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Vision Apartments is a residential skyscraper built in
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, Victoria, Australia. As of August 2018, the skyscraper is the seventh–tallest building in Melbourne.


History

By early 2009, the Brady Group were proposing to build a residential skyscraper on a site adjacent to the
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car park. The 1,030 m2 site, which previously hosted a 150–year–old hotel, was bought at an auction for $ AUD11.8 million by the property developer, in 2008. After minor changes to design, The Brady Group officially re–launched the project in 2011, wherein plans were tabled for a residential skyscraper which would reach in height.Vision Apartments - The Skyscraper Center
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''. Retrieved 15 May 2017.(10 November 2014
"Construction Commences on Melbourne CBD’s Tallest Building"
''TheUrbanDeveloper''. Retrieved 26 January 2015 The proposal included more than 500 residential apartments spanning across 69 levels, in addition to three basement levels. Approval for the project was granted in November 2012, by the then–Planning Minister,
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.Walsh, Alistair. (1 November 2012)
"Vision, the tallest approved residential building in Melbourne CBD, begins marketing"
''PropertyObserver''. Retrieved 26 January 2015. Construction on the $400–500 million project commenced in October 2013, whereby a completion date was estimated for some time in mid–2016. During construction, the Melbourne City Council discovered that two of three basement car-park levels had not been constructed, despite being present within the 2011 plans for the project; nevertheless, the developer had submitted minor planning amendments to Minister Guy, as to reflect the failure to build the two additional levels.Lucas, Clay. (29 October 2015)
"Ooops! Developer fails to build two promised levels of underground parking"
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''. Retrieved 20 October 2016. By July 2016, the skyscraper had topped out, and had been completed a few months later. Vision Apartments is currently the second–tallest residential building within the Melbourne CBD core, the seventh tallest residential building in Melbourne, and the tenth–tallest building in Melbourne overall.


Gallery

File:Vision Apartments UC - January 2015.jpg, Vision under construction, in January 2015 File:Vision Apartments 006.JPG, Vision under construction, in October 2015 File:Vision Apartments, Nov. 2015 1.jpg, Vision under construction, in November 2015


See also

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List of tallest buildings in Melbourne Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to approximately 758 completed high-rise buildings. Of those completed and or topped-out, 73 buildings are defined as "skyscrapers"–buildings which reach a height of at least ; m ...
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Light House Melbourne Light House Melbourne (also simply referred to as Lighthouse) is a residential skyscraper in Melbourne, Australia. Located on 450 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, the project was designed by Elenberg Fraser and developed by Hengyi Australia. The s ...
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Queen Victoria Market The Queen Victoria Market (also known colloquially as Vic Market or Queen Vic) is a major landmark in the central business district (CBD) of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Covering over , it is the largest open air market in the Southern Hem ...
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Victoria One Victoria One is a residential skyscraper in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Designed by Elenberg Fraser, the building was first proposed in 2013


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vision Apartments Skyscrapers in Melbourne Residential skyscrapers in Australia Apartment buildings in Melbourne Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Buildings and structures in Melbourne City Centre 2016 establishments in Australia Buildings and structures completed in 2016