ghs wrote:Anyone seen this site recently ? Is there much going on?

Plenty. Work 6 days a week. Piling rigs there for 3-4 weeks but seem to be finished now. Looks like digging out some sort of basement (?) in the north-west corner at the moment.

Pikey wrote:The crane should be noticeably taller soon too. I noticed several tower sections had been delivered today.

Crane height increase is happening today. Already obviously taller an hour ago (around 1pm) and they were still going.

Article in the Tiser today says this accommodation "tower" will house 400 beds and work will start later this year. Any info anywhere on height etc?

Approved by DAC today. Due for completion in 2019.

Will be great for the 7 people that still have jobs in Adelaide then.

Interesting.. Tiser article says opening in 2019, Aus Business Traveller article says 'early 2018'.

I know which one we should probably be relying on

SRW wrote:

how good is he wrote:I am pretty sure the high end hotel is Sheraton (sounds close to Sheldon I guess!)

Wasn't the company that owns the Sheraton brand already opening an (aLoft) hotel at New Mayfield?

According to the Mayfield thread, yes. How likely that they would have a site at each end of town?

This all sounds fantastic... But we really have heard it all before (a few times). Just get cracking.

99% sure the budget is 18th June.

"It comes as Riverbank Authority chair Andrew McEvoy said that he would present two to three design options for the plaza to Cabinet within the three months."

This was early to mid March... Suppose they can't be too far off.

20+ people on site currently, as well as trucks delivering concrete.

I'm positive there was workers on site this morning. At the very least, they were on site from 7am to 5pm yesterday.

Is it a bit concerning that there has only been 2 developments before DAC for the cbd in 2 months? Or is that closer to normal?

The dilapidated brick wall at the rear of the site was pulled down today.

Plans before DAC on Thursday.. Report says only 10 levels?

Plans back before DAC this Thursday.