Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.

The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.

The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.

Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.

The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.

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SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.

“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.

The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.

“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.

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The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.

Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.

The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.

COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.

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“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.

The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.

The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.

Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a>

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First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.

The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.

The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.

SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”

The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.

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The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.

A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.

Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.

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The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.

Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.

The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.

First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;

Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;

The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;

The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;

Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;

Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;

“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;

“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."

Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;

"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;

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The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.

Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.

“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.

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Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.

The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.

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Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.

The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.

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More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.
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SIERA kicks off construction at Northcliffe tower Exhale

Local Little Bay residents, along with buyers from premium postcodes across Sydney’s affluent Eastern Suburbs, have dominated purchases in developer-builder Urban Property Group’s first Eastern Suburbs apartment development, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/este-little-bay-jennifer-street-little-bay-nsw-2036">ESTE Little Bay</a>.

The $250 million coastal project, one of the first new developments in the area in several years, has proven particularly popular with downsizers, especially those from Coogee and Bondi. One Double Bay downsizer paid $4.7 million for a four-bedroom penthouse, setting a new local apartment price record in the process.

Buyers have been attracted to the combination of coastal tranquillity, premium design and amenity-rich neighbourhood living. The walkable village setting, along with proximity to three of Sydney’s leading golf courses, New South Wales Golf Club, St Michael’s Golf Club and The Coast Golf Club, has also been a key drawcard.

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Built across two low-rise buildings designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/hill-thalis-architecture-urban-projects-pty-ltd">Hill Thalis</a> and set along a lush, landscaped green spine, designed by leading landscape architect <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/landscape-architect/arcadia-landscape-architecture">Arcadia</a>, ESTE Little Bay offers a collection of one, two, three and four-bedroom residences with interiors by Richards Stanisich.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> Sales Director, Tom McIvor said the response to ESTE has been "nothing short of extraordinary."

“Buyers have been quick to recognise ESTE as a rare opportunity to invest in a coastal sanctuary that offers both seclusion and connectivity to the heart of Sydney,” McIvor said.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/srm-residential">SRM Residential</a> Senior Director, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/project-marketer/srm-residential">Clayton Ross</a> said the local market has responded incredibly well, driven by ESTE’s exceptional location and the rarity it offers.

“We’ve seen strong interest from a variety of buyer groups, all of whom are drawn to the exclusivity and quality of the build and construction by the 4.5-star iCIRT-rated builder / developer, Urban Property Group. There’s truly nothing else like it along Sydney’s coastline.”

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The project also includes robust buyer protections, including Resilience Insurance’s Latent Defects Insurance, providing 10 years of structural cover, and an independent iCIRT-rating of the developer.

“The iCIRT-rating adds another layer of confidence,” Ross added. “Buyers see it as a safeguard for their investment and their lifestyle.” A highlight of ESTE’s offering is its exclusive wellness amenities, including a heated rooftop infinity pool and outdoor heated spa, a state-of-the-art Technogym fitness centre, and a sauna.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/este-little-bay-jennifer-street-little-bay-nsw-2036">ESTE Little Bay</a> is topped out and is on track to complete towards the end of 2026, with residents moving in before Christmas.

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Just as Shangyi Property oversees the completion of one Box Hill apartment project, another for the Box Hill-based developer has broken cover.

5 Wellington Street is at town planning with City of Whitehorse and seeks to add in excess of 180 apartments to the burgeoning activity area. With secondary frontage to Poplar Street, the application also shapes as CHT Architects' first Box Hill entry within the Apartments.com.au Project Database.

At 16 levels the Wellington Street tower has been positioned by the development team as a transitional form between the emerging high-rise towers fronting Whitehorse Road and the more subdued 4-5 level built form toward the northern end of Wellington Road.

<h2>5-9 Wellington Road &amp; 7 Poplar Street, Box Hill application summary</h2>

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<li>Current use: vacant car park</li>
	<li>Site area: 2,480sqm</li>
	<li>Proposed 6 levels to Poplar &amp; 16 levels to Wellington at 55 metres in height</li>
	<li>184 apartments: 50 x 1BR, 134 x 2BR</li>
	<li>All apartments between 50sqm and 79sqm</li>
	<li>Café tenancy: 76sqm</li>
	<li>171 car parking spaces and 140 bicycle bays across 2 basement levels and lower ground floor</li>
	<li>Total GFA: 14,141.5sqm</li>
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While the tower carries a fairly uniform textured concrete and red brick snap precast panel exterior, ground level will be activated with the intended inclusion of a pedestrian thoroughfare linking Wellington Road and Poplar Street. The thoroughfare meets an external communal space that separates both buildings.

Upon approval 5-9 Wellington Road would enter a very robust pool of apartment projects within Box Hill. Currently there are 28 apartment projects within Box Hill according to the Apartments.com.au Project Database, although only five fellow projects are at planning assessment. Even so, these five projects along with 5-9 Wellington Road could yield as many as 930 additional apartments.

The emergence of 5-9 Wellington Road follows on from the recent completion of Shangyi Property's most recent Box Hill offering, namely Spectrum Apartments.

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<figcaption>Spectrum Apartments. Image: KUD</figcaption></figure>Located at 33 Harrow Street, Spectrum is a more modest project relative to many current projects within Box Hill, holding 70 apartments and a solitary home office set above 84 vehicle spaces. Construction on the project spanned 17 months and was completed during April with Harris HMC acting as head contractor.

With a GFA of 7,400sqm Spectrum is capped architecturally by a multi-angled, multi-coloured façade. An internal courtyard complete with bridges links each side of the building while all internal bulkheads and joinery mirror the angular nature of the exterior.

In a design sense Spectrum is described as follows:

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The project is expressed as strips of building mass to exemplify the diverse cultural context of Box Hill. The “strips” geometrically alternate over the floor plates to create highly articulated façades.

The terminations of the “Strips” are expressed with brightly coloured fascia around the balconies, adding a vibrant presence to the public realm.
<cite>Kavellaris Urban Design</cite>
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Shangyi Property's double Box Hill delight

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Developer Jeff Xu's Golden Age sold of the second stage of its Sky One residential project in Box Hill.
It sold more than $80 million worth of apartments on Saturday.
Last month at the launch for Sky One Box Hill some 85 percent of the apartments on offer sold for $140million.
Thousands came through the display suite which had to be kept open for several extra hours on both days to cope.
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Golden Age secure $80 million in Sky One apartments off the plan

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Box Hill continues its evolution into a high density activity centre with a fresh town planning application under assessment for a 30-storey residential tower at 820 Whitehorse Road, rising to a height of 99.78 metres.

Designed by Fender Katsalidis for Longriver Group, the proposal seeks to join a growing list of high rise residential towers in the area such as SkyOne (36-storeys / 122.8m) and <a href="/buildings/east-central-tower-820-whitehorse-road-box-hill">Whitehorse Towers</a> (36-storeys / 115m + 26-storeys / 83m). The site in question is currently occupied by a 3-storey office building.

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<figcaption>Whitehorse Towers and SkyOne. Images: Peddle Thorp and Golden Age Group</figcaption></figure>What is proposed begins with a grided timber podium with an overall height of 29.5 metres, to be built to the full extent of each boundary. Level 6 forms the rooftop of the podium and is dedicated in part to residential amenities such as a 60sqm pool with associated outdoor seating and landscaping, casual and formal dining spaces, theatre, gym and sauna/steam room.

The timber pergola aesthetic of the podium was first adopted on Republic Tower and subsequently employed in some form or another on other Fender Katsalidis-designed projects such as Fulton Lane, Australia 108, Melbourne Quarter and 16-22 Claremont Street.

The tower element, in contrast, features a concrete lattice wrap which recedes in density as the tower transitions upwards, further revealing the glazed skin underneath. The intended tower has three major setbacks creating a tiered silhouette on the skyline and the illusion of an erosion of tower form and shell.

The orthogonal nature of the building form and facade articulation also displays strong similarities to the ATO building diagonally opposite and a departure from the curvilinear forms of SkyOne and Whitehorse Towers.

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Being above the typical viewing cone of people passing by, the tower is conceived as more of an urban form. Whilst materiality and grain of the podium is heightened, by contrast that of the tower is reduced.

Recognising the prominence of the north western corner of the site, the building quarter in that location rises some metres higher than the other elements, thereby acknowledging that important view to Box Hill, and further articulating the skyline of the building. At the top of the building the southern elements step down to further accentuate the skyline articulation and to protect residential properties south of the building from overshadowing.

Within the broad structuring of that urban scale articulation is a filigree of smaller concrete elements wrapping themselves around the primarily glazed facade of the tower. That filigree is visually denser at the base of the tower, and becomes sparser and thinner as it climbs up the buildings. In doing so the materiality of the tower is responding to a key characteristic of the topography of this locale: the variegated skyline of the bounding ridges in Box Hill and north in Doncaster.

Those ridges can be perceived as having a visually dense base which at its skyline transforms to a lacework of leaves.
<cite>Fender Katsalidis Architectural Statement</cite>
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<figcaption>An earlier podium iteration of 820 Whitehorse Road. Image: Longriver</figcaption></figure>820 Whitehorse Road seeks to accommodate 301 apartments comprising 45 x 1 Bedroom, 249 x 2 Bedroom and 1 x 3 Bedroom apartments, in addition to 6 duplexes providing a degree of housing diversity although it could be argued that more 3 bedroom apartments should be considered.

There are 272 car spaces in total, contained predominantly within two basement levels and throughout the 5 level podium. Vehicular access to the car park is via Fairbank Lane which also includes a number of ancillary services along its frontage. There is also provision for 92 bicycle spaces within the development.

A retail wrap in the form of a 152sqm cafe and 66sqm alfresco dining area, and a 434sqm auto showroom seeks to activate Whitehorse Road and Young Street . The remaining podium levels contain a wrap of apartments, concealing podium car parking for the most part. These podium apartments all feature outdoor balconies providing the streets with a level of passive surveillance.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/820_whitehorse_road_dual.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="820 Whitehorse Road. Planning images: Fender Katsalidis "><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="343" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/820_whitehorse_road_dual.jpg?itok=CfioIJ5f" title="820 Whitehorse Road. Planning images: Fender Katsalidis " width="580"></a>

<figcaption>820 Whitehorse Road. Planning images: Fender Katsalidis</figcaption></figure>Lodged with Whitehorse City Council during February 2016, the development team behind 820 Whitehorse Road includes:

<ul>
<li>Fender Katsalidis Architects: Architectural plans</li>
	<li>Ratio Consultants: Traffic Impact Assessment Report</li>
	<li>Urbis: Planning</li>
	<li>David Lock Associates: Urban Design Statement</li>
	<li>Wood and Grieve Engineers: Sustainable Management Plan</li>
	<li>Leigh Design Pty Ltd: Waste Management Plan</li>
	<li>MEL Consultants Pty Ltd: Wind Assessment Report</li>
	<li>Development site sale transaction handled by Savills in September 2015.</li>
</ul>
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A new order: 820 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill

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A residential development expected to be Box Hill's tallest tower on completion was officially launched to the public on April 9, 2016, with 8 percent of stage one sold out.
Sky One will be a 35-storey mixed-use building comprising 419 apartments and retail by Golden Age Development Group. It will be located at 545 Station Street.
The interest from the public can be gauged by the fact that sales crossed $140 million, said a media release. 
"We are absolutely thrilled with the response to Sky One so far. The launch weekend was overwhelming success with 85% of stage one sold and an extremely strong level of interest from the local Box Hill market,” said marketing and sales director of Golden Age, Dandan Zhao.
Privately owned Golden Age is based in Melbourne and among its developments are the new five-star Sheraton Hotel in Melbourne, residential towers Victoria One, Collins House and Opera, and two new projects in Sydney.
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Off-the-plan Box Hill tower Sky One in Melbourne sees 85 percent sales at launch 

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Final touches are being applied to the Sky One display suite in preparation for the project's sales launch this Saturday. Gold in colour and mimicking the tower's eventual shape, the display suite is located at 545 Station Street, Box Hill.

Extensively covered by Apartments.com.au thus far, the tower is set to become a Box Hill landmark with developer Golden Age Group poised to accept reservations for what they believe will be a project that brings a heightened degree of sophistication to the suburb which is 14 kilometres due east of Melbourne's CBD.

The fourth and arguably most attractive design iteration for the site, the DKO Architecture-designed Sky One is a 36 level tower containing 434 apartments with unimpeded views to all directions. The apartments will sit atop a three-level retail, dining and health emporium, adding street level activity to a site which has been vacant for some time.

The food emporium will see a Shanghai laneways-inspired market, with a variety of restaurants on show.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/vw2_upda.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Lower level perspective of Sky One. Image courtesy Golden Age Group"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="343" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/vw2_upda.jpg?itok=Lb3x-qcw" title="Lower level perspective of Sky One. Image courtesy Golden Age Group" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Lower level perspective of Sky One. Image courtesy Golden Age Group</figcaption></figure>Further information has been shed on Sky One's features, with an array of amenities offered within the building. Level three is dedicated toward a residents’ Sky Lounge with landscaped gardens, pool, gym, spa, sauna, family wet area, yoga studio, formal and informal lounges, private dining, private cinema/media room and an entertainment room all present.

Penthouse and sub-penthouse residents over levels 32 to 35 and a limited number of north facing apartments will also have their own exclusive level 32 Sky Club. Meeting and function spaces are included as are relaxation areas.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/p12_sky_one_communal_poola.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Sky One's anticipated pool deck. Image courtesy Golden Age Group"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="271" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p12_sky_one_communal_poola.jpg?itok=Bc5erVwy" title="Sky One's anticipated pool deck. Image courtesy Golden Age Group" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Sky One's anticipated pool deck. Image courtesy Golden Age Group</figcaption></figure>55 single bedroom apartments will maintain internals of between 44 to 47 square metres, with 342 dual bedroom apartment at between 66 to 82 square metres in size. More opulent three bedroom dwellings range between 92 and 127 square metres, while external areas range from a modest 7 square metres through to 88 square metre terraces.

325 basement parking spaces are included, allowing buyers who have no requirement or interest in driving to purchase a car space-free apartment accordingly.

A choice of two apartment interior schemes are available, split between the light-toned Dawn or dark-toned Dusk finishes, with an overarching emphasis on light and reflection throughout each apartment.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/p12_skye_one_formal_loungea.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="a lounge forms parts of the project's amenities. Image courtesy Golden Age Group"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="297" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/p12_skye_one_formal_loungea.jpg?itok=hfVpr0LC" title="a lounge forms parts of the project's amenities. Image courtesy Golden Age Group" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>a lounge forms parts of the project's amenities. Image courtesy Golden Age Group</figcaption></figure><h2>What they say</h2>

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We recognise this is a very important site and so we are creating a dynamic, distinctive building that will add vitality, vibrancy and quality to the local community and become a central hub for Box Hill.
<cite>Jeff Xu, Managing Director, Golden Age Group</cite>
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<blockquote>
Sky One will be seen from great distances because it is surrounded by low rise buildings and sits on the peak of Box Hill’s central hill, giving it a unique vantage point. Our design was based on Feng Shui principles which ensured we optimised light and the stunning views to the north and east as well as the panorama of the CBD to the southwest.

Golden Age understands owner occupiers are looking for top quality and amenity in their living spaces and our plans have been driven by giving residents the best light, views and living space designs.

The curving façade will be finished in bronze glass and bronze metal panels with apartment living areas glazed from floor to ceiling in high performance glass or double glazing, depending on aspect.
<cite>Jesse Linardi, Director, DKO</cite>
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Golden Age Group set to launch Sky One

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Emerging local developer <a href="/developers/hirsch-faigen">H &amp; F Property</a> is seeking a slice of <a href="/new-apartments/box-hill-vic-3128">Box Hill's</a> booming apartment market with a current planning application for a substantial residential building.

Submission of the planning application follows H &amp; F Property's earlier pursuit of rezoning for the relevant site which was initially tagged as Commercial 2. Now consistent with the Box Hill Activity Centre Transit City Structure Plan, H &amp; F Property are chasing approval for a 20 storey mixed-use building created by <a href="/architects/sjb-architects">SJB Architects</a>.

Abutting Box Hill RSL, the proposal is substantially taller than anything in the immediate vicinity.

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<a href="/buildings/central-park-box-hill-12-14-nelson-road-box-hill">12-14 Nelson Road, Box Hill</a>: summary</h2>

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<figcaption>Planning application image: SJB Architects</figcaption></figure><ul>
<li>Submitted August 2015 with revisions dated January 2016</li>
	<li>Current site use: single storey warehouse building</li>
	<li>1,598sqm site area</li>
	<li>Proposed 20 level building at 64.5m (lower ground)</li>
	<li>148 apartments: 11 x 1BR, 29 x 1BR + Study, 108 x 2BR</li>
	<li>Retail tenancy: 143sqm</li>
	<li>Podium commercial tenancies total: 1,110sqm</li>
	<li>Basement and podium capacity for 180 vehicles</li>
	<li>91 bicycle spaces and 165 residential stores</li>
	<li>Communal facilities include roof deck, residents lounge, gym, BBQ / dining areas</li>
</ul>
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The proposed development is still relatively modest in scale for this rapidly evolving suburb. At ground level (and the three podium levels) retail and/or commercial tenancies fronting Nelson Road provide activation and an engaging interface. Residential apartments activate the ground and podium levels to Shipley Street.

There are no south-facing apartments – a significant aspect of this proposal. In addition, apartments have been arranged such that there are a number of opportunities to combine one and two bedroom apartments to provide generous three bedroom family residences.

Architecturally, the proposal seeks to create a contemporary building form and façade language. A series of framed elements blur the legibility of floor levels by combining multiple levels into a single architectural component. These 
components also have the effect of making the building composition feel lighter, distorting its mass, and altering the scale and rhythm of the building.

The framed elements also create a dynamic, cascading pattern across the façade, giving it a strong and distinguishable architectural character amongst the varied architectural forms within this energising precinct.
<cite>SJB Architects, January 2016 Architectural Design Response</cite>
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<figcaption>Planning application image depicting the rooftop area: Tract</figcaption></figure>Integral to 12-14 Nelson Road's planning documents currently on display is the project's Urban Context Report prepared by SJB which gives an indicative development outcome for Box Hill through to 2030.

Although a concept, the image below does provide a glimpse of Box Hill's future with the current inundation of apartment buildings showing no sign of slowing. Of particular interest is the density emerging around Wellington Road with Spotlight Development Group's intended project joined by fellow projects 5-9 Wellington and 16-22 Wellington.

While the graphic provides great detail for current and expected built form north of Whitehorse Road, various development sites south of Whitehorse Road are not included. Factoring future large towers into the below graphic, an understanding of the massive proportions that Box Hill is headed toward can be gained.

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<figcaption>Urban Context Report image: SJB</figcaption></figure>12-14 Nelson Road is the second entry for H &amp; F Property within the Apartments.com.au Project Database, following on from their current apartment development located in <a href="/new-apartments/glen-iris-vic-3146">Glen Iris</a>. At <a href="/buildings/grace-1555-malvern-road-glen-iris">1555-1559 Malvern Road, Grace Apartments</a> is a <a href="/architects/conrad-architects?%2C0">Conrad Architects</a>-designed building containing 43 apartments over four levels.

With the concrete structure complete, builder <a href="/builders/maxcon">Maxcon</a> is proceeding with internals on the development which has an expected completion date toward the end of 2016.

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<figcaption>Grace Glen Iris. Image source: Maxcon</figcaption></figure><h2>12-14 Nelson Road development team</h2>

<ul>
<li>Developer: H &amp; F Property Group</li>
	<li>Architect and Urban Design: SJB Architects</li>
	<li>Town Planning: Pro Urban</li>
	<li>Landscape Consultant: Tract</li>
	<li>Traffic Engineer: MGA Consultants</li>
	<li>Waste Management: Lid Consultants</li>
	<li>ESD: ARK Resources</li>
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H & F Property enter Box Hill with 12-14 Nelson Road

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A prime site in Melbourne's Box Hill site has sold under the hammer to a local investor for $3.15 million through Fitzroys.
The 607 Station Street property is zoned Commercial 1 and has a part-single and two-storey building with an area of 190 sqm.
The sale reflected a tight 3.6 percent yield.
The auction was handled by Fitzroys agents David Bourke, Martin Huang and Terence Yeh.
“This was one of the first retail investment marketing campaigns for 2016 and the result bodes well for retail investments with strong fundamentals,” Bourke said.
Bourke said there was demand from local and offshore buyers throughout the campaign, with a local investor eventually winning out.
The property was sold with a five-year lease with two further options of five years to the eatery China Bar, currently returning $117,945 per annum plus GST and outgoings.
Yeh said the property’s viability was further underpinned by its location adjacent to Box Hill Central Shopping Centre and Railway Station.
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Melbourne's Box Hill site fetches $3.15 million at auction

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As if dispelling any doubt that Box Hill is the apartment powerhouse in Melbourne's middle-ring suburbs, a number of planning applications are before City of Whitehorse seeking to further boost the emerging skyline.

Golden Age Group have requested a planning amendment to the approved 545-563 Station Street which would see an overall height of the tower increase to 122.8 metres, enabling the project to take the mantle as Box Hill's tallest building when delivered. Approval would move 545-563 Station Street beyond the nearby Whitehorse Towers which is under construction and set to reach 115 metes upon completion.

Long term project architect Buchan Group have refined the tower's exterior with Golden Age adjusting apartment numbers to 450, split between 106 single bedroom, 308 dual bedroom and 36 triple bedroom apartments.

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<figcaption>Promotional image of Sky One Box Hill</figcaption></figure>390 vehicle spaces and 182 bicycle bays service the revised scheme which has been labelled Sky One Box Hill. A new dining hub will cover lower levels with a combined 3,723sqm dedicated toward various restaurant and retail/food premises.

Registrations of Interest are open for the project.

A prospective rival to Golden Age's mantle of tallest in Box Hill may come in the form of 820-824 Whitehorse Road which entered planning during February. Considered one of Box Hill's premier development sites when sold during 2015, agent Savills noted at the time the sales tag of $18.8 million set a record land value for the area.

While details have yet to emerge, the proposed tower is in close proximity to Asian Pacific Group's aforementioned Whitehorse Towers which will for a time hold the mantle as Box Hill's tallest building when completed.

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<figcaption>Savills' promotional image of 82-824 Whitehorse Road</figcaption></figure>Artisan Architects have also created a mixed-use tower for 9 Prospect Street, Box Hill. The curvaceous building was lodged with City of Whitehorse during late 2015 and features 214 apartments.

Spanning 25 levels, 9 Prospect Street also includes 2,915sqm of commercial office space and 204 vehicle bays within the building which holds a GFA of 27,334sqm.

9 Prospect Street may also provide a guide as to what can be expected for 13 Prospect Street &amp; 31-35 Prospect Street. Both were recently offered for sale by agents Colliers International and JLL Australia with multi-level residential developments in mind.

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<figcaption>Artisan Architects' second Box Hill venture</figcaption></figure>The rapid change engulfing Box Hill is also demonstrated by 5 Wellington Road which is subject to a 16 storey building comprising 177 apartments atop basement parking and retail uses. While not startlingly tall at 16 storeys the location of the building is as much as anything a sign of the rapidly changing expectations of developers in areas not accustomed to such heights.

Box Hill-based Shangyi Property are thought to be behind the development, after noting a Wellington Street development site as one of their upcoming projects.

<h2>Comment: Can Box Hill break the 150 metre barrier?</h2>

Box Hill's first proposal to break the 100 metre barrier surfaced during 2008. Quashed at the time for a number of reasons including excessive height, the site is now subject to Golden Age's Sky One Box Hill.

With that proposal potentially setting a new benchmark at 122 metres, is it inconceivable that Box Hill will host a tower in excess of 150 metres in the not too distant future? There is an abundance of sites both along Whitehorse Road and behind Box Hill Central that may well lend themselves to such a proposal...although ultimately time will tell.

What is becoming evident is that Box hill is on course to match South Yarra's Forrest Hill Precinct for size and sheer apartment numbers in the next year or so; not bad for an Activity Centre roughly 20 kilomentres from the centre of Melbourne that gave Forrest Hill the best part of a 5-7 year head start.
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Box Hill rises to new heights; is 150 metres out of the question?

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In hindsight it seemed like such an obvious choice that Box Hill would be sit at the peak of high density living in greater Melbourne. A natural hub with multimodal transport options, established health, retail and entertainment offerings and a diverse population, it has the ingredients to underpin what is an now unprecedented boom in apartment living within postcode 3128.

In all actuality Box Hill's rise has been a long process to this point, with a string of unrealised projects over the past decade. While Whitehorse City Council have been proactive in accepting measured higher density living within Box Hill's core, the market dynamics were such that various projects never actually proceeded to construction.

It has only been in the last 12 to 18 months that Box Hill has asserted itself as the dominant suburban apartment hot spot, with the exclamation mark coming in the form of Whitehorse Towers. With its 511 apartments selling in no time and its taller tower soon to reach 115 metres, Whitehorse Towers is the first in a new batch of buildings that will transform Box Hill.

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<figcaption>A selection of Box Hill projects that never saw the light of day</figcaption></figure>A sweep through the Apartments.com.au Project Database shows 23 current residential apartment projects within Box Hill, with in excess of 2,250 apartments in play. Of these 23 projects, 9 are currently under construction with the latest to join the ranks being Elland Avenue which began piling during November.

Further to these a number of other noteworthy projects are also on the Box Hill radar, the most prominent being 12-14 Nelson Road which is seeking approval for a 22 storey building containing 164 dwellings. Whitehorse City Council have indicated 12-14 Nelson Road is satisfactory in its site context and two further apartment developments at 5 Rodgerson Road and 9-11 Bruce Street received planning permits during October, the latter project advancing via VCAT.

Factoring in the projects that have yet to enter the Apartments.com.au Project Database, the overall count of current apartment projects centred around Box Hill's core would exceed 30; a massive number in context.

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<figcaption>Box Hill's largest to date - Sky One and Whitehorse Towers</figcaption></figure>The smaller projects underpin Box Hill's apartments success story, it's the tall projects surrounding Whitehorse Road that garner public attention. The latest to break cover is the most recent incarnation of 545 Station Street which has appeared in many guises, but is now known as Sky One.

Expected to be Box Hill's tallest development, Sky One is championed by Golden Age Group after their purchase of the site from AXF Poperty. Registrations of interest are open for the project which will be officially launched during early 2016.

The northern side of Whitehorse Road will likely also receive a substantial tower with plans afoot for a mixed-use building tower for the Spotlight Box Hill outlet that may well usurp Sky One as the suburb's tallest building.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/image91_2.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title=" 9-11 Ellingworth Parade and 701 Station Street. Image courtesy Lindellas and Artisan Architects"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="259" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image91_2.jpg?itok=PJ_T2YO_" title=" 9-11 Ellingworth Parade and 701 Station Street. Image courtesy Lindellas and Artisan Architects" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>9-11 Ellingworth Parade and 701 Station Street. Image courtesy Lindellas and Artisan Architects</figcaption></figure>Box Hill's popularity has also flowed into land sales with multiple development sites currently on offer. The buoyant residential sector has evidently given vendors confidence to hit the market with the expectation of receiving top dollar for their respective sites.

Seven large residential development land parcels are currently on offer within Box Hill, with two holding approval for residential schemes, namely 701 Station Street and 9-11 Ellingworth Parade. These sites follow hot on the heels of 820 Whitehorse Road which was sold recently with the onsite commercial complex expected to make way for a tower in excess of 25 levels.

The frequency and scale of the residential projects flowing into Box Hill have seen it become the apartment hot spot right now. A time of intense change is upon the suburb.

The following is a list of all Box Hill projects we have added to the Apartments.com.au project database to date.
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Box Hill: The new suburban apartment powerhouse

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Sitting in Moonee Valley City Council's offices last week and looking over the plans for <a href="/news/moonee-ponds-in-the-market-for-some-high-rise-activity">Hall and Margaret streets</a>, it struck me that we are starting to see the same level of developer confidence in Melbourne's suburbs that used to be contained to Southbank back in the 1990s.

Southbank Towers which stands 28 levels high, completed in 1997 and built by ubiquitous Southbank developer Central Equity, was a new milestone for the developer back in the day.

If you peruse <a href="http://www.centralequity.com.au/s_past_projects.php">CE's long list</a> of completed projects, you will see Southbank Towers set a new benchmark in scale for Central Equity which prior to Southbank Towers was building smaller-scale buildings in the inner city on both sides of the Yarra.

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The municipalities of Melbourne, Yarra, Port Phillip, Stonnington and Maribyrnong are referred to the inner sub-region of the previous State Government's Plan Melbourne strategy (from the archives: <a href="/news/how-much-urbanism-will-central-melbourne-need-to-build-by-2031">How much urbanism will central Melbourne need to build by 2031?</a>) and it is no secret these five LGA's are seeing the vast bulk of medium and high density dwellings built.

But as I say when we field requests from other media outlets about Melbourne development data, we really need to pay far more attention to the suburbs.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/plan_melb_central_subregion_0_0.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="The inner sub-region of Plan Melbourne with the previous Government's proposal for a cross-city rail tunnel"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="399" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/plan_melb_central_subregion_0_0.jpg?itok=LK-83JuD" title="The inner sub-region of Plan Melbourne with the previous Government's proposal for a cross-city rail tunnel" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>The inner sub-region of Plan Melbourne with the previous Government's proposal for a cross-city rail tunnel</figcaption></figure><h2>Why is 20 levels significant?</h2>

For no particular reason other than if we go back over the tall building history of Melbourne to the late 1950s when ICI House was constructed on land outside the CBD.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICI_House">ICI House</a> has 20 levels, was once Australia's tallest building and at the time was the building which made a statement and set the cat amongst the pidgeons in terms of sending buildings even higher, just like Southbank Towers did for residential buildings in Southbank.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/orica_house.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="ICI House. Image CC BY SA Wikipedia."><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="774" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/orica_house.jpg?itok=DJRpLedD" title="ICI House. Image CC BY SA Wikipedia." width="580"></a>

<figcaption>ICI House. Image CC BY SA Wikipedia.</figcaption></figure><h2>The hills are alive with sound of piling rigs</h2>

Earlier this year we reported on <a href="/news/whitehorse-towers-box-hills-largest-development-approved">Whitehorse Tower's approval</a> and it has since sold out and started construction.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/img_6632.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Whitehorse Towers site works in full swing. Image Mark Baljak"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="463" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_6632.jpg?itok=FaHyxguH" title="Whitehorse Towers site works in full swing. Image Mark Baljak" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Whitehorse Towers site works in full swing. Image Mark Baljak.</figcaption></figure>As the suburb's name suggests, Box Hill is an elevated area so when you build a tower, or two in Whitehorse Towers' case - 36 and 26 levels respectively - the towers become more prominent when viewed from a distance. Not to mention I dare say the views from this project will be utterly spectacular.

However when you take a good look at the other development within a one kilometre radius, a development story emerges of a suburb that is not too dissimilar to that of one company's: Central Equity.

We are tracking <a href="/new-apartments/box-hill-vic-3128">21 projects</a> in Box Hill and most are in the four to tweleve level range. Some examples include Chloe, <a href="/buildings/elland-avenue-2-elland-avenue-box-hill">Elland Avenue</a> and <a href="/new-apartments/757-station-street-box-hill">757 Station Street</a>. This is replicated in other major suburban nodes in Melbourne.

<h2>Moonee Ponds: the east can't all have the fun</h2>

As reported earlier this morning, <a href="/news/moonee-ponds-in-the-market-for-some-high-rise-activity">Caydon have lodged plans</a> for two more towers on what's known as the Readings site in Moonee Ponds, the tallest of which punches through the old Melbourne barrier of 20 levels.

Like its 20+ level counterpart in the East, Moonee Ponds is elevated - around 45 metres above sea level - and the area is not without high-rise residential precedent.

<figure><a class="colorbox colorbox-insert-image" href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/pictures/article-images/img_6580_0.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Caydon's new proposal for Hall Street. Image from Planning Application"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="644" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/img_6580_0.jpg?itok=EnoJhqHN" title="Caydon's new proposal for Hall Street. Image from Planning Application" width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Caydon's new proposal for Hall Street. Image from Planning Application</figcaption></figure>The proposal which is currently before Moonee Valley City Council measures 68 metres and when taking the already elevated position into account, the tower like Whitehorse Towers will act as an anchor in the suburban skyline should it be approved in its current form.

Moonee Valley already has one building complete above the 20 level barrier in Travancore and another under construction opposite Flemington Racecourse, however the Hall Street proposal is first in the elevated section of Moonee Ponds and in its traditional activities district.

<h2>Hills and public transport, a recipe for development confidence?</h2>

The location of both of these suburbs in elevated areas is significant however I would argue there is something far more significant.

Both Moonee Ponds and Box Hill are two of suburban Melbourne's richest "non-rail junction" public transport nodes: they are both simply major stations on single rail lines.

While Box Hill's rail frequency does benefit from the junction-effect of combining rail services into a single line at Ringwood in this case, Moonee Ponds and Box Hill are hubs for all three modes of public transport: heavy rail lines, trams and both boast large bus hubs (although, Box Hill bus hub is <a href="/news/is-it-time-to-reconfigure-the-moonee-ponds-transport-interchange">better connected to heavy rail than Moonee Ponds</a>).

<h2>Where could the 20 level barrier be breached next?</h2>

If I were a betting man, the rail junction suburbs of Melbourne outside the inner city - Dandenong, Caulfield, Ringwood, Camberwell, Newport and Sunshine - are likely to be the next suburbs to stare down the old Melbourne barrier.

Dandenong is ever so close with <a href="/developments/dandenong-vic-3175">Spectra</a> having 17 levels and the suburb has another 22 projects ranging in floor heights from four to twelve. Ringwood is half way there with 10 levels at <a href="/buildings/233-east-233-maroondah-highway-ringwood">233 Maroondah Highway</a>, the suburb has another five projects in the four to eight level floor height range.

Camberwell? Despite its penchant for fostering celebrity NIMBYism, it actually chalks up eleven projects in the three to nine level range.

Caulfield has not reached the heights that Ringwood has as yet in the same region Malvern East has <a href="/buildings/vanguard-781-807-dandenong-road-malvern-east">Vanguard</a> at 18 levels as well as a good mix of four to eight level projects. Sunshine has a sole <a href="/developments/sunshine-vic-3020">nine level building</a> on the database and we are not tracking anything for Newport as yet.
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