<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/consolidated-properties">Consolidated Properties Group (CPG)</a> has revealed plans for a new residential development on one of the last remaining direct riverfront sites in Newstead.&nbsp;

The <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/47-skyring-terrace-newstead-qld-4006">Skyring Terrace project</a> will comprise 235 premium apartments in a 25-storey tower with Moreton Island views, accompanied by a small four-storey riverfront building of just 12 ultra-luxury residences.

Award-winning architecture firm&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a>&nbsp;was inspired by&nbsp;the great classical buildings of Brisbane.&nbsp;CPG's long-term build partner, tier one construction firm <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/hutchinson-builders">Hutchinson Builders</a>, will deliver the development.

CPG Chairman and CEO, Don O’Rorke said he's spent the last 10 years in their office looking next door to Customs House and thinking, 'imagine if we could build something like that.'

“We want this building to be considered one of Brisbane’s best in 100 years," O'Rorke says.

"I want my great, great grandchildren to be proud say that we built this. “&nbsp;

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Woods Bagot Principal, David Lee said the design of the building is "elegant, confident, and timeliness."

“When Consolidated Properties Group approached us, we knew this site demanded something notable. It’s an iconic building that marks the entry to the &nbsp;vibrant Newstead riverside community," Lee said.

"Classical motifs are reinterpreted and abstracted to create a modern aesthetic on key architectural elements, like the slab edges, columns and &nbsp;balustrade.”&nbsp;

CPG’s Head of Residential, James MacGinley said Woods Bagot have created a modern classic.

"From the bullnose brick columns to the sandstone flagstones everything has been selected to last a lifetime. Too often, contemporary design relies on modern façade materials to create architectural &nbsp;interest. But people forget that those modern materials fade over time while stone and brick last forever.” &nbsp;

Positioned to capture panoramic vistas north across the river to Hamilton Hill, the project’s front-row location offers uninterrupted, never-to-be-built-out views - a rarity in Brisbane’s tightly held &nbsp;riverfront landscape.&nbsp;

MacGinley said the apartment layouts embrace the perfect north east aspect of the site.

"More than 75 of the apartments have a river view which is an incredible design achievement from the Woods Bagot team.” &nbsp;

The development forms part of&nbsp;CPG’s riverfront collection including Monarch Residences at Toowong, and a new 25-storey development at Yeerongpilly.

Hutchinson Builders are expected to commence in 2026, with apartment sales launching early next &nbsp;year.

Joel Robinson

Don O'Rorke's Cons Prop unveils Newstead riverfront apartment plans

Melbourne developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hengyi-australia">Hengyi</a> is trying again to develop its prominent Bay Road site in Bayside Sandringham.

The new application, now under consideration via Victoria’s Development Facilitation Program, marks a revised approach after a previous iteration was refused by VCAT in late 2023. They are planning three seven-storey residential buildings at 208-210 Bay Road, an already cleared 5,226 sqm block just under two kilometres from the beach.

The buildings will home&nbsp;123 apartments above a two-level basement car park, along with a commercial tenancy, communal facilities, and landscaping interventions.&nbsp;

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Hengyi has addressed the key concerns from VCAT, namely&nbsp;how the building would integrate with the current environment.

The buildings step down from Bay Road towards the rear, addressing sensitive residential interfaces and the neighbouring Sandringham East Primary School. Design features include varied setbacks, upper-level recesses, and deep soil zones intended to retain and supplement the existing tree canopy.&nbsp;

Vehicular access is proposed via an upgraded crossover on Bay Road, while pedestrian connectivity is enhanced through retention of an easement that links to the primary school. Car parking is proposed to be reduced below the standard requirements, justified in part by the site’s proximity to public transport and active transport networks.

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Architect Rothelowman noted in the Urban Context Report that the proposal&nbsp;"seeks to balance site efficiency, residential amenity, and a sensitive response to its urban interface."

Rothelowman's design inspiration stemmed from asking the question 'What does&nbsp;Sandringham and Bayside have that is unique to other parts of suburban Melbourne?'

They said indigenous coastal flora and fauna, extensive areas of recreational greenland, and living by the ancient land that follows the bay, are the three key features of Sandringham.

The proposed mix includes affordable and market housing, with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a>&nbsp;seeking to balance increased density with amenity through articulated built forms and communal offerings such as a gym, co-working space, and rooftop spa.

John Patrick Landscaped Architects have come in to enhance the landscaping, which was another key factor in the VCAT decision to refuse the original application. Now there will be rainforest and coastal gardens with a predominantly native and indigenous planting palette.

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The Town Planning Report by Urbis suggested the project is designed to deliver “a much-needed increase in dwelling diversity and density” in an area earmarked by Bayside Council as a Moderate Residential Growth Zone.

The Bayside Housing Strategy identifies the corridor as suitable for higher density residential renewal, aligning with the state government's recent target of 30,000 new homes in Bayside by 2051.

The application is being assessed by the Minister for Planning under Clause 53.23 due to its scale, provision of affordable housing, and $70 million-plus investment.&nbsp;The project is forecast to support 200 full-time construction jobs and deliver $56 million in gross value added during the build period.

Hengyi has previously developed Swanston Central and Light House, both in the Melbourne CBD.

The Bayside Housing Strategy identifies the corridor as suitable for higher density residential renewal, aligning with the state government's recent target of 30,000 new homes in Bayside by 2051

First look: Hengyi proposes trio of apartment buildings for Sandringham’s Bay Road

Both buyer demographic and buyer preference is shifting across Melbourne, the&nbsp;recently released Apartment Essential Snapshot by research giant Urbis found.

Data showed 40 per cent of purchasers over the June quarter were investors, closer to levels observed in 2021 and 2022, rather than the last two years. Investors are no doubt driven by lower interest rates, and the fact Melbourne has slipped to become one of the most affordable capital cities in the country.&nbsp;

Developers and project marketers are currently reporting a high number of interstate investors in particular across the board, who are priced out of the investment markets in Sydney and South East Queensland.

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While investors showed signs they are back in the market in Melbourne, there has been an ongoing shift towards larger-scale apartments from developers, targeting the downsizer, a demographic relatively under serviced until recently.

Three-bedroom apartments are now being sought just as much as one-bedroom apartments, which is prompting a seismic shift in the make-up of new buildings.&nbsp;

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Melbourne's off the plan apartment market has been buoyed by the abolition of stamp duty on new and off the plan apartments, which was extended earlier this year to October 2026.&nbsp;The concession allows buyers, including investors, to deduct construction costs from the dutiable value of the property, lowering entry costs and stimulating demand.

Also assisting in demand in the new space is the increased in demand, and turn around of price growth, in the established sector.&nbsp;Clearance rates in Melbourne improved five percentage points in the quarter, pointing to a greater appetite for the state to transact on property, an appetite that had waned in recent years.

Urbis noted that sales speeds are increasingly aligning across Sydney and Melbourne, with under-construction projects in particular securing quicker commitments from buyers. This suggests heightened confidence in delivery, despite ongoing construction industry uncertainty.

Pipeline lifts, but remains subdued

After several years of record lows, Melbourne’s apartment pipeline is beginning to recover.

Nationally, annual completions are forecast to rise to 23,350 apartments per year between 2025 and 2027, 21 per cent higher than the 2021–2024 average, but still 35 per cent below the 2016–2020 cycle.

Prices continue to trend upward

Pricing remains on a steady incline, with Melbourne in line with the national average of $16,400 per square metre. That figure reflects a 14 per cent annual increase and a consistent 10 per cent per annum growth since 2021, driven by rising construction costs and the market’s shift toward higher-value product.

While the overall supply pipeline remains materially below long-term averages, the Q2 figures suggest Melbourne is “creeping off the bottom.” Investors are returning, sales rates are accelerating, and developers are again lodging applications for larger projects.

Together, these trends indicate a market cautiously regaining balance between buyer demand and supply delivery.

Investors return to Melbourne off the plan apartment market as buyers lean towards three-bedroom homes: Urbis

New apartment developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/casa">CASA</a> has appointed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/decode">Decode Group</a>&nbsp;to build The McLaren, their newly launched North Sydney project.

Decode’s appointment marks CASA’s second builder engagement this year, reflecting what the company says is “the momentum of our business and the dedication of the incredible team working to bring The McLaren vision to life.”

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The appointment follows demolition works on site and strengthens a delivery team that also includes architects Bates Smart and landscape designers 360 Degrees.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-mclaren-north-sydney-45-mclaren-street-north-sydney-nsw-2060">The McLaren</a> will rise 14 storeys in a stepped form, cascading towards a sculpted rooftop garden with panoramic views of Sydney Harbour and the CBD. It will have 71 apartments.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/bates-smart">Bates Smart</a>’s design draws on the site’s heritage context, with the podium referencing North Sydney’s fine-grain character and adjacent conservation areas.

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Offering a mix of one- to four-bedroom apartments, more than half of the residences are three-bedroom layouts aimed at downsizers. Interiors feature Gaggenau appliances, natural stone benchtops, and palettes inspired by the local landscape.&nbsp;

A rare selection of terrace homes has also been designed to echo the scale and materiality of nearby Victorian dwellings.

Residents will have access to a suite of amenities, including a rooftop garden, private dining room with wine cellar, and lounge spaces. A new through-site pedestrian link and ground-floor retail will further integrate the project into its local setting.

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Positioned moments from the new Victoria Cross Metro Station, The McLaren offers one-stop connections to the Sydney CBD while retaining the character of a Lower North Shore village lifestyle.&nbsp;

Nearby amenities include North Sydney Oval, Wendy Whiteley’s Secret Garden, Greenwood Plaza, and elite schools such as Wenona and Loreto.

Construction on The McLaren is set to commence shortly, with Colliers managing the sales process.

CASA was established in 2010 as a private real estate fund backed by global institutional investor GFM, and has recently expanded its residential pipeline nationally with projects in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Construction on The McLaren is set to commence shortly, with Colliers managing the sales process

CASA appoints Decode to build The McLaren in North Sydney

The quiet suburb of Thornbury is set for a rare new injection of new apartments, with plans to convert a&nbsp;prominent corner site on High Street into a seven-storey, mixed-use development that combines modern apartment living with an activated street frontage.&nbsp;

Positioned at the intersection of <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/716-high-street-thornbury-vic-3071">High Street and Rossmoyne Street</a>, the proposal reflects a broader trend of mid-rise intensification across Darebin’s key tram corridors.

Lodged by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/antipodean-land-developments">Antipodean Land Developments</a> under the VIC Development Facilitation Program, the application proposes a mix of commercial, retail and food and drink tenancies at ground level, with 71 apartments above, and a basement level below.&nbsp;

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Antipodean Land Developments brings a track record of design-led, sustainable projects, with their recent collaborations including Balfe Park Lane and Neighbourhood, delivered alongside Kerstin Thompson Architects and Breathe Architecture.&nbsp;

For the Thornbury site, the team has partnered with award-winning studio <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/austin-maynard-architects">Austin Maynard Architects</a>, whose design approach continues their commitment to socially responsive, climate-conscious urban infill.

The architectural scheme&nbsp;introduces a mid-rise built form articulated by low street walls and upper level setbacks, aiming to create a human-scaled interface along both High and Rossmoyne Streets. The Design Report prepared by Global South highlights suggested a key design feature is the&nbsp;chamfered corner treatment, which "marks a civic corner at a significant local intersection."

The building form tapers toward the sensitive eastern boundary, responding to neighbouring residential properties and local heritage elements including St Mary’s Church and the adjacent Salvation Army Hall.

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The development will deliver 71 apartments across a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom configurations, including 10 dwellings dedicated to affordable housing.&nbsp; Residents will have access to communal rooftop and podium-level terraces, along with improved pedestrian access through widened verges and landscaped zones.&nbsp;

The proposal for seven storeys exceeds the recommended five-storey height limit, however Ratio Consultants argues in its Town Planning Report&nbsp;the high degree of articulation and context responsive design of the building ensures that there is no excessive visual bulk. They add that there&nbsp;are various examples of mixed-use development north-south of the subject site which demonstrate overall development height in excess of five storeys.

First look: Antipodean plots mid-rise, mixed-use development on Thornbury's High Street

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Last week <a href="/developers/mirvac">Mirvac</a> submitted plans for its flagship Melbourne office development at <a href="/developments/melbourne-vic-3000">477 Collins Street</a> designed by <a href="/architects/grimshaw-architects">Grimshaw Architects</a>. It will be only the second Premium Grade commercial development built in Melbourne in the last 20 years and Mirvac's largest commercial undertaking in Australia.

The building as a whole has been designed to be multi-tenanted, with floor plates ranging between 1500 sqm (NLA) to 1900 sqm (NLA). Among the design features will be five client floors located every 8 levels, featuring expansive lounges alongside outdoor spaces, with open façade systems incorporating doors that open on to spacious terraces and gardens.

The 38-storey development lies within a pocket of the CBD that is in the midst of rapid transformation. Replacing the current office accommodation to the rear, designed by DCM and PVH in the 80's, 477 Collins Street joins a swathe of eight other large scale developments at the west end of the CBD boasting Collins Street addresses.

The projects in question are: <a href="/developers/cbus-property">CBUS's</a> mixed-use development at 447 Collins, Fragrance Group's <a href="/developments/melbourne-vic-3000">555 Collins</a>, the for sale <a href="/buildings/collins-house-melbourne-460-466-collins-street-melbourne">464 Collins</a> residential tower, Equiset's major Rialto revamp, the proposed 710 Collins office tower and <a href="/developers/lendlease-development">Lend Lease's</a> Batmans Hill. These join the already under construction 567 Collins and <a href="/buildings/568-collins-street-melbourne" target="_blank">568 Collins</a> 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/collins_conga_0.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="The cast of Collins Street, playing soon at the West End. © Urban.com.au"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="324" src="/sites/urbanmelbourne.info/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/collins_conga_0.jpg?itok=6nJZVrX1" title="The cast of Collins Street, playing soon at the West End. © Urban.com.au" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>The cast of Collins Street, playing soon at the West End. © Apartments.com.au</figcaption></figure><h2>The proposal</h2>

The 3,899sqm site as it exists today comprises of three parts:

<ol>
<li>Three heritage listed buildings along the northern Collins Street frontage, built during various periods of the 19th Century; Olderfleet House, Record Chambers, and SA Insurance Building. These are historically and culturally significant examples of Romanesque and Gothic Victorian architecture they are protected via a Heritage Overlay which extends 12m deep into the site covers which have been adhered by the development team.</li>
	<li>An intervention to the centre of the site by way of a 9-storey, office building of a 40x40m footprint designed by Denton Corker Marshall and Peck von Hartel in the 1980's. This is largely characterised by its tapestry-like facade, consisting up of a number of tinted-mirror glazed panels laid out in various sequences and patterns and its lack of setbacks to the eastern and western boundaries.</li>
	<li>A five-storey carpark with access from Flinders Lane accommodating 598 parking spaces, above which exists a tennis court and garden area. The presence of the car parking structure and associated access requirements has resulted in a largely unactivated frontage along Flinders Lane.</li>
</ol>
Employing a side core configuration for maximum floor plate efficiency, the proposal is in keeping with the campus-style typology that is prevalent amongst commercial buildings of the 21st Century. The tower is expressed as a series of stacked volumes which visually and physically break up the overall massing and responds to the desire for a multi-tenanted building.

The design allows for the potential of further reduction in scale via the provision of tenant driven atria which puncture the floor plate but sit within the glazed envelope. The architects have coined the term Vertical Neighbourhoods to describe the arrangement of commercial programme and tenant driven adaptability and flexibility.

<blockquote>
It is an idea that seeks to address the emerging trends in workplace buildings to connect floors vertically, enabling smaller floor-plate buildings to behave with the efficiencies of larger campus style office buildings.
<cite>Grimshaw Architects</cite>
</blockquote>

The introduction and articulation of a shadow line running vertically over the full height of the tower responds to the common wall of the heritage buildings. This allows for a different visual language to the eastern core - very rigid and ordered. In addition to services and plant infrastructure the core has provision for 'client spaces' to Collins Street. The evolution of the building's form is best illustrated in the series of diagrams below.

<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/form_evolution.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Form Evolution diagrams. © Grimshaw"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="389" src="/sites/urbanmelbourne.info/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/form_evolution.jpg?itok=WiOX-Qas" title="Form Evolution diagrams. © Grimshaw" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Form Evolution diagrams. © Grimshaw</figcaption></figure>The 158m tower is setback 3.8m from the rear of the heritage buildings for a total setback of 16.8m from Collins Street. The remaining east, west and south setbacks measure 4.5m from the site boundary.

In addition to heritage and setback considerations the proposal has been designed to comply with the planning scheme's requirement for preventing overshadowing of the south bank of the Yarra during the winter solstice between 11am &amp; 2pm.

<h2>Ground plane and public realm</h2>

Another key consideration of the 477 Collins proposal is the sensitive interface between the new and the existing heritage buildings, and how this might inform the public spaces within and around the site. Retail spaces are located to Collins Street with a business lounge and end-of-trip facilities located within the basement levels.

The commercial foyer allows for the physical structural separation of existing from new while visually tying the components together through a single common point.

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<figcaption>Commercial foyer. © Grimshaw</figcaption></figure>It is intended that the heritage buildings be occupied by a single retail tenant specialising in the high end food industry that can connect the heritage buildings together at upper levels, whilst still observing and respecting their varying character, boundary walls and social qualities. This proposed strategy is illustrated in the indicative section below.

<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/heritage_section.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Indicative Heritage tenancy strategy. © Grimshaw"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="434" src="/sites/urbanmelbourne.info/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/heritage_section.jpg?itok=wd3xhYaf" title="Indicative Heritage tenancy strategy. © Grimshaw" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Indicative Heritage tenancy strategy. © Grimshaw</figcaption></figure>In a concerted effort to improve the pedestrian experience along the site's Flinders Lane frontage the existing car parking structure is intended to be visually concealed via a screen. This will be achieved via the use of vertical perforated metal blades which also allow for an animation of an otherwise static facade.

At ground level glazed shop front-type facades have been introduced to provide improved permeability and rise to a two storey datum. These are bookended by two glazed staircases which are intended to frame the elevation and provide glimpses of visual activity through the internal vertical circulation of people.

<h2>International design charette</h2>

One of the most interesting aspects of this particular design is its inception. The proposal was fostered via global design collaboration - the outcome of a design charette undertaken amongst four international Grimshaw offices where various ideas were submitted and fused together. This process is described further in the passage below, extracted from Grimshaw's planning application document:

<blockquote>
As part of the appointment for 477 Collins Street, Grimshaw, as an internationally acclaimed architectural practice with a wider global network, offered to undertake for our client an international design charette at the beginning of the design process in January 2014. The intention of this charette utilised teams in New York, London, Melbourne and Sydney offices of Grimshaw and provided a broad based approach to design which gave diversity and multiplicity to the initial design explorations and ideas.

It was not run as a typical design competition between several architects, nor was it intended to choose an outright winner, however the process bought to the surface many excellent ideas for the development of the site that could be harnessed into a singular dynamic vision.
<cite>Grimshaw Architects</cite>
</blockquote>

<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/international_design_charette.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="The various 3d massings devised by each office. © Grimshaw"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="309" src="/sites/urbanmelbourne.info/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/international_design_charette.jpg?itok=WfCVBteV" title="The various 3d massings devised by each office. © Grimshaw" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>The various 3d massings devised by each office. © Grimshaw</figcaption></figure>Factoring in all the initiatives, considerations and design rigour undertaken by Grimshaw and its team to develop the proposal it could be argued that 477 Collins Street presents the first real next-gen commercial tower to be undertaken in Melbourne. If the high-rise residential towers popping up all over town can be loosely termed as "vertical villages" then 477 Collins and future commercial towers could possibly be best described as "vertical campuses".

Pending pre-commitments, construction is anticipated for 2016 with completion expected in 2019.

<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/477_collins_street.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="477 Collins Street hero shot. © Scharp"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="387" src="/sites/urbanmelbourne.info/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/477_collins_street.jpg?itok=ZaVVWUIC" title="477 Collins Street hero shot. © Grimshaw" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>477 Collins Street hero shot. © Scharp</figcaption></figure><h2>Quick facts</h2>

<ul>
<li>Height: 158.56m (measured from Flinders Lane)</li>
	<li>Floors: 38-storeys</li>
	<li>NLA: 55,000sqm in the commercial tower + heritage office accommodation</li>
	<li>Parking: Reduction from 598 down to 405</li>
	<li>Bicycle Spaces: 541 + end-of-trip facilities</li>
	<li>Retail: 2,461sqm</li>
</ul>
<h2>Development team</h2>

<ul>
<li>Developer: Mirvac</li>
	<li>Architect: Grimshaw</li>
	<li>Planning Consultant: Urbis</li>
	<li>Heritage Consultant: Lovell Chen</li>
	<li>Structural Consultant: Robert Bird Group</li>
	<li>Services, Traffic &amp; ESD Consultant: ARUP</li>
</ul>
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