached and medium-density housing as well as a new town centre under the state government planThe proposal includes three precincts, each with its own focus—housing, employment and industry.
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1 week ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Marisa Wikramanayake |Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Leon Della Bosca
An economic strategy that will shape the future of the City of Melbourne is moving into the public consultation phase. The council’s planning committee at its meeting on Tuesday (April 15) endorsed the next step for its draft economic development strategy 2025-2029. In February last year the city’s Future Melbourne Committee asked its planning officers to create a new strategythat could be adopted by June 30, 2025.
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theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Phil Bartsch |Taryn Paris
Changes to The Gurner Group’s Sydney debut and Sekisui House’s Melrose Park apartment plans are being sought as the developers refine their focus on buyer demands and amenity. Sekisui House has filed amendments for its Parramatta site at 82-84 Wharf Road, Melrose Park, and 29 Hughes Avenue, Ermington. The developer was approved for a 6-to-10-storey double-tower project of 368 apartments in 2024, but construction has not yet begun, according to the application.
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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Renee McKeown |Leon Della Bosca
IndustrialDefunct industrial land in the Wollongong suburb of Port Kembla will be fast-tracked for rezoning so the area can be developed to attract hi-tech businesses. The NSW Government is bumping up the rezoning of 200ha of land owned by BlueScope Steel as a State-Assessed Rezoning Proposal (SARP) to expedite the planning assessment timeframes. The process is intended to be a “streamlined pathway to help identify and evaluate key employment sites”.
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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Taryn Paris |Renee McKeown |Leon Della Bosca
ResidentialA two-tower scheme at South Perth that rose from the ashes of a pandemic-era project have been approved. Blueways Group’s 12-level plans for a site at 42, 44 and 46 Leonora Street, Como, has this month been greenlit by the Development Assessment Panel. The 156-apartment project was filed in November of 2024, meaning it has been assessed and approved in six months—a timeframe that would be the envy of developers on the east coast.
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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Taryn Paris |Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca
Sponsored ContentThe storage asset market has remained resilient into 2025 driven by increased uptake in self-storage and large-scale industrial storage facilities. Alongside increased demand for e-commerce businesses, storage facilities also house sizable operational equipment and containers. However, given the nature, scale, size and operational requirements, storage assets can pose many challenges and risks.
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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Taryn Paris |Phil Bartsch
Sponsored ContentA new force for placemaking has emerged with the official launch of The Place Collective—an alliance of property specialists dedicated to place advocacy. The group aims to drive industry-wide understanding of the crucial role place plays in creating, shaping, repositioning and activating successful properties, communities, precincts and urban neighbourhoods.
