North Sydney’s Jilly Gibson pitching for EUAs, Nightlife & Art
North Sydney has thrown down the gauntlet to its big sister over the bridge. It’s pitching to be part of
the annual Vivid LIVE festival in May and early June. It wants better nightlife and it’s already renamed
a plaza after one of its favourite sons: artist Brett Whiteley.
According to newly elected Mayor Jilly Gibson, North Sydney may soon also have a spate of upgraded and more valuable commercial buildings, thanks to the city’s embrace of the Environmental Upgrade Agreement finance schemes. It wants to have EUA exemplar projects up and running by the end of
this year.
The schemes, which finance environmental upgrades to buildings through energy savings, with repayments managed through charges on local council rates, are spreading rapidly through New South Wales’ local government councils. The City of Sydney launched its first EUA recently with a $26.5 million commitment at the Frasers Property-Sekisui House development at Central Park, Broadway. Parramatta City Council is on board; so is Lake Macquarie and now, North Sydney. Soon joining the program will be Newcastle, Penrith and Wollongong councils. Continue reading
The annual Property Council of Australia property awards took place last Saturday night in Sydney and winner of the National Best
Residential Development in Australia was the Triptych Development in Southbank Melbourne.
Triptych was developed by RI Group and Stable Property Group and on the night Stable’s Managing Director Danny Flynn accepted the award on behalf of the team. Napier & Blakeley worked on the project with Stable.
Napier & Blakeley managing director Alastair Walker said “this is a fantastic result for Stable and we are proud to have worked with Danny and his team on this development. Triptych was also a finalist in the highly regarded Sustainability division of the awards as well, because of it’s clever design and use of sustainable materials.”
Stable, through its Lifestyle Working brand, have completed a sustainable office development at Brookvale in Sydney and are currently developing their next Lifestyle Working development in JV with Lend Lease in Collins Street in Melbourne. Continue reading →