Major building works on the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre are complete. Nyaal Banyul is the centrepiece of the $676 million Geelong City Deal, an investment between the Albanese and Allan Labor Governments with the City of Greater Geelong to unlock the region’s visitor economy.

The $50 million Edenville Corio infill development is set to deliver much-needed affordable housing and urban renewal to Corio, supporting Geelong’s continued population growth and housing supply targets.

The Minister for Planning has paved the way for completion of the $300 million Balmoral Quay precinct by giving the green light to the final stage — a seven-storey apartment development that will play an important role in shaping the future of Geelong’s waterfront and medium-density housing market.

Hosted by Piccadilly Market, this month’s Christmas event promises to be bigger, brighter, and bursting with festive cheer.

Member for Geelong Christine Couzens visited Nyaal Banyul to celebrate installation of more than 6,000 square-metres of 100 per cent locally manufactured carpet produced by Geelong-based Godfrey Hirst. The project proudly showcases the strength of the region’s manufacturing and construction capability, with local businesses playing a significant role in delivering the precinct. 

As the Nyaal Banyul development continues its rapid rise on Geelong’s Waterfront, so do new job opportunities for Geelong residents who have experienced barriers to employment. Through a joint government, industry and community initiative called the Geelong Early Engagement Social Procurement (GEESP) program, 43 apprenticeships have now been created and more than 37,000 hours of on-the-job training at the tier-one construction site led by Built.

The rich culture and community of Geelong has been celebrated through an expansive and stunning new mural by Geelong-born and internationally acclaimed artist Rone. Member for Geelong Christine Couzens, Rone and his mural subjects, along with project partners, officially marked completion of the mural that stretches 88 metres across the exterior of the city’s Nyaal Banyul development.

Geelong’s number one performing greenfield project, Warralily, is leading a sales rebound for the Armstrong Creek corridor. Housing diversity is driving the surge following the introduction of a boutique collection of architect-designed LOMA townhomes.

The striking façade of the Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre marks a key step in the transformation of the city’s new waterfront precinct. The façade was designed by Woods Bagot in collaboration with the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation to reflect Geelong’s Western Beach cliffs which are of deep cultural significance for the Wadawurrung People. 

The Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre has reached the halfway mark with the construction of Plenary Hall and Exhibition Halls almost complete. Premier of Victoria Jacinta Allan and Minister for Regional Development Gayle Tierney visited the site where local businesses, workers and apprentices are working hard to bring this major project to life.

Through the two-year build we hosted Australian Government, Victorian Government and City of Greater Geelong project partners for progress briefings and tours at Nyaal Banyul. Here Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Member for Corio Richard Marles talks with Built and Plenary project executives onsite. Nyaal Banyul is being delivered by Development Victoria and the Plenary Conventions consortium as the centrepiece of the $676 million Geelong City Deal.

More than 100 project partners and construction workers gathered on the future Nyaal Banyul Geelong Convention and Event Centre site where Wadawurrung Traditional Custodians of the land conducted a Welcome and Smoking Ceremony led by Wadawurrung Woman Corrina Eccles. Nyaal Banyul means ‘open your eyes to the hills’ and will continue the Wadawurrung tradition of gathering and celebrating at this location.

The bayside charm of Rippleside has been revived with completion of Balmoral Quay’s final luxury townhomes and the renewal of St Helens Beach.  It represents the culmination of a nine-year commitment to transforming the abandoned 2.7-hectare Rippleside Shipyard into Geelong’s most luxurious waterside address.

Victorian Minister for Regional Development Gayle Tierney today joined Federal Member for Corangamite Libby Coker and City of Greater Geelong Mayor Trent Sullivan at the Nyaal Banyul site, where early works commencement is creating opportunities for local apprentices thanks to the Geelong Early Engagement Social Procurement (GEESP) program that is establishing a gold standard for social procurement in government led projects.

Warralily’s decade-long creek restoration project nears completion with the planting of 130,000 aquatic and terrestrial plants on the east side of Barwon Heads Road. Stretching from Armstrong Creek through to Mount Duneed, it is one of the largest urban landscaping projects underway in the region.

The Corio Bay Rowing Club marked its 150th anniversary at the weekend with a members celebration including a commemorative boat naming and book launch. The club was established in June 1873 and has a proud history tied to some of our city’s sporting legends and major local and global events affecting the Geelong community. 

Warralily is celebrating a significant milestone since launching as Geelong’s first master planned community amid much fanfare in 2010. With an impressive 4,232 contracts exchanged and 3,620 homes completed, the thriving community now boasts a population of 10,000 residents all happy to call Warralily home.

Warralily directors and the leadership team enjoyed an official tour of the future Anam Cara House Geelong in recognition of their long term support of the project, including a $100,000 donation to help Anam Cara deliver critical palliative care services now and into the future.

Geelong dignitaries, donors, and the local rowing community came together on the Barwon River to celebrate the opening of the Jeff Sykes Rowing Centre. The new boat shed is named in honour of the enormous contribution Geelong’s Jeff Sykes has made to the sport.

Warralily’s Armstrong Creek Green Spine recognised in Australia’s International Good Design Awards for Design Excellence