Sydney developer Martin Chernin severs ties with CBRM for future development
Absolutely unbelievable! So he's removed the publicly funded portion of the development (the library), due to the expired agreement, wants to develop
his own land and
pay the municipality market price for their land, and they won't even hear him out? This is the biggest developer in the area, and if you're treating this developer like this, the other large developers are going to be watching. His developments are notoriously slow to get moving, but that's not necessarily his or his company's fault. If this is any precedent, it's going to be a very rough few years for development in the CBRM.
Now look, I'm not saying his development would necessarily be great, and there is obviously a process to be followed, but it sounds like they're not even letting him try to follow that process on this land. I guess that gravel parking lot is too beautiful to be developed in much of council's eyes.
New Horizon Achievement Centre in Sydney nearing completion
This is a great development, not only for developing in Harbourside and the new cafe, but because the Horizon Achievement Centre provides meaningful training and employment opportunities (in house and placement/advocacy) to people with intellectual disabilities, and they desperately needed the extra space and better equipment they now have in this building.
It looks like one or two of the more interesting architectural elements were removed from the design during the build, but I'll take it considering the funding crunch and the need for this building.
And finally, another NSCC photo update.
NSCC Waterfront Campus Photo Update - Oct.11, 2021
The link mentions that more foundation has been poured where the fire station was, which now allows all buildings in the original rendering to be built. There's a lot of work involved in this one, so it will be one to watch for a while.