<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.

First look: New 139-apartment plans revive long-stalled Campbelltown city centre site

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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Former Home And Away actor Cameron Welsh and his partner, TV producer Julie McGauran, have made the move from Coogee to Clovelly.
They have paid $4.4 million for an 1890s grand Victorian residence that has been extensively renovated since trading for $2.37 million in 2014.
They are upgrading from their renovated 1920s Coogee home, which sold for $2.62 million.
McGuaran had been based in Coogee since 2005 when she paid $798,000, not long before she left her role as series producer of Home And Away.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
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Commonwealth Bank executive George Confos, who looks after business and corporate finance, and his wife Shelley have bought in Darling Point.
They purchased the $6.8 million three-level home of Steve Duchen and his wife Polly, who extensively renovated after paying $4.55 million in 2013.
The Duchens bought it from former Sydney Turf Club and Racing NSW chairman Alan Brown and wife Belinda.
Duchen has purchased an Omnia penthouse at Kings Cross for $15.8 million.
George and Shelley Confos sold up in Bellevue Hill this year for $7.3 million. 
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph. 
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Like many young Sydneysiders, former Miss World Australia Erin Holland has bought an investment in Brisbane.
The sports presenter spent $745,000 on her Cannon Hill first home buy.
The rentvestor secured a classic elevated four-bedroom Queenslander home, held by the same family for over four decades.
“Pinch me, hard work truly pays off,” Holland posted to her 314,000 Instagram followers. “Four years ago this was just a distant dream.”
It has been quite a year for Holland, who is now engaged to Brisbane Heat cricketer Ben Cutting.
She’s been splitting her time between a Zetland rental and Cannon’s home in Hawthorne, which cost him $965,000 six years ago.
Cutting has been an active investor recently, selling his Cannon Hill new-build for $1.06 million having paid $530,000 two years ago for the building block.
Cutting’s business, Deep Backward Square Developments, is a nod to his fielding position, while Holland’s acquisition is on aptly named Princess Street.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Actors Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear, busy with plans to launch a theatre company in Hobart, are seeking tenants for their charming Paddington terrace.
They called the historic Paddington terrace home for four years, having paid $2,125,000 in 2013 when upgrading from their 1895 Leichhardt home.
Dusseldorp is best known for her role in A Place To Call Home, while Winspear starred in the Underbelly: Badness series.
Their Paddington terrace first became available for lease in 2017 when they ­quietly made the move to their $1.1 million Tasmanian acquisition with Derwent River views.
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At the time the gossip magazines had them heading to Hollywood, but rather it was back to Hobart for Winspear, who’d moved to the mainland in 1995 after winning a place at National Institute of Dramatic Art.
The Paddington Street terrace is now back up for lease at $1700 a week, the same asking rental they sought two years ago. The four-bedroom terrace with high ceilings, ornate cornices and kauri floors features three original marble fireplaces.
It is being offered through Phillips Pantzer Donnelly property manager Ferhat Akin.
Four-bedroom Paddington rentals have a $1550 ­median, according to realestate.com.au, based on 66 lettings over the past year.
The couple have recently formed Archipelago Productions, with plans for a play inspired by Marta’s friend Favel Parrett’s novel Past The Shallows, set in southern Tasmania.
“I believe theatre made here can be as good as anywhere in the world,” Dusseldorp told The Hobart Mercury.
Having optioned the book, Archipelago and the Sydney Theatre Company have commissioned playwright Julian Larnach to prepare it for the stage.
For a month next February, Dusseldorp returns in the STC’s season-opener Deep Blue Sea, Terence Rattigan’s 1952 classic, where she takes on the Hester Collier role.
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Hobart based actors Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear seek Paddington tenants

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A West Perth apartment owned by the late billionaire businessman Stan Perron and wife Jean has been listed for sale.
The couple paid $8.6 million for the 340 square metre apartment in the Miama complex in 2010.
The level-four apartment on Kings Park has three ensuited bedrooms, a home office and a temperature-controlled wine cellar.
It is just one of five full-floor apartments in the 2000-built complex on Bellevue Terrace.
Dempsey Real Estate agent Mal Dempsey is marketing the apartment.
Last year the apartment below fetched $8 million.
Perron, who was the founder and chairman of property and car distributor behemoth Perron Group, died late last year.
His net worth was estimated to be $4 billion.
This article first appeared in The Weekend Australian.
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Arts lover Paris Neilson has listed her stunningly renovated Millers Point terrace as she now calls an $11.8 million Balmain East waterfront property her home with husband Todd Buncombe.
The daughter of Kerr and Judith Neilson bought the Georgian-style Lower Fort Street terrace for $2,115,000 in 2011, early in the sell-off that saw 190 NSW housing department properties sold, with the $608 million spent on social housing elsewhere.
The four-storey, 1850s London-style corner terrace was modernised by Design5Architects after the restoration, which included its floor-to-ceiling sash windows.
McGrath Millers Point agents Richard Shalhoub and Andrew Stewart have the listing.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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Arts lover Paris Neilson has sold her renovated Millers Point terrace at an undisclosed price, but believed to be around $6 million.
The daughter of Kerr and Judith Neilson bought the Georgian-style Lower Fort St terrace for $2,115,000 in 2011.
The four-storey, 1850s London-style corner terrace was then lavishly modernised by Design5Architects.
McGrath Millers Point agents Richard Shalhoub and Andrew Stewart secured the sale after two months.
The lack of car parking was always going to be the issue for a sales success.
Neilson and husband Todd Buncombe now call an $11.8 million Balmain East waterfront property home.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
 
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Paris Neilson sells Millers Point renovation

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Former Socceroo turned property developer Jason Culina and his interior designer wife Terri are selling a Lindfield project they haven’t quite got around to doing.
They’re listing the property, which they bought for $2.35 million last year, along with plans for a modern five-bedroom home with a pool, cabanas — and even a soccer field.
A five-bedroom 1920s home currently sits on the 1355 square metre parcel of land.
Stone Real Estate Lindfield agent Steven Kourdis has a guide of $2.5 million for the October 25 auction.
Culina, who played 58 games for the Socceroos including the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, has previously carried out a couple of projects in Putney.
Jason and Terri renovated their 200-year-old colonial mansion Denham Court in 2012, having paid $1.2 million, and selling two years later for $1,725,000.
The proceeds took them to Putney, where they spent $1.77 million on a Victorian-style, five-bedroom home. They renovated it and sold it for $3.48 million in 2017.
Culina began his football career at Sydney United under his father Branko Culina, then spent nine years in Europe before returning to Australia.
After retiring in 2013, he and Terri founded property staging and styling website 80 Spaces, then the Culina Design Group. 
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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Saul Shtein, the departing head of sport at Channel 7, and his wife Deborah, have sold in Castle Cove for $3.35 million.
The couple have spent $3.25 million on a whole floor, three-bedroom garden apartment through estate agent Paul Biller.
The settlement and downsizing to Rose Bay came the same week Shtein lost his job through redundancy.
The Shteins had been at their Castle Cove residence for two decades, having paid $1,225,000 for a 1930s home in 1999.
Stein brought MTV to Australia but is best known as Seven’s head of sport for 15 years.
This article first appeared in The Daily Telegraph.
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Former ABC chairman Justin Milne and Anna Cicognani have sold Erinagh, their Rozelle home for $4,975,000.
It came with a $5.19 million asking price after it was pulled from August auction.
The original late 1800s farmhouse and period cottage, which the couple joined together over their near two-decade ownership, had been heading to auction with a guide of $4.8 million.
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They paid $1.15 million in 2000. Cobden &amp; Hayson Balmain agents Danny Cobden and Samantha Elvy had the listing.
The couple own an investment property across the road.
The couple plan to spend more time in the Southern Highlands where they have spent $5.1 million on a 37 hectare cattle farm at Kangaloon with a homestead designed by Richard Rowe.
A five-bedroom home held the previous $4.1 million record at 23 Margaret Street when sold in January 2018.
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