<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.

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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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Prominent New Zealand apartment and hotel operator, <a href="/developers/safari-group">Safari Group</a>, is offering up a prime investment opportunity for Australians to purchase off the plan in one of the world’s most popular ski destinations.

They recently took to market Mountain Oak Queenstown Apartments, in the growing precinct of Remarkables Park in Frankton, near the airport and at the foot of The Remarkables - the mountain range the locals like to call “The Remarks”.&nbsp;

Sydney investors have shown interest in the one, two and three-bedroom apartments that secure high-season occupancy six months over the year, primarily over summer and winter months.

They average 90 per cent occupancy across their portfolio over January, February, March, August, November and December, while shoulder season months of April, July, September and October are still occupied 70 per cent of the time, with the growing appeal of Queenstown becoming not just a hotspot for the snow, but a lifestyle destination.

Even in the low seasons of May and June, occupancy levels reach around 40 per cent.

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Safari’s Safari Hotels arm can also manage the holiday letting for an investor, from the listing on holiday accommodation websites such as Airbnb and Booking.com to the cleaning and maintenance of the investment. They’ve been in the short stay management business for 15 years and offer 24/7 support for investors, an important convenience benefit for any overseas investor

Another major drawcard for Australians is that New Zealand doesn’t have a stamp duty policy - so the entry price of NZ$639,000 (AU$586,000), is all that is payable on completion.

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The apartments will feature modern amenities and contemporary designs with expansive windows capturing sweeping views of The Remarkables mountain range.&nbsp;

Interiors are equipped with modern finishes, premium appliances, and secure electronic key-locked doors, ensuring a comfortable living experience for residents and guests alike.

With its strategic location near Coronet Peak and Cardrona Alpine Resort, as well as key retail and dining precincts such as Market Street, Five Mile Shopping Centre, and Remarkables Market, Mountain Oak offers a strong proposition for investors seeking high rental yields and capital appreciation in one of New Zealand’s most sought-after locations.&nbsp;

Queenstown’s sustained demand for visitor accommodation and rental properties is underpinned by a shortage of housing options, attracting both local and international buyers.

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California, a 14 room boarding house fronting the busy Flinders Street in Darlinghurst, was passed in at auction last night at $3,975,000.
Refurbished since it last traded for $1,845,000 in 2010, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-nsw-darlinghurst-128628702" target="_blank">60 Flinders Street</a> (pictured below) on 190 sqm has three levels at the front and two at the rear.
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Currently it yields around $323,000 gross annual revenue.
It sits near Taylor Square, Oxford Street, Surry Hills and Moore Park, with two street frontages to Flinders and Chisholm Streets.
The 14 rooms are currently made up of nine double studios, eight fully self-contained with their own ensuites, and five single units all with kitchenettes. They share three bathrooms.
There's an undercover communal courtyard with custom timber seating and barbecue facilities and an on-site coin-operated laundry.
It is being sold as a going concern, with all furnishings and inventory included in the sale.
Dominic D'Ettorre at D'ettorre Real Estate was marketing the property in conjunction with McGees Property agent John Grujovski.
They suggest its a fusion of modern design and classic features.
The vendor of California has listed the <a href="/expert-insights/investing/two-paddington-terrace-boarding-house-listed">Paddington boarding house Belle Vue</a> (pictured above) which was passed in at $5.15 million when offered at Cooley Auctions.
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14 room California, Darlinghurst boarding house passed in at $3.975 million

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An 1870s Portarlington guesthouse has been sold for $822,100.
Homebuyers and developers had expressed interest in the 1872 Mulane Cottage with the local paper advising it was bought by a home buyer.
It sits on a 1,009 sqm block at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-portarlington-128502110" target="_blank">64 Stevens Street</a>.
It has been listed by Bellarine Property’s Ange Callan-Harris who noted the potential of the Residential Growth 3 zoning.
There’s no heritage overlay with subdivision a prospect for some of the 40 inquiries. 
There had been 25 inspections over about three weeks.
Its price hopes were put as from $740,000 to $810,000.
Set in cottage gardens behind picket fencing, the weatherboard was built by Joseph Mulane.
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The Kingsdale Winery, which offers a combination and lifestyle and income with potential for further development, has been listed for sale at $2.2 million.
The Goulburn property has been offered for the first time since its establishment in 2002 by Helen Cheetham from Tronn Alstergren Real Estate.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-lifestyle-nsw-goulburn-7872710" target="_blank">Located at 745 Crookwell Rd</a>, there are 3ha of vines planted on a grazing block of 37ha.
Its grape varieties include Shiraz, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Chardonnay.
The wines are vintaged in a purpose-built winery with a capacity of 25 tonne and the wines consistently win medals at wine shows.
The house features four bedrooms, cellar door, and 10kw of solar panel. 
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Other highlights include a set of cattle yards, rainwater tanks, and dams. 
The wines are sold at the better restaurants in Goulburn. 
There is potential to increase sales by marketing further afield.
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Bankwest have announced they will close 29 branches across the east coast over just a three-week period. They're set to start the closure of the branches in mid-August.
The biggest changes will be in New South Wales, with over half of the branches on the chopping block coming from the state. The rest of the closures are in Victoria and Queensland.
The bank, who have 82 branches in Western Australia, are reducing its east coast footprint to 14 key branches.
Rowan Munchenberg, Bankwest's managing director, said rapid changes in the digital space required Bankwest to make important decisions on where to invest to deliver great value for customers and grow nationally.
Closures will affect about 200 staff.
“Many people still value face-to-face interactions, but customers increasingly expect seamless self-service options that allow them to do their banking when and where they choose,” he said. “We’re seeing a consistent trend of customers choosing mobile banking over in-branch options for their transaction needs, with an 88 per cent rise in app logins over the past three years. “So, we’re transforming our organisation to respond more rapidly to these changing customer needs by adopting new ways of working and embracing new technologies. “But we know we can’t match the major banks’ nation-wide footprint and also deliver world class digital services, so we will prioritise digital channels and broker relationships. “This change does not impact Western Australia, where our strong brand and established footprint enables us to maintain highly competitive branch and digital offerings.” Munchenberg said the change had been a difficult decision, given a significant number of east coast colleagues would be affected. “We will work with and support impacted colleagues in the coming weeks, doing what we can to help them identify other opportunities, be they within or outside of the Group,” he said. “We are writing to affected customers to outline options, such as using Australia Post’s Bank@Post services and, for business customers, taking advantage of CBA branches. “Ultimately, this change means we can provide better services to more customers in the future.”
Impacted customers are being informed of the closures and will receive guidance on alternative banking options available to them by email, letters and store signage.
The move is the latest step in Bankwest’s strategic refocus which they announced last year on evolving and improving its offering to retail and small business customers nationwide.
 
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Suncorp have announced that 80 Ann Street has been selected as the site for the company’s new single location in Brisbane from 2022. 
The move will consolidate Suncorp’s Brisbane workforce into a single, modern and collaborative workplace.
The decision follows similar office consolidation projects in Sydney, Auckland and Melbourne.
The Sydney project delivered close to a 30% saving in cost and space efficiency. 
Suncorp CEO Michael Cameron said the new workplace will reflect Suncorp’s Queensland heritage. 
“I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the other developers who have participated in this process,” Mr Cameron said. 
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Mirvac’s CEO Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz, commented that 80 Ann Street was purpose-built for Suncorp and aligns to Brisbane City Council’s ‘Buildings that Breathe’ principles for sub-tropical architecture, while re-invigorating an historic part of the city.
"We look forward to working with the Suncorp design team to create a workplace that supports the needs of their company and the community.” 
Suncorp will occupy the new $800 million tower by September 2022, subject to Mirvac finalising the land acquisition.
Designed by Woods Bagot, the premium 32-storey development at 80 Ann Street will provide Suncorp with close to 40,000 m2 of office space. 
Director and global workplace architecture leader, Mark Damant, describes the project as more like a new city precinct than a singular building, made up of many diverse places.
Spanning an entire block between Ann and Turbot streets, the development will help connect the CBD to the Roma Street precinct, the two courts buildings and surrounding plazas and squares to make a distinctive precinct of its own with an unprecedented civic and retail offering, Damant said.
The design returns the last remaining piece of Brisbane’s oldest surviving fruit and produce market on Turbot Street back into the city fabric, and – with its overwhelmingly public and porous ground floors – will act as a catalyst to the upcoming Brisbane Live precinct and the development of the north west quarter of the CBD around the Roma Street Station.
Damant describes the very flexible, large floorplates, with wide structural spans, minimal internal columns and amazing access to daylight and views as “dream floorplates”.
Providing a large continuous space on each level, the floorplates are linked with stairs and atria that create larger interconnected communities all the way up the Suncorp tenancy.
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“This is also a mixed mode building in the true sense with arrival spaces connected to the outside via louvered and openable facades. With terraces and balconies available to each community within the tower Suncorp’s people will be able to step outside at every third level, without having to go all the way down to the ground. 
“There will be an abundance of natural daylight and fresh air for optimum workplace wellbeing and connectedness … Brisbane has the perfect climate to bring inside,” Mr Damant said.
Suncorp staff are now spread through three sites across Brisbane’s CBD. 
Echoing another landmark workplace project by Woods Bagot – 1 William Street which brought together nearly 5000 Queensland public servants from 16 sites to a single location – the floor plate and spatial planning are intended to support greater collaboration and interdepartmental interaction, and happier people, in an efficient and highly productive workplace environment. 
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Ascendas REIT Australia has acquired the former corporate headquarters of, Décor, in Scoresby, Melbourne for $16.245 million.
The property originally purpose built for Décor in 1979, the architecturally designed property at 1314 Ferntree Gully Road has undergone several upgrades over the past four decades.
The 16,000sqm facility, managed by Gorman Kelly, comprises three levels of office space and fully racked warehousing of up to 16m high.
Placed on a 25,895 sqm landholding, the property is located near several major road networks including Eastlink.
Gorman Kelly and CBRE negotiated the sale.
The freestanding property was sold with vacant possession.
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Ascendas acquires Décor former corporate headquarters

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A whole self contained office floor located on Melbourne's busy Little Collins Street has hit the market through Savills. The 153sqm office on <a href="http://commercialpropertysearch.savills.com.au/df82e5b0-15de-e611-80c7-005056813885/Sale/Melbourne/313-Little-Collins-Street">level 3 of 313 Little Collins Street</a> currently holds a new 5+5 year lease from October 2017 with a current income of $60,000 plus fixed annual three percent rental increases.
Savills agents Benson Zhou and Nick Peden, who are marketing the space, said the opportunity to acquire a whole office floor in a premium Melbourne location is extremely rare.
The office space located between Elizabeth Street and Swanston Street is being marketed for immediate private sale.
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Savills are marketing a fully leased Little Collins Street office

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Teska Carson is marketing a prime commercial investment opportunity within the Hawksburn Village retail/commercial precinct, at Toorak in Melbourne’s inner east.
The 581 Malvern Road property (pictured above) comprises a 758 square metre, three level building.
It includes a 372 square metre showroom, 230 square metre, lower level warehouse/carpark and a first floor, 155 square metre, office with balcony and a second floor, 155 square metre, office with balcony.
The 460 square metre site, zoned Commercial 1, has nine metres of street frontage.
The property is leased to national tenant, The General Trader (Australia) Pty Ltd, trading as Minimax and returning $256,581 per annum plus GST on a five year term from August 2015 with a five year option and four per cent annual increases.
According to marketing agents, Teska Carson’s Michael Taylor the building was rebuilt during the 1980s.
Michael Taylor said the Woolworths anchored, Hawksburn Village location, boasted a number of national retailers and some of Melbourne’s finest eateries.
"Hawksburn Village is one of Melbourne‘s most coveted, well patronised, and best performing retail/commercial precincts."
The property will be auctioned on August 16 on site.
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Hawksburn Village "secure investment opportunity" 

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A former church located in Norman Park has been sold to a local developer for $1.4 million.
The property located at 68 Longfellow Street (pictured above) was purchased by Contracting Solutions QLD Pty Ltd, in a deal through Robert Dunne and Tim Packman of Savills.
The 1,215sq m inner Brisbane property attracted strong enquiry, with 91 parties expressing their interest during the marketing campaign.
Packman said the property attracted predominately property developers and childcare operators.
Restrictions prevented the property from being completely developed.
The property is zoned Low Medium Residential.
However Contracting Solutions are set to seek subdivision of the property into three lots to develop the property to its permitted potential.
“The solution for the buyer is to retain part of the church and conduct a high-end refurbishment as one lot, and sub-divide the remaining land into another two lots with the potential to build to three storeys,” Packman said.
The property is located 6.5km from the CBD.
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Vacant former Norman Park church has sold to a developer

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A Townsville educational facility on a 26.17 hectare holding is being offered for sale with "significant development potential".
The property located at 190 Hervey Range Road in Townsville is being presented to buyers by Robert Dunne and Gregory Woods of Savills via an Expression of Interest campaign.
The property’s current major use is an educational campus, comprising of prep, primary and secondary schools, with additional accommodation facilities for male and female students.
“We predict the opportunity will be seized by either an educational provider wanting to continue the operation of an educational facility, or by a property developer wanting to improve the current use," said director of commercial sales for Savills, Robert Dunne.
The property is zoned “Community Facilities” with development opportunities including but not limited to health care services, retirement facility and residential aged care facility comprising a maximum building height of three storeys, subject to code assessment.
Director of Capital Transactions Gregory Woods said this scale of opportunity with all its improvements is rarely available.
The property is located 12km from the city centre of Townsville, with access to the major roads connecting Western Townsville with the Townsville CBD.
The opportunity is being presented to market at an "ideal time", with thousands of homes in the pipeline for Townsville’s booming Western Corridor.
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