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Interior design expert Greg Natale, recently awarded Belle Designer of the Year for 2014, has listed his Darlinghurst investment apartment.
Set in the Republic complex, it is an executive style one bedroom apartment up for November 3 auction.
The spacious apartment with soaring ceilings and mezzanine level features a Murano Chandelier along with super sleek Basaltini flooring and high gloss joinery perfection.
All very expansive and extravagant from the founder of Greg Natale Design.
The 60 square metre plus apartment is being marketed by Monique Eyles at ke3property.com.au as an opportunity for the smartest of investors to "not only take advantage of Natale's interior design masterdom" but also to enjoy the superior rental yields.
The gross return has been 6.5% per annum over the last couple of years, managed as part of the agencies' suite of executive letting properties in its Your Home Away From Home division.
She estimates the yield is 1.8% above traditional long term.
His recent honour was the Belle and Coco Republic Interior Designer of the year for 2014. Now in their fourth year, the judging panel included Coco Republic executive director Anthony Spon-Smith, the then Belle Editor-in-chief Neale Whitaker and interior designer and blogger Dana Tomic-Hughes. The awards’ international judge is celebrated New York-based designer and retailer Jonathan Adler. 
The finalists were Andrew Parr and Jonathan Richards at SJB Interiors, Sarah Davison Interior Design, Arent &amp; Pyke and Pascale Gomes-McNabb.
The apartment at <a href="https://www.ke3property.com.au/Sales-Detail.aspx?id=KE3316&amp;wlid=097801cf-7ea1-4e97-82fb-dbf420c02974" target="_blank">8/281-283 Bourke Street, Darlinghurst</a> is in the Republic 1 building designed by Burley Katon Halliday.
Natale bought it off the plan in 1998 for $340,000 settling on its completion in 2000 by Trafalgar Properties.
Burley Katon Halliday won the commission after Trafalgar's chairman, Robert Whyte, saw its Spring, Potts Point, cafe interiors.
The 6,000-square-metre project transformed the mostly vacant site surrounded by Bourke, Burton, Liverpool and Palmer streets.
The residential development replaced the old Sargents Pie Factory. 
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Sydney architect Domenic Alvaro’s strikingly small, five storey Surry Hills house has been sold for $1.88 million ahead of its October 18 scheduled auction.

There had been revised <a href="https://www.bresicwhitney.com.au/buy/8-belmore-lane-surry-hills-9730" target="_blank">$1.8 million plus guidance</a> having been initially listed with $1,875,000 plus hopes.

The one bedroom trophy home – known as Small House – has been credited for its exceptional urban architectural and interiors features.

It has been listed by BresicWhitney agents Ivan Bresic and Shannon Whitney by Domenic and wife, Sue after the birth of baby, Alessia.

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The Grand Designs Australia television host Peter Maddison dubbed 8 Belmore Lane the "house of millimetres" having been conceived after buying what were three car spaces on a corner in Surry Hills and building a five-storey house above it.

Its owner-architect Domenic Alvaro won the World Architecture Festival's World House of the Year in 2011.

The home comes with an internal floor space of 177 square metres on its tiny 42-square-metre plot. So not for everyone.

 

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Inspired by architects in Tokyo who work with incredible small spaces, the house is built from prefabricated concrete. The locals say its where Sydney's old underworld figures used to meet to do deals.

The block cost $230,000 in 2008, and despite the tiny size of the parcel of land, the house has two bathrooms, living, kitchen and dining areas. Plus rooftop.

The price works out to be around $30,000 for every step from the front door, up to its rooftop.
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Domenic Alvaro's Small House, Surry Hills sold at $1.88 million 

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The bank is the current Home Lender of the Year, as awarded by Money magazine, for the 13th time in 16 years.
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Property group Mirvac is buying the Birkenhead Point Shopping Centre and the adjoining 187 berth marina in the Sydney harbour side suburb of Drummoyne for $310 million.
It was sold by Abacus Property Group and the Kirsh Group who had upgraded the site after paying $174 million in 2010. McVay Real Estate acted on behalf of Abacus and Kirsh Group, the third time the estate agency has sold the property.
It represents a passing yield of 6.6% for the 3.7 hectare site.
In a statement today Mirvac said the Birkenhead Point shopping centre had well-performing national tenants and delivered total moving annual turnover (MAT) of $228.5 million in the year to 31 August 2014, representing 13.8% growth in specialty MAT.
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Birkenhead Point Shopping Centre has 174 tenancies, with a total gross floor area of 33,136 square metres. There is car parking for 1,395 cars.
 
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Art collector John Schaeffer has expanded his Wentworth Towers, Point Piper penthouse holding.
The 178 square metre apartment cost $3.3 million.
His initial 184 square metre apartment cost $4.03 million in 2009, after selling the eastern suburb trophy homes, Rona and Boomerang.
Schaeffer briefly listed it in 2012 through Michael Pallier at Sothebys.
His initial trophy apartment with north facing aspect had a makeover by designer Thomas Hamel.
Set atop the art deco Wentworth Towers, all rooms enjoyed the panoramas.
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Art collector John Schaeffer expands his Wentworth Towers, Point Piper penthouse

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The former Brisbane Lions player and now North Melbourne coach Brad Scott has lowered his price expectations for his former Hawthorne, Brisbane home.
The 1925 Hawthorne home is a renovated four-bedroom Queenslander on Barton Road which is being marketed <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-hawthorne-117761879" target="_blank">through Harcourts Inner East</a> agent Conrad Leisemann.
<a href="https://propertyobserver.com.au/forward-planning/advice-and-hot-topics/celebrity-property-news/35689-north-melbourne-kangaroos-coach-brad-scott-s-former-hawthorne-brisbane-home-fails-to-sell" target="_blank">It came with $1.8 million plus price guidance after the mid-September</a>, but now is listed for sale seeking $1.7 million plus offers.
The home, on a 810 square metre block, with a swimming pool, was marketed as being located in one of Brisbane's premier suburbs.
The Queenslander has integrated indoor and outdoor living space spread over two levels since its 2005 renovation. It has 254 square metres space.
It was last available for rent at $1050 a week in April last year, having first been available in 2006 at $1300 a week.
Scott paid $570,000 in 2002. There have been four sales since August last year between $1,208,000 to $1,425,000 on the street, plus a $5.1 million riverfront sale.
Last year he paid about $2,175,000 for his house in the Melbourne suburb of Malvern.
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The auction sale of the sixth government-owned property at Millers Point secured $1.71 million at its Ray White Double Bay auction tonight.
The three-level, three-bedroom Georgian terrace property at 30 Argyle Place was built in 1846 for local publican, William Cole.
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It was offered through <a href="https://rwdbgroup.com/nsw/millers-point/1187867/" target="_blank">estate agent Craig Pontey</a> with four bidders after the opening $1.4 million bid.
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11 Lower Fort Street set a new suburb terrace record, <a href="/news/the-five-reasons-why-millers-point-prices-are-red-hot-as-terrace-record-hits-3-95-million">selling for $3.95 million at auction</a> in mid-September.
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The Family and Community Services Minister Gabrielle Upton, and Finance and Services Minister, Dominic Perrottet, advised the continued strong interest in Millers Point property listings had taken the total proceeds of six property sales to $15 million.
“So far, the pilot sales program has been incredibly successful in delivering much-needed funds to re-invest back into public housing stock across NSW,” Ms Upton said.
“It is estimated that approximately $100 million of public money would be required to restore and maintain the heritage fabric of the entire Millers Point portfolio over the next 15 years.
“But now with the injection of private investment from property buyers, the future for Millers Point is optimistic," she said. 
The NSW Government is committed to divesting the remaining 287 government-owned properties in the precinct over the next two years.
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It's not just doubts over the unemployment number accuracy of the ABS that is troubling for everyone who wants to gauge the strength or weakness of the Australian economy.
Today's October RBA chart pack again had no first home buyer data from the ABS.
Owner occupiers and investors yes, but not the key indicator of the first timers.
The October chart pack certainly shows the troubling narrowing of the gap between investor numbers and the traditional owner occupier market.
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But the first home data disappeared ever since the June chart pack (below).
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An RBA spokesperson advised Property Observer back in June that the central bank had decided to remove the data from the chart pack graph while it is being reviewed by the ABS provider.
As I then wrote, the Fairfax Media columnist Michael Pascoe had first noted the RBA had intriguingly dropped first home figures from its June economic data chart pack, suggesting perhaps it was as a consequence of rising concerns about the possible underestimating of first home buyer statistics.
So May (below) was the last time the RBA board published detailed first home buyer numbers, showing that first home buyers had supposedly withdrawn from the market.
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NAB Asset Management, the wealth management division of National Australia Bank, has acquired close to 75% interest in Orchard Street Investment Management, a £4 billion ($7.34 billion) London-based fund focused on investments in commercial property assets within Britain.
NAB Asset Management executive general manager Garry Mulcahy told the Australian Financial Review the acquisition of Orchard Street was a stand-alone investment that is unrelated to National Australia Bank’s existing British commercial real estate loan portfolio.
Founded in 2004, Orchard Street is invested in commercial property assets across the industrial, office and retail sectors.
Chris Bartram will remain as chairman, and Philip Gadsden as managing partner.
Controlling majority interests in 12 investment boutiques with $178 billion in funds under management, the investment in Orchard Street add $5.5 billion to NAB wealth division’s total funds under management.
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AMP Capital has sold the Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre in Brisbane for $416.25 million struck on a capitalisation rate of 6.25%.
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It was bought by a joint venture between Federation Centres and US-based TIAA Henderson Real Estate for $416.25 million.
The purchase marks TIAA Henderson Real Estate’s first foray into retail property in Australia.
With over $18 billion in assets, TIAA Henderson Real Estate will own 75% and Federation Centres will own 25%, as well as provide ongoing property ­management.
AMP’s Australian Core Property Portfolio sold the 2010-redeveloped 57,000-square-metre centre having acquired it in 1980.  
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Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre sold by AMP for $416 million

A trio of Queensland property groups have unveiled plans for a $300 million mixed-use redevelopment of the former Noosa Bowls Club site, a proposal that would deliver more than 200 new homes in one of the Sunshine Coast's most supply-constrained markets.

Kilter Property, Frank Developments and Calile Malouf Investments are behind the plans for the 1.8-hectare site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/99-noosa-drive-noosa-heads-qld-4567">99 Noosa Drive</a>, which would transform the long-vacant site into a new residential precinct featuring 208 apartments, retail, hospitality and public space.

The proposal comes as Noosa continues to grapple with housing affordability and a shortage of permanent accommodation, particularly for key workers. The site's location in Noosa Junction, close to shops, public transport and employment, aligns with the direction of Noosa Council's Housing Strategy, which encourages higher-density housing within established activity centres rather than continued urban expansion.

The draft plans include 48 affordable-by-design apartments and 48 rooming accommodation units aimed at key workers. Around 2,000 sqm of ground-floor retail and food and beverage space would activate the street frontage, alongside a new public town square and landscaped open space.

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Frank Developments Founder and Director Frank Licastro said the development would continue the company's focus on architecturally-led residential projects while addressing one of the region's biggest challenges.

"Not only will this project exude a sense of luxury, it will also enhance not only the built environment but also the surrounding community," Licastro said.

"Noosa's success relies on the people who live and work here. Providing well-designed accommodation for key workers is critical to supporting the local economy and ensuring the Shire can continue to thrive."

Kilter Property Co-Founder Huw Williams said the focus was on delivering additional permanent housing while creating a mixed-use destination that benefits both residents and the wider community.

"Our focus is on delivering a well-considered mixed-use project that provides more permanent housing options, supports local workers and businesses, and delivers an exceptional product for the local market," Williams said.

"The redevelopment vision aligns with the long-term evolution of Noosa Junction as a vibrant activity centre, creating a destination that enhances the area's character while delivering significant economic and community benefits."

Calile Malouf Investments, best known for its role in Brisbane's James Street precinct and The Calile Hotel, will bring its place-making experience to the project. The company recently commenced construction on The Calile Noosa hotel and says the residential development will complement its growing investment in the region.

CMI Director Cal Malouf said the aim was to create a walkable precinct combining housing, retail and hospitality while remaining true to Noosa's character.

"We see a similar opportunity in Noosa to deliver a vibrant, walkable destination that combines exceptional housing, hospitality and retail in one integrated project," Malouf said.

Brisbane-based Cavill Architects has been appointed to design the project.

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Noosa Bowls Club to be redeveloped into mixed-use apartment precinct

One of Brisbane's last major riverfront redevelopment opportunities has taken a significant step forward, with Lendlease selected as the Queensland Government's preferred development partner for the former Visy site in South Brisbane.

The seven-hectare industrial site, positioned between South Bank and West End and 1.3 kilometres from the Brisbane CBD, will be transformed into a mixed-use precinct expected to deliver more than 4,000 new homes alongside extensive public open space and riverfront parkland.

The project is one of the largest urban renewal opportunities currently planned in Brisbane and is expected to play a key role in accommodating the city's growing population ahead of the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Plans for the precinct include a network of riverfront promenades and boardwalks, new public plazas, parkland, amphitheatre-style gathering spaces and shared pedestrian and cycling links designed to reconnect the long-isolated site with the Brisbane River.

The Queensland Government is targeting delivery of the first homes and key public spaces before the 2032 Games, allowing the precinct to begin contributing new housing and public amenity well before the broader masterplan is complete.

The redevelopment is also expected to support more than 3,000 jobs across planning, construction and ongoing operations.

For Lendlease, the appointment adds another major urban regeneration project to its Queensland portfolio. The developer has operated in the state for more than 70 years and has delivered a number of large-scale mixed-use precincts in partnership with government.

Lendlease Development CEO Claire Johnston said the project represented one of Brisbane's most significant redevelopment opportunities.

"The transformation of the former Visy site represents a rare opportunity to reimagine one of Brisbane's most significant riverfront locations, deliver thousands of much-needed homes, and create long-term legacy," Johnston said.

"In partnership with the Queensland Government, we have the opportunity to create a new riverside destination that will help shape Brisbane's growth and how people experience the city for decades to come.

"This is exactly the type of large-scale, city-shaping development that will provide lasting benefits for Queensland, bringing together housing, jobs and world-class public spaces."

Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Jarrod Bleijie said the riverfront transformation would deliver a thriving new community precinct.

“The Crisafulli Government is delivering this golden opportunity to unlock a riverfront jewel for all Queenslanders,” Deputy Premier Bleijie said.

“This is a once-in-a-generation moment to reshape a significant slice of Brisbane and deliver lasting benefits – thousands of new homes, and public spaces for all Queenslanders to enjoy well beyond the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games – unlike Labor’s plan which would have delivered zero benefits and zero new homes.

“Queensland is well and truly open for business and through partnership with the private sector, we are accelerating delivery while ensuring strong housing, community and economic outcomes."

Early works on the precinct are expected to commence in April 2027.

Lendlease selected to deliver transformative South Brisbane riverfront precinct

Eddy Haddad's <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/level-33">Level 33</a> is levelling up its approved Wollongong development, as the coastal city south of Sydney continues to prove popular in the high-density development space.

Level 33, a longtime developer in the Wollongong area, has gone through the NSW Government's Housing Delivery Authority to upsize its approved two-tower development on the corner of Crown Street and Gladstone Avenue, just 100 metres from Wollongong Station.

The developer currently has approval for 252 apartments across two buildings rising to 19 storeys. It is now seeking approval for 33 and 38-storey towers that would deliver 467 apartments, including 67 affordable homes.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/bka-architecture">BKA Architecture</a>, the development would comprise apartments above a three-level podium with around 1,100 sqm of retail space, along with basement parking for 448 vehicles.

According to the Urban Design Report by BKA, the proposal has the capacity to "reinforce the precinct's identity by strengthening links between health, education, and transport services, while also contributing to Wollongong's ongoing evolution as a key regional centre."

Wollongong is somewhat in vogue. Between Level 33 and Urban Property Group, the two developers have several thousand apartments planned across the city.

Level 33 is currently delivering Easterly Wollongong, one of its most boutique projects to date with just 21 high-end apartments, as well as Atchison &amp; Kenny, a 329-apartment development due for completion later this year.

The developer plans to redevelop the 13,088 sqm WIN Grand megasite into <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/crown-square-216-238-keira-street-wollongong-nsw-2500">Crown Square</a>, a new $500 million precinct with nearly 600 apartments. It also has more than 900 apartments planned for the former Bunnings Warehouse site at the intersection of Gipps and Flinders streets.

Urban Property Group is also playing a major role in the city's transformation. Its five-tower Keira Place precinct will deliver more than 800 homes, and it has recently lodged plans for a further 300 apartments near Wollongong Station.

First look: Level 33 upsizes Wollongong apartment towers

Just a week after filing plans for the final stage of its major Keira Place masterplan, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has unveiled another significant housing proposal in Wollongong, this time targeting a prominent site opposite North Wollongong Station.

The developer has lodged a State Significant Development Application for a 38-storey mixed-use tower at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/4-4a-flinders-street-north-wollongong-nsw-2500">4-4A Flinders Street</a>, around one kilometre north of the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/keira-place-wollongong-120-122-smith-street-wollongong-nsw-2500">Keira Place precinct</a> currently taking shape on the edge of the CBD.

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Designed by Studio.SC, the proposal comprises a 38-storey mixed-use development containing 303 apartments, including 45 affordable housing units, alongside 174 co-living residences. The scheme also includes ground-floor retail space, extensive landscaping and public domain improvements.

Studio.SC noted in the proposal it "outlines a vision for a landmark transit-oriented mixed-use development centred around North Wollongong Station, designed to support the city’s future growth while responding to the NSW Government’s housing and planning reforms."

The architecture firm said the proposal responds to the opportunities and constraints shaping future growth within the 400-metre catchment of the station and represents "a coordinated and future-focused approach to urban intensification, contributing to the long-term evolution of North Wollongong as a connected, walkable and high-density station precinct."

The site occupies a strategic corner bounded by Flinders Street, Station Street, Stafford Street and the Princes Highway, directly opposite North Wollongong Station.

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The proposal follows Urban Property Group's recent submission for the second and final stage of Keira Place, which would deliver a further three buildings comprising 657 homes opposite Beaton Park. It builds on the first stage, which features 150 apartments across two towers and recently commenced construction.

Urban Property Group CEO Patrick Elias said breaking ground on the first stage marked a significant milestone for Wollongong and reflected the developer's long-term commitment to regional cities.

"Today's groundbreaking is about turning approvals into homes and moving quickly to deliver much-needed housing in Wollongong's city centre," Elias said.

"Keira Place will provide a diverse mix of homes close to jobs, transport and services, while setting a high benchmark for quality, durability and consumer protection."

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/urban-property-group-unveils-trio-of-towers-for-next-stage-of-new-wollongong-precinct-keira-place">Urban Property Group unveils trio of towers for next stage of new Wollongong precinct, Keira Place</a>

First look: Urban Property Group plans next major Wollongong tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/arada">Arada Australia</a> has wasted little time expanding its ambitions in Campsie, lodging plans for a second major project in the rapidly transforming town centre just months after unveiling its three-tower One Campsie proposal on Beamish Street.

The UAE-backed developer has now taken aim at one of the suburb’s most strategically positioned sites, filing a State Significant Development Application for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/10-north-parade-campsie-nsw-2194">33-storey mixed-use tower</a> at 10 London Street and 43 North Parade, directly opposite the future Campsie Metro Station. The proposal is currently on public exhibition and represents another significant vote of confidence in Campsie's emergence as one of Sydney’s key transit-oriented growth centres.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/woods-bagot">Woods Bagot</a>, the development would deliver 156 apartments above a podium containing retail and commercial space, creating a new residential and commercial gateway to the town centre. The scheme also includes a four-level above-ground parking podium and a dedicated residential amenity floor featuring wellness and recreation facilities. At least 10 per cent of the apartments would be allocated as affordable housing for a period of 10 years.

The proposal occupies a 1,631 sqm site bounded by London Street, North Parade and Dispensary Lane, immediately adjoining the future Metro station precinct and just metres from Beamish Street’s retail and dining strip. According to the Urban Design Report, the project seeks to deliver "a great place that prioritises human-scaled experience and provides spatial improvements to the area."

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Woods Bagot describes the tower as a key marker within Campsie's next phase of growth.

"Located directly opposite the new Campsie Metro Station on North Parade, 10 London Street is a thoughtfully composed 33-storey mixed-use tower that contributes to the ongoing transformation of the town centre," the Architectural Design Report states. The report says the project is intended to provide "high-quality homes within a vibrant, connected urban environment, while helping define Campsie's future skyline."

A strong emphasis has been placed on the public realm. The ground floor incorporates over 500 sqm of retail space and active frontages along both London Street and North Parade, while the podium is wrapped by extensive landscaped planting intended to soften the building's scale and strengthen the pedestrian experience. The development would also widen surrounding footpaths and improve connections between the Metro station and the broader town centre.

Above the podium, residents would have access to more than 1,400 sqm of communal amenities, including a pool, gym and landscaped recreation spaces. A distinctive green-wall treatment extending across four podium levels forms a major architectural feature, helping differentiate the project within the emerging high-density precinct.

The tower's design is closely tied to the broader Campsie Town Centre Master Plan and the arrival of Sydney Metro. The Urban Design Report notes the proposal "directly supports the Campsie Town Centre Master Plan by delivering new homes in a location explicitly identified for growth, improved accessibility, and high-quality urban renewal." It adds that the project contributes to the master plan's vision for a strengthened town centre supported by thousands of new homes around the future Metro station.

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The application follows Arada Australia's recently lodged One Campsie project at 124–142 Beamish Street and 16–18 Ninth Avenue, where the developer is seeking approval for 346 apartments across three towers rising 24, 32 and 39 storeys. Together, the two proposals would cement Arada Australia as one of the most influential developers shaping Campsie's future urban form.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-arada-files-for-trio-of-apartment-towers-in-campsie-town-centre">First Look: Arada Australia files for trio of apartment towers in Campsie town centre</a>

Arada Australia entered the Australian market in 2024 and has rapidly assembled a significant development pipeline across Sydney. Alongside its Campsie holdings, the developer is soon to launch <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/wattle-green-2-fishburn-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Wattle Green</a> in Castle Hill, and has expanded its local operations following its acquisition of construction firm Roberts &amp; Co.

Located around 14 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, the site sits at the centre of one of Sydney's fastest-changing middle-ring precincts. The Metro conversion of Campsie Station, combined with Canterbury-Bankstown Council's master planning framework, is driving significant residential intensification around Beamish Street and North Parade, with thousands of new homes expected over coming decades.

Jonathan Chancellor

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