<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/broadbeach-qld-4218">Broadbeach</a> offers plenty of reasons to live vertically, but moving from a substantial family home into an apartment can expose the compromises of high-density living. Privacy, room for guests and usable living space tend to matter more when an apartment is intended as a permanent home rather than an occasional coastal base.

A typical residential floor at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-eveleigh-broadbeach-7-9-surf-parade-broadbeach-qld-4218">The Eveleigh</a>, on Surf Parade,&nbsp;contains just four apartments. The 94-residence development by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hirsch-faigen">Hirsch &amp; Faigen</a> is predominantly made up of expansive three-bedroom homes, with a limited collection of half-floor penthouses above.

Across the apartment floors, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman</a> has used the relatively limited number of residences to give each home greater access to natural light and outlook. Living spaces extend towards full-height glazing, while a series of bay windows frame selected views across the Pacific Ocean, city and hinterland rather than treating the building edge as a continuous wall of glass.

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“The apartment floors deliver a collection of homes that embrace controlled outlook via a series of bay windows deliberately framing moments of view,” Rothelowman Director Kim Lowman said.

From outside, those projecting forms contribute to the tower’s faceted profile. Strong horizontal and vertical elements establish its proportions, while the changing position of the sun alters the light, shadow and reflection across the façade throughout the day.

The same attention moves inside the apartments, where the material palette combines warm timber, natural stone, metallic detailing and softer curved forms. Kitchens sit within the main living zone, with stone island benches, integrated joinery and European appliances, before the living areas extend towards the glazing and the outlook.

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Three genuine bedrooms provide room to accommodate family and guests, while two secure car spaces and storage address some of the practical considerations that can become more noticeable when moving from a larger home. Feedback from the display suite has centred on the warmth and restraint of the interiors, with buyers commenting that the residences feel like homes rather than conventional coastal apartments.

A limited collection of half-floor penthouses occupies the upper levels, increasing the scale of the living spaces and adding private balconies and elevated finishes. From this position, the outlook extends between the ocean and hinterland.

Outside the private residences, The Eveleigh separates its shared spaces between the podium and rooftop. The podium is centred on wellness, with subtropical landscaping surrounding a swimming pool and pool terrace, yoga garden, private gymnasium, sauna and hot and cold plunge facilities. Landscaped retreats and pavilions provide additional places to sit away from the main recreation areas.

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Higher in the building, a rooftop pavilion and private dining suite sit alongside resident lounge, barbecue and outdoor dining areas, opening towards panoramic views across the ocean, city and hinterland.

“Buyers are no longer just looking for an apartment, but a lifestyle where they can relax, reset, and enjoy a balanced way of living,” Hirsch &amp; Faigen Director of Sales Matt George said.

Interest to date has come from established owner-occupiers and interstate lifestyle purchasers, including buyers planning a future move to the Gold Coast. Many are coming from larger homes and want to reduce ongoing maintenance without giving up space for family and guests, privacy, two car spaces or the ability to entertain at home.

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Much of that daily life can also take place beyond the building without requiring a drive. Kurrawa Beach and Pratten Park are an easy walk from Surf Parade, while Pacific Fair, Oracle Boulevard, The Oasis, restaurants, cafés, entertainment and public transport are also within walking distance.

The Eveleigh is Hirsch &amp; Faigen's fourth Gold Coast development since entering the market in 2021, following The Hemingway at Palm Beach, The Emerson at Kirra and Yves at Mermaid Beach. Each of the preceding projects sold out before completion.

“Broadbeach had been on our radar throughout our time operating on the Gold Coast,” the developer said. “Following our projects in Palm Beach, Kirra and Mermaid Beach, Broadbeach represented the natural next step for the business.”

The Surf Parade site brought together proximity to the beach, protected coastal outlooks and walkability to dining, shopping and recreation. Hirsch &amp; Faigen also identified the street as an emerging premium residential address, with enough separation from Broadbeach's busier destinations to retain a quieter environment at home.

The Eveleigh is now under construction by Maxcon, with completion forecast for mid-2028. Three-bedroom residences are currently available from $2.87 million.

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The Eveleigh brings house-like apartments to Broadbeach

A long-stalled Campbelltown development site is back in play, with new plans for 139 apartments set to supersede a mixed-use scheme approved almost a decade ago but never built.

The new proposal for 28 Cordeaux Street would deliver 116 market and 23 affordable apartments in a part 14-storey building, bringing a substantial new project into a Campbelltown market where new apartment supply remains limited.

Plans have been filed over the 3,092 sqm corner site at Moore-Oxley Street, around 600 metres from Campbelltown Railway Station and the city-centre retail core.

The site already carries a mixed-use residential approval dating to 2016. Doroch Architects has now been engaged on a larger replacement scheme, which is progressing as a State Significant Development Application following a Housing Delivery Authority determination in August 2025.

The apartment mix comprises 39 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and 28 three-bedroom residences. Two-bedroom apartments make up just over half of the project, while three-bedroom homes account for 20 per cent.

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Of the 139 apartments, 23 will be delivered as affordable housing under the in-fill affordable housing provisions of the Housing SEPP. The affordable component represents 15 per cent of the residential gross floor area and will be managed by a registered Community Housing Provider.

Doroch has sought to break the scale of the building into two distinct elements, with a masonry podium of around four storeys establishing the street edge before the residential tower steps back above.

The corner position has shaped that approach. Cordeaux Street faces toward the commercial and civic centre, while Moore-Oxley Street leads into the lower-scale residential neighbourhood to the south, and the design verification report describes the site as "bridging the commercial core to the north and established residential areas to the south."

The podium will be expressed predominantly in face brick, while the upper levels shift to brushed and grooved concrete cladding with darker metal detailing. Recessed sections, deep balcony edges and landscaping break down the upper form, with an approximately 11.8-metre setback to the northern boundary addressing the adjoining St Peters Anglican School.

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Campbelltown has been starved of new residential developments in the last decade.

The only other notable development set to come to market this year is ALAND's Queen Square, a mixed-use precinct on over two hectares that will comprise apartments above a vibrant ground-level retail and hospitality dining precinct.

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First Look: Sherlock Construction pitches apartments for low-rise Deception Bay

Queensland builder-developer MAYD has revealed the first look at its major North Kirra beachfront development, lodging amended plans that reduce the number of apartments and increase the proportion of larger residences.

The project is planned across a substantial 4,742 sqm amalgamated site spanning seven lots at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/2-6-pacific-parade-bilinga-qld-4225">2-6 Pacific Parade</a> and 27-33 Golden Four Drive in Bilin​ga, directly opposite Nor​th Kirra Beach.

<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/mayd-group">MAYD</a> secured the site for $32.5 million in 2025, in what was one of the Gold Coast's largest property transactions of the year.

The development will be delivered across two stages, with the first stage carrying an estimated gross realisation value of around $360 million.

The latest amendments seek to reduce the overall apartment count and shift the project further toward the owner-occupier market, with larger residences designed for buyers wanting considerably more space than traditionally offered in a beachfront apartment.

The residential mix will include townhomes, oversized two-bedroom apartments, substantial three-bedroom residences and four-bedroom homes.

MAYD has appointed Cera Stribley to lead the architecture and interiors, with the Melbourne-based design practice drawing on the beachfront setting through a series of ocean-facing terraces and heavily landscaped balconies.

Strong horizontal forms and curved balconies will define the exterior, with subtropical landscaping integrated throughout the building to soften the built form and increase the connection between the residences and the beachfront.

The project will also include an extensive collection of resident wellness and lifestyle facilities, continuing the broader shift across the Gold Coast's luxury apartment market toward larger homes supported by resort-style amenity.

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MAYD Founder Todd Mould said North Kirra was increasingly appealing to buyers attracted to the more established, lower-density character of the southern Gold Coast.

"North Kirra presents one of the most compelling luxury residential opportunities currently emerging in Australia, combining absolute beachfront with the character and authenticity that buyers are increasingly seeking, and the same sense of tight-knit community that defined Burleigh and Currumbin perhaps 10 or 15 years ago," Mould said.

"With Gold Coast Airport on its doorstep, it also offers a level of accessibility that broadens its appeal across almost every market demographic."

The project comes as the southern Gold Coast continues to attract an increasing share of high-end apartment development and buyer activity.

Kirra in particular has emerged as one of the region's more tightly held beachfront markets, with its relatively low-density character, established surf and hospitality scene and proximity to Gold Coast Airport differentiating it from the higher-density markets further north.

Mould said those characteristics had informed the approach MAYD and Cera Stribley had taken to the project.

"We've worked closely with Cera Stribley to create a vision that is deeply connected to its surroundings," he said.

"Inspired by the coastline itself, the architecture has been shaped around space, privacy and resort-style living, creating a collection of homes that reflects the next generation of luxury on the southern Gold Coast."

MOTIV Managing Director Carly Cottam, who has been appointed to market the project, said buyer attention had continued to move south along the Gold Coast.

"Purchasers who may once have defaulted to Broadbeach, Main Beach or Surfers Paradise are increasingly recognising the value of a genuine beachfront location that offers lower density, strong amenity and a more established sense of community," Cottam said.

"Kirra has a powerful combination of growing demand and genuine scarcity. Beachfront supply is inherently constrained, the area remains relatively low density, and buyers are increasingly placing a premium on locations that feel established, uncrowded and authentic rather than heavily developed."

Cottam said the proximity to Gold Coast Airport was also proving increasingly important for interstate and second-home buyers.

"Being minutes from Gold Coast Airport makes it particularly compelling for interstate buyers, frequent travellers and second-home purchasers who can access an authentic coastal lifestyle almost immediately after stepping off a flight."

The acquisition takes MAYD's active development portfolio to more than $500 million, with the North Kirra project representing one of its largest undertakings to date.

MAYD is targeting an early 2027 launch.

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Castle Hill, the longtime hub of the Hills District, has been one of the major beneficiaries of Sydney's Metro expansion, with improved connectivity helping drive continued population growth, development and buyer demand across the Hills District.

But despite that growth, the suburb has seen relatively few major new apartment projects brought to market over the past 18 months.

Hills District developer Reve Group is looking to fill that gap with <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/nova-r-ve-castle-hill-2-garthowen-crescent-castle-hill-nsw-2154">Nova Rêve</a>, a major new mixed-use precinct on the corner of Garthowen Crescent and Old Castle Hill Road, a short walk from Castle Hill Metro Station and Castle Towers.

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The project will comprise three residential towers alongside a hotel, restaurants, cafes and a skybar, more than 1,600 sqm of ground-floor retail and almost an acre of landscaped gardens.

It represents the largest project undertaken by Reve Group, the development arm of the Kassis family, which has been building across the Hills District for more than 30 years through Kassis Homes.

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Nova Rêve also represents a significant step up from the family's first apartment development, Grand Rêve, which was delivered nearby on Garthowen Crescent.

Grand Rêve introduced larger, house-like apartment layouts and premium inclusions including Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances to the Castle Hill market.

Nova Rêve takes that approach to a precinct scale, combining the residential component with hospitality, retail and substantial public and resident landscaping.

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Reve Group Managing Director Sam Kassis said the project reflected the family's three decades of building in the Hills, which has evolved from trophy homes on quarter-acre blocks to larger-scale apartment development.

"Grand Rêve was our first apartment project here and it showed us what this pocket of Castle Hill could be. Nova Rêve is the refinement of that idea: not just apartments, but a place the whole suburb can use," Kassis said.

A key part of that approach is the hotel, which has been designed to operate as an amenity for the wider Castle Hill community rather than solely hotel guests.

It will include restaurants, cafes, skybars and all-day dining, alongside conference and event facilities catering to business functions, community groups and private events.

At ground level, more than 1,600 sqm of shops and cafes will open onto the surrounding streets and landscaped areas.

Almost an acre of gardens designed by Land and Form Studios will run through the precinct, incorporating pathways, seating, barbecue areas and children's play spaces.

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Reve Group's Romio Georges said creating an active ground plane had been central to the planning of Nova Rêve.

"There are gardens with pathways, barbecues, seating and play areas, shops and cafes opening onto the street, and a hotel with restaurants and a skybar that anyone in Castle Hill can walk into," Georges said.

The project's elevated position on one of Sydney's highest ridgelines will also provide apartments with outlooks toward the Sydney skyline, surrounding parkland and the Blue Mountains.

More than 80 per cent of the apartments will occupy corner positions, with Turner responsible for both the architecture and interiors.

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A South Melbourne icon, the Water Rat Hotel, is being offered for sale with offers due 2 November. 
Built in 1858, the popular venue located at 256 Moray Street was previously named Druids Hotel and also the Freemason’s Hotel.
The venue has a rich history, being the location of the 1973 murder of Painters and Docker Union secretary Pat Shannon. 
The 513 square metre venue underwent major renovations and opened as the Water Rat Hotel in 1991, where it was one of the first hotels in South Melbourne to introduce outdoor seating. 
The venue was expected to fetch a price in the high $3 million range.
It had no pokies.
Its present owner bought the hotel four years ago and the liquor licence is managed by a private company.
CBRE’s Justin Dowers, Will Connolly and Tim Last, conjunctionally with Burgess Rawson’s Terry Board and Nicholas Breheny, have been appointed to market the property. 
The Water Rat Hotel is being marketed as providing potential for investors, developers and future owner occupiers. 
Located on a 314 square metre site, the Water Rat Hotel is a two-storey venue comprising an outdoor seating area, rooftop terrace, two separate bar areas and function space on the first floor.
With frontages to Park and Moray streets, the property benefits from a position within walking distance to the Clarendon Street retail precinct. 
South Melbourne has the third highest rate per square metre for residential property in Melbourne, sitting closely behind Middle Park and Albert Park, with a rate per square metre of $10,809/square metre and a median house price of $1,700,000, CBRE says.
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South Melbourne's iconic Water Rat Hotel listed

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Crema Group is the driving force behind the purchase of 8 Palmerston Crescent, South Melbourne which was successfully sold by Colliers earlier this year. Perhaps better known as home to Pink Palace, the 908sqm island site has gone to planning with the expectation of another high-rise for this burgeoning pocket of South Melbourne.

Bids for the site closed during March, having been offered for sale for the first time in 30 years. Reportedly sold for approximately $15 million, Crema Group is spearheading redevelopment efforts for the site under entity Palmerston Crescent Development Pty Ltd.

Designed by Elenberg Fraser, plans for the mixed-use tower were lodged with City of Port Phillip during July.

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<figcaption>Perspective of the development's ground floor restaurant. Planning image: Elenberg Fraser.</figcaption></figure>Expected is an 18-storey, 64m building above 6 basement levels. Included within the basement is a wine cellar.

433sqm across the ground floor is committed to food and drink premises, whilst the tower's podium is dedicated to 3,300sqm of office space and amenities. Thereafter 44 apartments are split between 36 two-bedroom apartments, 6 three-bedrooms apartments and dual penthouses; both span 236sqm.

The design's excessive level of amenity versus the limited number of larger apartments (internals floorplans begin at 118sqm) hints at the project being positioned for owner-occupiers. Recent projects such as GURNER's Albert Place Residences nearby found immediate sales success, particularly with downsizers. Incidentally Elenberg Fraser was also the design lead behind that project.

A 413sqm rooftop lounge and pool crown 8 Palmerston Crescent.

For Crema Group, 8 Palmerston Crescent shapes as the next step in meeting Melbourne's heightened desire for oversized apartments. The developer/builder is currently building a luxury end-to-end development dubbed Derby Place in Kew.

<h2>Elenberg Fraser dominance</h2>

Whilst Crema Group pushes into South Melbourne, architect Elenberg Fraser is right at home in the precinct. According to the Apartments.com.au Project Database, the design practice currently has five additional projects in development in close proximity of 8 Palmerston Crescent.

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<figcaption>Elenberg Fraser's current work.</figcaption></figure>Designed by Elenberg Fraser, <a href="/buildings/park-ave-39-park-street-south-melbourne">37-43 Park Street</a>, <a href="/new-apartments/13-21-palmerston-crescent-south-melbourne">13-21 Palmerston Crescent</a> and <a href="/new-apartments/first-light-28-albert-road-south-melbourne">28-32 Albert Road</a> all hold approval. <a href="/buildings/74-eastern-road-south-melbourne">74 Eastern Road</a>'s wave-like facade is nearing construction completion and <a href="/buildings/albert-place-7-bowen-crescent-south-melbourne">Albert Place Residences</a> has moved to demolition, with an eye toward an immediate construction start thereafter.

All in all Elenberg Fraser are responsible for the creation of in excess of 700 apartments in the precinct.

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A sub-penthouse South Melbourne apartment that appeared on The Block Sky High series in 2013 is back up for sale.
It was designed by Sydneysiders Madi and Jarrod Coppock in the green-orientated refurbishment of a former 1960s motel which now comes with an 8 star rating.
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<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-apartment-vic-south+melbourne-126450398" target="_blank">The four bedroom apartment, with enclosed sandstone terrace</a>, finished runner up in the season finale, falling short of the prize by $4,000 after scoring a $1,601,000 auction result.
John Holdsworth from Greg Hocking Holdsworth are marketing the four bedroom, three bathroom apartment for an October 14 auction with $1.8 million to $1.95 million price guidance.
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They aren't marketing it as a former Block product.
This article was first published in The Weekend Australian property section.
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Considering the sheer volume of apartment projects Melbourne has absorbed over recent years, the rate of stalled projects is comparatively minuscule.

Very few apartment projects that launched their respective sales campaigns over the last five years failed to progress to construction. One of the more notable projects though was 100 Park Street; the South Melbourne project straddling the busy Kings Way and Park Street intersection had over recent years been expected to be home to an 11 level mixed-use building.

The failure of the project to progress through its then sales campaign has presented an opportunity for current developer RESCOM, which also happens to be headquartered onsite.

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<figcaption>100 Park Street as was initially intended. Image: Rescom</figcaption></figure>With the 2012 VCAT-approved scheme now consigned to history, RESCOM has utilised prolific residential apartment design practice CHT Architects to rework the scheme for the dual fronted 593sqm site which fronts a combined twelve lanes of traffic.

Lodged with City of Port Phillip earlier in the year, the new CHT Architects design seeks approval for a taller 19-storey building which includes offices and 67 apartments. Split between 10 single bedroom dwellings, 40 two bedroom dwellings and 17 three bedroom dwellings, the newly formatted tower provides a greater yield relative to the original design.

483.5 square metres of office space is present over the ground floor, first floor and second floor. 44 car parking spaces and 51 bicycle bays are housed across two basement levels and a portion of the ground floor.

Reaching 60 metres in height, the new 100 Park Street represents RESCOM's biggest apartment project to date, following on from their Fernhill Sandringham project and the at construction Herbert King on Richmond's Lennox Street which includes 40 dwellings.

100 Park Street's initial sales campaign was forsaken, with the site eventually <a href="https://www.cbremelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Park_St_100_4PP_v14.pdf">handed over to CBRE City Sales</a> during mid 2015 with all presales attached, but not acted upon.

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<figcaption>A Kings Way perspective of 100 Park Street. Planning image: CHT Architects</figcaption></figure>The current 100 Park Street proposal versus the initial 2012 scheme is chalk and cheese when placed into their respective built form.

Park Street and the immediate surrounds have become one of the more stable apartment development precincts across inner Melbourne. The majority of proposals have pushed through City of Port Phillip's planning channel in the last two years, effectively earmarking this area as a hotbed of apartment activity in years to come.

Including the reworked 100 Park Street, there are currently nine apartment projects either on Park Street or within a 300m radius that have yet to reach fruition. These projects amount to a further 911 apartments in the South Melbourne pipeline.

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A problem South Melbourne site looks for new life

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The Deague Group, which rebranded itself from Asian Pacific Group, has bought a city fringe development site in South Melbourne for $24.65 million with permit for a seven-level commercial project.
The Melbourne-based family owned property developers bought the site at <a href="https://www.cbremelbourne.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/81-109_Moray_Street_4pp_05-1.pdf" target="_blank">81-109 Moray Street</a> from a Monaco-based vendor, according to The Australian.
The site area is 4,057 sqm and has a Rothe Lowman-designed office permit.
Plans are afoot for a $150 million office project next to its existing business park. The building is expected to have reflection gardens and a gym.
The Deague family claims a property development tradition in the state that dates back to 1859.
The building will also include a handful of hotel rooms for tenants or  visitors to stay in the city after an evening work function. 
“We want to make it something a bit different to the standard offices going up all over town,” Deague Group chief executive Will Deague said.
The selling agents were Julian White, David Minty, Chao Zhang and Sandra Peluso from CBRE and John Pratt and Simon Regan from Dixon Kestles.
The property was marketed through an expressions of interest campaign.
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Deague Group buys development site in South Melbourne for $24.65 million 

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Developer Tim Gurner has sold almost all the apartments in his off-the-plan Albert Park Residences Melbourne high-rise project.
It saw strong interest from downsizers.
Gurner sold 97 percent of the apartments in <a href="https://www.gurner.com.au/the-collection/bowen" target="_blank">Albert Place Residences</a> on Bowen Crescent in South Melbourne in just two weeks, The Australian Financial Review reported.
The tower had originally featured 160 apartments, but was reduced to 140 after downsizers chose to combine apartments to create large residences.
The result was eight half-floor residences all ranging between $4.5 million to $5.5 million. The total sales sat at $140 million.
Gurner said he took a calculated risk by offering a third of the apartments in the tower, designed by Elenberg Fraser, as three-bedders to "test the scale and breadth of the downsizer market" but that it had "paid off in spades”, the BRW Rich Lister was quoted by the AFR as saying.
Albert Place Residences is expected to be complete by 2019. 
"People have been talking about the downsizer market for years and I never believed it as we were not seeing it on the ground," he said.
Demand is being fuelled by a surge in house prices which has seen many homes in Toorak, South Yarra and Albert Park literally double in value in the past three to four years.
"Houses that were worth $3 million to $8 million in these suburbs are now worth $6 million to $15 million and this means wealthy downsizers have $6 million to play with now rather than $3 million from the sale of their family home," he said.
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A four-bedroom home at 8 Ferrars Place, South Melbourne has been sold at auction for $4.1 million through Sam Painter and Greg Hocking at Greg Hocking Holdsworth. 
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">It was listed as an off-market offering last December when a touted $3.8 million buyer pulled out.</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">The agents noted five months later, with exposure from a full-on marketing campaign, it got a markedly different result.</div>
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<div class="cq-article-content-media section">"The Melbourne market is in the sweet spot right about now," agent Greg Hocking told The Australian Financial Review.</div>
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South Melbourne sells at $300,000 premium to late 2016 buyer interest

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A fully leased, boutique style office building at 21 Yarra Place, South Melbourne, is on the market through an expressions of interest campaign with expectations of around $4 million.
The property, designed by Hayball Architects, is a four level building,with natural light, secure parking for eight vehicles and CBD and Port Phillip Bay views. 
Features include a timber façade, ultra-modern fit-out, eco-friendly materials and an internal vertical garden.
The property is fully leased to Caramel Creative on a new five year term with two five year options at a current net annual rental of $168,000.
Savills marketing agent Clinton Baxter said the expected a high level of interest from investors looking for a very well located property with strong growth prospects and rental upside. 
"This property has all the credentials that attract serious investors," he said.
"It is located in a blue chip suburb only a short distance from the CBD, the building is near new with generous depreciation benefits and is fully leased with strong rental growth potential."
Expressions of interest close 2pm Wednesday, June 7.
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Yarra Place office property listed for sale with $4 million expectations

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At a time when the majority of <a href="/new-apartments/melbourne-vic">Melbourne's</a> commercial buildings in development are best describes as 'boxy', <a href="/new-apartments/south-melbourne-vic-3205">South Melbourne</a> may well be in for two intriguing commercial buildings, should the respective planning applications receive the green light.

On the corner of Moray and York Streets, <a href="/developments/south-melbourne-vic-3205">134 Moray Street</a> is an angular, almost aggressive gesture to its otherwise mundane surrounds.

<a href="/architects/hayball">Hayball</a> are the design force behind the commercial project, acting on behalf of 134 Moray Street Unit Trust, the prospective developer. 

<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/image79_5.jpg" rel="gallery-all" title="As envisaged from the corner of Moray and York Streets. Planning image: Hayball"><img alt="" class="image-article-full-width-580px" height="360" src="/sites/urban.melbourne/files/styles/article_full_width_580px/public/pictures/article-images/image79_5.jpg?itok=SvtVJkzX" title="As envisaged from the corner of Moray and York Streets. Planning image: Hayball" width="580"></a>

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<li>Proposed 10 storey commercial building at 34.1m in height</li>
	<li>6,221sqm of leasable office space</li>
	<li>82 car parking spaces, 90 bicycle spaces &amp; 6 visitor bicycle spaces</li>
	<li>Ground floor commercial display area of 429sqm</li>
	<li>One café of at 38sqm</li>
	<li>Communal terraces across each level</li>
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The lower tier of the development forms a street wall to Moray street and responds to the surrounding conditions of the site by taking the notion of a ‘Jewel’, intent on providing urban interest in an otherwise understated part of South Melbourne. The ‘Jewel’ concept has been applied to the façade design through a highly faceted yet restrained language and unifies the building setbacks into a cohesive whole.

The primary material pallet of glass, and metal, takes priority and forms the facets of the ‘Jewel’. The folded nature of the metal and glass facets allow for a playful shift of light and shade throughout the day, creating a dynamic yet restrained architectural language. The façade is further accented with variants in metal and glass tint and the subtle reading of the façade framing.

Through articulation of surface, material, light, and depth, the composition of the building provides a unified and robust architectural statement.
<cite>Design statement, <a href="/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a> Planning</cite>
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In addition to a light well which is would allow natural light penetration to internal spaces,134 Moray Street also carries a raft of ESD features. Likely to appear within the project is a rainwater harvesting system for toilet flushing and irrigation, re-used timber in building and construction works, a 25kWp solar photovoltaic array on pitched terrace roofs, electric vehicle charging infrastructure and shared electric bikes for staff.

While 134 Moray Street is a refreshing departure from the typical commercial form, it may not be the only one destined for <a href="/new-apartments/south-melbourne-vic-3205">South Melbourne</a>. During March plans were lodged with City of Port Phillip regarding an application for a fourteen storey office building at <a href="/developments/south-melbourne-vic-3205">11-29 Eastern Road</a>. The island site sits just off Kings Way and currently features a low-rise commercial building and at-grade car parking.

If images published on architect <a href="/architects/rothelowman">Rothelowman's</a> website are indicative of the current planning application, South Melbourne may well be in for two stunningly designed commercial buildings.

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Eastern Road’s form flares to embrace natural light, create engaging spaces and direct views towards key Melbourne landmarks. With diverse urban design, shared amenity, cafes and public art, this office building will serve as a significant leap forward in the evolution of the modern, collaborative and sustainable workplace.
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When a box simply won't do: dual eye-popping South Melbourne designs emerge

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A South Melbourne development site has been listed for sale.
The property at <a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/5-7-park-street-south-melbourne-vic-3205-2013527890" target="_blank">5-7 Park Street</a> is set on a 409 sqm parcel in the heart of one of Melbourne’s most established suburbs with both commercial and residential development opportunities.
Offered through Colliers International, the commercial property comes with a development scheme for 43 large luxury apartments.
David Sia, Daniel Wolman and Hamish Burgess are marketing the property.
 
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