Small to medium-sized businesses are driving the office leasing market in Melbourne’s CBD and proactive landlords are making changes to attract and retain tenants adapting to new ways of working. Despite ongoing lockdown changes and density restrictions, the CBD market is proving popular with city-fringe based SMEs. According to Phillip Cullity, director of office leasing at…
We are pleased to announce that construction of New Epping’s Stage 1 Residences is officially underway. With works undertaken by builder Hacer Group, these residences will encompass 151, 1 and 2 bedroom affordable apartments which will be bolstered by 250m 2 of external communal space. Operated by housing provider Haven; Home, Safe, these homes will…
As part of The Urban Developer’s In Focus: Hobart virtual event, David Lee, development director at Riverlee, joined Charles Daoud, director at Traders in Purple, Berry Liberman, co-founder of Small Giants, and Daniel Noble, director at Noble Ventures, for a panel discussion hosted by Adam Di Marco, founder and publisher of The Urban Developer. MONA…
In partnership with the City of Melbourne and Department of Treasury and Finance, Riverlee is proud to have received final approval for Seafarers Rest, a new public park on the banks of the Yarra River (Birrarung). The 3,500 square metre public park will sit adjacent to Seafarers and provide open space to users, residents and…
As the online shopping boom continues post-pandemic, demand for industrial assets remains strong. Logistics, storage and distribution have increased in importance in the supply chain, prompting a positive outlook for the industrial sector. Knight Frank’s National Industrial Market Report, released March 2021, shows there has been a 7 per cent decrease in vacant space across…
We are delighted to have officially commenced construction at New Epping – our $2 billion community in Melbourne’s north. To mark the occasion, we celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by The Hon. Richard Wynne, Minister for Housing and Minister for Planning along with our project partners. The event saw Stage 1 works kick off…
We are honoured to have won the Design Excellence award for Seafarers at the UDIA Awards for Excellence as announced at the 25th Annual Awards for Excellence Gala Lunch. Recognised for our commitment to quality, innovation, sustainability, and collaboration with Fender Katsalidis, Oculus, CARR Design and ODO, we are delighted that our vision and design-led…
Riverlee is proud to partner with The Royal Children’s Hospital UooUoo art trail in celebration of the hospital’s 150th anniversary. The art trail features 100 uniquely designed UooUoo sculptures scattered across Melbourne and Geelong, including one at our very own Seafarers display suite. Our UooUoo, named FindYou by artist Vair Buchanan, features hundreds of individually…
Riverlee together with a collective of major landowners including Mirvac and Peakstone (Zone Q Investments) have formed the Northbank Precinct Group, in a bid to transform the remnants of Melbourne’s original waterfront into a new mixed-use precinct and give back to all Melburnians an exciting place to reconnect with the Northern banks of the Yarra…
A number of permits within the $2 billion mixed-use development, New Epping, have been fast-tracked under the Victorian Government’s Building Victoria Recovery Taskforce (BVRT), with $194 million of work given the green light due to its significant community benefit and employment opportunities. The fast-tracked approval includes the delivery of a private hospital to be operated…
Committed in their philosophy for environmental change, while providing a luxury experience for guests, the revolutionary brand SH Hotels & Resorts has been at the forefront of implementing change to their day-to-day operations in order to safely and cautiously welcome guests back following the easing of lockdown restrictions across the globe. Not only introducing an…
Sailing ahead and breathing new life into the city’s construction landscape, restoration works have now commenced onsite following the State Government’s unanimous and final endorsement of the planning for the visionary Seafarers precinct. Upon completion in 2023, the Fender Katsalidis designed sustainable mixed-use riverfront precinct will be home to 123 luxury hotel-branded residences, 277 guest…
