{"id":169650,"date":"2025-09-26T05:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169650\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T05:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T05:03:11","slug":"apartments-approved-opposite-australias-longest-running-continuous-food-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/169650\/","title":{"rendered":"Apartments approved opposite Australia\u2019s longest-running continuous food market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\">A boutique apartment project has been greenlit for development opposite Australia\u2019s longest-running continuous food market in southeast Melbourne, Prahran.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Designed by local practice Cera Stribley for Melbourne-based developer Leeka, the mixed-use proposal at 182\u2013194 Commercial Road, known as Comme Prahran, is set above a two-storey Old-English-style, Edwardian-era building. According to a media communique, the structure \u201cwill be preserved and woven into the contemporary design of the project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Leeka director Chek Ming Cheng said the site offers the opportunity to draw on Prahran\u2019s rich history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\u201cComme Prahran will create a contemporary place with a timeless character, blending heritage and modern design to foster creativity and inclusivity. With Cera Stribley\u2019s deep understanding of the suburb\u2019s urban fabric, we believe the project will resonate with people who value both Prahran\u2019s cultural richness and the quality of design and amenities on offer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Cera Stribley managing principal Domenic Cerantonio added, \u201cWhat makes this brief special is its focus on creating a vibrant, integrated community hub that celebrates Prahran\u2019s past while embracing its future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"According to a media communique, the Old-English-style, Edwardian-era building currently on the site \u201cwill be preserved and woven into the contemporary design of the project.\u201d\" class=\"['full'] full blur-up lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/012e69245cbf2030d74c43fd39189107.jpg\" height=\"546\" width=\"728\"\/><\/p>\n<p>View gallery<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">The eight-storey proposal has been approved for 32 residences \u2013 a mix of one- to four-bedroom apartments, along with accompanying retail, dining and public amenities. Shared gardens and a public art mural are intended to connect the development to the local community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">Cera Stribley were previously engaged for an apartment complex on the same site by developer Beulah, who acquired the property in late 2021. Plans for the 39-dwelling proposal were lodged in mid-2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A boutique apartment project has been greenlit for development opposite Australia\u2019s longest-running continuous food market in southeast Melbourne,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":["post-169650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}