Developer hedges its bets
In a sign of the times, a developer in the Montague Precinct of Fishermans Bend is proposing to develop a temporary childcare centre on half of the site of its Buckhurst St development.
With the apartment market experiencing an ongoing cool period, developer Human Habitats has submitted an amended application to Minister for Planning Richard Wynne proposing a four-level childcare centre on the corner of its 6-70 Buckhurst St site.
The site, which holds a permit for four 30-storey high-rise apartment towers, has changed hands three times since it was first approved in 2014. Human Habitats purchased the site early last year.
While it is still proceeding with plans to develop the first two towers, stages three and four, which include a further two...
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