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Urban Taskforce | Media Releases
Urban Taskforce | Media Releases
Hunter Regional Plan can drive growth
14 October 2016
The Hunter Regional Plan with its increased residential densities and focus on the Newcastle city centre can drive significant growth and development in the region, says the Urban Taskforce.
60 storey Star Casino tower should lead the way for more tall buildings on the Pyrmont Peninsula
11 October 2016
The announcement of the three competing schemes for a 215 metre high six-star hotel and apartment building in Pyrmont opens up the potential for more towers on the peninsula, says Urban Taskforce.
Olympic towers signal the shape of Sydney’s future development
10 October 2016
The plan for 45 storey towers at Sydney Olympic Park signals a lift in the aspirations for development across Sydney says the Urban Taskforce.
Sydney housing completions up but more needed
04 October 2016
The announcement by the NSW Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes, that Sydney achieved 30,191 housing completions in the last financial year is good news but more is needed to meet population projections, says the Urban Taskforce.
NSW Architecture and Design policy needs to balance Innovation and Regulation
04 October 2016
The announcement by NSW Minister for Planning, Rob Stokes, that an architecture and design policy will be developed to give a focus on design quality is positive, provided a balance between innovation and regulation is achieved, says the Urban Taskforce.
Balmain Tigers site needs resolution not Greens Party scaremongering
28 September 2016
The Land and Environment Court decision against the proposed development of two mid-rise towers on the site of the Balmain Tigers has been misused by the Greens Party to condemn urban development in inner city sites in Sydney says the Urban Taskforce.
New Rules for Certifiers Good for the Development Industry
22 September 2016,
The proposed new legislation on the process of certifying building projects in NSW is good for the development industry says the Urban Taskforce.
Value capture is not a magic pudding
20 September 2016,
The growing interest in all levels of government in Australia in the concept of value capture has raised concerns in the property development industry. Value capture is not a magic pudding that will fund all infrastructure says the Urban Taskforce.
Dyldam’s Joe Khattar is the Urban Taskforce’s Property Person of the Year
19 September 2016
Joe Khattar AM, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Parramatta based development group Dyldam has been named Property Person of the Year says the Urban Taskforce.
