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Melbourne's Newest Living Hot Spot  There are many great places throughout the city to live in, but in the more recent years, Docklands has become one of the most popular and well known living hotspots.

Back in the 19th century, the Docklands area was used as a shipping yard and provided jobs for many people; these jobs included candle making and bone grinding. In the 1970s the Docklands site became disused and in 1991 the Docklands authority decided to turn the abandoned shipping yard into a multi-billion dollar waterfront.

The first major building job began in 1997, when the construction of Docklands stadium (now Etihad Stadium) commenced; it was complete in 2000 and can now seat over 70,000 spectators. In 2002, the first residents moved into Docklands, they moved into NewQuay and since then, the number of residents living there has skyrocketed. In 2006, there were over 900 families living in docklands and today, there are almost 6,500 people living there, and by 2020, it is expected that there will be over 17,000 residents. Docklands is only half way through development and is already the size of the CBD, however upon completion in 2020, Docklands will cover almost double the area of the CBD. Already $5.5 billion dollars has been spent on the construction of the 3300+ apartments and the 280 retail tenancies. When the project is complete, the costs will be over $12 billion. It is Australia's biggest ever construction project and is a huge project, even by world standards.

There are many apartment buildings in Docklands, the majority of them in NewQuay (Docklands' living precinct), one of them, which is yet to be fully constructed is HarbourOne (H1).  HarbourOne (designed by Plus Architecture) will be a 22 storey apartment building offering 1 or 2 bedroom luxury apartments. The apartments are going to be available in two styles: classic and house. Classic style provides soft coloured interiors, allowing buyers to add their own touches of colour to the apartments. House style will provide buyers with a darker contemporary choice of colours that present a more sophisticated interior. The sizes of the apartments range from around 50sqm to over 100sqm.

There are many things that make docklands such a great and convenient place to live including:

- Good contemporary artwork - 5 trams provide services to Docklands - 4 major bike tracks - Great Parks and public spaces - Easy access to the CBD via Bourke St footbridge - Only a 20 minute drive to Melbourne Airport - Over 5000 car parking spaces - 11 minute tram trip to Bourke St Mall - 25 Minute walk to the Melbourne Town Hall



There are many reasons to live at Docklands. Docklands gives you great facilities, great location and community to live in. These Facilities include: - A dynamic inner city lifestyle - Spectacular views of the City - Some of Melbourne's finest Bars, Cafes and Restaurants - Shopping malls - Variety of Retail and General Services - Modern Community Infrastructure - First class attraction for friends of residents and tourists

Docklands is home to such a diverse range of modern contemporary art, including the Cow Up A Tree, an 8 metre high bronze sculpture created by John Kelly and the Webb Bridge, a 6 metre tall, lattice hooped bridge. It also has other art works like Shoal Fly and Reed Vessel.

 For more photos from Docklands (taken by us) click here  for our Docklands photo gallery.



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