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2 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Marisa Wikramanayake |Taryn Paris |Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett
Last Day to Submit Nominations• Get Recognised in This Year’s Awards Closing Today, April 11Get Recognised• Last Day to Submit Nominations Closing Today, April 11
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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 | Lindsay Saunders |Taryn Paris |Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett
ResidentialAn urban renewal project in Sydney’s inner south is poised to begin after the signing of contracts between the NSW Government and the consortium that will deliver the development. Stockland has informed the ASX that it, along with consortium partners Link Wentworth, City West Housing and Birribee Housing, had finalised contractual negotiations to undertake the development of the Waterloo Renewal Project with Homes NSW. The consortium won the contract in August of last year.
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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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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll
RetailOne of the nation’s busiest mining towns is in line for a shopping centre, tavern and daycare centre as its housing woes continue. Turner River Developments filed the plans with the Town of Hedland in December and it won approval from the Regional Development Assessment Panel on March 25. This was despite a submission from the neighbouring Spinifex Hill Studio, a gallery for First Nation artists, calling for the area to remain a dry site but otherwise supporting the plans.
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll |Renee McKeown
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll
PlanningParramatta’s cultural scene is expanding further as the $244-million redevelopment of Riverside Theatres moves forward. The City of Parramatta plans to begin construction on the project by the end of the year to coincide with the completion of the Powerhouse Parramatta currently under construction by Lendlease. The theatre and museum, facing each other across the Parramatta River, were a “pivotal part” of the city’s plans to become an epicentre of culture and creativity, the council said.
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Renee McKeown |Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll
Building activity is visibly on the rise in Melbourne, the Sunshine Coast and Wollongong as the number of cranes on their skylines reached record levels. But the number of cranes at work in all other centres declined, according to the RLB Crane Index for the first quarter of 2025, released this week. Rider Levett Bucknall Oceania research director Ewen McDonald said two projects in Melbourne were the biggest contributors to the city’s crane count.
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3 weeks ago | 
theurbandeveloper.com | Clare J Burnett |Leon Della Bosca |Vanessa Croll |Renee McKeown
After introducing a league table in July last year to track council assessment times, the NSW Government has turned its attention to its own agencies. The State Government has published a State Agency League Table that holds to account the performance of 22 agencies, state-owned corporations and electricity providers. “Delays or conflicts in approvals or advice from agencies can result in delays to a council issuing a development approval,” the government said in a statement.
