Since Monday's renewal announcement the media channels have been running hot with news about The Queen Victoria Market. We won't go over the obvious major details again but here are some quotes that caught our eye -
CoM 11/7/2017
- "Existing traders can also be assured that renewal will not be funded
through increased lease or licence fees, or costs to market traders. Instead,
more trading space created from placing current backof-house facilities
underground, improved infrastructure and a more diverse, flexible market offer
will generate additional revenue, as outlined in the Retail Plan, while the
market’s core business will be protected.”
SGS Business
Case Report – “option three is the Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal
Program. Only Option 3 addresses all of the identified problems facing the
market and will deliver the strategic, financial and community welfare benefits
required to sustain the future viability of the Queen Victoria Market. This
significant investment will provide a NPV benefit increment of $116 million.”
SGS Business
Case Report – “While Queen Victoria Market is a key Melbourne attraction, a
number of basic practicalities currently compromise the visitor experience. If
these are not addressed, customers will be more inclined to view the market as
an outing, rather than a place to shop regularly and get what they need, when
they need it.”
Ben Rimmer,
CoM CEO 11/7/2017- “A market only works when there’s a whole bunch of traders,
small businesses who are successful and profitable,”
Channel 9
News 11/7/2017 – “Planning controls announced by the state government on
Tuesday mean a temporary pavilion for traders can start being built in October
and the redevelopment will start next March.”
Premier
Daniel Andrews on removing heritage sheds 11/7/2017 - Mr Andrews said that "on latest advice, it may not be
necessary for those sheds to be taken away", but that it was still
possible they may have to be removed "to be taken back to their former
glory".
Lord Mayor Robert Doyle on Munro height restrictions – “The Lord Mayor said the 125-metre height limit would mean
50 units of affordable housing would be removed from the tower and built in
another area of the precinct."