I take your point, and hate to make assumptions so apologies if I'm wide of the mark, but I'm guessing when living in an apartment you were young and / or didn't have a young family - and many apartment builds will continue to cater for that market. My point was that if we are to entice families aw...

Therein lies the problem of apartments in Australia... they are perceived as being sub-par as compared to landed houses. And maybe that is at least partially justified with some of the quality issues seen interstate, which has seen entire buildings deemed unlivable. Agree the offering overseas is s...

Therein lies the problem of apartments in Australia... they are perceived as being sub-par as compared to landed houses. And maybe that is at least partially justified with some of the quality issues seen interstate, which has seen entire buildings deemed unlivable. Agree the offering overseas is s...

What's with the big FLINDERS letters that aren't in anything close to their fairly recent rebranding?

Finally! It does need to be more than higher density residential though, they need to plan for retail, services, and other mixed used within the area surrounding the station. You need replace those trips (or stops on the way while commuting) with places accessible by walking between the station and ...

JK99 wrote:Hopefully they do scrap it and go for more retail/housing

It won’t be retail. In the discussions I’ve had with Renewal SA, they’ve pretty much said retail is unviable without the daytime foot traffic commercial offices would bring. Essentially this building needed to come first.

Hearing that the 6 Park Tce office development has been scrapped, citing high office vacancy in the CBD (never mind that that high vacancy is almost all low quality space that it wouldn't actually be competing with, but whatever). Will be interesting to see what Renewal SA say about it, considering ...

Norman wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:10 pm

They lost me at "trackless trams". It's a bus.

Relevant video (stay for the brief O-Bahn cameo):

I feel like Renewal SA got lazy with the delivery and loaded it with townhouses to speed it up. That was absolutely it. There were a few years where they really struggled to sell apartments (the failure of The Standard, and how long it took to sell 354), so they switched to 3 bedroom townhouses and...

The tracks are on a curve and trains are traveling at speed since most don't stop at North Adelaide station. Drivers can't see anything until it's too late. Ever since the previous fatality, trains have limited their speed around that curve (even if they're not stopping at North Adelaide), and usua...

Very sad news. But why that particular spot? The tracks are on a curve and trains are traveling at speed since most don't stop at North Adelaide station. Drivers can't see anything until it's too late. Ever since the previous fatality, trains have limited their speed around that curve (even if they...

That's a crazy underutilsation of the West Lakes land in a housing crisis. Waterfont and 10km from the city! But apparently the ample detached single storey character of the neighbourhood has to be protected? This government's attitude to development is not fit for the times. Residents that were ha...

Apparently 2024 is some kind of reverse year. Adelaide City Council has committed to opposing all development in the parklands for 5 years, and the Adelaide Park Lands Association calling that unrealistic and wanting sporting facilities and clubrooms upgraded.

ChillyPhilly wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:00 pm

Can't wait for the SMA to jack up food and drink prices in a cost of living crisis yet again.

It's not hard to pack your own food, and have a beer before or after the game.