28 November 2024
The Gladstone is formally opened.
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| The Gladstone from Kirrip Park, November 2024 |
August 2023
The project is underway.
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| Greystar's BTR project from Kirrip Park, August 2023 |
June 2022
Greystar has appointed ICON to build this $500m project.
The build-to-rent project will include 700 apartments across three towers plus 850sq m of retail space.
The architects are Scott Carver.
Site preparation is underway by Delta.
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| site preparation, viewed from Kerr St, June 2022 |
March 2021
Greystar acquired the property from Chip Eng Seng subsidiary CEL Australia for $65 million.
May 2020
CEL Australia has suspended marketing for Fifteen85 until 2021 in response to weakened property market conditions attendant on the corona virus pandemic. (source: Financial Review 28 May 2020)
23 June 2018
15 - 85 Gladstone St, Montague
Launch party for Tower 1, Fifteen85. A heavy emphasis on dogs - canine wellbeing, dog minding, dog grooming.
For people, there were crepes, hot dogs and fair trade coffee.
The burger people had reportedly crashed into the Montague Bridge.
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| Launch party for Fifteeen85, (Gladstone St), June 2018 |
June 2018
Fifteen85
A sales office has opened on site with Tower 1 (of 3) to launch on 23 June. Elenberg Fraser are now the architects and the development is branded as
Fifteen85. It has a new address 85 Gladstone Street.
The final approval was for three towers, rather than the four originally approved.
Tower 1 is the western most of the 3 towers and will contain 222 apartments. The podium level will be ' laden with greenery'.
The developer is CEL Australia.
December 2017
The site was sold by Colliers International on 4 December 2017. Among the attributes of the site, Colliers listed
- Enormous site area of 9,356sqm
- Three extensive street frontages
- Flexible Capital City Zone 1
- Recently approved permit allowing for a landmark, mixed use project designed by world renowned Fender Katsalidis
- Directly adjacent to the new South Melbourne Park Primary School, and newly designated park
August 2017
An amended permit was subsequently issued on 29 August 2017
21 June 2016
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| Kerr St frontage of the development site 15 - 85 Gladstone St, June 2016 |
Amended plans for the site were considered by the City of Port Phillip. While the Council had no issue with changing the architect to Fender Katsalidis, the Council advised DEWLP that it did not support changes which included
- reduced tower separation distances
- reduced setbacks to Kerr and Buckhurst Sts
- increasing the heights of towers 2 and 3 to 30 levels so that all four towers will be the same height
November 2014
On 29 November, a Labor government was elected with Daniel Andrews as Premier. Richard Wynne became the planning minister.
September 2014
Ministerial permit 2013/005499 was issued on 1 September 2014. The permit provides for a north-south link through the site, consistent podium heights and a reduction in height for the towers to 30 storeys.
4 June 2013
Marc Pallisco, the Age, reported on Saturday 1 June that Carlins has lodged an application for a staged development of 4 towers, the tallest of which will be 38 storeys, for their massive site on Buckhurst St.
The proposed development includes 1,023 apartments.
The application, lodged on 27 May 2013, is listed on the Minister's Planning Permit register with scant further information at this time.
The site is large, 9,356 sqm and Buckhurst St is very wide. In the City of Port Phillip's plan for the suburb, Buckhurst was envisaged as the main street and community heart of Montague.
A different future to that imagined by Port Phillip is now unfolding, but at this time there is no clarity as to how such large developments will deliver any community benefit.
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The Buckhurst St frontage, June 2013
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corner Kerr x Buckhurst Sts, Montague 2013
1 June 2013
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| Kerr St frontage of development site 15 - 85 Gladstone St, June 2013 |
November 1989
The site was sold by private treaty for $453.499k. (source: Domain property report)
