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Melbourne Bay breathes new life into Docklands
While many businesses have been forced to shut their doors or significantly reduce trading due to the pandemic, a moment worth celebrating took place on Monday, March 1 with the opening of the new Melbourne Bay Restaurant on Harbour Esplanade.
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A message to Docklands from the Lord Mayor
Pre-COVID, Docklands was really starting to come into its own with more than 70,000 jobs in the area recorded in a 2019 census conducted by the City of Melbourne.
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Almost half of Docklands’ shopfronts vacant: report
Docklands is one of Australia's worst-hit COVID areas after a report confirmed 47 per cent of street-facing businesses were currently vacant due to the pandemic.
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Renewed focus on maritime heritage
The City of Melbourne has called on the community to have its say over possible refurbishment of the Mission to Seafarers building at North Wharf.
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Owners’ corporation changes shut down
A bid to make it easier for owners' corporations (OCs) to take legal action against corrupt developers has been shut down in the Victorian Upper House.
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Runners gear up for Gift
Organisers and athletes alike are putting their final preparations in for the inaugural Docklands Gift on Saturday, March 20 at Ron Barassi Snr Park.
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‘‘Lessons have been learned’’ Fourth time lucky for bike share?
In the past three years, three share bike operators have packed up and left Melbourne. Will the newest company to take the plunge prove more successful?
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Sites roll through opaque Fishermans Bend planning process
Twenty-six major Fishermans Bend planning applications that were frozen by the Minister for Planning in 2018 are making their way back through approval processes, with two now endorsed by the City of Melbourne.
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New mural brightens up Central Pier
February saw a team of artists paint a 90-metre mural along the hoarding of Central Pier.
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Air brakes causing headaches for Yarra’s Edge residents
The Department of Transport (DoT) has said it holds no current plans to install signs deterring truck drivers from using air brakes along Lorimer St, despite a petition being initiated by Yarra's Edge residents in December.
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