Urban Renewal
Urban renewal projects effectively reuse former development sites to cater for the needs of a growing population, whilst leveraging the existing infrastructure. Verve Projects has successfully provided our services to a range of urban renewal sites of varying degrees of complexity. As planning authorities in major cities continue to encourage urban renewal projects, Verve Projects is an exceptional partner to deliver them.
The team at Verve Projects work with multi-disciplinary teams to achieve innovative design solutions that provide confidence to stakeholders and efficient outcomes for clients. This is extremely critical, especially for urban renewal projects.
Ultimately, these outcomes shape the great places for the communities Verve Projects stand for. We work with Principal Architects and Urban Designers who typically lead these projects, becoming their trusted engineering partners who inform the infrastructure needs in a manner sympathetic to the overall vision. Our in-depth understanding and experience in the built form and public realm is a key contribution to our success in servicing our clients.
Our very first project in 2001 was at NewQuay in Melbourne’s Docklands for MAB Corporation. Since then, we have injected our expertise into many more projects across Melbourne, these include:
Urban Renewal Projects
Jaques | 268 apartments in Richmond. Our involvement was to take over from the previous project management team nearing the completion of Stage 1 and then successfully deliver the following two stages. |
Talbot Village | A former 14 Ha sand quarry and landfill site being converted into a mixed-use development in Huntingdale |
Meridian Business Park | A former industrial facility redeveloped into a 20 Ha business park |
Geelong Golf Club Residential Estate | A former 18-hole golf course redeveloped into a 9-hole course with 300 residential lots |
East Village | A 20 Ha former manufacturing precinct being redeveloped into a mixed-use development in East Bentleigh |
Canopi, Valley Lake | A former basalt quarry converted to a 120-townhome development |
Avalon Employment Precinct | 600 Ha former salt works being redeveloped into a major employment precinct, adjacent to the Avalon airport |
Sanctuary Lakes | A former salt works adjacent to a RAMSAR wetlands, that was redeveloped into 2200 residential
lots with associated golfing, lake and clubhouse infrastructure |
Mason Point | 189 apartments and 100 townhouses delivered over 5 stages in South Morang. Our involvement included project feasibility review and value management of the built form and public realm. |
Public Self Storage | Providing an end to end Project Management service to deliver several Storage facility buildings. |
Cremorne Precinct | Four office buildings ranging from 5 to 7 storeys and up to 6000 cm GFA each. Our involvement included the pre acquisition Due Diligence phase through to hand over. |
New Quay | 10,000m2 former container wharf at Docklands. Management of assessment and remediation. |
YarraBend | A former 15 Ha paper mill site redeveloped into a mixed-use estate comprising 2500 dwellings
and associated infrastructure. |
New Epping | Earthworks and foundation strategy - volumes of more than 500,000 cubic metres to preload and fill the former quarry holes. |