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Internet service company Rakuten Linkshare has leased 151.90 square metres of office space at 61 York Street in the Sydney CBD. The building is owned by Nick Manettas - the founder of Sydney waterfront dining venues including Nick's Seafood and Nick's Bar &amp; Grill.
The rent was struck at an initial rent of $625 per square metres per annum over a term of two years.
Ray White Commercial's John Skufris and Anthony Harris negotiated the lease. Mr Skufris noted that the building had been very popular among a wide range of tenants. "We have received good interest from serviced office, insurance, digital marketing and software groups seeking fitted and furnished space or refurbished premises,” he said.
Mr Harris added that four whole floor leasing transactions had been completed in the building.
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Rakuten Linkshare lease Sydney CBD office space

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BMW Group Financial Services has secured nearly 3000 square metres of office space in Salta Properties’ Nexus Corporate estate in Melbourne’s south-east. Under the three year lease, BMW Finance will occupy 2,925 square metres of space, at 2-22McDonald's Lane, Mulgrave.
The lease is valued at $1.3 million. Couriers Please occupies the remainder of the 12,900 square metre site.
Located at the intersection of Monash Freeway and Springvale Roads, Salta’s Nexus Corporate is complementary to BMW Finance’s existing property on Springvale Road, Mulgrave.
Salta Properties Managing Director, Sam Tarascio said: “BMW Finance fills the final large tenancy in a portfolio occupied with top corporate players, joining Couriers Please, GS1, Adidas, ADP, Bristol-Myers-Squibb and Carlisle Homes."
The lease was negotiated by Rob Joyes of Colliers International.
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BMW lease Mulgrave site from Dexus

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A vacant office building at Noosa Head on the Sunshine Coast has sold for $1.8 million. The 1980s-constructed building, which is on a site of about 1,012 square metres, is located at 24 Lanyana Way, and was purchased by a local investor.
It is understood the purchaser plans to refurbish the building and lease it as individual tenancies up to 850 square metres. It previously had a long standing tenant. John Petralia and David Brinkley of Ray White Commercial Noosa handled the sale on behalf of an interstate investor.
“The property had become run down and a lot of the old internal fit out was left behind by the previous tenant,” said Petralia. “We contacted local charity groups who took away a lot of the items and sold them off and this helped our vendor as the property was now much cleaner.”
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Vacant Sunshine Coast office building sells for $1.8 million

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An Australian communications company has snared a fully leased office building in the heart of the Varsity Lakes Business Centre on the Gold Coast, outlaying $5.125 million.
The 23 Main Street property attracted 25 enquiries from local, interstate and offshore buyers, before selling to Vaya Pty Ltd.
Mr Greg Watson and Tony Stone of Ray White Commercial negotiated the sale on behalf of Northpoint Holdings No. 3.
"Gross rental yield per annum when fully leased for this building is approximately $549,892, while estimated outgoings are low at approximately $107,278, so the purchase price represents a yield of approximately 8.2%" said Mr Stone. He described the sale as "game changer for the Gold Coast office market" as it had buyers seeking yields of around 10%. Vaya is considering renaming the building with the company name and logo.
The building has about 1,867 square of net lettable area and among the tenants is nursing agency Blue Care.
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Fully leased Gold Coast building snapped up

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A private investor has acquired at auction a boutique office building in Melbourne’s Cheltenham for $4.65 million.
The two-level building, at 47a Wangara Road, comprises 1,620 square metres of net lettable area and 70 on-site car spaces.
The sale price reflected a yield of 7.6%. Two tenants occupy the building on three year and five year term leases.
CBRE’s Justin Clarkson, Jamus Campbell and Josh Rutman were the selling agents.
“The campaign experienced some 60 enquiries and competitive bidding from multiple bidders, eventuating in a strong result for this well leased property,” Mr Clarkson said.
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Boutique Cheltenham office building sells under the hammer

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A single-fronted shop in Melbourne's Brighton has set a record price for the suburb, fetching $1.750 million at auction. Four parties competed strongly for the 357 Bay Street shop but eventually a local Brighton family won out.
The sale reflected a tight yield of 3.7%.
Fitzroys senior associate Mark Talbot handled the auction campaign, which saw the property offered for the first time in 60 years.
The property comprises a double-storey retail building of about 150 square metres, on a land area of about 174 square metres. It features retail on the ground floor and a two-bedroom refurbished apartment on the first floor.
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Single-fronted Brighton shop fetches suburb record

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A combination of rising CBD prices, more capital and better stock levels are expected to draw more buyers to Sydney's North Shore commercial property market and stronger sales activity.
CBRE director of capital markets and institutional investments, Simon Kasprowicz expects 2014 to be "a robust year in terms of transactions, with the area recording strong levels of buyer enquiries as investors look for attractive opportunities in suburban markets.”
The current shortage of stock at all levels and increased buyer interest has also led to yield compression across the market.
“The continuation of strong but scarce sales towards the end of 2013, coupled with higher levels of interest from buyers both established and new, is providing owners the opportunity to exit the market and capitalise on yield compressions", he said.
Mr Kasprowicz said buyers were active across all price ranges, . However, he added that the three distinct buyer groups were those looking for A-Grade assets with long Weighted Average Lease Expiries (WALEs) and strong covenants, value-add opportunities with some leasing risks and/or repositioning opportunities, and residential development or redevelopment opportunities.
He also noted that there was strong overseas interest in the residential and redevelopment market, with those groups looking to convert commercial property to residential – "further adding to the increased demand for office assets through the reduction of available fringe office space.” 
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Buyers drawn towards North Sydney commercial property market

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The competition among Australia's "big gun" shopping centres is on. Two of the nation's biggest shopping centres - Melbourne's Chadstone and Westfield Bondi Junction in Sydney - broke past the $1 billion turnover barrier this year, while around $3 billion worth of development work is underway across nine of the major centres in Australia.
The findings were in the latest 2014 Shopping Centre News Big Guns report, which revealed that Chadstone, owned by Colonial First State Property Trust and the Gandel Group, has the highest turnover of any centre in the country with a massive $1.4 billion. Not far behind was Westfield Bondi Junction, which recorded a 4.7% lift in sales turnover to $1 billion plus.
Shopping Centre News (SCN) ranks The Big Guns - Australia’s largest shopping centres - in terms of annual turnover, turnover per square meter and specialty shop turnover per square meter.
One of the most significant findings in the report was the jump in redevelopment projects. Shopping Centre News publisher, Michael Lloyd, said that this year nine Big Gun Centres – those with a leasable area of over 50,000 square metres - were under redevelopment compared to only one in 2013.
“The development pipelines are well underway” and "they account for around $3 billion in development costs", he said. The game had changed dramatically in the last five years, he pointed out with the huge global funds like the Canadian Pension Fund CPPI, the Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, the New York based Blackstone Private Equity Fund and the South Korean Pension Fund all taking stakes in some of the country's best centres and providing the funds for redevelopment.
The benefits of that redevelopment work was demonstrated by third and sixth placegetters on the Moving Annual Turnover ladder, said Mr Lloyd "Westfield Carindale (Qld) and Westfield Fountain Gate (Vic), both recently redeveloped, showed increases in annual turnover of 19.2% and 24% respectively - $908.5 million and $872.3 million,” he noted. Excluding the nine centres under redevelopment, the remaining 82 Big Guns shopping centres accounted for retail sales of $40.26 billion in 2013, up 2.7% on 2012.
While noting that since the GFC growth has been at a slower rate, SCN believes that the growth rate has bottomed and it forecasting an increase in turnover of around 5% in 2014.
The best performing centre - based on turnover per square metre of leaseable area which is considered the best measure of performance - was Mirvac’s Broadway shopping centre in Sydney. Its turnover per square metre was $11,506, a 10.7% increase over last year.
Specialty turnover - which only includes retailers with areas of less than 400 square metres - was the highest at Westfield Sydney at $16,482.
“This year we list 91 centres; more than half of them have specialty shop turnovers in excess of $9,000 per square meter, at that level it means a 100 square metre shop turns over an average of around $17,500 a week,” said Mr Lloyd.
A poignant point raised by Mr Lloyd in the report was the lack of response by retailers to the current demands by shoppers.
"Australia has the most sophisticated shopping centre development and management industry in the world”, he said.
“Our regional centres – the Big Guns - are more advanced than anywhere, but many of our retailers are dragging the chain". He believes that the majority of Australian retailers were yet to "rise to the standards of the top international ‘high street’ retailers; service levels are low, fit-out standards, lighting, merchandising and stock variety are lacking".
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Competition between 'big gun' shopping centres is on

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Australia's largest diversified property group Stockland has swooped up a 19.9% stake in Australand, in what is seen as a prelude to a full takeover bid.
Stockland unveiled the "strategic stake" this morning, announcing it had obtained 115,166,597 securities in Australand at an average price of $3.78. This comprises a 15.7% direct holding and 4.2% indirect interest, it said.
The announcement came as Singapore's CapitaLand also revealed it had sold its remaining 39.1% interest in Australand for about $842 million (S$970 million).
Stockland chief executive Mark Steinert said Australand had a diverse and complementary portfolio of assets, including a quality industrial portfolio and medium density residential projects "that are well aligned with our strategy".
“Over time this holding will enable us to explore strategic opportunities with Australand.”
CapitaLand group chief executive Lim Ming Yan said the decision to divest its remaining stake in Australand was to the "favourable" market conditions and Australand’s share price had performed strongly in the past few months.
“This divestment would allow us to reallocate capital to our core businesses in Singapore and China,” he said.
Stockland's stake is being funded through cash and debt facilities and the transaction is expected to be broadly EPS neutral.
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Stockland swoops on Australand stake in possible takeover precursor

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Offshore interest in Australia's office market has spilled into the metro market, with total sales hitting a six-year high last year.
Total metro office sales came in a $3.69 billion in 2013 - the highest level since 2007 when it reached $5.14 billion, according to the latest Colliers International first half Metropolitan Office Research &amp; Forecast report. Overseas buyer accounted for a lion's share of that transaction activity, at $1.22 billion.
While the figure was inflated by the $413.19 million sale of 177 Pacific Highway to Singapore's Suntec REIT, the report noted that the influx of offshore capital "does indicate that offshore investors are willing to look beyond the CBD markets for more strategic opportunities".
Sydney metro continued to be at the epicentre of sales activity in 2013, with nearly $2 billion of office stock changing hands, while a 10 % spike in transaction volume saw Melbourne Metro experience a record year at just under $1 billion. With the exception of Adelaide, all markets improved on sales volumes from 2012.
Sales were up 3% in Brisbane and 365% in Perth, albeit from a low base. Highlighted in the report was the yield compression in the Sydney and Melbourne metro markets.
Average A grade yields in Melbourne compressed by 14 basis points to 8.93% in the six months to March, with the Outer East market narrowing by 25 basis points. Sydney yields tightened by 14 basis points to 8.20%.
Yields in Brisbane and West Perth we're flat at 8.50% and 9.2%, respectively.
Colliers associate director of research, Anneke Thompson expect overseas buyers to again feature prominently in the metro market this year, "as players in the hotly contested CBD markets search for more generous yields further afield".
But Colliers managing director of capital markets and investment services, John Marasco, cautioned that not all metropolitan markets would be able to "absorb this demand however, as many have a distinct lack of institutional-grade stock".
“In Sydney, the North Sydney market has already proven itself a drawcard for both local institutional and offshore demand, while in Brisbane the Urban Renewal precinct is and will remain the preferred metro location for institutional investors,” Mr Marasco said.
“In Melbourne, St Kilda Road is one of the few metro markets with stock of sufficient scale and quality to attract CBD-type capital.”
Unlisted retail funds were expected to be one of the first groups with mandates to acquire property in that precinct, he added.
Colliers research also found that private buyers made up the bulk of the buyers across all markets and that institutional investors were only net buyers in Brisbane and Adelaide.
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Metro office sales hit six-year high, offshore interest credited

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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