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The future planning and provision of affordable housing is an important challenge for Melbourne. Last week Aran Barker (Project Director at Collie) participated in an industry workshop on 'affordable housing'. The workshop was part of 'Transforming Housing' - a research...
Collie has recently assisted Goodman Property Services (Goodman) in obtaining a planning permit to allow for the expansion of its distribution centre in Boundary Road, Laverton North. The planning permit will allow for the use and development of three large...
Collie recently assisted Mirvac in obtaining planning permits for the development of terraces homes and the construction of a residential and mixed use tower, in the Bolte Precinct of Docklands. The precinct is known as Wharf's Edge and forms a...
Amendment C288 to the Greater Geelong Planning Scheme was gazetted on 16 October 2014. This amendment rezones the 72.4-hectare Adventure Park Geelong site from Farming Zone to Comprehensive Development Zone with an accompanying site specific schedule and an incorporated comprehensive...
Well done to Sophie Russo from Collie on completing the Melbourne Marathon last Sunday. Sophie completed the 42 kilometre course in three hours and thirty three minutes. The Melbourne Marathon Festival saw 30,000 people participate over 4 different events, 5,...
Pop-up-parks have become increasingly common in Melbourne over recent years. Councils and various community groups have opened pop-up-parks in car parks, suburban streets and on undeveloped land. A pop-up-park opened in Dandenong in 2011 and is still being used as...
Melbourne put on a beautiful spring day for the AFL Grand Final parade today. Good luck to both teams and their supporters tomorrow.
Regular readers of Collie News will know that we have been monitoring closely the introduction of new residential zones across Victoria. This week a series of 'Stage 1' reports prepared by the Residential Zones Standing Advisory Committee (which was appointed...
Collie has been into high fashion recently. We have assisted / prepared planning permit applications for a variety of 'high-end' fashion stores in the Melbourne CBD. These have included the following with a number currently or recently under construction. Louis...
It was Sir Thomas More who coined the term ‘Utopia’ in his book published in 1516 of the same name. The book related to life on a fictional island in the Atlantic Ocean with a perfect social and political system....