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New heights: The 13-storey apartment complex approved by Frankston Council dominates the city’s skyline, seen here from the intersection of Davey St and Nepean Hwy in an artist’s drawing.

High rise key to city’s future By Keith Platt WHEN finished, the 13-storey, $50 million Ario apartment block will be the highest building in Frankston. Not only is it higher than the 12-level Peninsula Centre, but also its location in Davey St is on a ridge overlooking the city centre and Port Phillip. Although running contrary to Frankston Council’s precinct policy, the city’s strategic planners say the 89-apartment Denton Corker Marshall-designed building fits with state policy.

Urging councillors to approve the project, the planners said they had given the precinct policy “minimal consideration” as it was likely to be deleted from the Frankston Planning Scheme. The 45-metre high building (25m above the precinct policy) will incorporate an 88-seat cafe, residents-only health club and basement car parking as well as 36 one-bedroom, 49 two-bedroom and four three-bedroom apartments. Two heritage buildings – once grand

houses – on the site at numbers 10 and 12 Davey St will be incorporated into the design. Plans for the building were approved mid-May and developer Ross Voci says construction will start in February next year. Like other developers, many reputedly standing on the sidelines waiting for someone to make the first move, Mr Voci says the negative perception of Frankston “is probably the biggest obstacle” to investment. “I’m hoping that the media take more

of a positive interest in Frankston and promote not just the building but all the other up-and-coming infrastructures like the marina, public pool, bypass, and the overall improvement to the central area that has already started with the boardwalk and the approval of a high-end project like Ario.” “In-depth analysis and comment” from council’s Urban Strategy Department stated that the Davey St decision “has much wider ramifications than just dealing with the local issues of heritage, protection of neighbour-

ing amenity, car parking and building height”. The decision would see the city’s civic leadership judged by the broader community, the business sector and the state government. The department’s report said Frankston and other designated activities districts – Maribyrnong, Hume, Whitehorse, Greater Dandenong and Maroondah – would need to absorb much of Melbourne’s projected 2030 population of five million. Continued Page 6

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