Montpelier Retreat, Brooke Street Pier

Here's a quick update to say there isn't really an update. Local rag The Mercury has done the old one two to talk up the possibility that Ali Sultan might be thinking about perhaps sometime in the future considering the possibility of resubmitting a DA for his Montpelier Retreat development to Hobart City Council.

Part 1 in essence:

Mr Sultan, pictured, told the Mercury yesterday he was ready to build his long-awaited Montpelier Retreat multi-use development in Salamanca. 

“I want to put my signature there. We are very close to going to have a chat with the Hobart City Council,’’ he said.

Read the full article for his thoughts on the revised design, parking and security. The article also contains general waffle about other construction goings on in Hobart town, mainly shuffling existing businesses around.

Part 2, predictably, is the gushing response from certain Hobart hoteliers and restaurateurs. While it's great that the neighbours support this project, it'd be even more great if there was actually some movement on the development front.

Also big news today is an article about the Cartela heading to Franklin, which, along with its planned refurbishment, is also to make way for the Brooke Street Pier development:

The vessel will leave for Franklin, south of Huonville, to make way for the pier redevelopment.

No further mention was made of the development.