City councillor pushes for downtown public washroom plan
Somerset Coun. Ariel Troster says public urination and defecation is becoming an increasingly serious issue downtown
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-downtown-public-washroom-plan-2026-9.7155193?cmp=rss

Seven new 21-to-38 floor apartment towers have just been approved for Parramatta. (Well, in Holroyd, on the far side of the M4 Motorway from the Parra CBD.)

It's on land owned by Westrac, which from memory is the company Kerry Stokes (of Channel Seven ownership fame) uses to distribute Caterpillar Trucks.

They'll be built across the road from the Vauxhall Hotel, at the intersection of Parramatta Road, Woodville Rd, and the M4 Motorway onramps. Across the road from the Vauxhall Hotel.

It's a particularly bad spot for public transport as it stands.

You either need to cross a six-lane road and then walk down Parramatta Rd to get to Granville Station.

Or you can cross both Woodville Rd and Parramatta Rd and then walk along the footpath under the M4 then walk north a couple of blocks to get to Harris Park.

Or you need to cross two motorway on-ramps and walk several blocks north and then cross the Great Western Hwy and then walk a couple of blocks north to Parramatta Station.

Not ideal.

Oh, and it's also on a creek bed, with lovely views of the M4.

"A $1.2-billion precinct proposed for Parramatta has been waved ahead.

"WA-based developer Tiberius’ contentious seven-tower plan for 1 Crescent Street, Holroyd has now been approved by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure.

"The SSD development, known as Crescent Parklands, will rise on a site previously an industrial facility that has remained largely vacant since 2018 when WesTrac, one of the world’s largest Caterpillar earthmoving equipment dealers, moved out.

"Designed by Woods Bagot, the greenlit precinct’s towers will rise between 21 and 38 storeys and create 1227 apartments.

"Building A is 38 storeys with 240 apartments, Building B is 32 storeys with 200 apartments, Building C is 30 storeys with 180 apartments, Building D is 28 storeys with 170 apartments, Building E is 25 storeys with 160 apartments, Building F is 22 storeys with 137 apartments, and Building G is 21 storeys with 140 apartments.

"Of the apartments across the precinct, 201 are designated as in-fill affordable housing.

"The precinct will also include 2500sq m of retail floorspace and 5000sq m of commercial floorspace.

"Communal open space will be provided at ground and rooftop levels, while above-ground car parking accommodates 1617 vehicles."
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"The plans were originally associated with ACE Property, the development arm of media entrepreneur Ryan Stokes, chief executive of Seven, according to media reports. It is unclear when the project changed hands."

https://www.theurbandeveloper.com/articles/parramatta-tiberius-1-2bn-seven-towers-approved-nsw

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