Ryman clears rezoning hurdle for its Mt Eliza site

Ryman clears rezoning hurdle for its Mt Eliza site
An artist's impression of how the restored Mt Eliza mansion would look. (Image: Ryman)
Jenny Ruth
One obstacle has been removed to Ryman Healthcare’s plans to build a retirement village at its Mt Eliza property on the Mornington Peninsula south of Melbourne.Efforts by the local council and others opposed to Ryman’s plans failed to get the site once owned by Sir Reg Ansett rezoned as “green wedge”.A report from a Victorian planning panel found there is “no strategic justification” for changing the site’s zoning.The council has opposed Ryman’s plans from the outset, since it bought the 8.9-hecta...

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