A new 23-level apartment tower has been greenlit on the burgeoning Chevron Island.

The approval for the 76-apartment block on the corner of Kalyan and Parneno streets&nbsp;was secured by the landowner Ben Taylor rather than a large development company.

The 1,012 sqm block, which is currently occupied by a brick home and an original building of four units, is located towards the north end of the island which has become a development hotspot in recent years.

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The tower has been designed to “complement and enhance the existing and emerging urban forms” of Chevron Island, which has seen a marked shift toward high-density living in recent years.&nbsp;

The design, by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/raunik-design">Raunik Architects</a>, features a slender tower form above a two-storey podium, integrated landscaping on lower levels, and varied orientations to capture views of the hinterland, skyline, and coastline

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Bensons kicked off a wave of new development on the under-developed suburb when they signalled plans to build the tallest tower the island will likely ever see, Chevron One. Since Siera Group has jumped in and is well under-construction of Tapestry, while South East Queenslander developer Gardner Vaughan Group will debut their brand in the Gold Coast on the small island.

The new approved plans will see a mix of one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom apartments on offer, as well as a rooftop pool, lounge, gym, barbecue areas, and a landscaped podium level lawn.

Vehicle access will be via Kalyan Street, with 98 resident and nine visitor car spaces provided across four basement levels and the ground floor, alongside 83 bicycle parking spaces

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New tower approved on Chevron Island

ASX-listed developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/cedar-woods">Cedar Woods</a> has submitted a new application to Brisbane City Council for a two-tower residential development on its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/wooloowin-qld-4030">Wooloowin</a>&nbsp;site north of Brisbane.

The <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/12-chalk-street-wooloowin-qld-4030">4,178 sqm Chalk Street block</a> sits in the developer's wider near 2.5-hectare masterplanned Greville community, where they are currently building the final 47 townhouses and Vera, the first apartment building in the precinct.

The upscaled plans will now see two 12 and 14-level buildings delivered with 232 apartments, a significant jump in both height and density from the approved eight-level buildings.

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According to the Design Report by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/ellivo-architects">Ellivo Architects</a>, the buildings will comprise a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom apartments set above a shared two-level podium.&nbsp;

A key design consideration is the site’s transitional setting between suburban low-rise residences and the higher-density urban context emerging along the adjacent railway corridor.

“Built form is located predominantly to the west of the site to create a strong street address and to maximise solar access and natural surveillance across the park interface,” Ellivo noted in the report.&nbsp;

“The proposed built form provides a transition in scale from existing and emerging low-to-medium density development to the east, towards the established and emerging medium-to-high density residential typologies to the west.”

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Both buildings will feature communal rooftop spaces, deep balconies, and integrated landscaping. The podium will accommodate resident amenities and basement car parking. Materials and finishes include face brickwork, precast concrete, and powder-coated metal cladding, intended to reflect the character of surrounding developments while offering long-term durability.

The Design Report also outlines sustainability measures aligned with Brisbane City Council’s Buildings that Breathe principles. Passive ventilation, northern solar access, and deep soil planting zones have been prioritised throughout the design, alongside active transport facilities and EV charging readiness.

Ellivo noted that “the project has been carefully composed to engage with all edges of the site, with landscaped setbacks and podium expression used to reduce bulk and enhance interface with the existing neighbourhood context.”

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Cedar Woods has been active in southeast Queensland for over a decade, with recent projects including Ariella in Ripley and Ellendale in Upper Kedron. The Greville precinct at Wooloowin has been years in the making, transforming a former school site into a new community of apartments, townhomes, and parkland.

The Chalk Street site is positioned adjacent to Wooloowin train station, providing direct access to the Brisbane CBD, and sits close to local schools, parks, and retail centres including Lutwyche and Albion.

Joel Robinson

Cedar Woods upsizes Wooloowin apartment tower plans in Greville precinct

Sydney-based Sun Property Group is looking to divest a prime residential apartment site in Melbourne's blue-chip Toorak.

They are hoping for around $15 million for the 1,774 sqm site at&nbsp;226–228 Williams Road, with three street frontages to William Road, Tashinny Road, and Gordon Street.

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The sale comes with a permit-approved scheme for a&nbsp;three-level building with 18 high-end apartments designed by Cera Stribley, a mix of&nbsp;10 two-bedroom apartments, four three-beds, and four penthouses.

Cushman &amp; Wakefield’s Hamish Burgess, Leon Ma, and Daniel Wolman said this is not just another development opportunity, it’s a rare convergence of scale, location, and perfect timing in the market as Melbourne’s development landscape shifts in lieu of three rate reductions so far in 2025.

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With an existing permit in place and strong potential for further uplift under innovative new planning initiatives such as the expanded Activity Centre Program or Great Design Fast Track, the site offers a blueprint for high-end living in one of Melbourne’s most affluent enclaves.

Surrounded by elite amenities, from Hawksburn Village and Toorak Village to Como Park, Royal South Yarra Tennis Club, and Saint Haven Wellness, the location is a magnet for lifestyle-focused buyers. The success of nearby projects like Hawksburn Place by Gurner and Tintern by Prime Edition underscores the appetite for luxury apartment living in this tightly held pocket.

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“We’re seeing strong interest from boutique developers and private family offices who understand the value of delivering timeless, high-end residences in blue-chip locations," Hamish Burgess of Cushman &amp; Wakefield said.

"This site ticks every box; scale, frontage, planning, and prestige.”

Sun Property Group has previously delivered The Brookville in Toorak.

Sydney developer to offload $15 million Toorak apartment site

A new modular apartment tower that promises rapid delivery in its construction that would occur off site and take just nine months to build, is being planned for Woolloongabba.

The Carl Street building will span 18 levels and home 126 apartments, an upsize from a previous proposal by Brisbane Modular Manufacturing.

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The revised plans, prepared by architecture and design studio SheltaCo, outline 48 studio apartments, 50 two-bedroom apartments, and 28 three-bedroom apartments.

Located within the Eastern Corridor Neighbourhood Plan area, the 1,517 sqm site is zoned High Density Residential and sits adjacent to parkland to the south.&nbsp;

The build will take substantially less time because the basement car parking levels have been removed. Cars will now park in the striking three-level podium. The change enables the use of off-site prefabricated construction techniques, central to the modular strategy.&nbsp;

There will be 500 sqm of communal space, including a 250 sqm rooftop terrace with a pool and lounge areas.

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The Assessment Report by Blume Planning’s suggested the "accelerated timeline offers a compelling incentive for Brisbane City Council to support the proposed development,” citing the proponent’s “expertise and innovative business model” as a contributing factor in addressing Brisbane’s current housing pressures.

SheltaCo’s design seeks to balance density and amenity, with generous apartment layouts and elevated views over Carl Street Park. Site coverage at the tower level is limited to 51 per cent, allowing for landscaping and deep planting at ground level. The scheme also proposes 110 car parks, 72 secure bicycle spaces, and capacity for service vehicles.

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The site is well-serviced by public transport and lies within walking distance of the Buranda transport hub, making it a strategic location for higher-density residential infill. The proposal aligns with the zoning provisions but exceeds the mapped height limit of 12 storeys under the Buranda Residential Sub-Precinct.

Council previously approved a development on the site in 2016 for 89 apartments across 11 level with basement parking. That approval was extended in 2024 and remains valid until early 2026. The new proposal seeks to supersede that scheme while retaining the site’s residential focus.

Nine month build slated for new modular tower in Woolloongabba

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/subiaco-wa-6008">Subiaco</a>’s Hay Street corridor serves as a key link between Perth’s CBD and the western suburbs, offering seamless access to city amenities while retaining the intimacy of a residential precinct.&nbsp;

At the junction with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/olive-st-263-hay-street-subiaco-wa-6008">Olive St</a>, this connectivity is reinforced by Subiaco Station and high-frequency bus routes, making commuting and weekend outings effortless.

Here, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/devwest">Devwest</a>’s new apartment development Olive St is entering its final phase of construction, offering a rare opportunity to secure a home in one of Perth’s most complete lifestyle suburbs.

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Positioned in a leafy and character-filled pocket on the less-developed eastern side of Subiaco, Olive St stands out as one of the few apartment developments in this part of the suburb. Its quieter residential setting balances the density west of Rokeby Road, while the corner location on Hay Street places residents within walking distance of local favourites such as Found. Subiaco, Lums Wine Bar, and Hangout on Hay. Together with the celebrated Rokeby Road retail strip, these venues give residents an immediate connection to the cafés, restaurants, and bars that define the Subiaco lifestyle.

Cultural destinations including the Subiaco Arts Centre, Regal Theatre, and Subiaco Library reinforce the area’s reputation as a hub for entertainment and the arts.&nbsp;For outdoor recreation, residents have easy access to the manicured grounds of Market Square and Bob Hawke Oval, while Kings Park and Lake Monger Reserve offer expansive green space just beyond the suburb’s edges.

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A diverse educational landscape underpins the suburb’s long-standing appeal for families and professionals, with institutions such as Subiaco Primary School, Perth Modern School, and Bob Hawke College located nearby. Health services including St John of God Subiaco Hospital further support everyday convenience and peace of mind.

With construction nearing completion this September, Olive St will soon deliver 71 new residences to Subiaco. One bedroom apartments are fully sold, with only a limited selection of two and three bedroom residences remaining, priced from $877,000.

Buyers who secure an apartment before the construction period ends may still be eligible for the WA Stamp Duty Concession, offering savings of up to $50,000.

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Devwest’s Olive St connects residents to Subiaco’s best amenities

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Bisley, an impressive 4ha English-inspired mature parkland at Mount Wilson, has been sold two years after hitting the market. 
It's been sold by Graham and Beverly Thompson to an Otford couple, who have a small weekender in the Blue Mountains.
The most recent price guidance for the showpiece garden was $2 million to $2.2 million.
Now in autumnal colours, its first disclosed asking price was $2.75 million.
<div id="attachment_18418" class="wp-caption alignright">Bisley is landscaped in the style of an English country park with two lakes, clipped hedges, sweeping lawns and avenues of trees.</div>
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<div class="wp-caption alignright">Among the many elements of this superb estate are two natural rock gardens at the location, 4-10 Beowang Road.</div>
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<div class="wp-caption alignright">Thee is a 2m tall sandstone sculpture, Motherhood, by Blue Mountains sculptor Tom Coley.</div>
The trees are a feature, especially in autumn.
Gardening critics have suggested there’s a dense backdrop of stringybarks along the boundary and stands of other tall eucalypts by the large lake, creating mesmerising reflections on the water.
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The tulip trees and gingko dazzle yellow at this time, and nyssas, liquidambers , claret ash, Japanese maples among others wear their brilliant red cloaks.
"Without peer Bisley is Mount Wilson's finest garden property to be offered to the market in recent years," <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-mount+wilson-126031122" target="_blank">selling agent Martin Schoedderrt said</a>.
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"Showing remarkable depth of insight into garden planning and a no-expense spared approach to it's execution, the current owners have transformed this thorn covered paddock into one of NSW's premier properties with over 30 years of love and toil," he said.
The first major plantings commenced in 1984 and have continued ever since, on a grand scale with excellent positioning and emphasis on the art of colour blending. 
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Bisley, Mount Wilson trophy garden estate sold after almost two years on market

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Merribee, which has been a popular wedding setting for over 15 years at Numbaa, on the NSW South Coast has been listed for sale.
Merribee's <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-acreage+semi-rural-nsw-numbaa-130915254" target="_blank">autumnal gardens</a> were once part of Alexander Berry's 100 sqm mile estate. 
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Over the last 20 years, the owners have created a landscape reminiscent of a grand estate from Victorian times.
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It has successfully hosted continuous weddings and functions for over 15 years and has a full book of business through to the end of 2020. 
It offers the ultimate lifestyle and has a full book of business through to the end of 2020.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Merribee garden estate listed on the NSW South Coast

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Country Garden Australia’s first project, ‘Ryde Garden’, in Sydney’s North Ryde, has officially reached completion, with the company stating Ryde Garden's completion represents a very important milestone for the company. The $580m residential development comprises 830 apartments across three high-rise towers of 12 to 28 storeys, situated on a 17,580 sqm site within the North Ryde Station Urban Activation Zone. 

Construction of Ryde Garden commenced in May 2016 with <a href="/developments?builder=Watpac">Watpac</a> delivering the expansive <a href="/architects/bates-smart">Bates Smart</a>-designed development, with buyers now moving into the first of three towers, with settlement of the other two towers also recently announced. Ryde Garden will ultimately become home to around 2,500 residents, who will enjoy uninterrupted views encompassing the city and the surroundings.

The development is set around a central landscaped 4,000 sqm park designed by Aspect Studios also designed the landscaped rooftop gardens which come complete with BBQ’s. Further resident amenity has been provided by way of parking for 730 cars and 336 bikes, a private 30-metre lap pool, gymnasium, childcare facility, street level retail and concierge.

Ryde Garden is also conveniently located in close proximity to Macquarie Centre, restaurants, cinemas and other lifestyle facilities and well served by the North Ryde (underground) Station connecting the development to Macquarie University and Chatswood.

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Ryde Garden is a fine example of Watpac’s expertise in delivering multi-use developments and we’re pleased to have been able to bring this project to life for Country Garden Australia. The construction process required disciplined project management capabilities, given at its peak 550 workers were working on site each day, contributing to a monthly turnover of around $21 million.

The complexities of building three towers in a two and half year period required meticulous planning and engagement, and I congratulate the Watpac project team for their efforts and commitment to delivering an outstanding development for Country Garden Australia. Country Garden Australia envisioned a precinct that would be enjoyed by residents and the local community alike, and I congratulate them on achieving this.

We’ve thoroughly enjoyed working with their team and thank them for entrusting Watpac with their first project in the country. We look forward to continuing this relationship into the future and hope there are many more projects together to follow.

- Martin Monro, Watpac Managing Director
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It’s incredibly exciting to see a labour of love come to fruition after a lot of hard work from our internal team and all of our project stakeholders. We are extremely proud of this project, especially given it’s our first in Australia.  It’s proof of our capabilities in delivering masterplanned communities that locals are proud to call home.

It’s also testament to our versatility and capacity to deliver across various asset classes, as we are better known for large-scale house and land communities featuring major infrastructure and amenity, such as our ‘Windermere’ project outside Melbourne, which has just commenced site works.

We are really looking forward to the Ryde Garden community developing as all three towers become inhabited.  For us, it’s not just about building houses, but more about developing engaging communities... that’s why we build.

- Dr Guotao Hu, CEO of Country Garden Australia
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Watpac delivers Country Garden Australia’s first project

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The Australian head of a Chinese property developer mentioned by a NSW government MP caught up in a corruption inquiry says Country Garden has "zero tolerance" for illegal behaviour.
Country Garden Australia chief executive G.T. Hu declined to comment to Fairfax Media on the explosive recording of MP Daryl Maguire's conversation with former Canterbury City councillor Michael Hawatt, after it was played in Friday's hearing of an Independent Commission Against Corruption inquiry.
The Operation Dasha ICAC hearing was played a recorded telephone conversation from May 9, 2016, in which Mr Maguire claims to be the ­middle man between Country Garden and investors.
Maguire was recorded saying Country Garden could pay him “a couple of grand a day” to facilitate meetings.
Maguire resigned from the parliamentary Liberal Party with pressure on him quit the State Parliament where he represents Wagga Wagga. 
Maguire has held the safe seat since 1999 when he took over from Joe Schipp.
Gladys Berejiklian, the NSW premier is urging disgraced state MP Daryl Maguire to reconsider his position in politics after secret phone recordings of him discussing potential developer “dividends” were played at a Sydney corruption inquiry.
In a phone tap, Maguire said the developer was a "client" of his.
He discussed making a commission from the sale of a Campsie development site to the company.
"I need to talk to my consultants and my lawyer first," Mr Hu told The Australian Financial Review on Sunday. "What I can tell you is that Country Garden is a responsible company and we have zero tolerance for any illegal things [by] any employees."
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">Hu declined to say anything when asked why Maguire was heard to be asking Hawatt about shovel-ready sites that Country Garden could acquire in the May 2016 conversation</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">"I think you'd better ask him," Mr Hu said. "Because he mentioned our company. You'd better be asking him."</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">The Hong Kong-listed Country Garden, the largest Chinese developer by sales last year, entered Australia in 2013.</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">It hit the headlines in 2014 when Country Garden was in discussions to take over Sydney-based Meriton from Harry Triguboff.</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">The developer owns 429ha in Wollondilly, along with sites in Canterbury-Bankstown, Campsie and Ryde.</div>
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It was also revealed last month paying $69.88 million to secure Cawdor Road, Cawdor land it knew would benefit from the M9 orbital, months before the route of the orbital was known to locals.
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It expanded into the house-and-land market last year, with a record-breaking $400 million purchase of a 363-hectare site in Melbourne's west.
In 2017, Fortune magazine released its list of Global 500 companies for 2017 with Country Garden included in the authoritative list for the first time.
Country Garden is a property development company based in Guangdong Province, China, owned by Yang Guoqiang's family. It focuses on building high-end residential property.
Founded in 1992 and listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange since 2007, it is controlled by China’s richest heiress, Yang Huiyan.
As a strong advocate and supporter of China's new urbanization process and a creator of green, Country Garden has reshaped over 500 Chinese towns from tier 1 to tier 5.
The Chinese property developer has over 900 projects ongoing outside of its home market.
Country Garden was not the only developer with links to Maguire.
In 2015 he visited the headquarters of Aoyuan International, the developer of Sydney's 38-level ONE30 Hyde Park development. 
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An Aoyuan press release says Mr Maguire met the company's chairman Guo Zi Wen at its headquarters in Guangzhou in southern China in 2015.
Maguire told Hawatt, a key figure in the current ICAC inquiry into suspected corruption at Canterbury Council, that his client was "mega big", had "mega money" and was hungry for development sites with permits in place.
"I need a few things to feed my friends," Maguire tells Hawatt in the 2016 recording.
"They want 30 projects, rolling, and ideally they want something that's DA approved, a couple that are DA approved and ready to go. How much per unit site are they asking?"
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">Maguire told Hawatt that the commission of 1.5 per cent that the owner of the Canterbury Road development site was willing to pay Hawatt was not enough. </div>
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"One point five per cent isn't enough divided by two, if you know what I'm talking about," Maguire said. "Three per cent's a lot better."
The Sunday Telegraph reported Maguire set up a meeting with Country Garden executives and the NSW Planning Minister Anthony Roberts last August.
The Sunday Telegraph can reveal Wagga Wagga State MP Daryl Maguire organised an “introductory” meeting for Mr Roberts to meet with two CEOs from Country Garden on August 9 last year.
Staff advised a 15-minute meeting could occur only on the condition Country Garden observe the minister’s office protocol of not discussing any site-specific projects or proposals, and that a disclosure form be completed by the company prior to the meeting.
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