We have a problem with the roller door to the lower car park.

It seems that the door will go up OK but not down and the light is staying on. 

We will get someone to fix it tomorrow

Yes – we’ve tried turning off and on

On Monday night, a resident’s bike was stolen from the lower basement bike racks. The perpetrator got in through the front door as another resident was leaving. After taking the bike, they then returned to look for unlocked cars.

As a matter of general security, please do not unlock the door for anyone you are not familiar with, and be mindful that doors lock securely behind you when you leave. If you notice a door that should be locked is being chocked open, please close it securely.

If you keep a bike in the lower bike racks, ensure they are locked in place. Similarly, make sure to lock your vehicles and do not store spare keys in them that would allow a thief to gain access to the rest of the building. If you have a fob that you leave in the car please bring it to the concierge office and it can be programmed to only open the roller doors

Feel free to message me or stop into the office if you have any questions.

Reeve
0467444074
botanica400@tpg.com.au

Can the person who decided to store their bikes and other junk in the pump room (and lock it) please remove them and the lock urgently.

It is critical that we have ready access to that room in times of heavy rain – like yesterday. 

There are empty bike racks.

Please let me know when you have removed all

Gary

OC Chairman 0418100058

We are incredibly fortunate, CYP have sprayed a polymer coating over all of the dirt in front of us and 390 St Kilda Rd. It forms a crust over the dirt and, unless we get heavy rain, it will dramatically reduce all that dust blowing into our apartments.

You can see it here

Maybe a chemical engineer can explain how it manages to cover so well. I would have thought you’d need the spray to go over all of the dirt but clearly not.

Yay – we will be able to open our windows – no generator this year. They installed it around the corner in Albert Rd this year.

Some of you have asked about the building that is planned to go where the Ace Car Park is now.

A development was approved back in about 2016, this latest info is an amendment to that approval….yes it has a lot less car bays and more bicycle bays…hmm.

This is what it will look like, better than the car park!! Their car park entrance will be off Bowen LANE and not Bowen Cres.

If you want to protest, then the info is on the notice that was in letterboxes last week.

Last night’s work in 90 seconds

How lucky were the people who got out of the Uber!! Missed them by 20 seconds

Good evening everyone,

Welcome to the second update of December, as we gather speed towards the Christmas break.

The focus of the team is on getting the various public areas into good shape before we break over the new year.
Below is the update of works happening around site.

PROGRESS UPDATE: St Kilda Road and Toorak Road Resurfacing

Weather was slightly kinder to us this week, but unfortunately we haven’t completed the entire scope of works on St Kilda Road. The contingency plan at this stage is to complete these works early next week in place of the previously notified night works near on the roadway adjacent to the tram stop. This includes works to complete the pit lids in St Kilda Road southbound overnight on Monday and Tuesday – in front of Melbourne Grammar. In the meantime, we are trying to get a booking for asphalt with our suppliers for next week. If you’re stuck for a gift idea this year – batched asphalt appears to be hottest item of 2023, with supplies hard to come by.

Tonight there are no asphalting works and St Kilda Road is back open overnight. If the rain holds out there will be some crews doing some minor curb works on the southbound lane of St Kilda Road between the pedestrian crossing and Toorak Road, but noise is expected to be low and nothing like the previous nights.

Park Street to Albert Road
As per last week, we’ve had some delays here due to the weather – but we’ll continue installing cladding and furniture in this section next week.

Albert Road legacy construction

The western side of The Domain driveway closed yesterday to allow works to start on the connection of the bluestone pavers into the driveway. Unfortunately we were rained off today (Friday) and may be the same story tomorrow judging by the forecast.

The sea of bluestone pavers and smattering of low-level planting continue to be put in place down Albert Road as we push to finish this area before the end of year.

Albert Road Reserve forecourt and Station Entrance  (works until 1am)

This week saw some pours done for the station entrance, the works continue on both the structure itself and the canopy construction. Services are being laid in the forecourt area of the station entrance, getting ready for paving and asphalting in 2024.

As we mentioned last week – the view of the new station entry canopy at Albert Road Reserve will be short-lived, as we surround it in scaffolding to allow the installation of the roof and services on the canopy. I’ve included a quick photo of the site today, you can see the scaffolding surrounding the Shrine entrance canopy on the right of the shot, with a  similar structure to follow for the Albert Road entrance.

Station Fit out

Down on the platform level the brand new Anzac station is a sea of wrapping and coverings on the newly installed screens and passengers information displays and seating – it won’t be unwrapped on Christmas Day, but the covers will start coming off early in 2024 as the trades finish up on the platform level.

Eastern site – Shrine Entrance and Domain Road (Works until 1am)

As seen in the photo below, the Shrine entrance is already surrounded in its own scaffolding to allow work to continue. Out the front of this station entrance, we’re moving towards the laying of asphalt next week for the future road – this section is likely to be a victim of the recent (and ongoing) rain issues. But despite switching the overnight works to complete St Kilda Road southern end – we’re still looking for an asphalt booking for next week with the aim of getting asphalt down for the second southbound lane of St Kilda Road between Park Street and the tram stop pedestrian crossing.

St Kilda Road – Toorak Road to Bowen Lane

Northbound side (Towards City)

This week saw the removal of some of the beautified concrete barriers in front of Botanica (They go back to the hire company, so keep an eye out for them around Melbourne) Next week will see the welcome addition of asphalting between Bowen Crescent and Bowen Lane. This is scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

To achieve this – there will be a closure of Bowen Crescent and some impacts on the Botanica driveways. Attached is the notification associated with the works.

Once complete we should be able to reopen the pedestrian crossing at Bowen Crescent.

St Kilda Road Bowen Crescent to Toorak Road (Night works)

Southbound side (Away from City)

With the delays in this area we’ve put on a night shift to complete the kerb works through this area (as mentioned in the intro). The drainage was on track to be completed today before we a short sprinkle put a stop to proceedings. If tomorrows rain holds off until the afternoon we should get this done.
This just leaves the standing of two light poles next Monday and Tuesday, followed by some laying of asphalt in the bike lanes.

As mentioned above, we’re still looking to get an asphalt booking in to complete the entire roadway here. We are aiming to remove the barriers and get out of this section as soon as we possibly can.

In a small win, the right turn from St Kilda Road into Kings Way has now reopened.

Have a great weekend,

Rob