<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sunland-group">Sunland Group</a> has officially lodged plans for its first Gold Coast apartment project since the departure of the Abedian family from the company three years ago, unveiling a new high-rise proposal for a prominent Broadbeach corner site on Old Burleigh Road.

The application was submitted by an entity directed by Tom Jamieson, stepson of longtime Sunland leader Soheil Abedian, and Riaz Rezvanipour, brother-in-law of Sahba Abedian, Soheil’s son.

Sunland acquired the 1,283 sqm site on the corner of Old Burleigh Road and Armrick Avenue for $9.5 million late last year and is now seeking approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/99-101-old-burleigh-road-broadbeach-qld-4218">42-storey tower with 81 apartments</a>.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/contreras-earl-architecture">Contreras Earl Architecture</a>, the proposed tower at 99-101 Old Burleigh Road would deliver a predominantly larger-format apartment mix aimed at the owner-occupier market. Plans include 17 two-bedroom apartments, 55 three-bedroom apartments, and nine four-bedroom residences across 35 residential levels.

The development also incorporates three basement levels, four podium parking levels, two levels of communal recreation facilities, and rooftop plant and equipment. A total of 189 car spaces are proposed, significantly exceeding the 90 spaces required under the planning scheme.

The architecture adopts a sculpted, curvilinear form, with deep wraparound balconies and integrated landscaping intended to soften the tower’s vertical expression. The planning report states the building’s “slender footprint/form provides a complimentary yet varied built form within the local streetscape” and contributes to “a varied, yet ordered skyline.”

Contreras Earl noted in its Architectural Statement that from the early stages, the project addressed a fundamental challenge: how to accommodate the required residential yield while avoiding the conventional model of a tower sitting on a rigid, fully resolved parking podium.

“The most direct response would have been to consolidate parking into a singular, flat podium and extrude a repetitive tower above,” the statement said. “While efficient, this approach would result in a consolidated built form with limited engagement with the surrounding landscape and public realm.”

Instead, the conventional podium model was “deliberately rejected”. The architects described the base of the building as “a landscaped architectural condition where structure, planting and circulation are integrated”.

“Rather than presenting a continuous built mass, the base of the building is articulated through a series of concrete planter elements that organise the podium into a fragmented system,” the statement said. “This approach reduces the perceived bulk of the lower levels while establishing a more permeable interface with the streetscape and adjacent open space.”

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The site sits within the High Density Residential Zone and inside the City of Gold Coast’s unrestricted “HX” building height area, where the planning framework anticipates intensified residential development tied to the expanding light rail corridor. The planning report notes the area is undergoing “transition toward more intense development forms” given its proximity to Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, and high-frequency public transport infrastructure.

Positioned directly opposite Broadbeach Park and within walking distance of Florida Gardens light rail station, the development would sit among a rapidly evolving stretch of Old Burleigh Road that has become one of the Gold Coast’s most active apartment development corridors.

The application joins a growing pipeline of luxury residential projects reshaping Broadbeach, including nearby developments by 5Point Projects, Polycell, and Graya.

The planning report argues the project contributes toward the Gold Coast’s long-term housing targets under the South East Queensland Regional Plan, which forecasts the need for more than 100,000 additional high-rise dwellings across the city by 2046.

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The Abedian family departed Sunland Group in late 2023, ending a four-decade association with the company, and subsequently established the private development firm Abedian &amp; Co. The group is currently delivering <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/greenmount-residences-cnr-hill-street-and-marine-parade-coolangatta-qld-4225">Greenmount Residences</a> at Rainbow Bay and recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/18-mary-avenue-14-18-mary-avenue-broadbeach-qld-4218">18 Mary Avenue</a> in Broadbeach.
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First look: Sunland Group returns to Broadbeach new apartment market with new Old Burleigh Road tower plans

The Minns Labor Government has established the new Bays West Delivery Authority to lead the development&nbsp;of the Bays West Precinct and Blackwattle Bay Precinct.&nbsp;

The Authority is charged with creating Sydney’s newest precinct, a thriving, connected, sustainable hub with White Bay Power Station as its cultural heart. Its vision is to build on the area’s natural, cultural and industrial history to shape a vibrant new neighbourhood.

The precinct will deliver up to 8,500 well-located homes, including a minimum of 10 per cent affordable and essential worker homes. Combine new housing with public open space, opening public access to the waterfront for the first time in more than 100 years, while retaining important deep-water facilities to support Sydney’s working harbour.

Located just minutes from the Sydney CBD and connected to a world-class metro, ferry, walking and cycling links, the Bays West precinct will rebalance housing growth towards well-serviced inner-city locations and help tackle the state’s housing crisis.

The Bays West Delivery Authority,&nbsp;an agency of the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, will report to the NSW Minister for Lands and Property who already has oversight of major precinct renewal projects including at Blackwattle Bay and Barangaroo.

As part of the broader Bays West transformation, the Minns Government recently announced that a proposal from Lendlease to redevelop part of the Bays West Precinct has progressed to Stage 2 of the NSW Government’s unsolicited proposals process.

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The Minns Labor Government has also confirmed the Bays West precinct will have a new suburb name. This will be the first major suburb built in close proximity to Sydney’s CBD in decades and will encompass the area currently being referred to as Bays West, including Glebe Island and the White Bay Power Station. Served by a new Metro station just five minutes from the CBD, it will become one of the most populous suburbs in the Inner West and one of Sydney’s premier cultural destinations.

An early works program is taking shape, which&nbsp;includes the first stages of an international design competition.&nbsp;

The aim of the Bays West&nbsp;International&nbsp;Design Competition is to&nbsp;ensure design excellence is embedded in the project from the start. The competition will deliver an&nbsp;urban framework that defines the character, ambition and long-term identity of&nbsp;this&nbsp;former industrial precinct as it transitions to a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable residential&nbsp;neighbourhood.

The competition will be led by the Bays West Delivery Authority in partnership with Government Architect NSW.&nbsp;

It will launch with an invitation for a global Expressions of Interest, before moving to an invitation-only stage that will be assessed by a panel that&nbsp;will provide advice to Cabinet who will select a winner.

Premier of NSW, Chris Minns said the establishment of the new Authority is the first step in transforming the Bays West precinct into a vibrant, livable suburb minutes from the Sydney CBD and two stops from Hunter St Station on the Metro West line.

“The Authority will deliver well-located homes close to the heart of the city and integrate the new precinct with Blackwattle Bay and the new Sydney Fish Market.

“This is a generational opportunity to build a new suburb on the city’s edge and open the harbour foreshore to the public for the first time in a century.”&nbsp;

Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said the new Bays West Delivery Authority established by the Minns Government will turbocharge the development of Sydney’s newest suburb.

“The Authority is working at a record pace to deliver an international design competition, planning pathways and a financial model so that this development benefits Sydney with well-designed homes in a central location, close to public transport, jobs, entertainment and essential services.

“If we want Sydney to stay liveable and affordable, we need to be bold about using underutilised government-owned land to deliver homes for the future while making sure essential working harbour functions can be accommodated.”

Bays West Delivery Authority established to "turbocharge" Sydney’s newest suburb

Around 400 additional homes could be built at Southwark Grounds on Port Road, lifting total site capacity from 1300 to around 1700 dwellings.

A recently approved code amendment would allow apartment towers of up to 14 storeys in some areas of Renewal SA’s redevelopment of the former West End Brewery.

Renewal SA Acting Chief Executive Shane Wingard said he welcomed the code amendment, with the increase in heights and homes making a positive impact on the supply of high-quality, well-connected housing close to the city.

“By going higher across some parts of Southwark Grounds, we are adding a substantial number of very well-located homes with little impact on project delivery time or planned open space,” Mr Wingard said.

Since the project officially launched in 2025, Mr Wingard said more than 12,000 enquiries had been received about living at Southwark Grounds.

“The very strong early interest we’ve seen since homes were first released in the precinct reinforces our plans to create more housing opportunities,” he said.

The Southwark Grounds code amendment was launched in December last year, with community engagement undertaken over five weeks from January.

It proposed increasing maximum building heights from eight to 14 storeys on the eastern section of Southwark Grounds, and to 12 storeys across the remainder of the site, with minimum building heights ranging from two to four storeys.

The code amendment was implemented through an Early Commencement policy in late January, allowing developers to quickly explore the viability of increased height and housing yield while other planning processes continue.

One of the first developers delivering apartment sites have already finalised redesigns to increase the number of apartments following the code amendment.

Samaras’ development adjacent to the future Colonel Light Park is now planning to deliver 125 apartments across 11 storeys, significantly greater than original plans of around 50 apartments across four storeys.

The developer is also exploring the potential for additional affordable housing outcomes.

Most of the apartments at Southwark Grounds will be delivered within a master-planned precinct on a large parcel of land on the eastern portion of the site, covering around two-thirds of its 8.4 hectares.

Wingard said detailed precinct planning over the coming months may identify further opportunities to increase yield further that could see total apartment numbers at Southwark Grounds, exceed this number.

Affordable homes at Southwark Grounds will also see a net increase, with Renewal SA maintaining its commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent affordable housing across the development.

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Civil works have begun across the site, with construction under way on the first new roads surrounding a townhouse precinct in the south‑west corner of Southwark Grounds. This includes Renewal SA’s 17 Founder’s Row homes, which are on track for completion by Christmas.

“We expect to have people living at Southwark Grounds by the end of the year, so delivering roads and public spaces for those residents is among our highest priorities.”

Construction of 40 townhouses off Anderson Street, known as West Village and being delivered by Contour, is forecast to begin in mid‑2026. Kolabb’s Anderson Lane development will follow shortly after, delivering a further 26 townhouses.

Southwark Grounds is a state government‑led urban renewal project now set to deliver around 1,700 homes over the next decade.

Homes will be supported by a supermarket, a range of retail and hospitality offerings anchored by a revitalised Walkerville Brew Tower, a childcare centre, car parking and well‑connected public spaces.

400 new homes planned for Adelaide's former West End Brewery site

Brisbane developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/cavcorp">Cavcorp</a> has lodged plans for a new mixed-use residential development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/55-wyandra-street-teneriffe-qld-4005">55 Wyandra Street</a>, Teneriffe, anchored by an 85-metre public laneway designed to reconnect the suburb’s riverfront with the Gasworks precinct.

The buildings, known as Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane, would replace the existing Queensland Cotton head office site with a 15-storey residential tower transitioning to eight storeys toward Helen Street. The project has been designed by Plazibat Architects and lodged as a code assessable development application for 93 apartments across a 3,401 sqm mixed-use site within the Newstead and Teneriffe Waterfront neighbourhood plan.

Central to the scheme is the transformation of an existing service easement into a publicly accessible cross-block connection linking Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the new laneway will act as both a pedestrian shortcut and a landscaped civic space between the Teneriffe Riverwalk, ferry terminal, and Gasworks precinct.

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“The revised proposal delivers a legacy public-realm cross-block link, permanently secured for community use, transforming an existing private easement into a safe, high-quality pedestrian connection between the Teneriffe heritage riverwalk and the Gasworks–Long Island precinct,” the planning report states.

The laneway will sit beneath a large subtropical loggia integrated into the podium levels of the development. The design incorporates deep landscaping, water gardens, lobby spaces, business lounges, and ground-floor apartments to create what Cavcorp describes as a climate-responsive “urban verandah.”

The tower itself has been designed as a slender form with recessed floorplates and curved translucent corners inspired by contemporary Japanese architecture. The building height aligns with the Commercial Road precinct controls, which permit towers up to 15 storeys within proximity to Longland Street.

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The project will comprise a mix of larger-format apartments aimed at owner-occupiers, downsizers, and families. The proposed apartment mix includes 11 loggia apartments across the lower levels, 50 four-bedroom Sky-Terrace apartments from levels three to seven, and 32 Sky-Pool Homes occupying the upper tower levels. The Sky-Pool Homes will feature private thermal plunge pools integrated into oversized balconies.

According to the application, the apartments are intended to reinterpret the scale and character of Teneriffe’s woolstore conversions and Queensland homes within a vertical residential format.

“The sky-pool homes build on Cavcorp’s previous projects and introduce a distinct apartment typology to Teneriffe, informed by both local and international precedent and responding to an identified market demand for enhanced safety, space and amenity,” the planning submission notes.

A major focus of the proposal is its five-level wellness and lifestyle offering, extending from the basement through to the rooftop.

Amenities proposed include a rooftop Swim &amp; Racquet Club with a 25-metre Olympic lap pool and tennis court, coworking spaces and libraries, golf simulators, wine storage, concierge facilities, business lounges, pet wash areas, and rooftop longevity-focused wellness spaces with spas, outdoor fitness zones, and landscaped terraces.

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All parking will be concealed within basement levels accessed from Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the deep-basement engineering approach allows the entire ground plane to prioritise landscaping, pedestrian movement, and active frontage rather than vehicle infrastructure.

The development continues Cavcorp’s concentration in Newstead and Teneriffe, where the Brisbane developer has delivered a number of apartment projects including Lucent, Le Bain, and Luminare, as well as the Long Island Wellness Precinct nearby. Several of those projects have received national design and architecture awards, including recognition under Brisbane’s “Buildings that Breathe” program.

Cavcorp unveils wellness-focused Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane apartment buildings

Focus Group Investments has lodged plans for a new apartment development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/64-70-hanover-street-fitzroy-vic-3065">64–70 Hanover Street</a> in Fitzroy, seeking to utilise the Victorian Government’s recently introduced Great Design Fast Track pathway to accelerate approvals for the project.

The proposal is among the latest developments to emerge through the state-led initiative, which was established to fast-track well-designed residential projects in activity centres and transport-connected inner-city locations. The pathway allows qualifying developments that meet elevated design and housing benchmarks to bypass traditional council planning timeframes and instead be assessed directly by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Designed by SJB, the development will comprise a mix of apartments above activated lower levels, with a strong focus on architectural articulation, landscaping, and communal amenity. The design response seeks to balance the industrial character of Richmond’s former warehouse precincts with a more contemporary residential form.

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Proposed are 63 new dwellings, a wide ranging mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, and townhouses and duplexes. They will be spread across a part-three, part-eight storey building.

The Planning and Urban Context Report by Tract says the development is of an "exemplary architectural standard" and has been carefully crafted by SJB Architects.

"Dwellings&nbsp;will benefit from excellent access to natural light, cross-ventilation opportunities and extensive communal space," the report noted.

The architectural material highlights the project’s integration of landscaped elements and communal spaces throughout the building. The proposal also incorporates sustainability initiatives aligned with the Victorian Government’s push for higher-performing apartment developments under the fast-track program.

The Great Design Fast Track was unveiled by the Victorian Government in 2024 as part of a broader housing supply strategy aimed at accelerating the delivery of new homes. Projects assessed through the pathway must demonstrate high-quality architecture, sustainability outcomes, and housing diversity while being located close to public transport and existing infrastructure.

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Focus Group, founder and led by Paul De Lutiis, is increasingly active across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, targeting well-connected urban renewal locations suited to medium and higher-density residential development. The Fitzroy proposal continues that strategy, leveraging the area’s strong transport links, established retail amenity, and proximity to the CBD.

Fitzroy has been one of the most popular spots for developers and buyers in recent years. The likes of PACE Development Group, SMA Projects, Crema Group and Chapter Group, currently selling projects in the suburb.

First look: Focus Group Investments taps Victoria’s Great Design Fast Track for Fitzroy apartments

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A Fitzroy Victorian home that was in the award-winning Channel 10 TV drama Offspring series has been sold.
It was listed for sale with $3.8 million to $4.1 million hopes by Rick Daniel and Arch Staver from Nelson Alexander. 
Set on a 450sqm block, the single level Victorian home at<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-fitzroy-131151102" target="_blank"> 191 Gore Street </a>comprises three bedrooms plus fitted study, expansive living room with wood fire, handcrafted blackwood kitchen and dining hall.
There's a sitting room with pressed metal ceilings and original encaustic tiles.
The outside comes with Australian front garden, northerly lawned garden, a rear organic vegetable patch and paved courtyard with heated lap pool.
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Other features of the home include garage.
It was also sold on-screen on Offspring by Billie and Darcy Proudman, who were real estate agents in the popular drama series. 
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All seven seasons of Offspring were filmed to include the Fitzroy house. 
The house was built in the 1890s and then used as a Greek language school. 
 
 
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A brand new Smith Street, Fitzroy retail property has been snapped up for $805,000.
Lewis Waddell and Terence Yeh of Fitzroys, in conjunction with Richard Miglic of Miglic Dean, sold 13 Smith Street on behalf of the developer.
The sale price reflected a strong building rate of $8,945 per sqm, and a 6.2% yield.
The brand-new 90 sqm space includes one basement car park and is positioned within the Neometro’s seven-level Nine Smith Street development, which has 47 one and two-bedroom apartments and multiple retail spaces.
Business education operator Plato Project has a three-year lease with a three-year option over 13 Smith Street, returning $50,000 per annum plus GST.
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Yeh said the purchaser was attracted to the property’s positioning in one of Melbourne’s most popular and trendy lifestyle precincts, and the rare chance it presented to secure a high-yielding inner city asset in an affordable price bracket.
“The vibrancy of the Smith Street and nearby Gertrude Street lifestyle precincts have prompted a surge in the local population, as Melburnians embrace inner city living and look to be close to the action of their favourite shopping, hospitality and nightlife destinations,” Waddell said.
Just a few metres from 13 Smith Street, Pellicano Group is planning a new office project at 207 Victoria Parade, on the corner of Smith Street. 
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The half-finished, mixed use Fitzroy warehouse conversion belonging to the late Melbourne music identity Andy Portokallis and wife Priscilla Blake has been listed for sale.
The couple paid $2.42 million for the Rose Street building in 2011 before getting approval to construct two additional levels above the existing building.
The listing has $3.5 million expectations through Jellis Craig Fitzroy agents Lee Muddle and Richard Rose.
The warehouse has approved plans for a two level penthouse comprising four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a pool, as well as a two bedroom apartment and office space. 
Portokallis was the co-publican of the iconic Tote in Collingwood.
Portokallis and Blake previously converted the nearby Pfieffer Engineering warehouse into luxury apartments now known as District.
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Sports broadcaster Bruce McAvaney and wife Annie Johnson have sold their Fitzroy warehouse apartment for $1,376,000.
The apartment spans the top two levels of the converted MacRoberton's chocolate factory.
It sold to a young buyer from Collingwood, according to the Herald Sun.
There were three offers on the apartment that had a $1.35 million asking price.
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The Rose Street apartment cost $1.1 million in 2015 and the couple renovated the bathroom, updated the kitchen and two bedrooms and installed an eco-friendly fireplace.
The couple are based in Adelaide. 
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But they now planned to “eventually build a small place down on the Fleurieu Peninsula”, south of Adelaide, they told the Herald Sun.
“We love (the apartment) and are very sad to let it go. It would have been our home,” McAvaney said. 
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GUEST OBSERVATION
The independent owner-operated businesses that bring life to run-down neighbourhoods often have a hipster ethos. 
One of the stark differences between neighbourhoods in the inner city and outer suburbs in Australia is the quality and type of retail offerings. Gentrifying inner-city suburbs – places like West End in Brisbane, Fitzroy in Melbourne and Newtown in Sydney – are characterised by independent owner-operated retail businesses. Busy “<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2016/09/14/third-places-as-community-builders/" target="_blank">third places</a>” such as cafes, bars and restaurants – where people spend time between home (“first” place) and work (“second” place) – are common.
These are the favoured haunts of the hipster. Hipsters have an uneasy place in our cultural landscape, not least of which is their role in gentrification. However, their role in the inner city is important in showing the rest of the city how to create contemporary, accessible and successful third places with low, non-gendered barriers to entry.
Third places provide residents and visitors with a variety of what <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://www.amazon.com/Great-Good-Place-Bookstores-Community/dp/1569246815" target="_blank">Ray Oldenburg</a> calls “the core settings of informal public life”. Cafes, bars, pubs, clubs or chess rooms (in some places) are places where people can meet informally or be “together alone”. They allow for planned and accidental encounters across different times of the day and are essential for a healthy neighbourhood social life or “sense” of community.
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Cafes and bars provide a ‘third place’ where people can meet informally or be ‘together alone’, as seen here in St Kilda, Melbourne.
What’s missing from outer suburbs?
As we travel out of the inner city towards the outer suburbs, residents become increasingly deprived of these places. Suburban retail centres become less “local” – shopping centres are isolated from the surrounding neighbourhood, controlled by a single corporate landlord, marooned in a sea of parking and offer a predictable range of franchised outlets and national brands, often anchored by a large supermarket. At the district level are huge impersonal shopping malls.
None of this enables residents to take advantage of local third places or feel any sense of authorship over them, which is so important for creating place and community.
History has an obvious role to play. Inner-city suburbs were planned and built before widespread car ownership. Streets are laid out in grids, which make for easy and direct pedestrian or bicycle travel.
These areas were built before the introduction of strict “single use” zoning regimes, so have a good mix of land uses. Retail, residential and even industrial properties exist side by side. Property ownership has evolved so one landlord rarely controls an entire retail strip.
Businesses open on to wide, protected footpaths which are thoroughfares for more than just the businesses located there. The built form is varied, interesting and vernacular and suited to small independent businesses.
<a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/256228/original/file-20190130-39344-ooqmjp.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip"><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/256228/original/file-20190130-39344-ooqmjp.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip" alt=""></a>
(Source: Author provided)
Buildings are varied, interesting and vernacular and suited to small independent businesses in West End, Brisbane. <a class="source" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeesgonecold/34858238476/in/album-72157704622068821/"> </a>
Gentrification and the hipster
Inner-city neighbourhoods in recent decades have been gentrified as more affluent residents and businesses colonise formerly working class, migrant or Indigenous areas of inner cities. <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0042098013489748" target="_blank">Gentrification</a> takes place over a long time and in particular phases.
The first to colonise an area are “renter gentrifiers”. They are responsible for making the place hip or edgy through alternative music and art, underground fashion and an embryonic start-up business culture.
Despite the mockery they inspire, the hipsters’ pursuits create ‘third places’ that foster a sense of community. 
This in turn attracts better-resourced gentrifiers who share the same cultural tastes as the renter gentrifiers but have money. This creates demand for a range of retail outlets, such as artisanal bakers, micro-breweries, tattoo artists, vintage fashions, vinyl record stores, independent bookstores and, most importantly, abundant bars, cafes and coffee shops.
These businesses are stereotypically run by hipsters, a subculture easily recognisable by their carefully curated full beards (male), artistic or ironic tattoos, skinny jeans and other vintage accessories. Hipsters are often disparaged for their lack of originality, for championing a look that mimics a historical period they never experienced. As <a href="https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PolRLfWavjAC&amp;pg=PA41&amp;lpg=PA41&amp;dq=%E2%80%9Ccreativity,+genius,+eternal+value+and+mystery+are+inseparable+from+the+hipster%E2%80%9D&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=HQ-zgs5qVz&amp;sig=ACfU3U3DVpH8zOCFV65Nacxi0HX_AlkGvw&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwihzcXwgpTgAhWHM48KHZm2BagQ6AEwAHoECAAQAQ#v=onepage&amp;q=%E2%80%9Ccreativity%2C%20genius%2C%20eternal%20value%20and%20mystery%20are%20inseparable%20from%20the%20hipster%E2%80%9D&amp;f=false" target="_blank">Jake Kinsey writes</a> sarcastically in a whole book that derides hipsters: "… creativity, genius, eternal value and mystery are inseparable from the hipster."
The quest for authenticity
Authenticity is a contested word, but if we think in terms of “authorship”, the independently owned and operated third place where both owner and customer feel a sense of ownership and reciprocal obligation provides much more authenticity than just another outlet in a chain of franchises.
While some hipster businesses that work in the gentrified inner city might not work so well in the outer suburbs, people who live in these suburbs are not a different species. The desire to get out of your house, to socialise, to see your neighbours out in the community or to be “together alone” is <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/17/4/351/607018" target="_blank">not limited</a> to the inner city. There is no reason people in the suburbs would not respond to independently owned businesses, rather than the remotely controlled, rationalised franchises – see “<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosm001.pub2" target="_blank">McDonaldization</a>” – that populate so many suburban shopping centres.
Quality third places are just as important in the outer suburbs, which are becoming increasingly diverse in terms of life stage, ethnicity, culture and employment type.
<a href="https://images.theconversation.com/files/256227/original/file-20190130-108355-1hsx8w4.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=1000&amp;fit=clip"><img src="https://images.theconversation.com/files/256227/original/file-20190130-108355-1hsx8w4.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&amp;q=45&amp;auto=format&amp;w=754&amp;fit=clip" alt=""></a>
(Source: Author provided)
Keeping ‘McDonaldization’ at bay in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
So what’s the solution?
Property developers are often quick to point out that local retail is not economically viable in new suburbs unless it consists of supermarkets and fast-food outlets and is surrounded by tarmac. Local (walkable) retail is invariably compared on price to the large impersonal shopping malls that draw shoppers in from the suburbs. However, the lure of a small local shopping precinct, where “third place” businesses such bars, cafes and restaurants and community hubs can operate at survivable rents, is a different proposition.
This is not a new suggestion. Various models have been <a href="https://www.propertyobserver.com.au/https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/17/4/351/607018" target="_blank">proposed</a> to subsidise retail rents, provide independent freehold of individual retail premises, or rent control.
Developers have been reluctant to help with this as it not profitable (for them). Local authorities have also been reluctant to engage developers on this front.
There are, however, some encouraging exceptions to this. Some more enlightened developers see the sustained benefit of creating <a href="http://www.yourneighbourhood.com.au/diningprecinct-evertonplaza-791staffordroad-evertonpark/" target="_blank">community hubs</a>. The argument is for a social good rather than a purely economic one.
The outer suburbs are spatially different to the inner city – history and late capitalism have taken care of that. Local authorities need to think about current inflexible zoning regimes and about how small socially beneficial businesses can be encouraged.
Suburbs do not empty out during the day. In a post-work and ageing society, suburbs will become socially barren places to live unless there are lively hubs where people can leave the private realm of the home and see each other in a welcoming environment in which they feel some authorship. <img src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/110177/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important;">
There’s more to the experience than just savouring the coffee in Fitzroy, Melbourne.
<a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/peter-walters-170156" target="_blank">Peter Walters</a>, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, <a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/the-university-of-queensland-805" target="_blank">The University of Queensland</a>
This article is republished from <a href="http://theconversation.com" target="_blank">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-outer-suburbs-lack-inner-citys-third-places-a-partial-defence-of-the-hipster-110177" target="_blank">original article</a>.
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Why outer suburbs miss out? A partial defence of the hipster: Peter Walters

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A local investor has acquired the home of bar and eatery Madras Bros. on Smith Street in Fitzroy.
Fitzroys agents Terence Yeh, Lewis Waddell and Chris Kombi sold 129 Smith Street under the hammer for $2,010,000 at a 3.5% yield on behalf of a private investor.
The retail property was offered for the first time in 35 years.
Set on a 207 sqm site the two-storey building is leased to Madras Bros on a 5 x 3 year deal over the ground floor restaurant and first floor apartment.
“The high levels of enquiry during the campaign and competition between multiple bidders at auction demonstrated the ongoing demand to invest in one of Melbourne’s most tightly held retail strips, within walking distance from the CBD,” Yeh said.
It follows Fitzroys’ sale earlier this year of 86 Smith Street, home of hospitality identity Shane Delia’s Biggie Smalls eatery for $3.58 million, at a similar  yield of 3.51%.
Chris Kombi said, “the local population continues to surge with the completion of a number of medium and high density developments nearby and others in various stages of planning and construction."
The property is within a short distance of public transport links and arterial roadways. 
 
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Fitzroy's bar and eatery sold for the first time in 35 years

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Creative agency Space Between has agreed to lease the two upper floors of the privately-owned classic style building in Fitzroy.
Space Between is jointly owned by former AFL and West Coast premiership player Tyson Stenglein and Dave Clarke.
Their business has agreed to lease the vacant two upper floors of 188-196 Gertrude Street in total of 432 sqm under a five year plus five year, plus five year option lease.
The deal negotiated by Gray Johnson agent Rory White will see the business pay a starting annual rental of $140,000 with fixed four percent annual increases.
The owner of the building will renovate and refresh the vacant office space to a high standard in conjunction with their tenant before they move in in January.
Website development business Love &amp; Money took a $132,500 per annum lease in the building last year, again through Gray Johnson, which at the time was considered to be a record rate for retail/commercial space in the street.
Rory White says that the 1880 period building retains many of its original features including timber floors, vaulted timber lined ceilings and exposed trusses.
“Over recent times Gertrude Street has become a hotspot for creative and high-tech businesses as well as being a key lifestyle precinct with numerous cafes, highly regarded restaurants like Ladro, Madam Cheong and Cutler &amp; Co as well as the Builders Arms Hotel being established in the street," White said.
"In particular it is a well-located building that provides the type of environment and location that is being increasingly sought by the new industries of today."
 
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Smaller office tenants continue to choose to owner occupy rather than lease, says a Fitzroys agent.
Fitzroys agent Stephen Land negotiated the sale of Suite 302, 434 St Kilda Road for $320,000 plus GST.
The 105 square metre suite occupies a corner suite and includes one car park.
He said the office was presented to the market for sale and for lease, with the majority of enquiry came from prospective purchasers,
He said this was indicative of ongoing interest from small tenants wanting to owner occupy ahead of leasing.
“The purchaser plans to occupy the suite after their search for a space within a central location on Melbourne’s city fringe and convenient price point,” Land said.
“The on-title parking space was also an attraction, with most interest buyers requiring at least one parking space.”
Land said CBD strata prices have soared since 2014, and that while the growth has slowed recently, those gains have still priced out a number of potential owner occupiers from the city.
“There is future upside on the rental, with the new Metro train station currently under construction nearby at Domain interchange set to boost connectivity to the boulevard, while the limited number of available small suites in the area continue to shrink as office stock is taken off the market for conversion,” he said.
Land negotiated the sale on behalf of the former owner occupier.
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Small office tenants choosing to own over leasing

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The Norman Beisher Medical Research Foundation, which funds clinically based research into the health of women and babies, has sold its Smith Street, Fitzroy corner retail holding.
The <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-retail-vic-fitzroy-502901470" target="_blank">83-87 Smith Street offering</a> attracted six bidders competed for the offering which annual income of $148,426.
It is leased to bag maker Crumpler Design (above and below), Japanese restaurant Neko Neko, the Burnside Cafe and the Greenwood Loft wine bar.
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It fetched $5.1 million which was $1.6 million over reserve on a yield of 2.8%.
The result equated to a land rate of $23,406 a square metre and a building rate of $12,599 a square metre.
The buyer was an Asian family.
The Norman Beisher Medical Research Foundation paid $455,000 in 1993.
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Smith Street, Fitzroy premises sold by Norman Beisher Foundation

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Developer SMA Projects has partnered with Hayball architects to develop a seven-storey apartment building on one of the last development sites on Fitzroy’s Gore Street.

Situated at 250 Gore Street, the development which will be known as Fitzroy Ltd draws on the raw and refined materiality of Fitzroy's industrial past.

Fitzroy Ltd represents SMA Projects third foray on Gore Street and follows on from The Lyric - also designed by Hayball - and the completed Veludo development.

<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/hodgson_street_elevation.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="Fitzroy Ltd's Hodgson Street elevation. Image: SMA Projects "><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="371" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files//styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/hodgson_street_elevation.jpg?itok=eL-5OnzH" title="Fitzroy Ltd's Hodgson Street elevation. Image: SMA Projects " width="580"></a>

<figcaption>Fitzroy Ltd's Hodgson Street elevation. Image: SMA Projects</figcaption></figure>The development will feature a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments, in addition to a full-floor penthouse.

Fitzroy Ltd has been designed to sit comfortably within the streetscape and is located in close proximity to both Fitzroy and Carlton Gardens.

The building's exterior will feature materials such as bluestone and metal, while the textured brickwork will add to the fine grain character, complementing the neighbouring Victorian terraces.

A private rooftop offering residents respite and city views within a garden setting will crown the building and comes complete with outdoor dining, a BBQ and firepit.

According to SMA Projects, Fitzroy Ltd is expected to appeal buyers seeking Fitzroy's socially and culturally diverse lifestyle.

SMA Projects has engaged interior designer Kate Roach for the Fitzroy Ltd interiors, with buyers offered the opportunity to collaborate one-on-one with Roach to suit their individual style and needs.

Demolition is due to begin in December with construction proper commencing early 2019 and an anticipated completion date of December 2020.

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<figcaption>Vignette's of the entry experience, streetscape and ground floor apartment. Images: SMA Projects</figcaption></figure><h2>What they say...</h2>

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Fitzroy Ltd will appeal to buyers who are looking for a home which is bespoke, functional and different from the norm.

The location is just 50m from Smith Street offering residents premium shopping and dining amenities, with the Melbourne CBD a short walk, cycle or tram ride away.

SMA Projects has now successfully secured approvals for six residential developments in Fitzroy and the surrounding suburbs. Fitzroy Ltd is a further testament to our ability to create homes that are sympathetic to the heritage and unique character of this area and the people who live within it.

Certain features at Fitzroy Ltd can be attributed to purchaser feedback from our previous developments such as the kitchen design, bathroom functionality and apartment storage. It’s the little things that count at Fitzroy Ltd. 

- Robert Murphy, SMA Projects development manager
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<blockquote>
When considering the interiors for Fitzroy Ltd, I was inspired by the sense of place and the people who wanted to live there. I wanted to take a more classic direction to ensure we celebrated Fitzroy’s unpretentious ‘cool.

The suite of materials we’ve chosen for Fitzroy Ltd have created a more discerning finish that is less overt and celebrates the natural and untreated aesthetic of the Fitzroy neighbourhood.

-  Kate Roach, Interior Designer
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