Vision Apartments is a residential skyscraper built in
Melbourne
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,
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, Australia. As of August 2018, the skyscraper is the seventh–tallest building in Melbourne.
History
By early 2009, the Brady Group were proposing to build a residential skyscraper on a site adjacent to the
Queen Victoria Market
The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemi ...
car park. The 1,030 m
2 site, which previously hosted a 150–year–old hotel, was bought at an auction for $
AUD
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11.8 million by the property developer, in 2008. After minor changes to design, The Brady Group officially re–launched the project in 2011, wherein plans were tabled for a residential skyscraper which would reach in height.
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''Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...
''. Retrieved 15 May 2017.[(10 November 2014]
"Construction Commences on Melbourne CBD’s Tallest Building"
''TheUrbanDeveloper''. Retrieved 26 January 2015 The proposal included more than 500 residential apartments spanning across 69 levels, in addition to three basement levels.
Approval for the project was granted in November 2012, by the then–Planning Minister,
Matthew Guy
Matthew Jason Guy (born 6 March 1974) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia Member of the Parliament of Victoria since 2006, representing Northern Metropolitan Region in the Legislative Council (2006–2014) an ...
.
[Walsh, Alistair. (1 November 2012)]
"Vision, the tallest approved residential building in Melbourne CBD, begins marketing"
''PropertyObserver''. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Construction on the $400–500 million project commenced in October 2013, whereby a completion date was estimated for some time in mid–2016.
During construction, the
Melbourne City Council
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discovered that two of three basement car-park levels had not been constructed, despite being present within the 2011 plans for the project; nevertheless, the developer had submitted minor planning amendments to Minister Guy, as to reflect the failure to build the two additional levels.
[Lucas, Clay. (29 October 2015)]
"Ooops! Developer fails to build two promised levels of underground parking"
''The Sydney Morning Herald
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2016. By July 2016, the skyscraper had topped out, and had been completed a few months later.
Vision Apartments is currently the second–tallest residential building within the Melbourne CBD core, the seventh tallest residential building in Melbourne, and the
tenth–tallest building in Melbourne overall.
Gallery
File:Vision Apartments UC - January 2015.jpg, Vision under construction, in January 2015
File:Vision Apartments 006.JPG, Vision under construction, in October 2015
File:Vision Apartments, Nov. 2015 1.jpg, Vision under construction, in November 2015
See also
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List of tallest buildings in Melbourne
Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to approximately 758 completed high-rise buildings. Of those completed and or topped-out, 73 buildings are defined as "skyscrapers"–buildings which reach a height of at least ; m ...
* Nearby features
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Light House Melbourne
Light House Melbourne (also simply referred to as Lighthouse) is a residential skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia. Located on 450 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, the project was designed by Elenberg Fraser and developed by Hengyi Australia. The s ...
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Queen Victoria Market
The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hemi ...
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Victoria One
Victoria One is a residential skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Designed by Elenberg Fraser, the building was first proposed in 2013
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Skyscrapers in Melbourne
Residential skyscrapers in Australia
Apartment buildings in Melbourne
Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Buildings and structures in Melbourne City Centre
2016 establishments in Australia
Buildings and structures completed in 2016