Queen Vic Market to undergo $40m upgrade as expert warns rebuild could cost jobs

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Melbourne City Council has endorsed plans to renovate the market despite division among traders and warnings of job losses.

The Queen Victoria Market will undergo a $40 million upgrade that has divided traders while an expert has warned the renovations could cost thousands of jobs.

Royal Historial Society of Victoria heritage commitee chairman emeritus professor Charles Sowerwine told the council that the redevelopment “basically aims to fulfill the original plan of Robert Doyle and would revolutionise the market in ways that... we believe will be very harmful to it”.“I think that you could go back to square one and redesign a much more lighter building and I think that should be considered,” he said.

Dr Stanley, who extrapolated data that she collected from Preston Market, believed the consequences of the redevelopment would be devastating.

 

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