New plans have been lodged for Watton Street’s long-awaited apartment block.
Wyndham council has received amended plans for 116 Watton Street that expand on the original plans with a six-storey apartment block. If approved, the $10.5 million development will include 36 apartments, 11 retail premises and a basement carpark with 34 spaces.
The project, originally a joint venture between local companies Madok Group and KPD Portogallo, was billed as Werribee’s first block of high-end apartments, with construction starting in May, 2015, and a planned completion date of August, 2016.
But the site has sat partially constructed for the better part of two years after the Madok Group pulled out of the development.
Now, developer KPD Knight has joined KPD Portogallo to get the development up and running again.
In submitting the amended plans to council, Keen Planning, which is acting on behalf of the two developers, wrote: “As you are aware, construction commenced, however stopped following the construction of the basement level and a small portion of the ground floor. The site has recently been acquired by our client and they are eager to immediately recommence the construction of the building.”
The new developers did not respond to Star Weekly’s request for comment by deadline.
Wyndham city operations director Stephen Thorpe said he could not say when a decision on the proposed plans would be made.
The development is one of many high-rise complexes on the cards for Werribee’s CBD.
Earlier this month, Wyndham council approved plans for a $49.5 million 12-storey hotel, education precinct and carpark development to be built on the corner of Synnot Street and Duncans Road.
The site – currently a 70-space carpark – is one of four carparks owned by Wyndham council that will be converted to high-rise complexes in coming years in a bid to rejuvenate the heart of Werribee.
