First look exclusive: Hamton and Hostplus reveal sixth stage of Moonee Valley Park masterplan

The $3 billion redevelopment of the Moonee Valley Racecourse is going from strength to strength.

Fresh off the back of launching the fifth stage, The Eveline, developer Hamton and joint venture partner Hostplus have revealed the sixth stage of the booming masterplan.

They're proposing five more buildings in what is being called the Cox Plate Precinct, with around 1,100 new residences. There will be two build-to-sell apartment buildings, two build-to-rent building, and a hotel.

The buildings will range in height from 10 to 25 storeys, and 10 per cent of the dwellings will be allocated to affordable housing.

Complementing the residential offering is over 3,000 sqm of retail space, including a circa 800 sqm supermarket, and 4,100 sqm of commercial office space. The hotel will deliver 184 rooms with ground-floor activation via lobby and retail uses.

The Cox Place Precinct is located on existing racecourse infrastructure including the grandstands, horse stalls and parade ring. The stage will further expand Tote Park, that was completed in 2020.

Architects DKO, Nelson + Koo, and FK Australia, have collaborated on the Cox Place Precinct, alongside landscape architect Tract.

The two build-to-sell buildings, Grandstand North and South, will overlook the racecourse. Grandstand South will be a distinct tower form broken by vertical greening, and comprise around 366 apartments.

The proposed stepping of the facade of the Grandstand South building

Grandstand North will present as a larger, slender tower, and home 191 apartments.

"Grandstand North presents as an opportunity for a placemaking marker at a significant intersection on the ground plane where Cox Place opens up to the racetrack," the Urban Design Report read.

"The unique oval form orients apartments and their view lines to the CBD and seeks to create a distinctive silhouette amongst the overall skyline composition of the Moonee Valley Precinct buildings. The oval form meets the ground plane to announce building entry and interlocks with the stepped and geometric expression of the podium levels as they extend along Cox Place."

The plans for the Grandstand North tower

The joint venture submitted their proposal to VIC Planning in May. It will cost just over $850 million to deliver the five buildings. A build partner has yet to be named.

They anticipate to start construction on the two residential buildings in Q3 2028, pending approvals.

“We are excited to be working through the planning process for this next stage at Moonee Valley Park," Hamton Managing Director Matt Malseed said.

"We are crafting a unique mixed-use precinct, and this collection of buildings will unlock further significant new housing supply for Melbourne’s inner northwest."

MVP's fifth stage, The Eveline, recently launched to the market. The two buildings, The Eveline East and The Eveline West, introduces a biophilic architectural approach by sought-after architecture practice Cera Stribley.

Positioned at the centre of the precinct and surrounded by 20 hectares of green open space, The Eveline draws on the site’s natural and historical context. 

Stage Six Snapshot

Grandstand North: residential housing (build to sell), commercial offices, retail (including a supermarket/grocery store)

Grandstand South: residential housing (build to sell), retail and food & beverage (including signature venue)

Cox Place North: residential housing (build to rent), retail fronting Cox Place

Cox Place South: residential housing (build to rent), retail fronting Cox Place and Tote Park

Stables West: Hotel accommodation with some retail incorporating heritage stables.