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[COM] 231-243 Waymouth Street | 55m | 17lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:57 am
by Ben
The DA was lodged for this one yesterday and they want to start construction in July to have it completed by January 2018.

Its Student Accommodation and over 400 rooms. looks to be around 18 levels. Will have more information soon

http://www.blueskyfunds.com.au/wp-conte ... -Sheet.pdf

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/ ... 11a466ed93

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:02 am
by Norman
Great stuff, it will be good to see the empty site filled in

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:18 am
by Nathan
So... we can expect the Grace Emily will get overrun by uni students?

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:36 am
by phenom
This is really quite a big site. Hard to tell for sure from the tiny render on the prospectus thing but it looks like it steps down, which is nice. Think this was the intended site for 'Space' (?) but will be good to see something build up that area some more.

Is it 400 rooms or 400 beds though? Docs say it includes 2, 5 and 'twin share' rooms as well as studio apartments so assuming actual number of rooms is quite a bit less than 400?

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:05 am
by Wayno
415 students i believe, not rooms.

This site? https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-34.926 ... a=!3m1!1e3

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:04 pm
by crowdoc
In this article on Domain they indicate they will start in 2018. http://www.domain.com.au/news/1-billion ... 22-gnoqun/

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[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:25 pm
by Dvious
"Roll out" to me reads as completed by 2018...

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 1:40 pm
by Nathan
That new render looks rather nice. Looks like some kind of granite-ish finish, rather than painted pre-cast or aluminium cladding. Hopefully that's accurate.

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 3:04 pm
by mgb
That's really quite horrible. Take away the nice artificial colouring of the render and you can bet we will end up with painted grey concrete.

Looking at the linked article, the proposal for South Bank at least has a small amount of detail in the design of the cladding.

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:05 pm
by Blimp
That doesn't look good at all. There must be policy somewhere stating student accommodation must be horrendously ugly & depressing. Maybe it's to motivate students living inside to excel so they can move out quicker :lol: :lol:

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:35 pm
by Ben
Horrible

Hideous

Depressing

Cheap

Nasty

A few words that come to mind.

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 4:47 pm
by Nathan
Really? Whilst doubts about the quality of finish are understandable, this is far more interesting than the standard apartment template we get in the CBD.

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:35 pm
by Dvious
I personally think if its finish with high quality materials it could be simple and elegant, but with cheap and nasty materials it could equally look cheap, nasty and a 21st century soviet style commie block.

[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 11:51 pm
by thecityguy
Put a fork in me I'm done


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[COM] Re: 231-243 Waymouth Street | ~60m | ~18lvls | Student Accom

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:54 am
by Algernon
It's in the quality of finish.

A good looking render can be horrible in real life. I call this the Q1 Principle.

I see no evidence from the render that this will be bad.