FORGET apartment blocks — the age of the ‘‘vertical village’’ has arrived. And far from the skyhigh stacks of shoe-box dwellings that many associate with apartment living, the modern variant promises levels of comfort rarely experienced outside expensive hotels.
From poker rooms and massage parlours — the classy kind — to dial-a-chef services and beauticians, the new breed of luxury apartment blocks offer plenty more than a friendly concierge and a sparkling lobby.
A handful of developers has bought some premium Melbourne real estate and been busily working to discredit the notion that highdensity living creates community-free zones.
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