Council has approve proceeding with the development of a concept plan for the proposed Forest Hill Community Hall and amenities building at the Forest Hill Oval At their ordinary meeting on Monday 10 February Councillors received a report from staff on the progress of constructing a Community Hall in Forest Hill to replace the community space lost when the Forest Hill Tennis Courts club house was demolished The report provides feedback on the project's next steps following initial investigations and consultations Council staff have met with the Forest Hill Neighbourhood Network and have received support from Housing NSW and the Salvation Army about the potential project Recreation Coordinator Josh Walsh said the Forest Hill Neighbourhood Network had expressed the need for a multi-purpose facility that accommodates various events and bookings The proposed facility would include a large open indoor space The current amenities block at Forest Hill Oval situated in a central location between the sporting ovals has been identified as outdated and in need of significant upgrades “Given the condition of the existing amenities we propose a project that involves demolishing the current block and constructing a new facility,” Mr “This will combine upgraded sportsground amenities with a community hall that meets both sporting precinct and broader community needs Council staff will work with stakeholders and use available geotechnical investigations to determine the best location for the new building.” Council approved a budget variation to allow a building designer to be engaged to develop a concept design for Forest Hill Community Hall and amenities building and the allocation of a previously TBC community amenities funding totalling $326,553 Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time A woman has died following a house fire in Melbourne’s east on Wednesday evening Emergency services were called to a single-storey weatherboard house in Weigela Court Forest Hill about 7.40pm after reports of a fire A woman has died in a house fire in Melbourne’s east.Credit: Paul Rovere firefighters entered the home wearing breathing apparatus and located an elderly female They provided emergency medical treatment to the woman until paramedics arrived One other person was treated for smoke inhalation It took firefighters about 17 minutes to control the blaze Fire Rescue Victoria said the fire is believed to have started from clothing being dried in front of a heater that ignited Victoria Police said they were not treating the blaze as suspicious Anyone who witnessed the incident or with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au Get alerts on significant breaking news as it happens. Sign up for our Breaking News Alert A woman has died following a house fire in Melbourne\\u2019s east on Wednesday evening Anyone who witnessed the incident or with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or Get alerts on significant breaking news as it happens calls for price guide changeNathan Mawby sold for $1.08m after its $925,000 reserve price was disclosed well ahead of the auction The Victorian government is facing renewed calls to amend home price advertising legislation from some of the state’s top real estate figures It comes after a Forest Hill home seller made the unusual decision to advertise their home’s reserve price weeks ahead of auction and yesterday sold the residence more than $100,000 above expectations The result was one of 848 reported to PropTrack that yielded a 61 per cent clearance rate yesterday RELATED: Call to name and shame, disclose reserves in bid to finally nail underquoting Hamptons-style Hampton home sells big after becoming one of the most viewed in Australia Ex-Tiger Dustin Martin punting Albert Park home Fletchers Blackburn’s Robert Sheahan handled the 57 Barter Cres sale and said with six bidders at the auction all leaving comfortable that the eventual $1.08m result had been transparent it was surprising sellers were not required to disclose their reserve “I think that the reserve being disclosed is the way of the future,” Mr Sheahan said “Why is there not more discussion about looking at this as a strategy?” The Forest Hill home appealed to buyers with light and bright decor The home features multiple living zones throughout its floorplan Ray White Victoria chief executive Domenic Belfiore said he believed the state’s laws around home pricing needed to be looked at but I think the time has come to revise the legislation,” Mr Belfiore said The head of Victoria’s biggest real estate agency added that he personally felt disclosing reserves would benefit both homebuyers and sellers with the latter able to see quickly within a few open for inspections if their home was priced correctly for sale or not Mr Belfiore acknowledged this may not reflect the views of other Ray White directors Real Estate Institute of Victoria chief executive Kelly Ryan yesterday said while they believed vendors should have a right to decide if they disclosed their reserve the Institute were “supportive of anything that makes the industry more transparent” Mr Sheahan said all the buyers he spoke with after the auction had “loved it” The home’s stylish bathroom also appealed to prospective buyers The house also caters to indoor-outdoor entertaining they had seen that as soon as it hit the reserve it was on the market,” he said The property was initially listed with a typical quoted price range but after 50 groups attended the first open for inspection the property was changed to a $925,000 advertised reserve before a second bid pushed it onto the market “A buyer’s advocate bought it for a younger local family Light and bright bedrooms showcase green views the agent said he’d done the same thing with a Mitcham property in the past month only that home had been struggling to engage anyone with an advertised price range there was not a lot of interest … so I said would you be prepared to disclose the reserve buyer inspections increased and ultimately we had two buyers who turned up and bid.” who has more than a decade of experience selling Melbourne homes added that with all the regulations over auction sales and underquoting in Victoria it was surprising that requiring vendors to make this disclosure wasn’t required Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. 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As the mercury rose in Melbourne on the weekend, so did the bidding for the four-bedroom house at 4 Wendy Street, which had a $1.15 million to $1.25 million price guide. The home last sold for $245,000 in 1998, records show. “There were four bidders, three very active with the reserve being reached in a matter of minutes,” Turner said. Bidding increased in $20,000 and then $10,000 bids, and the home was secured by a young local couple drawn to its design. The reserve was $1,225,000. “The home is well known by people in the area because while it’s a popular style of home in Massachusetts, it isn’t common in Melbourne and quite unique,” Turner said. One of the only other Cape Cod-style properties the couple had seen for sale was in Oakleigh. “The buyers bid on that one but they missed out,” Turner said. The six suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a house today than it was five years ago Crumbling, derelict house in upscale Sydney sells for $3 million Is this Australia’s cheapest house? NSW property on market for less than $100k “Now though, after over a year of looking, they have their Saturdays back after securing the Wendy Street property.” With free icy poles, the auction generated a crowd of interested parties and neighbours, including one of Turner’s youngest-ever bidders. 2 Baths1 ParkingView listing “A young girl from the neighbourhood tried to bid $100 for the home; I didn’t hold her to that though,” he said Over in Mordialloc, a three-bedroom heritage home at 78 Chute Street sold under the hammer for $1.2 million, in a quick and fast-paced auction. “We had two bidders go back and forth, starting with increments of $15,000, $10,000 and then $5,000,” said lead agent and auctioneer Ashley Patane from O’Brien Real Estate Chelsea. With a price guide of $1.2 million to $1.25 million, the result was well received by the vendors and the successful bidders – a young family relocating from Box Hill. “They were ecstatic,” Patane said. “They’d only seen the home for the first time the morning of the auction but fell in love with the property’s charm, character and its position right across the road from Kavanagh Reserve, which is perfect for their growing family.” While the bidding was strong, Patane said the crowd, which huddled under the shade, wasn’t large, due to the heat. “The auction started at 11.30am, so the sun was out, and it was very hot,” he said. 2 Baths3 ParkingView listing “Even the coffee van He might need to add iced coffee to the menu.” In Leopold, an investor secured the keys to 5 Bardoo Court, for $670,000 – some $90,000 above the reserve. “The owners were ecstatic with the result,” said Alex Ilyin, lead agent and auctioneer of Ray White Highton. The bidding took place between two groups – a first home buyer on-site and an investor over the phone. “They were actively both bidding, Ilyin said. “It went up quickly to the $600,000 mark, and then when we called it on the market at $600,000 it just went back and forth between them, with the investor ultimately being the successful bidder at $670,000.” Ilyin said the result was evidence of the appetite for family-home style properties in Leopold and its surrounds. “It’s a buyer’s market right now. Family homes, sub-$500,000 in Leopold, or even further in, in Newcomb, perform really well,” he said. “The timing is perfect right now too, with people wanting to be able to go away over Christmas and not having to worry. They just want it done and dusted.” By Saturday evening, Domain Group recorded a preliminary auction clearance rate of 60.7 per cent from 868 reported results over the week, while 101 auctions were withdrawn. Withdrawn auctions are counted as unsold properties when calculating the clearance rate. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said Melbourne’s soft clearance rate was largely due to the RBA’s decision to hold interest rates. “The interest rates are keeping buyers at bay, while at the same time, there is an increase in distress sales,” he said. “This means listings are running higher than at the same time last year, which creates these weak clearance rates.” Until the RBA meet again next year, Oliver doesn’t believe much will change. “It’ll just be more of the same,” he said. The information on this website is intended to be of a general nature only and doesn't consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. where we are privileged to live and operate Chinese-backed developer APH Holding has lost control over a $1 billion Forest Hill commercial development just weeks before it was due to go on the market The private company has already put up about $100 million worth of property for sale in a bid to fund its development pipeline including the completion of a high-rise medical services tower Artist’s render of the 50,000-square-metre retail component of APH Holding’s City Park project in Forest Hill which is also funding APH’s Wellington Health tower has appointed KPMG as receiver-managers to Xin Hai City Investment (Forest Hill) the subsidiary company which owns the office complex in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs A Maxcap spokesperson said the company has appointed a receiver “to ensure it can maintain control of the current sales process” “Significant interest from potential purchasers has already been generated ahead of the official [expressions of interest] campaign launch This is unrelated to the group’s Wellington Health asset in Box Hill noting this project is on track and is expected to be completed imminently,” the spokesperson said APH Holding and its network of subsidiaries is owned by James Zhang and run by Johnson Zhang (no relation) Johnson Zhang told the Australian Financial Review last month that the company would focus on finishing the projects it has underway – Wellington Health and a Box Hill apartment project Irving Domain – an 115-unit apartment project financed by non-bank lender Wingate APH’s 5.8 hectare property at 353-383 Burwood Road was previously a sprawling office campus occupied by US technology giant Hewlett Packard APH bought the property in 2017 for $91.5 million and later acquired neighbouring offices on 2.62ha for $45.8 million with Woolworths secured as an anchor tenant for a new shopping centre it was tipped to be worth about $90 million It is the second property which APH has lost to its bankers A 1360 sq m site at 702-706 Station Street was repossessed by McGrathNicol in late June acting for the mortgagee Metrics Credit Partners It is for sale through the Cushman & Wakefield team with a price quoted at between $13 million and $14 million APH’s move to list more property for sale comes as a wave of development sites hit the market with owners no longer able to hold on to expensive properties or develop them amid rising building and materials costs the heritage-listed Kinnear’s Ropeworks Factory is back on the market with an approved development plan for more than 1200 dwellings the local subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Chinese developer Guangzhou R&F Properties bought the factory in 2016 for $60 million and is selling it after completing one apartment tower Hamish Burgess and Ma are expecting more than $65 million for the sprawling 2.99 ha site at 124-180 Ballarat Road a 1.4 ha parcel of land at 59-101 Alfred Street is coming to market under instruction from KordaMentha Jack Bergin and MingXuan Li have been appointed to sell that property APH Holding’s Wellington Health tower in Box Hill.Credit: Eamon Gallagher APH’s Wellington Health at 12-22 Wellington Road has reached “topping out” but requires a fit-out is a 20-storey 30,000 sq m medical building with high-tech healthcare facilities and a private club soon after its Box Hill hotel site was tipped into administration APH put a CBD office and a South Melbourne hotel on the market The 11-storey Pinnacle office building at 440 Elizabeth Street is at the western end of the city near Queen Victoria Market and could fetch up to $80 million to $85 million Cushman & Wakefield is an expression of interest campaign for the building The Business Briefing newsletter delivers major stories, exclusive coverage and expert opinion. Sign up to get it every weekday morning which is also funding APH\\u2019s Wellington Health tower the subsidiary company which owns the office complex in Melbourne\\u2019s eastern suburbs A Maxcap spokesperson said the company has appointed a receiver \\u201Cto ensure it can maintain control of the current sales process\\u201D \\u201CSignificant interest from potential purchasers has already been generated ahead of the official [expressions of interest] campaign launch This is unrelated to the group\\u2019s Wellington Health asset in Box Hill noting this project is on track and is expected to be completed imminently,\\u201D the spokesperson said Johnson Zhang told the Australian Financial Review last month that the company would focus on finishing the projects it has underway \\u2013 Wellington Health and a Box Hill apartment project Irving Domain \\u2013 an 115-unit apartment project financed by non-bank lender Wingate APH\\u2019s 5.8 hectare property at 353-383 Burwood Road APH\\u2019s move to list more property for sale comes as a wave of development sites hit the market the heritage-listed Kinnear\\u2019s Ropeworks Factory is back on the market with an approved development plan for more than 1200 dwellings Cushman & Wakefield\\u2019s Joe Kairouz APH\\u2019s Wellington Health at 12-22 Wellington Road has reached \\u201Ctopping out\\u201D but requires a fit-out The Business Briefing newsletter delivers major stories WE INDEPENDENTLY CHOOSE ALL PRODUCTS FEATURED ON OUR SITE. 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YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR AFFILIATE POLICY IN OUR TERMS OF USE Brain Dead's Shaggy Adidas Forest Hills Collection Releases April 25Release Adidas Forest Hills has been partnering with Adidas over the last few years Although most collaborations have used classic silhouettes as canvases Ng's work has experimented with materials and color-blocking the Los Angeles-based imprint has unveiled its Adidas Forest Hills collection the old school tennis model pays homage to the Forest Hills section of New York City's borough of Queens Brain Child lent its eye-catching creative lens to the Adidas Stan Smith another made-for-tennis silhouette from the 1960s The brand's iconic Head logo replaced 3-Stripes perforations on the profiles while zig-zag stitching also breathed new life into the decades-old design What set apart the Stan Smith collaboration also appears on Brain Dead's Forest Hills project: shaggy suede Ng and company cover Adidas Originals' long-overlooked tennis trainer in a hairy material done in four different tones Profile logos keep things classy in off-white on two pairs; "Crew White" also lands on laces and leather lining on other styles Brain Dead text replaces traditional nods to the sneaker's name in a "Metallic Gold" shimmer throughout the collection Achilles' heel panels and laceguards divvy up a number of colors with the "Shadow Brown" Forest Hills enjoying rich red flair at the rear and profile branding Vibrant green and other animated updates land on insoles and tongue logos the sport-informed tooling underfoot rounds out the experimental makeovers with muted "Core Black," "Branch," and "Crew White" finishes Enjoy official photos of the four Forest Hills collaboration below—in addition to accompanying apparel and accessories Brain Dead will launch the collection on Friday An Adidas CONFIRMED app will also take place on this date For more from the Three Stripes Brand, check out the Adidas Samba Jane a Mary Jane-inspired update to the football trainer Author:Jovani HernandezDate:2025.04.16Tags:AdidasForest Hillsbrain deadCollaborationKeep ScrollingServing up your next slice of heatLoading Next Article Below are race results for elections in Tarrant County on Saturday Some races will include results for votes in multiple jurisdictions and are labeled (All Counties); otherwise the total is only for votes cast in that county Get top local stories delivered to you every morning with NBC DFW's News Headlines newsletter The sell-down at Chinese-backed property investor and developer APH Holdings continues with another site listed on the market and a deal done in Hawthorn APH has several properties worth more than $200 million on the market including its prized Forest Hill development project The company has been active in the Melbourne property sector over the past 10 years but has reached a crisis point in a market shaken by high interest rates and rising construction costs When APH moved its headquarters to Forest Hill from its former offices at 852-858 Glenferrie Road it announced plans to build a new Novotel hotel on the 2000 square metre site The five-storey existing building was demolished in 2020-2021 The site was bought in 2014 for $8.81 million and sold to a related company in 2021 for $8.65 million the vacant undeveloped lot was sold off-market to residential developer Outline Projects is believed to have been less than $10 million another of APH’s extensive Box Hill holdings is on the market Next door to a tower it is building on Wellington Road is a 1486 sq m site earmarked for an 18-level health-focused building The Box Hill block slated for an 18-level apartment block (next to a tower being built by APH) is being quoted at $13 million.Credit: Eamon Gallagher For sale through Gross Waddell ICR’s Alex Ham along with Buxton’s Ellie Gong and Chris Cao the future apartment block is being quoted at $13 million Records show it last changed hands in 2021 for $11.8 million APH’s builder Maxcon Constructions has a caveat over the property as it does on the tower under construction next door at 12-24 Wellington Street and another address at 702-706 Station Street Maxcon placed the caveats over the APH properties on May 24 The builder did not respond to queries about its relationship with APH APH said it is “pivoting from our traditional investment approach to an investment-focused business model.” “We remain committed to delivering our hero projects Wellington Health Box Hill and Irving Domain Box Hill.” Other APH properties on the market include the former Hewlett Packard office campus on 5.8 hectares at 353-383 Burwood Road and an office building on 2043 sq m at 440 Elizabeth Street A hotel in South Melbourne and the Box Hill hotel site are also both for sale the company sold the Pakington Strand shopping centre in Geelong for a slim loss of about $31 million APH’s debt has been spread among several financiers City cocktail bar State of Grace and Richmond pub Fargo & Co are both on the market it is the properties where they sling their pots and fizz The partnership which sold the business several years ago to Australian Venue Co which has more than 200 venues in its portfolio and turns over $1.1 billion a year State of Grace cocktail bar occupies the roof the cellar and a ground-floor restaurant at 27-31 King Street which is in the old Melbourne Steamship building in the CBD’s nightclub strip The building where the State of Grace cocktail bar is located at 27-31 King Street The seven-level building is fully leased to a range of other tenants and is across the road from the Rialto tower and a host of nightclubs which sold a swag of high-profile hospitality businesses to AVC in 2022 Dylan Kilner and Chao Zhang have the listing and are quoting $15-20 million Fargo & Co occupies a historic State Savings Bank building Records show the Commonwealth Bank sold it in 2014 for $3.31 million Rorey James and Kevin Tong are handling enquiries but are not quoting a price which offers some guidance to its possible value Recent pub deal yields have ranged from 3.2 per cent to as high as 6.5 per cent A yield of 5 per cent could give Fargo & CO a price tag of $10 million The two-storey 542 sq m building has a 1am licence and can squeeze in 450 patrons Swan Street has undergone a renaissance in the past 10 years as new apartments brought a new generation of diners and drinkers to the strip which has undergone a similar transformation hotelier Julien Moussi paid $3.8 million for the Robbie Burns Hotel – unfathomably renamed the Hotel Collingwood – on a yield of 4.63 per cent It’s not all listings out there in the Melbourne market Two Edwardian-era houses at 154-156 Riversdale Road have changed hands between offshore developers for $7.2 million The development site between Glenferrie and Auburn roads is on 1514 sq m of land and sold for a land rate of $4755 a sq m The site has a permit for an 18-unit apartment project and records show it last sold for $6.4 million in 2019 Maddie Pizzey and MingXuan Li handled the campaign and received six offers for the properties particularly for strategically located sites in highly sought-after locations,” Li said Merri-bek Council has sold its old library in Glenroy at auction for $4 million smashing its $3.2 million reserve after bidding from five parties who handled the auction campaign with David Bourke said the buyer is an interstate investor looking to value-add and repurpose the asset with a suitable tenant “Not a lot comes up for sale in the area,” he said The old library is on an 1831 sq m site at 737 Pascoe Vale Road The building was designed in 1970 by architect Harry Winbush in a Brutalist style Two strata-titled shops in Armadale have sold for $5.15 million in an off-market deal Records show Malaysian investor Capitol Melbourne has put caveats over 1126 and 1128 High Street The 250 sq m shops were bought from separate vendors who have held the properties for 30 and 22 years The transactions were negotiated by Cushman & Wakefield agents George Davies and Raphael Favas who said the price and yields were among the sharpest recorded on the strip The Business Briefing newsletter delivers major stories, exclusive coverage and expert opinion. Sign up to get it every weekday morning. The sell-down at Chinese-backed property investor and developer APH Holdings continues, with another site listed on the market and a deal done in Hawthorn. APH has several properties worth more than $200 million on the market, including its prized Forest Hill development project, which private funder MaxCap now controls. The company has been active in the Melbourne property sector over the past 10 years but has reached a crisis point in a market shaken by high interest rates and rising construction costs. When APH moved its headquarters to Forest Hill from its former offices at 852-858 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, it announced plans to build a new Novotel hotel on the 2000 square metre site. The five-storey existing building was demolished in 2020-2021. The site was bought in 2014 for $8.81 million and sold to a related company in 2021 for $8.65 million. This month, the vacant undeveloped lot was sold off-market to residential developer Outline Projects. The price, negotiated by JLL agents Jesse Radisich, Josh Rutman and MingXuan Li, is believed to have been less than $10 million. They all declined to comment. Meanwhile, another of APH\\u2019s extensive Box Hill holdings is on the market. Next door to a tower it is building on Wellington Road is a 1486 sq m site earmarked for an 18-level health-focused building. For sale through Gross Waddell ICR\\u2019s Alex Ham, Danny Clark and Glenn Ye, along with Buxton\\u2019s Ellie Gong and Chris Cao, the future apartment block is being quoted at $13 million. Records show it last changed hands in 2021 for $11.8 million. APH\\u2019s builder Maxcon Constructions has a caveat over the property, as it does on the tower under construction next door at 12-24 Wellington Street and another address at 702-706 Station Street, which was earmarked for a Novotel hotel. Maxcon placed the caveats over the APH properties on May 24. The builder did not respond to queries about its relationship with APH. Through a spokesperson, APH said it is \\u201Cpivoting from our traditional investment approach to an investment-focused business model.\\u201D \\u201CWe remain committed to delivering our hero projects Wellington Health Box Hill and Irving Domain Box Hill.\\u201D Other APH properties on the market include the former Hewlett Packard office campus on 5.8 hectares at 353-383 Burwood Road, Hawthorn, which could fetch about $90 million, and an office building on 2043 sq m at 440 Elizabeth Street, in the CBD, which has a price tag of $80-85 million. A hotel in South Melbourne and the Box Hill hotel site are also both for sale, each for around $13 million-$14 million. In February, the company sold the Pakington Strand shopping centre in Geelong for a slim loss of about $31 million, after paying $32 million for it in 2016. APH\\u2019s debt has been spread among several financiers, including MaxCap, Metrics and Ark Capital Funds. City cocktail bar State of Grace and Richmond pub Fargo & Co are both on the market. However, it is the properties where they sling their pots and fizz, not the businesses themselves. The partnership which sold the business several years ago to Australian Venue Co, the country\\u2019s second-biggest pub landlord, own the properties. Both buildings have 10-year leases to AVC, which has more than 200 venues in its portfolio and turns over $1.1 billion a year. State of Grace cocktail bar occupies the roof, the cellar and a ground-floor restaurant at 27-31 King Street, which is in the old Melbourne Steamship building in the CBD\\u2019s nightclub strip. The seven-level building is fully leased to a range of other tenants and is across the road from the Rialto tower and a host of nightclubs. On the Flinders Street corner nearby, the Sand Hill Road group, which sold a swag of high-profile hospitality businesses to AVC in 2022, is rebuilding the Waterside Hotel. Stonebridge agents Julian White, Max Warren, Dylan Kilner and Chao Zhang have the listing and are quoting $15-20 million. In Richmond, at 214-216 Swan Street, near the Church Street intersection, Fargo & Co occupies a historic State Savings Bank building. Records show the Commonwealth Bank sold it in 2014 for $3.31 million. Stonebridge agents Nic Hage, Rorey James and Kevin Tong are handling enquiries but are not quoting a price. However, AVC pays about $500,000 a year in rent, which offers some guidance to its possible value. Recent pub deal yields have ranged from 3.2 per cent to as high as 6.5 per cent. A yield of 5 per cent could give Fargo & CO a price tag of $10 million. The two-storey 542 sq m building has a 1am licence and can squeeze in 450 patrons. Swan Street has undergone a renaissance in the past 10 years as new apartments brought a new generation of diners and drinkers to the strip. On Smith Street, Collingwood, which has undergone a similar transformation, hotelier Julien Moussi paid $3.8 million for the Robbie Burns Hotel \\u2013 unfathomably renamed the Hotel Collingwood \\u2013 on a yield of 4.63 per cent. It\\u2019s not all listings out there in the Melbourne market. Plenty of deals are getting done. Two Edwardian-era houses at 154-156 Riversdale Road, Hawthorn, have changed hands between offshore developers for $7.2 million. The development site between Glenferrie and Auburn roads is on 1514 sq m of land and sold for a land rate of $4755 a sq m. The site has a permit for an 18-unit apartment project and records show it last sold for $6.4 million in 2019. JLL\\u2019s Jesse Radisich, Maddie Pizzey and MingXuan Li handled the campaign and received six offers for the properties. \\u201COffshore capital remains active, particularly for strategically located sites in highly sought-after locations,\\u201D Li said. Merri-bek Council has sold its old library in Glenroy at auction for $4 million, smashing its $3.2 million reserve after bidding from five parties. Fitzroys\\u2019 agent Ervin Niyaz, who handled the auction campaign with David Bourke, said the buyer is an interstate investor looking to value-add and repurpose the asset with a suitable tenant. \\u201CNot a lot comes up for sale in the area,\\u201D he said. The old library is on an 1831 sq m site at 737 Pascoe Vale Road. The building was designed in 1970 by architect Harry Winbush in a Brutalist style, with arches. Two strata-titled shops in Armadale have sold for $5.15 million in an off-market deal. Records show Malaysian investor Capitol Melbourne has put caveats over 1126 and 1128 High Street. The 250 sq m shops were bought from separate vendors who have held the properties for 30 and 22 years, respectively. The transactions were negotiated by Cushman & Wakefield agents George Davies and Raphael Favas, who said the price and yields were among the sharpest recorded on the strip. The Business Briefing newsletter delivers major stories, exclusive coverage and expert opinion. . 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A dramatic ram raid has taken place at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s east leading to significant damage to businesses and a stolen safe A large white SUV reversed into the entrance of the Forest Hill Chase shopping centre on Canterbury Road in Forest Hill about 5am on Saturday Footage released by Victoria Police on Saturday afternoon shows the vehicle driving through glass entry doors to the centre before ramming into stores and crashing into various objects Two people dressed in black are seen collecting scattered items from the floor and placing them into the boot of the car Police allege that these items included a safe the car is shown driving out of the same door through which it entered Police have been unable to locate those involved The incident is thought to have caused damage to at least seven businesses Storefronts were severely damaged during the incident had their entire storefronts ripped off during the incident Neither of them were able to open on Saturday Barricades set up following the incident also meant that nearby businesses lost important morning trading hours Staff at Gloria Jean’s arrived at the centre at 6.30am on Saturday to open their store as usual They received a call from security later in the day and were able to take customers from around 11.30am owner of Eonni clothing store on the centre’s second level was surprised to see sections of the centre barricaded when he got to work on Saturday He said that business owners were yet to hear anything official from management There was centre management standing nearby but they didn’t want too much known about it,” Gillanders said no one’s driven a vehicle into our centre and ram raided .. He said that the centre is generally quiet A statement from Forest Hill Chase confirmed that no staff or customers were injured and the police were called,” said Ingrid Vanin “We are currently assisting police with their investigation Any witnesses, anyone with vision or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or anonymously at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au. Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens. Get it here. A dramatic ram raid has taken place at a shopping centre in Melbourne\\u2019s east Staff at Gloria Jean\\u2019s arrived at the centre at 6.30am on Saturday to open their store as usual owner of Eonni clothing store on the centre\\u2019s second level but they didn\\u2019t want too much known about it,\\u201D Gillanders said no one\\u2019s driven a vehicle into our centre and ram raided .. and considered a \\u201Cretirement area\\u201D \\u201CThe security team responded immediately and the police were called,\\u201D said Ingrid Vanin \\u201CWe are currently assisting police with their investigation anyone with vision or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or anonymously at Our Breaking News Alert will notify you of significant breaking news when it happens Forest Hill police are asking for the public's help tracking down two men in connection with the murders of a man and his young daughter who were gunned down Monday outside of a car wash Forest Hill Police Chief David Hernandez said Wednesday they identified 24-year-old Adonis Yeavon Robinson and 21-year-old Jakobie Dajuan Russell as suspects with the deaths of 30-year-old Ronnie Sibley and his 5-year-old daughter R'Mani Sibley and his daughter were cleaning out his car at Slappy's Express Car Wash on Forest Hill Drive at about 10:45 a.m on Monday when police said men in a white four-door Kia approached and opened fire both victims were pronounced dead at the scene leading police to call in resources from neighboring agencies to help with crowd control Police said they found the Kia but won't say where it was found or what the fugitives may be driving now "Now we have identified the two cowards that took the lives of these innocent people," Hernandez said Forest Hill police didn't say if they had determined a motive for the shooting or if the suspects and victims knew each other The investigation into the homicides is ongoing and is being spearheaded by the Texas Rangers A search on the state's online registry revealed a man matching Robinson's full name convicted in the sexual assault of a 55-year-old woman and sentenced to four years of parole in 2021 The state's online records showed Robinson must be registered as a sex offender until 2034 and is considered a moderate risk level NBC 5 shared the profile with Hernandez who confirmed he is their suspect in the car wash murders Family members told NBC 5 Sibley was a local rapper who performed under the stage name G$ Lil Ronnie They said he was a good person who loved his two children and didn't bother anyone He was a family man and he was going around rapping The police chief would not disclose where the child was located at the time of the shooting or whether she was in plain view of the gunmen Hernandez confirmed Sibley's rap career and social media activities are being analyzed by detectives searching for any clues in this case Hernandez told NBC 5 he has not seen leaked surveillance video from the car wash of the shooting and asks for the public to refrain from watching or sharing the graphic video and instead come forward with information on the suspects  “Let the public know there is a threat out there,” said Hernandez They are armed and we need you to please call 911 let our police officers respond and take appropriate action.” The suspects are charged with capital murder because the case involves the death of more than one person capital murder could carry the death penalty or automatic life sentences 'We continue to work diligently to bring the suspects into custody and urge anyone with information related to this case or the whereabouts of Robinson and Russell to contact the Forest Hill Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division at 817-531-5250 (Option 5) or by email at policeinvestigations@foresthilltx.org,' said Hernandez in a press release You can also contact Crime Stoppers at 713-222-8477 Editor's Note: Family members said the victim's last name was Smith police arrest warrant affidavits list the victim's last name as Sibley This article has been updated to reflect the correct last name A mother of two is dead and another person is recovering from their injuries after a stray bullet entered their backyard Family members identified the woman killed as Maricela Trujillo and her adult brother as the other person injured The Forest Hill Police Department received reports of a shooting at about 7:15 p.m on Saturday at a home in the 3900 block of Frisco Ave Officers discovered two adults with gunshot wounds in the backyard “She was just there talking to her brother having a nice conversation that she was hit," cried Casas who said her aunt and uncle from her mother's side were sitting around a fire pit in the backyard on Saturday evening She said the bullet pierced through the backyard fence and into her family members early investigations determined the two victims were hit by a stray bullet shot about one block north of the residence Police said despite administering first aid with help from MedStar "I can only imagine how traumatic it could be to be right next to his sister and being hurt at the same time and not being able to do much for her," said Casas about her uncle who was injured but survived Police have not released additional information about the other victim The Tarrant County Medical Examiner Office's confirmed Trujillo's identity on Sunday afternoon After processing evidence and interviewing witnesses a search warrant was executed near the location Police did not release a potential motive or if they have identified the shooter He said this year would have been their 20th wedding anniversary He said in Spanish that he and his wife were attached at the hip The husband said he wants the shooter to stand in his shoes and think about how he's feeling The father of two said he wants this to serve as a reminder to gun owners to be safe "I'm still waiting for her picture to come through my phone when she’s calling me," cried Casas who said she talked to her aunt every day and then having her call me to tell me happy birthday and having to receive that call earlier at night I didn’t think my day was going to end like that.” Casas said she wants her aunt to be remembered for her big smile attention to detail and love for the entire family A statement released by Forest Hill police said they believe this shooting is isolated and unrelated to a shooting near Mansfield Hwy on Friday It also discouraged residents from firing a firearm within city limits Police encouraged anyone with information about the shooting to contact the department's Criminal Investigation Division at 817-531-5250 or by email at policeinvestigations@foresthilltx.org J. Cole is commemorating the 10th anniversary of 2014 Forest Hills Drive with a special one-night-only performance at New York’s Madison Square Garden on December 16 Additionally 2,014 tickets will be available for just $1 on the day of the show These exclusive “dollar and a dream” tickets will be sold in person at a location and time that will be announced that same day was released with minimal fanfare—without pre-release singles or major promotion 1 on the Billboard 200 and became his third chart-topping record Keep up with J. Cole on social media: Instagram // Youtube // Website // X Independent and fueled by love and dedication Donate to fuel us figuratively and literally Mention "☕️" or "coffee" and $5 of your donation will go to a random staff member to keep them energized An arrest warrant revealed new information about what happened the day Fort Worth rapper, Ronnie  ‘Lil’ Ronnie’ Sibley and his younger daughter, R’Mani, were killed at car wash in Forest Hill Surveillance cameras at the car wash helped detectives to piece together the series of events the morning of the shooting As a memorial grew for Sibley and his 5-year-old daughter, detectives were busy behind the scenes combing through the evidence. Since then, two suspects have been arrested in the case – 24-year-old Adonis Robinson In the arrest warrant obtained by NBC 5 through our partners at The Dallas Morning News detectives said surveillance footage showed the suspects arriving at Slappy’s carwash in Forest Hill on the morning of March 3 Sibley was parked and vacuuming the inside of his car as his daughter sat in the passenger seat The affidavit said the two suspects rounded the corner of the building firing multiple shots in the direction of the Dodge Challenger It said Sibley attempted to run but was chased by the pair who cornered him and continued to shoot at him Police said the shooters were armed with an assault-style rife and more than one handgun First responders arrived on scene and attempted life-saving measures but Sibley and his young daughter The document said the suspects drove away in a white Kia Police said the car was registered to a woman who later told investigators she’d been dating Robinson the woman told detectives Robinson dropped her off at work that morning and asked to use her car provided the location of the vehicle and told her to come pick the vehicle up because something had happened Robinson also told the woman to delete their communications in her phone Detectives revealed images of the two suspects at the car wash at which time they said the woman said she recognized Robinson as one of the two men Robinson was arrested days later. Russell surrendered the following day Both Robinson and Russell remained in custody Monday afternoon on murder charges It's not immediately clear if they've obtained representation to speak on their behalf Investigators have not yet revealed a motive for the slayings ends with the strangest of weird flexes: “I gotta make a move I gotta do this now/ If they don’t know your dreams then they can’t shoot them down.” It’s framed with all the climactic gravity of Robert Downey “I’m Iron Man,” but its literal meaning is decidedly less heroic: If you don’t want to be discouraged from pursuing your dreams it’s the anti-Just Do It — a sentiment that would make Kobe Bryant cringe But Cole’s never been about grandiosity His own self-mythology is just as much about what he could overcome as what he couldn’t That lucidity is the soul of his best album, 2014 Forest Hills Drive. It’s named for the childhood home where Cole decided to pursue a rap career, and it represents the triumph of those ambitions, both creatively and commercially. (This is where the meme about Cole going “platinum with no features” began.) Released 10 years ago today it’s young Jermaine at his most nakedly human Continuing the chronicles of a man who’s not afraid to tell you that he cries sometimes 2014 Forest Hills Drive is a field report broadcasted from the land of promises actualized and unfulfilled — a purgatorial plain for dead homies For “January 28,” Cole collapses the distance between teenage bliss and the short life-spans so-often prescribed to young Black men: “We used to play before your coffin was made/ Just got the call nigga got caught with a stray.” The couplet is tragic with Cole speaking to legions of young Black folks who’ve seen birthday Instagram posts turn into cyber memorials It’s a condolence from the homie Cole a 6’3″ spitter who transmuted hoop dreams to platinum record ambitions he was the son of a loving mother battling drug addiction A confused high schooler in a world without his own moral translucence he was sorting through the same weighty existential dilemmas of any teen: the homework he didn’t want to do — and the women he did He meets one of them in “Wet Dreamz,” wherein he describes those anxious awkward moments conjoined with his first sexual encounter Cole unspools a tale of school boy flirtation and impending ecstasy shifting between notes exchanged and the training logistics of a young virgin trying to lose his innocence along with wide-eyed details and a surprise happy ending render it all a touching micro-fairytale in a land without a whole lot of them Maybe you didn’t use porn as training materials for losing your V-card Cole reminds you of a time you hadn’t never done “it” before Whether he’s contemplating a pivot from scholar to low-level weed dealer (“03 Adolescence”) or lamenting a lack of Black figures to look up to (“No Role Modelz”) Cole distills mini vignettes with raw feeling and tidy rhyme schemes that only enhance the connectivity of the sprawling emotions his anthem-making skills coalesce into something grand “Apparently” is a spiritual love letter to his mother and fans still naive enough to believe he’s their savior It’s the type of song you might hear a Black grandma humming to herself as she waters her plants; it just came on the radio and it stuck “Love Yourz” is a “grass is always greener” soundtrack that energizes the concept with a half-sung chorus that feels as warm and down-home as a meandering conversation with your grandpa “No Role Modelz” is a call-and-response miracle that’s since been interpolated by newish spitters like GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion He begins it with a homage to The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air‘s Uncle Phil but especially a Black boys who never had one Uncle Phil” is basically Cole’s version of “MJ gone — our nigga dead!” There’s some cringe respectability politics here but that only reinforces the accessibility of it all; Cole graduated from high school a decade before a world of problematic and unproblematic faves It’s folksy — everyman rap at the intersection of hard-lessons and harder ones yet to be received It’s swirled together more by earnestness and execution more than pretension or flawed concept projects like KOD and 4 Your Eyez Only 2014 Forest Hills Drive isn’t weighed down by clumsy attempts at commercial crossovers modernized boom bap and rhyme pyrotechnics It’s underscored by a fundamental acknowledgement: Cole isn’t perfect “And life can’t be no fairy tale no once upon a time/ But I be goddamned if a nigga don’t be tryin’,” he raps on “Love Yourz.” 2014 Forest Hills Drive does the best job of lifting them up A deluxe 10th anniversary reissue of 2014 Forest Hills Drive is out today at 2 p.m. ET via J. Cole’s Inevitable.Live site The same site will debut the first installment of a two-part podcast about the album today at 6 p.m We rely on reader subscriptions to deliver articles like the one you’re reading The most important stories and least important memes “Forest Hills Stadium Dartmouth St jeh” by Jim.henderson is marked with CC0 1.0 The stadium has responded with a statement to the contrary The Post’s account suggests that long-running tensions between the West Side Tennis Club–which has operated Forest Hills Stadium’s open-air amphitheatre since 2013–and local residents represented by the Forest Hills Garden Corporation came to a head when the FHGC denied the NYPD access to private roads surrounding the venue the NYPD would be unable to manage safety and security at concerts and was reportedly forced to withhold new sound amplification permits.  “It is our hope that the West Side Tennis Club and FHGC come together and reach a solution to this issue so that the NYPD may resume issuance of sound amplification permits,” Legal Bureau Inspector William Gallagher wrote in a letter excerpted by The Post With ticketholders for Forest Hills Stadium’s 12 concerts already announced for the 2025 season (including Phish The Black Keys and Alabama Shakes) seeking more information the venue shared a pithy statement to its social channels: “Forest Hills Stadium is moving forward with our 2025 concert schedule as planned and our permitting timeline is on its standard schedule the vocal NIMBY [Not in my backyard] minority of Forest Hills Gardens are attempting to roadblock yet another enjoyable season of music.” “Neither the Stadium’s owner nor operator have received any communication from the NYPD concerning sound permits which have always been granted to the Stadium upon request,” West Side Tennis Club attorney Akiva Shapiro detailed to The Post the NYPD has not raised any concerns with the Stadium directly and the City would risk significant liability if it were to abruptly shut the Stadium down we can only assume that no such final decision has been made We question where these rumors are coming from and are demanding answers from the highest levels of the Adams administration.” Today’s update is only the latest move in a decade of mounting tensions between residents of the Forest Hills neighborhood and Forest Hills Stadium, which in 2023 gave cause to a 68-decibel noise limit on concerts. In 2024, 11 of 36 shows in the season exceeded this limit, including two raucous shows from Neil Young & Crazy Horse Forest Hills Stadium’s summer series will begin on May 31 with a performance from Bloc Party. For more information on the venue and its full events calendar, visit foresthillsstadium.com. 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New York Forest Hills Stadium has been one of the few major music venues in Queens The destination has also made a name for itself for hosting some of our favorite festivals including 88Rising's AAPI-centered "Head in the Clouds" and the queer-focused "All Things Go." All that revelry might come to an abrupt end this summer, though, following a still ongoing battle between the arena and its neighbors, according to the New York Post.  RECOMMENDED: Damballa is the hottest new dance spot on Myrtle-Broadway as a result of a feud with neighboring West Side Tennis Club and the Forest Hills Garden Corporation the city was forced to deny new sound amplification permits to the arena Specifically, Forest Hills Garden Corporation "denied the city access to a series of private roads surrounding the venue." As a result the NYPD would not be able to "manage public safety around the stadium," indirectly coercing officials to deny the passes since the "NYPC would be unable to manage public safety around the stadium."  According to an NYPD Legal Bureau letter of notice seen by the New York Post the arena has also been dealing with lawsuits from "angry residents who said their lives have been upended by increasingly loud concerts blaring in their backyard." What that all means is that the 13 shows currently on the schedule for this summer will not be able to be mounted.. despite what the stadium itself is announced.  "Forest Hills Stadium is moving forward with our 2025 concert schedule as planned and our permitting timeline is on its standard schedule," the arena wrote on X the vocal NIMBY minority of Forest Hills Gardens are attempting to roadblock yet another enjoyable season of music." Forest Hills Stadium is moving forward with our 2025 concert schedule as planned and our permitting timeline is on its standard schedule the vocal NIMBY minority of Forest Hills Gardens are attempting to roadblock yet another enjoyable season of music Among the several concerts that the stadium has lined up in the upcoming months is a show by Bloc Party questioned the validity of the Post's reports claiming that the stadium hasn't received any such information "Just last month Mayor Adams personally tweeted his support for the stadium as a thriving cultural hub and a significant economic engine in Queens," reads the statement "Neither the stadium’s owner nor operator have received any communication from the NYPD concerning sound permits which have always been granted to the stadium upon request including as recently as this past October Because nothing has changed in the last five months because the NYPD has not raised any concerns with the stadium directly and because the city would risk significant liability if it were to abruptly shut the stadium down Although we trust that these rumors are unfounded and question where they are coming from we find them extremely troubling and are demanding answers from the highest levels of the Adams administration.” In interviews the Post conducted with neighbors around Forest Hills—a mostly quiet residential area that resembles the suburbs—people complained about cracking walls vibrating houses and the venue's "unsustainable growth" after it ramped up the frequency and noise levels of its concerts post-pandemic “The decision to deny Forest Hills Stadium the necessary permits to host its summer concert series is nothing short of a travesty—one that will have severe economic and cultural consequences for Forest Hills and beyond," said Tom Grech President and CEO of the Queens Chamber of Commerce Forest Hills Stadium has been a catalyst for economic growth and a world-class venue that has brought joy to thousands." Forest Hills Stadium originally opened in 1923 and was the former home to the U.S Through the years, the venue went on to host some of the most iconic artists of the 20th century sound systems have gotten louder and the frequency of shows mounted on site has been growing.  If the stadium and the tennis club come to an agreement before the start of the summer season We'll cross our fingers that everything works out Thanks for subscribing! 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And in The Forest Hills Scott Goldberg taps into that anguish and then some with both enthusiasm and awkwardness The movie’s protagonist endures the most monstrous manifestation of his internal nightmare Chaotic storytelling and imagery are instrumental in achieving such an upsetting outcome but they also make for a challenging watch a man whose current station in life has only exacerbated his mental distress Rico has since returned home to care for his estranged and ill mother And the carnage and disorder that soon follow are undeniably influenced by that dysfunction Duvall’s character impacts the whole movie much like several other recognizable genre actors here (Edward Furlong What immediately jumps out about The Forest Hills is its disjointedness The story aptly matches the jumbled mess that is in Rico’s head so trying to grasp any understanding of what all is happening on screen can be a real chore Viewer fatigue slips in as Goldberg jumps from one abrasive moment to another If the goal was to viscerally illustrate a discordant mind then the movie is successful on that front Those expecting a conventional horror movie will have to look elsewhere Especially if they came here for a werewolf story usually as an indication of Rico’s rapidly declining mental health Ambiguity is this movie’s constant ally early on but The Forest Hills does land in more grounded territory once the smoke starts to clear toward the end and the execution won’t always yield the desired response (if the response is anything but uncomfortable laughter) Then there is the treatment of Rico in his frazzled state you’re not ever completely sure if the movie is actually making light of Rico’s ordeal or not which can be so indelicate at times that it borders on comical The narrative turmoil just becomes excruciating after a point — and that’s sooner than later — and it never lets up This feels more like an endurance test than a movie There is a small attempt to break up the pattern and bring some semblance of cohesion yet even those few moments are stricken with the same emotional and blaring severity as others then surely the entire thing starts to feel monotonous Tomato approved critic at Bloody Disgusting Midnight Pulp April Streaming Titles Include ‘Opera,’ ‘I Spit on Your Grave,’ ‘The Forest Hills’ ‘The Forest Hills’ Featurette Takes You Behind the Scenes of Shelley Duvall’s Final Movie [Video] First Week of October Kicks Off With These 15 New Horror Movies It’s hard not to think of the Nickelodeon heyday of the early 2000s when watching Lifetime’s I Am Your Biggest Fan a film that traffics in the usual abduction themes with a ‘reboot’ twist Fifteen years ago, Delilah Douglas (Meghan Carrasquillo, last seen in Tubi’s Til Death Do Us Part) was the lead on a bog standard family sitcom called From the Hart With her days as a tween star far behind her Delilah is happily teaching high school students about Shakespeare when she gets the call: the sitcom has found new life in the age of streaming and the Hollywood suits have greenlit a contemporary reboot with the original cast reprising their roles Delilah has no interest in going back to acting Delilah’s acting career wasn’t her choice; her actions were being dictated by her emotionally abusive momager (Denise Gossett) who berated her for being exhausted or forgetting her lines Naturally Delilah’s decision to decline the offer draws the ire of both hard-core fans as well as the frustration of several of former co-stars and has been struggling to book more prestigious gigs than anti-fungal foot commercials But Internet hatred and annoyed co-workers don’t hold a candle to the real-life threats on Delilah’s safety which begin with online harassment before escalating to vandalism and threats to her safety Naturally the cops don’t take her concerns seriously advising Delilah to move until things cool down Delilah accepts the offer of a kindly barista named Ellen (Lauren Cole) that she has recently befriended The offer: stay a few nights at Ellen’s parents’ remote country home Never mind the fact that there’s no wifi or cell coverage The biggest challenge plaguing I Am Your Biggest Fan is that there are few It’s evident from the start where the danger is coming from and why so when Delilah winds up drugged and in shackles at the end of the first act it’s less of a twist than a simple confirmation of our suspicions this kidnapping movie never shifts gears beyond its initial conflict The remainder of the film finds Delilah struggling to retain her composure and desperately seek out opportunities to escape (which inevitably fail…because that’s how these films work) Kidnapping films are tricky to execute because they require a constant (re)negotiation of stakes as well as dynamic actors to guarantee audience investment While I Am Your Biggest Fan struggles in the first capacity it is mostly successful on the latter point; Carrasquillo and Cole are both solid and compelling leads (though one wishes that Cole was allowed to go full psychotic) Emily Golden’s screenplay is resolutely classy There’s a trashier version of the film that could have leaned into the camp and been much more successful and entertaining Consider that Delilah is held captive on a recreation of her sitcom set and forced to perform as “Chelsea” in order to guarantee her safety There’s huge potential in this set-up…but I Am Your Biggest Fan resists exploring any salacious campy possibilities in favour of playing things straight Disappointingly the film also avoids tackling (in a Quiet on Set-esque way) the devastating psychological and social impacts of making and consuming teen content There are hints of something bigger and deeper particularly in the scenes in which Delilah-as-Chelsea reenacts dialogue and plot lines from the show These moments evoke the entitlement and fan service that audiences of legacy sequels and reboots demand They also hint at the inherent power of watching Chelsea confront and overcome her childhood trauma while living through a fresh round in adulthood Unfortunately Golden’s script holds back from truly engaging with this intriguing narrative premise Instead what we get is a traditional narrative that opts to swing baseball bats and pick handcuffs with bobby pins Thankfully it’s still extremely watchable – thanks in no small part to its two competent lead performances as well the expected but still welcome “twists,” and an amusingly over the top action climax (which director Haylie Duff admittedly struggles to stage convincingly) Ultimately I Am Your Biggest Fan is safe and pat but the movie still checks all of the boxes for a Lifetime kidnapping flick I Am Your Biggest Fan is now available on Lifetime Movie Network In a significant step in the first stage of building the Forest Hill link of Wagga Wagga City Council’s Active Travel Plan two bridges have recently been placed over Marshall’s Creek Council Manager Recreation and Economic Development Ben Creighton said together with a one-kilometre shared path the two pedestrian bridges will connect Kooringal Road and Vincent Road through a Council road reserve “The bridges are three metres in width which allow pedestrians and cyclists to safely pass each other in opposite directions,” Mr Creighton said “One of the bridges measures 18 metres in length and the second is 26 metres long “We are aiming for this section of the shared path to be ready in time for summer.” Design and approval works are currently being undertaken for the remaining sections of the Forest Hill link the seven-kilometre Forest Hill link will connect from Kooringal Road to Elizabeth Avenue in Forest Hill The Active Travel Plan project is jointly funded by the NSW Government and Wagga Wagga City Council.