Scarborough’s ever-changing waterfront is set to gain yet another apartment development after the state’s planning body gave Perth developer Gary Dempsey’s $80 million Myka Residences project the green light.
In its fourth attempt to develop the site it has owned for nearly 40 years, developer Sanur applied to State planners to knock down and rebuild the more-than-100-year-old shopfronts.
A five-storey apartment and office block will be built on the former Mediterranean Restaurant site in Subiaco despite objections from the council over fears it could tarnish Rokeby Road’s character.
A developer’s plan to build a two-storey childcare centre within a residential area of Leederville has been knocked back by State planners due to its ‘unsuitable’ location.