The company behind the development is Meldev Property Group Pty Ltd.
Its directors are Geoffrey Raines and Anthony Gordon. Its shareholders are another member of the Raines family and Jakalex Pty Ltd. Jakalex Pty Ltd is a shelf company of Anthony Gordon.
Neither of them are even from Melbourne. They are both Gold Coast property developers.
Name: Anthony GordonD.O.B: 17.01.61
Occupation: Property Developer
Lives: Gold Coast
Name: Geoffrey RainesD.O.B: 10.08.56
Occupation: Property Developer
Lives: Gold Coast
These developers have no connection to York Street and have shown no interest in the local area or the concerns of residents. They have not even attended any of the council consultation sessions or meetings. Instead, they have hid behind their hired planning consultants, SJB Planning.
It’s no wonder they are so out-of-touch.
Anthony Gordon is from a prominent Gold Coast developer family and lives on a beachfront mansion on Hedges Avenue, Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. This street was recently described in The Australian as ‘millionaires row’ and contains Queensland’s most expensive piece of real estate (Courier Mail, 2 May 2008).
It’s no wonder they are so out-of-touch.
Anthony Gordon is from a prominent Gold Coast developer family and lives on a beachfront mansion on Hedges Avenue, Mermaid Beach on the Gold Coast. This street was recently described in The Australian as ‘millionaires row’ and contains Queensland’s most expensive piece of real estate (Courier Mail, 2 May 2008).
Geoffrey Raines has not lived in Melbourne for years. Supporters of Richmond (the football club) have long been disappointed with him for letting down the team when he left to play for Collingwood. Now, residents of Richmond (the suburb) have just as much right to be even more disappointed with him.
We would consider SJB Planning as a rather shall we say in company with the City of Melbourne. Amanda Ring of SJB is a former employee of Melbourne Planning Department. melbourne of course has now embraced Justin Madden and higher density development. Interesting one of the controversial Higher density approvals faced by SJB is the Airlie site of 9 units on the former Police College Tennis court South Yarra. We believe that it was originally purchased by former Carlton teamate of our dear Planning Minister. Residnets are less than impressed with the planning anomolies allowed for this development.
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