THE derelict site has long been a source of complaint for neighbours, but after years of inaction Leederville’s Baymoon apartment project is moving ahead.
The famously weed and rubbish-ridden Brentham Street site has been sitting empty for years, with plans for a 53-unit block falling victim to the global financial crisis.
In 2010 site project manager Wayne Tjhung from Baymoon Holdings told Voice readers he hoped the development would get underway in “the next month”. He’d already spent $900,000 preparing the site, including demolishing an old building.
But nothing happened. The council threatened legal action over the untidy site, next to Aranmore primary school, and named it one of a handful of “tough nut” empty sites. Residents posted a YouTube video comparing it to a warzone.
“Why would a government let this happen to the people? … could this be a refugee camp? Maybe the Bronx?” the video posed.
Mr Tjhung has presented to Vincent’s development assessment panel plans identical to those that had lapsed, and again won a thumbs-up.
The applicants have two years to start substantial construction before approval lapses again.
by DAVID BELL
Perth Voice Interactive 
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