Rima - 22 Lygon Street, Brunswick East

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It's the last month of winter but that hasn't stopped Urban.com.au <a href="/news">forum</a> members from contributing their photos to the forum.

There are some notable completions this month, especially up in Brunswick where the intersection of Brunswick Road and Lygon Street has been completely transformed.

In the CBD, Collins House - notable due to its tiny footprint yet respectable height of just under 200 metres - is progressing well above the neighbouring buildings.

As always, don't forget to click on the project names to view more construction images on the forum.

<a href="/news?page=19">Capitol Grand, South Yarra</a>

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7310672.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Capitol Grand - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7310672.jpg?itok=grlnyvAi" title="Capitol Grand - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Capitol Grand - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=5">Queens Place</a> joining the 'that's a big pit' club.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7310666.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Queens Place - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7310666.jpg?itok=JGVKy8yQ" title="Queens Place - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Queens Place - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=7">Rima and 8 Lygon Street</a> in Brunswick now complete.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_3756.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Rima &amp; 8 Lygon Street - image originally posted by Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_3756.jpg?itok=1kT1FUoo" title="Rima &amp; 8 Lygon Street - image originally posted by Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Rima &amp; 8 Lygon Street - image originally posted by Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=21">Aurora Melbourne Central</a>.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_3542.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Aurora Melbourne Central - image originally posted by Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="870" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_3542.jpg?itok=ziwLApYt" title="Aurora Melbourne Central - image originally posted by Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Aurora Melbourne Central - image originally posted by Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=5">380 Melbourne</a> excavation and early works are continuing.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7310660.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="380 Melbourne - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7310660.jpg?itok=1qYiaq2V" title="380 Melbourne - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>380 Melbourne - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure>The paper-thin and 195 metre tall <a href="/news?page=5">Collins House</a> at 466 Collins Street is progressing well above the neighbouring buildings.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7270646.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Collins House - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7270646.jpg?itok=RGPv2-yu" title="Collins House - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Collins House - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=6">Supply Co</a> in Richmond seeing its finishing touches applied.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_3960.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Supply Co - image originally posted by Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_3960.jpg?itok=rszxwXqt" title="Supply Co - image originally posted by Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Supply Co - image originally posted by Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure>Cranes aplenty at <a href="/news?page=7">Melbourne Quarter</a>.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7270637.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Melbourne Quarter - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7270637.jpg?itok=wH5RmJ2k" title="Melbourne Quarter - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Melbourne Quarter - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure>Construction is now widespread at <a href="/news?page=12">Melbourne Village</a>.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7040429.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Melbourne Village - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7040429.jpg?itok=YAMxb9JP" title="Melbourne Village - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Melbourne Village - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure> 

<a href="/news?page=3">Conservatory</a>'s crown is speeding toward completion.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p7210575.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Conservatory - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p7210575.jpg?itok=FH_RCBv0" title="Conservatory - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Conservatory - image originally posted by Urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=1">Waterfront Footscray </a>

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/image52_7.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Waterfront Footscray - image originally posted by Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="332" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image52_7.jpg?itok=XwY-m09Q" title="Waterfront Footscray - image originally posted by Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Waterfront Footscray - image originally posted by Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure>Lead image credit: redden.
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Alastair Taylor

A snapshot of Melbourne's construction - August 2018

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The days are now at their shortest for the year and the overnight lows dip perilously close to 0 degrees, however, construction is still powering along and our photo-taking urban.com.au forum members remain undeterred.

Here's a snapshot of the construction activity that has been captured by forum members and urban.com.au staff alike and as always, click the links that accompany each image to see more in the project forum threads.

<a href="/news?page=1">311 Spencer Street</a> - image originally posted by urban.com.au member redden

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p5141768.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="311 Spencer Street - image by urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p5141768.jpg?itok=2jtJ9nnt" title="311 Spencer Street - image by urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>311 Spencer Street - image by urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=6">Rima with a dash of 8 Lygon</a> in Brunswick East - image: Mark Baljak

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_1598.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Rima in Brunswick East - image: Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_1598.jpg?itok=pVBLw-9C" title="Rima in Brunswick East - image: Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Rima in Brunswick East - image: Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=14">Ibis Styles</a> on Southbank - image originally posted by urban.com.au user redden

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p5261885.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Ibis Styles on Southbank - image by urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p5261885.jpg?itok=akxF4Z_K" title="Ibis Styles on Southbank - image by urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Ibis Styles on Southbank - image by urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=18">Australia 108</a> bathed in sun in late May, taken by yours truly.

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<figcaption><a href="/buildings/australia-108-southbank-70-southbank-boulevard-southbank">Australia 108 image</a>: Alastair Taylor</figcaption></figure>Central Equity's latest addition to the neighbourhood it's famous for, <a href="/news?page=2">Southbank Place</a> - image originally posted by urban.com.au user redden

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p5261875.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Southbank Place - image by urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p5261875.jpg?itok=72dh1KUK" title="Southbank Place - image by urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Southbank Place - image by urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=4">Melbourne Square</a>'s site continues to be prepared - image originally posted by urban.com.au user redden

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/p6090108.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Melbourne Square - image by urban.com.au user redden"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="435" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p6090108.jpg?itok=KBqvI-OE" title="Melbourne Square - image by urban.com.au user redden" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Melbourne Square - image by urban.com.au user redden</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=21">Aurora Melbourne Central</a> - image by Mark Baljak

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_1693.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Aurora Melbourne Central - image: Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_1693.jpg?itok=XnBkl33p" title="Aurora Melbourne Central - image: Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Aurora Melbourne Central - image: Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure><a href="/news?page=3">Conservatory</a> nearing structural and facade completion - image by Mark Baljak

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_1909.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Conservatory - image: Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="870" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_1909.jpg?itok=O2eml66F" title="Conservatory - image: Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Conservatory - image: Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure>​​​​​<a href="/news?page=10">Marque Maribyrnong</a> - image by Mark Baljak

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public//pictures/article-images/img_1799.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Marque Maribyrnong - image: Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_1799.jpg?itok=nDaf1wmr" title="Marque Maribyrnong - image: Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Marque Maribyrnong - image: Mark Baljak</figcaption></figure>Check out other project's construction status by visiting our forum at <a href="/news">urban.com.au/forum</a>.
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A snapshot of Melbourne's construction - June 2018

Brunswick, Brunswick East and Brunswick West's respective apartment markets continue to steam along at pace, regardless of where the wider Melbourne apartment market is at.

A handful of freshly completed apartment developments have been replaced by projects which have begun their construction phase, and a freshly launched development is adding further buyer choice to the market. <a href="/buildings/the-finery-267-277-lygon-street-brunswick">The Finery</a> is the area's latest release and is located across 267-277 Lygon Street.

Consisting of 30 apartments atop a string of retail tenancies, the newly launched development accounts for a single storey nondescript brick building, and finds itself surrounded by fellow apartment projects.

The Finery joins 13 other sizeable apartment projects noted at sales that Urban.com.au is tracking across the three suburbs.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/image49_9.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="The Finery is available for purchase. Image: Jellis Craig"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="296" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image49_9.jpg?itok=jbEU4-vM" title="The Finery is available for purchase. Image: Jellis Craig" width="580" /></a>

<figcaption>The Finery is available for purchase. Image: Jellis Craig</figcaption>
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Directly opposite The Finery, two apartment projects have received their finishing touches in recent weeks. Both designs&nbsp;of CHT Architects,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/the-burgin-residence-260-274-lygon-street-brunswick-east">The Burgin Residences</a> and East Apartments are now complete and combined add approximately 140 new apartments to the area.

Freshly completed too is CBD Development Group's <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/288-albert-street-brunswick">288 Albert Street</a> in Brunswick, with 269 apartments over two buildings at practical completion at the hand of builder LU Simon. Brunswick West has also notched a completed project in recent weeks; Exner Building completing The Moreland at 444 Moreland Road, taking over the buiild post the collapse of Watersun Constructions.

Hundreds of further apartments are also nearing completion, in the form of Iseo, <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/rima-22-lygon-street-brunswick-east">Rima</a> and <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/8-lygon-street-brunswick-east">8 Lygon Street</a>, all of which are located on Lygon Street.

Despite the flood of newly completed apartment into Brunswick and surrounds, an even larger contingent of projects have just begun, or are about to tip into their construction phase.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/image43_11.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="288 Albert, East and Burgin have reached completion"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="513" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image43_11.jpg?itok=3Z0ifEap" title="288 Albert, East and Burgin have reached completion" width="580" /></a>

<figcaption>288 Albert, East and Burgin have reached completion</figcaption>
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Demolition onsite signifies that <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/lygon-place-240-lygon-street-brunswick-east">Lygon Place</a> is on the verge of a construction start following its lengthy sales campaign. Its 96 apartments will soon join the approximately 1,470 apartments at construction across the three Brunswicks.

Chief among these projects at construction in terms of size are Blue Earth Group's 300 apartments in Brunswick West headed by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/the-grove-1-5-olive-york-way-brunswick-west">The Grove</a>&nbsp;and Banco Group's first stage of&nbsp;<a href="/new-apartments/east-brunswick-village-bluestone-way-3-bluestone-way-brunswick-east">East Brunswick Village</a>&nbsp;which includes 223 apartments. Both of these projects are in the early stages of their delivery.

Soon to join the construction rush is the combined <a href="/new-apartments/lt-miller-nightingale-55-nicholson-street-brunswick-east">Lt Miller/Nightingale Brunswick East</a> which has been awarded to Liberty Builders, as is <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/mr-nichols-65-nicholson-street-brunswick-east">Mr Nichols</a> a short distance away. Brunswick East's <a href="/buildings/seamstress-11-13-lygon-street-brunswick-east">Seamstress</a> is also closing in on a construction&nbsp;start.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/1715littlemiller_lucentcapital_external_cafecopy_cg_0.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Nightingale Brunswick East is set to begin construction"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="303" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/1715littlemiller_lucentcapital_external_cafecopy_cg_0.jpg?itok=DlAQy4FH" title="Nightingale Brunswick East is set to begin construction" width="580" /></a>

<figcaption>Nightingale Brunswick East is set to begin construction</figcaption>
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As various apartment projects filter through their respective development phases, additional projects currently before City of Moreland are seeking to fill the breach. Urban.com.au has already covered major intended projects such as <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/jw-lands-park-street-proposal-goes-down-a-different-design-path">699 Park Street</a> and <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/milieu-property-moves-on-lygon-streets-established-apartment-strip">121 Lygon Street</a> over the course of 2018, with a swag of other prospective projects also seeking approval.

Although smaller in stature, the latest application to enter the Urban.com.au&nbsp;Project Database within the area is Brunswick West's <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/new-apartments/134-136-melville-road-brunswick-west">134-136 Melville Road</a>.

Orion Investments Pty Ltd is looking to take advantage of a vacant site by way of a&nbsp;Design Consortia Australia scheme for 15 apartments across a four level apartment block.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/melville.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Design Consortia Australis'a Melville Road scheme"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" height="363" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/melville.jpg?itok=79K7HOjp" title="Design Consortia Australis'a Melville Road scheme" width="580" /></a>

<figcaption>Design Consortia Australis'a Melville Road scheme</figcaption>
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silvermb

Comings and goings in Brunswick's engaged apartment market

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Tram routes 1 and 8 run in a combined tram corridor from Brunswick East through to the Arts Centre stop on St Kilda Road. They both originate in different places: the 1 at Bell Street and Nicholson Street, the 8 at the intersection of Moreland Road and Sydney Road and terminate in different places as well, South Melbourne Beach and Toorak Road respectively.

To keep things simple, the scope of this article is just the north-of-the-city section of both routes. Proposals are afoot to reconfigure and renumber these two tram routes but suffice it to say, despite the reorganisation, Lygon Street - which is our focus today - will not fundamentally change, it will still have 2 tram routes running up and down the street.

Like other parts of Brunswick and Coburg, development is highly correlated with the tram corridors with Lygon Street south of Moreland Road where all current projects on the Urban.com.au project database are located. The most recent planning maps for Moreland show the development-friendly C1Z running up both sides of Lygon Street from the City of Melbourne boundary to Moreland Road and beyond that to the end of route 1 on Bell Street, the General Residential Zone becomes dominant.

On paper, the section of both routes where they are combined provide quite possibly the best tram services in Melbourne with a tram every 10 minutes at night (generally after 9pm), at all other times, a very high frequency service is offered. These two routes pass through a small section of the City of Yarra in the north, however the properties facing and surrounding the tram corridor are overwhelmingly the restrictive Neighbourhood Residential Zone with two small C1Z and 1 MUZ exceptions around the intersection of Pigdon Street and Lygon Street.

<h2>The numbers</h2>

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<th scope="col">Aspect</th>
			<th scope="col">Number of projects</th>
			<th scope="col">Number of dwellings</th>
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<tr>
<td>Residential projects: Planning Assessment</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">2</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">26</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Residential projects: Approved</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">8</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">305</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Residential projects: Registration and Sales</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">3</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">229</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Residential projects: Under Construction</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">5</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">369</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>TOTAL</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">18</td>
			<td class="rtecenter">929</td>
		</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
* Residential projects includes mixed-use projects.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/721_tram1.gif" rel="gallery-all" title="Linear route 1 map. Yarra Trams"><img alt="" class="image-article-half-width-290px" height="1117" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_half_width_290px/public/pictures/article-images/721_tram1.gif?itok=S0jYAa6e" title="Linear route 1 map. Yarra Trams" width="290"></a>

<figcaption>Linear route 1 map. Yarra Trams</figcaption></figure>​

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/991_tram8.gif" rel="gallery-all" title="Linear route 8 map. Yarra Trams"><img alt="" class="image-article-half-width-290px" height="1196" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_half_width_290px/public/pictures/article-images/991_tram8.gif?itok=td0jkY2x" title="Linear route 8 map. Yarra Trams" width="290"></a>

<figcaption>Linear route 8 map. Yarra Trams</figcaption></figure> 

<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:100%;">
<thead><tr>
<th scope="col">Tram routes 1 and 8 (combined statistics)</th>
			<th scope="col">Further information</th>
		</tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Timetabled weekday peak frequency</td>
			<td>3-4 minutes (18 trams per hour)*</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Timetabled weekday off-peak frequency</td>
			<td>6 minutes (10 trams per hour)*</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Timetabled weekend daytime frequency</td>
			<td>6 minutes (10 trams per hour)*</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Timetabled night-time frequency</td>
			<td>10 minutes (6 trams per hour); 15 minutes/4 trams per hour (Sunday nights)*</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Raised-platform stops?</td>
			<td>
			Mainly in the City of Melbourne. Limited northside. Some southside.
			</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Where do the trams go to sleep?</td>
			<td>
<a href="http://vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&amp;depot=brunswick">Brunswick Depot</a> (Sydney Road, Brunswick), <a href="http://vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&amp;depot=malvern">Malvern Depot</a> (Coldblo Road, Armadale) route 1: Brunswick, route 8: Brunswick and Malvern.</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Primary tram class that operates on the route.</td>
			<td>
<a href="http://vicsig.net/trams/class/B2">B2</a> (high-floor, articulated), <a href="http://vicsig.net/trams/class/D1">D1</a> (3-section, low-floor, articulated), <a href="http://vicsig.net/trams/class/Z3">Z3</a> (high-floor)</td>
		</tr>
<tr>
<td>Annual patronage and rank</td>
			<td>Route 8: 9,100,000 trips annually (8th busiest), Route 1: 7,800,000trips annually (10th busiest). <a href="http://www.yarratrams.com.au/about-us/who-we-are/facts-figures/">Source</a>
</td>
		</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
* The frequency statistics represent the section of both routes where they are combined: Moreland Road to Arts Centre.

<h2>Lygon Street</h2>

Lygon Street and Brunswick Road is an area on the combined section of routes 1 and 8 that is of particular interest: on three of the four corners of the intersection there are projects present. One is under construction, one approved and another at sales with another project currently being assessed by Moreland a little further up the street.

The highest concentration of projects on Lygon Street lie between Glenlyon Road and Blyth Street: three under construction, four approved and one at sales.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/image40_3_0.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Rima - 22 Lygon Street, Brunswick East"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="368" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image40_3_0.jpg?itok=i5JuRaV8" title="Rima - 22 Lygon Street, Brunswick East" width="580"></a>

<figcaption><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/buildings/rima-22-lygon-street-brunswick-east">Rima - 22 Lygon Street, Brunswick East</a></figcaption></figure>Between Blyth and Albion Streets a further five projects exist: one under construction, one at sales, one being assessed and two approved.

At present we don't register any projects north of Albion Street however this area has not been bereft of any new high-density development - the street changes name to Holmes Street north of Albion and then becomes Nicholson Street north of Moreland Road - and it's this intersection where the route 1 and 8 tram routes split that buildings like <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/QsdrofXFqv62">The Nicholson</a>, one of the largest modular construction projects in recent times, exist.

<h2>Future directions</h2>

As mentioned in the <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/melbournes-development-by-tram-the-19">route 19 article</a>, Moreland Road is playing an interesting role if you look at the 'helicopter' perspective on Moreland's published planning maps. At Melville and Moreland (route 55), Sydney and Moreland (route 19/route 8) and Lygon and Moreland (routes 1 and 8), the more development-friendly zones bulge around each intersection which points to the possibility that smaller-scale activity centres will be created over time.

Perhaps this is an opportunity for Moreland to encourage more commercial/employment uses in these areas rather than allow residential development to make a foothold?

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/moreland_rd_zones.png" rel="gallery-all" title="Moreland Road as it stands: a stitch of current published City of Moreland zone maps"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="103" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/moreland_rd_zones.png?itok=Yu3rqqNz" title="Moreland Road as it stands: a stitch of current published City of Moreland zone maps" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Moreland Road as it stands: a stitch of current published City of Moreland zone maps</figcaption></figure>This east-west corridor is currently served by the 510 bus from Essendon Station via Fletcher Street/Buckley Street - Pascoe Vale Road - Moreland Road - Normanby Avenue and onwards to Ivanhoe (20 minute frequencies at best, however). The route 8 tram duplicates this route between Sydney Road and Holmes Street/Nicholson Street (the extension of Lygon Street).

The Victorian Government's level crossing removal programme will see grade separation at Moreland Road and the Upfield train line - right next to the Brunswick depot (and terminus of the route 8) - is it time to study the creation of a proper cross-town tram route on Moreland Road?

As <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/the-northern-light-rail-link">I've written previously</a>, the distance from Moreland Station (Coburg) to Essendon is approximately 4km and from the Nicholson Street/Holmes Street and Moreland Road intersection to St. Georges Road intersection is approximately 1.5 km. Approximately 5.5km of new track track in the Moreland Road corridor would link all the tram routes in Melbourne's north.

In assessing the merits of this east-west route (memo: Infrastructure Victoria/Public Transport Victoria/Yarra Trams and all those who would leap to "a bus will suffice"), it would be wise to take a serious look at the operational benefits in relation to the depots.

Laying this new tram track in Pascoe Vale Road/Moreland Road/Normanby Ave would then allow new cross-town services to operate, linking all the radial tram lines (along with three rail lines) and providing incentives to intensify commercial/office/employment development in the corridor but also provide increased operational flexibility for Yarra Trams when it comes to making good use of its existing depot facilities in the north.

Essendon is constrained for space, Brunswick and Preston depots less so to varying degrees. Moreland Road tram tracks would allow Yarra trams to increase the tram storage capacity at Brunswick and Preston depots to cater for a larger (and individual longer) tram fleet and use those depots for routes that currently operate out of space-constrained Essendon.

<h2>Navigation</h2>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/melbournes-development-by-tram-the-19">Anti-clockwise: the 19 North Coburg - Flinders Street Station, City (Elizabeth Street)</a></li>
	<li><a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/melbournes-development-by-tram-the-96">Clockwise: the 96 East Brunswick - St Kilda Beach</a></li>
</ul>
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