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<p><span>Fresh listings nationally are up 4.9% when compared to the same time last year, with 44,753 properties advertised over the last 28 days, according to CoreLogic RP Data.</span></p>
<p><span>CoreLogic RP Data's latest Property Pulse found</span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> Sydney h</span>ad<span style="line-height: 1.3em;"> the largest increase in new listings when compared to last year at 19.0%. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">New listings are up in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Canberra and lower in Perth, Hobart and Darwin and t</span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">otal stock levels  down 0.3% nationally and up 1.7% across the combined capital cities. </span></p>
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<p>Retail leasing has opened for Perth's newest shopping centre, Mandurah Central, with the 6,000sqm complex already signing up Woolworths as a flagship tenant.</p>
<p>A further two tenants have already been secured, with three others under offer. The retail outlet ha a total of 15 speciality retail outlets.</p>
<p>CBRE retail leasing negotiator Adrian Morabito said the centre, which is located on Exchequer Avenue directly east of the major intersection of Mandurah Road and Mandjoogoordup Drive, is due for completion by mid-2016. </p>
<p>“There are five projects in WA valued at well in excess of $1.5bn including Mandurah Central, the Federation owned Mandurah Forum and Halls Head Centro, with three of the developments comprising a gross floor area in excess of 100,000sqm, plus mixed use office and residential,” he said.</p>
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<div><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"Jewel is the Gold Coast’s first absolute beachfront development in 30 years, making our residences the first in a generation to enjoy unfettered beach access," he said.</span></div>
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<p style="line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Spring home loans are on sale according to comparison website Mozo.com.au, who state t</span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">he gap between the average Big 4 variable home loan rate and the best offer on market has widened since September 2014.</span></p>
<p style="line-height: 1.3em;">The lowest variable home loan rate is now at a new low of 3.84% due to intense competition.</p>
<p style="line-height: 1.3em;">Mozo director Kirsty Lamont said <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">data shows that the average Big 4 bank variable home loan rate is now 1.00% more expensive than the best on market, up from 0.84% last year.</span></p>
<p>“Four years ago, the lowest home loan rate was 2.74% higher than today’s, proving how important it is to keep an eye on rates and weigh up the potential savings,” she said. </p>
<p>“Lenders are also promoting cash back offers of up to $1,500, annual fee waivers and other discounts to entice Spring buyers and refinancers so it’s an ideal time to shop around and save yourself some serious cash by getting a better home loan deal.</p>
<p>“Online lenders and challenger banks are tightening the screws on the big banks and aggressively lowering rates in a sign that home loan competition is now well and truly back to pre-GFC levels. <span style="line-height: 1.3em;">“Borrowers who look outside the Big 4 banks can now access huge savings, with the top five home loan rates right now all below 4% and exclusively from smaller lenders."</span></p>
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<p><span>McGrath's estate agents have opened a new office in the north west Sydney suburb of The Ponds targeting the growth corridor and </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">surrounding suburbs Schofields, Riverstone, Marsden Park and Stanhope Gardens.</span></p>
<p><span>The Ponds is a new residential suburb master-planned by UrbanGrowth NSW.</span></p>
<p><span>McGrath The Ponds will act as a satellite office to Rouse Hill branch led by principal Grant Simpson.</span></p>
<p><span>He said </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">The Ponds and the wider North West region of Sydney are at the beginning of a ten year uplift in terms of infrastructure development and capital growth. </span></p>
<p>“With an upsurge in apartment development over the coming years, The Ponds will continue to strengthen by providing a wider mix of housing types. This will open the area up to a broader segment of the market and provide more rental opportunities to those who are not in a position to buy,” he said.</p>
<p>“The Ponds is a quintessential master planned community with wide leafy streets, parks and good quality schools. It is a very well-thought-out suburb and as a result experiencing strong demand."</p>
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<p><span>The 43 hectare lot has an approved master plan in place and some existing development approvals and will eventually become a new precinct within the City of Logan.</span></p>
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<p><span>Suburban strata retail shops in secondary locations are losing customers to ground floor retail outlets in high density residential developments, according to Herron Todd White.</span></p>
<p><span>Herron Todd White's September Month in Review said these ground floor outlets, mandatory by some council planning controls, has been a concern for some time around areas such as Waterloo, Alexandria and Wolli Creek and is likely to remain as residential development continues to boom.</span></p>
<p><span>Retail outlets in western Sydney suburbs Kellyville and Clempton Park are making waves outside the CBD.</span></p>
<p><span>"The Ponds in Kellyville opened earlier this year and includes a Woolworths and specialty shops. The centre is 7,000 square metres and caters to the new residential developments in the area. Clemton Park is set to open next year and will be anchored by Coles. These areas are strong residential locations with a need for retail space," the report noted.</span></p>
<p><span>"CBD and prime retail locations are going strong with several recent transactions at sub 5% yields.</span></p>
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<p>Sydneysiders are driving an increase in prices in the Southern Tablelands city of Goulburn with a recent spate of local property investment, according to Herron Todd White.</p>
<p>Herron Todd White's September Month in Review found a preference for Torrens title properties rather than residential units in the Tablelands area.</p>
<p>"<span style="line-height: 1.3em;">Rental levels have actually reduced slightly over the past </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">six months as more rental properties come onto </span><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">the market and some tenants have returned to the Canberra area.," the review noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"There are some semi-modern and modern townhouse and villa complexes with prices ranging from $250,000 to $380,000. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"There are some older style unit buildings, with units selling in the $180,000 to $250,000 range."</span></p>
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<p>The Gold Coast region retail market is undergoing a shopping-centric facelift with beachside occupancy rates increasing on par with stronger hospitality figures, according to Herron Todd White.</p>
<p>Herron Todd White's September Month in Review said some of the major retail renovations include Pacific Fair, Robina Town Centre Food Market Mall, Australia Fair West and Showcase on the Beach.</p>
<p>The review said the $670 million Pacific Fair redevelopment will see the centre transformed into the largest shopping centre in Queensland and the fourth largest in Australia.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"Pacific Fair will have approximately 150,000 square metres of GLAR, incorporating 420 specialty shops, two full-line department stores, two supermarkets, three discount department stores, luxury and high street fashion outlets along with restaurants, bars and entertainment destinations," the report noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"The first stage of Robina Town Centre’s $160 million Food Market expansion was completed in May 2015 and delivered Gold Coast’s first Coles food superstore.</span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.3em;">"The next stage of the Food Market Mall is now underway and is planned to incorporate 55 new retailers when completed in late 2015."</span></p>
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<p><span>Stockland property group released the Sustainability Report and Annual Review for 2015 which noted underlying profit grew by 9.4% to $608 million with statutory profit at $903 million, more than 70% higher than the previous year.</span></p>
<p><span>Stockland Chariman Graham Bradley said the results reflect solid increases in earnings across Commercial Property, Residential and Retirement Living.</span></p>
<p><span>Managing director Mark Steinert said commercial property remains a key driver of the group’s success.</span></p>
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<p><span>"On a comparable basis we achieved operating profit growth of 4.3% across the portfolio, with 4.2% in Retail, 3.1% in Logistics and Business Parks and 6.4% in Office, reflecting our strong focus on property fundamentals," he said.</span></p>
<p><span>"Our residential business achieved a substantial 73.5% uplift in profit and ended the year with a record 3,742 contracts on hand, up 17% on last year. </span></p>
<p><span>"Our Retirement Living operating profit was up 19.9% on FY14 reflecting strong sales, active management and improved efficiency. The business is now two years into our five year plan to achieve a 7% cash return on assets, which is marked by taking a much more active approach to how we manage our village portfolio.</span></p>
<p><span>“These reports show we are intertwining our approaches to property development and sustainability. We are focussed on the development and delivery of sustainable communities… Every year, Stockland engages in an independently-reviewed process to record its achievements, review and update its sustainability strategy, and set new targets for the year ahead.”</span></p>
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<p>Property developer One Living, backed by former Macquarie banker turned investment manager Chris Green’s investment firm, has unveiled plans to bring more institutional capital into housing to help address the national supply crisis.</p>

<p>The New York-based investor has focused his firm, GreenPoint Partners, on addressing the supply shortage hitting middle market housing in Australia.</p>

<p>It is backing the new One Living business to develop more than 1000 units along the eastern seaboard. The new firm is starting with a development on Mona Vale Road, on the border of Mona Vale and Pymble, in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, with around 140 apartments planned. They are eyeing off more sites across the city.</p>

<p>With cost pressures rising in the industry, One Living’s model is to be a vertically integrated developer-builder, so it can respond directly to the housing gap by removing the cost inefficiencies embedded in traditional residential delivery.</p>

<p>“We are building a platform designed to operate at scale and starting in a market where there’s a clear need for quality, attainable housing,” One Living joint managing director Joseph Scuderi said.</p>

<p>“It’s that missing middle – it’s that attainable end of housing… that’s what most Australians invest into and what Australians can actually afford.”</p>

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<p>GreenPoint Partners brings years of experience assembling and scaling real estate operating businesses across major markets. And Green sees a big opportunity in Australia.</p>

<p>“For its size, sophistication and importance to the community, Australia’s living sector has remained largely under-institutionalised, which represents significant opportunity,” Green said. “GreenPoint identified that gap, assembled the right team, and is backing One Living to build a platform that is aligned to market needs.”</p>

<p>Green said being a builder-developer would give the company the capacity and flexibility it required to deliver reasonably-priced homes.</p>

<p>“We want it to be at that attainable level; not super high end luxury but at that attainable level,” he said.</p>

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<p>One Living will undertake a component of affordable housing in its schemes, which it will own and operate, and it could also run build-to-rent on some sites.</p>

<p>Green praised local policy settings.</p>

<p>“The NSW government is being very supportive, strategic and pragmatic in terms of how do we generate more supply of housing,” he said. “We think it’s actually positive for development and the bit that’s been lacking at that attainable level is that it’s lots of relatively small private developers, whereas we want to create an institutional platform.”</p>

<p>One Living is also&nbsp;looking at high-density projects and could take on more institutional funding in the future.</p>

<p>“The way we will be able to achieve economies of scale is through size,” Green added.</p>


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One Living enters Sydney's new apartment market with Northern Beaches site acquisition

<p>It's been several years since there's been an opportunity to buy a brand new townhome in Melbourne's coastal suburb of Mordialloc. Even apartment developments in recent times have been few and far between in the area.</p>

<p>Local developer LDS Property identified the gap in new housing, securing a site on White Street, directly opposite&nbsp;Woodlands Golf Club Mordialloc. They've recently launched&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-townhouses/wm-residences-mordialloc-102-white-street-mordialloc-vic-3195">WM Residences</a>, just 13 townhouses which they have already started building.</p>

<p>Projects by Buxton Director Heath Thompson, who is selling WM Residences, says the townhouses x that perfect middle ground be</p>

<p data-end="683" data-start="511">"Mordialloc residents have had limited options to downsize within the suburb, often forcing them to look elsewhere despite long-standing ties to the area," Thompson says.</p>

<p data-end="882" data-start="690">"With very little comparable new supply coming to market, projects like WM Residences are well placed, particularly as buyers look to capitalise on current conditions amid constrained supply."</p>

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<p>The development, designed by regarded architecture firm&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/ewert-leaf">Ewert Leaf</a>,&nbsp;adopts a deliberately restrained architectural approach, focusing on simplicity, durability and liveability rather than overt design gestures.</p>

<p>The boutique scale is central to the offering. With only 13 three-bedroom residences, each home is configured to prioritise functional layouts and everyday use, supported by private terraces and secure two-car garages.</p>

<p>Ewert Leaf’s design response leans into a calm, neutral material palette. Interiors are defined by oak flooring, white walls and soft finishes, creating a consistent and understated backdrop. The approach avoids trend-driven detailing in favour of longevity, with an emphasis on natural light and spatial clarity.</p>

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<p>Beyond aesthetics, the homes are designed to meet contemporary performance expectations. Each residence targets a minimum 6-star energy rating, incorporating double glazing, comprehensive insulation and all-electric Bosch appliances.</p>

<p>The project’s location supports a walkable coastal lifestyle, sitting within close proximity to Mordialloc’s foreshore, Main Street retail strip and the train station. Local cafés and dining venues, including Suburbia Deli and Hendriks Café, are within a short walk, reinforcing the area’s established neighbourhood character.</p>

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<p data-end="247" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="" data-start="0">While <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/mordialloc-vic-3195">Mordialloc</a> is often defined by its beach and pier, the project taps into other areas of day to day living, offering easy access to local food, casual dining and transport, rather than positioning itself purely as a lifestyle retreat.</p>

<p>WM Residences reflects a continued trend across Melbourne’s coastal suburbs towards smaller-scale, design-led townhouse developments, particularly on infill sites where proximity to amenity is already established.</p>

<p>With construction commenced prior to its market entry, the project aligns with a growing preference among buyers for developments with visible progress and defined delivery timeframes.</p>

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WM Residences fills gap in Mordialloc townhouse market

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<p>Developer GURNER™ Group has revealed $1.65 billion in residential sales nationally across the 12 months to December 2025, driven largely by the continued momentum of its Docklands wellness-focused precinct, Elysium Fields.</p>

<p>The sales result was generated across seven projects in Victoria and New South Wales, headlined by Elysium Fields, GURNER™’s $2.75 billion mixed-use precinct planned for Harbour Esplanade in Docklands.</p>

<p>The project has recorded more than $500 million in sales across the first three towers, equating to around 580 apartments sold.</p>

<p>The first tower, Helios, has now sold out of its 240 private residences, with GURNER™ preparing to release a premium penthouse collection comprising 15 three-bedroom penthouses in coming weeks.</p>

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<p>Elysium Fields is being developed on the long-held 20,000 sqm Docklands site at 208-226 Harbour Esplanade, which had remained undeveloped for more than two decades prior to GURNER™ taking over the project around four years ago.</p>

<p>Construction has now commenced across four towers ranging between 18 and 30 storeys, with Hamilton Marino and Maxcon appointed as builders.</p>

<p>Once complete, the precinct is expected to comprise around 1,100 residences, alongside retail, hospitality and public realm uses integrated throughout the site.</p>

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<p>Designed by Fraser &amp; Partners in collaboration with GURNER™ Design House, the project has been positioned around the developer’s broader focus on wellness-led residential living.</p>

<p>“We don’t sell apartments. We create a true luxury lifestyle that simply doesn’t exist elsewhere in the market today,” Founder and Executive Chairman Tim Gurner said.</p>

<p>“To deliver that requires an extraordinary level of detail, coordination and discipline across multiple verticals, from design and hospitality through to wellness and service.”</p>

<p>“We’ve always believed that living extends far beyond the physical residence. It’s about how you feel the moment you arrive, how you live day-to-day, and the ecosystem that supports that.”<br />
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<p>The project’s design places a heavy focus on landscaping, wellness amenities and biophilic design principles.</p>

<p>Plans include around 3,700 sqm of landscaped gardens and open space throughout the precinct, alongside a retail and dining offering spanning approximately 5,000 sqm.</p>

<p>The broader public realm strategy centres around what GURNER™ describes as the “Path of Life”, an urban forest and landscaped pedestrian environment intended to connect the various buildings and wellness spaces across the precinct.</p>

<p>The apartments themselves will incorporate a range of wellness-focused inclusions, including purified air and water systems, circadian lighting, antimicrobial surfaces, and optional in-home wellness upgrades.</p>

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<p>Gurner said the company’s experience through its Saint Haven wellness clubs had directly informed the residential offering now being incorporated into Elysium Fields.</p>

<p>“We’re seeing a clear global shift toward longevity, performance and proactive health,” Gurner said.</p>

<p>“Our role is to deliver that in a way that feels seamless, highly private and beautifully resolved within the environments we create.”</p>

<p>A large component of the wellness offering is planned through the resident amenity and health facilities proposed within the precinct.</p>

<p>That includes plans for bathing and recovery facilities spread throughout the towers, incorporating mineral pools, saunas, steam rooms, flotation therapy, red light therapy and wellness lounges.</p>

<p>The developer is also seeking approvals for what it describes as a “reverse ageing medical clinic” within the precinct.</p>

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<p>According to project information released by the group, the proposed facility would include cryotherapy, IV infusion therapy, infrared and dry saunas, PEMF beds, MRIs, DEXA scans, brain scans and blood analysis services.</p>

<p>Within the first tower, Helios, residents will also have access to a dedicated amenity offering known as the Sky Private Club.</p>

<p>The upper 15 levels of the building will include private lounges, dining spaces, rooftop amenities and optional private wellness studios integrated within residences.</p>

<p>The Helios tower itself comprises 260 apartments ranging between 60 sqm and 300 sqm, including a collection of penthouses.</p>

<p>That includes a planned two-storey penthouse spanning around 600 sqm with uninterrupted bay views.</p>

<p>The Elysium Fields precinct is being delivered in partnership with Digital Harbour Holdings, a consortium that includes the Liberman family, which controls the development rights across the Docklands site.</p>

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<p>The sales result comes as GURNER™ continues expanding its national development pipeline beyond Victoria.</p>

<p>“We have a strong pipeline across Australia and are now focused on scaling into key markets including New South Wales and Queensland, while continuing to build on our Melbourne base,” Gurner said.</p>

<p>“We currently have more than $3 billion in the market, growing to over $5 billion by October, and expect to materially outperform last year in the 2026 calendar year.”</p>

<p>The result also reflects the continued strength of the upper-end apartment market in Melbourne, particularly for owner-occupier-focused product with large-scale amenity and lifestyle offerings.</p>

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Record result anchored by the Group’s “utopian” Elysium Fields precinct – defying market headwinds in Docklands.

Elysium Fields drive Gurner to $1.65 billion in apartment sales over 2025

<p>National Australia Bank (NAB) will fund <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/palmera-residences-gold-coast-18-garfield-terrace-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Palmera</a>, a $1 billion, 52-level luxury residential tower being developed by Central Equity in one of the Gold Coast’s most tightly held coastal locations at Northcliffe.</p>

<p>The project, launched recently by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/central-equity">Central Equity</a>, one of Victoria’s largest private residential developers, comes at a time when construction funding for large residential developments has become increasingly competitive as lenders tighten exposure to the sector.</p>

<p>Multiplex has been appointed the builder, and construction is now underway.</p>

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<p>Since its first project, Central Equity has delivered more than 85 residential developments with a combined end value exceeding $8 billion.</p>

<p>Palmera reflects Central Equity’s growing focus on the Gold Coast luxury apartment market and continues a relationship between Central Equity and NAB that dates back to the late 1980s, when the bank funded one of Melbourne’s earliest inner-city residential towers at a time when high-rise apartment living in the CBD was largely unproven.</p>

<p>“NAB’s funding of Central Equity’s $36 million CBD development in the late 1980’s to the financing of the billion-dollar tower today highlights the long-term relationship between the two organisations in delivering major residential projects” said Central Equity Founder and Chairman Eddie Kutner.</p>

<p>He said NAB’s early support was instrumental in helping establish the company’s development model.</p>

<p>“When we commenced our first residential tower in the late 1980s the concept of funding off-the-plan apartments was still largely untested in Australia,” Kutner said.</p>

<p>“NAB recognised the opportunity early and supported the project when others were uncertain. That relationship has now continued for more than 37 years across many developments.”</p>

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<p>Central Equity was established in 1987 when Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank precinct were still dominated by warehouses and commercial buildings. Fewer than 100 residents lived in Southbank at the time, and large-scale residential development in the inner city was not widely considered.</p>

<p>Recognising changing demographics and lifestyle preferences, the company began developing high-rise residential projects designed to bring permanent residents into the city centre.</p>

<p>Central Equity has provided accommodation for approximately 40,000 residents across Melbourne’s CBD and Southbank, while also incorporating supporting infrastructure including essential lifestyle facilities like retail spaces, childcare facilities and neighbourhood activity centres.</p>

<p>Central Equity has spent many years assembling the Palmera development site on the corner of Garfield Terrace and Frederick Street in Northcliffe, creating a supersite of around 3,300 sqm.</p>

<p>The developer said the Palmera apartment tower reflects its long-term view of the Gold Coast as a growing and increasingly diversified economy.</p>

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<p>Supported by infrastructure including the light rail network, major road upgrades expanded education, hospital and medical facilities and continued expansion at the Gold Coast Airport with more international and domestic flights.</p>

<p>Positioned in the tightly held Northcliffe precinct, the 52-level tower will deliver 347 apartments, targeting buyers seeking a high-end coastal lifestyle, from downsizers to interstate investors.</p>

<p>Designed by Marchese Partners with interiors by DBI, Palmera has been conceived as a next-generation residential offering, featuring a collection of oversized apartments, with premium three-bedroom residences offering sweeping northern views stretching from Surfers Paradise through to Burleigh Heads.</p>

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NAB funds $1 billion Surfers Paradise apartment development, Palmera

<p>Two years after completing one of the newest developments in North Sydney, developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/aqualand-australia">Aqualand</a> is turning its attention to the rapidly evolving St Leonards apartment market.</p>

<p>The developer, which completed AURA by Aqualand on North Sydney's Walker Street, has lodged plans for a 5,918 sqm site at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/33-37-herbert-street-st-leonards-nsw-2065">33-37 Herbert Street, St Leonards,</a> seeking approval for a pair of residential towers rising above a shared podium opposite Royal North Shore Hospital.</p>

<p>The proposal forms part of the broader transformation underway across the St Leonards-Crows Nest precinct, where former industrial and commercial sites are increasingly being redeveloped into high-density mixed-use projects tied to major transport infrastructure.</p>

<p data-end="792" data-start="529"><img alt="Aqualand" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2cc428cf-fe70-4cac-9cd5-264ad53af62c" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/Screenshot%202026-05-28%20at%209.51.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?VersionId=otKSnHtbjAvAddOnovyXQMgcAwE6DMe1" /></p>

<p data-end="1040" data-start="794">According to the planning documents, the site sits “within the St Leonards–Crows Nest Strategic Centre, identified by the NSW Government as a key area for accommodating future jobs and housing across Sydney.”</p>

<p>The proposal has been designed by fjcstudio, formerly FJMT Studio, and is being progressed through the State Significant Development pathway due to its scale and affordable housing provision.</p>

<p>The scheme would comprise 413 apartments, including 46 affordable housing units, alongside retail and commercial uses fronting Herbert Street. The project would also include communal open space, landscaping, a swimming pool, gymnasium, children’s play areas and podium-level resident amenities.</p>

<p>Planning documents show the development would consist of a part-13, part-39 storey tower form positioned above a four-storey podium.</p>

<p>“The development comprises a unified podium that activates the street interface, and two setback towers to accommodate new housing supply while maintaining an appropriate human scale at ground level,” fjcstudio noted in its Design Report.</p>

<p>The northern and southern towers have been shaped to respond to the surrounding skyline while also limiting overshadowing impacts to nearby public open space, particularly Talus Reserve.</p>

<p>The design report said the differing tower heights were intended to “contribute to a varied skyline while responding to the surrounding built form context and solar access considerations.”</p>

<p><img alt="Aqualand" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="36da62dc-ff9e-41f2-a7e3-7be38373751c" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/Screenshot%202026-05-28%20at%209.51.45%E2%80%AFAM_0.png?VersionId=Mo6Rp2r.XRLTzIfg_PEEpw8NepDH8UBs" /></p>

<p>The site sits directly opposite Royal North Shore Hospital and within walking distance of both St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.</p>

<p>While the site itself sits just outside the formal Crows Nest Transport Oriented Development boundary, the planning documents repeatedly reference its alignment with the broader TOD objectives reshaping the Lower North Shore.</p>

<p>“The site is located adjacent to St Leonards Station and in close proximity to Crows Nest Metro which is within the Crows Nest Transit Orientated Development Accelerated Precinct which has been identified by the NSW Government to support housing delivery,” the Design Verification Statement noted.</p>

<p>According to fjcstudio, the project has been designed to respond to the broader transition occurring across St Leonards, where increasing residential density is being concentrated around transport infrastructure and employment hubs.</p>

<p>“The broader precinct is undergoing significant change, with a mix of existing mid-rise buildings and newer high-density developments,” the report stated.</p>

<p>“Recent and approved projects indicate a consistent shift toward taller built form, typically organised as tower-and-podium typologies with more active ground levels.”</p>

<p>The proposal includes close to 6,000 sqm of retail and commercial space across the ground floor and podium levels, designed to create a more activated street edge along Herbert Street.</p>

<p>Aqualand’s plans would also introduce a landscaped podium shared between the two towers, with communal open space in the form of a podium rooftop designed to support resident interaction and improve urban greening outcomes. The scheme would also introduce pocket parks at the northern and southern ends of the site, including a landscaped area at the corner of Herbert and Ella streets designed to improve pedestrian amenity and soften the streetscape.</p>

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<p>The proposal is being progressed through the NSW Government’s Housing Delivery Authority pathway, which was introduced to accelerate housing supply across the state. The application was declared State Significant Development in April 2025 following an expression of interest process.</p>

<p><img alt="Aqualand" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="faf6d97d-2671-454f-b85a-fe1c6a7be608" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/Screenshot%202026-05-28%20at%209.51.49%E2%80%AFAM.png?VersionId=diVd28OBVr5.YV.7prrOz.uAanwwwm7a" /></p>

<p>St Leonards has been particularly active with new developments in recent weeks. Developer SP Setia’s <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-sp-setia-targets-st-leonards-skyline-with-40-storey-tod-tower">plans for a new 42-storey tower</a> recently went on exhibition through the same pathway, while <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">Stockland’s 52-storey tower proposal</a> was also recently unveiled.</p>

<p>Aside from the St Leonards project, which is expected to take around nine months to move through the approvals process ahead of a potential 2027 launch, Aqualand is also preparing to launch Boronia, a new apartment project in Roseville comprising around 111 apartments on Larkin Street.</p>

<p>The developer also has approvals in place for the next stage of the Barangaroo precinct, which will feature new residential, retail, hospitality and community uses, alongside a new metro entry across the five-hectare site.</p>

<p>More than 50 new retail destinations are planned for Central Barangaroo, alongside a 270-metre-long boulevard connecting Hickson Park to Nawi Cove. Together with Harbour Park, more than 50 per cent of the precinct will comprise public open space and parkland.</p>


Michael Crawford

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