Development News
RICHMOND ENTERS ERA OF OFFICE INTENSIFICATION
Author: Renee McKeown Urban Developer
The rise and rise of Richmond office developments—the suburb is transforming again from residential to commercial.
The transformation of Richmond from manufacturing to warehouse- converted-to-residential and now a new era of offices continues with plans for site east of Church Street and a new development hitting the block.
ground floor would afford views to canopy trees. Melbourne-based Directed Electronics chief executive Stavros Siolis is listed as the owner of a terrace house at 13 Amsterdam Street, Richmond as well as a two-storey office and furniture store on the site. Meanwhile, to the west of Church Street, Curtis York has listed its recently completed seven-storey office building at 19 Cubitt Street, Cremorne with agents labelled the area “Melbourne’s most sought-after city fringe”. JLL senior executive Tim Carr said the building was
Seven buildings between 7 and 10 storeys have been completed in the suburb in Melbourne’s inner-east since 2021 and 10 are on the way, either recently approved or under construction. The latest plans before the Yarra City Council are for a seven-storey office building with one level of basement, including a car stacker and end-of-trip facilities, designed by KUD Architects. The block would comprise 2442sq m of net lettable area as well as terraced areas on level three and six. A void at
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