<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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The family of Malaysian billionaire Chiu Chi Wen has clocked up Perth's highest house sale since 2017.
They've spent $15 million on the Mosman Park home of a local estate agent.
It was built in 2006 after the 1070 square metre Chine Place holding had been bought for $4.05 million in 2003 from geologist Dr Douglas Dunnet.
The home, sold off-market, sits near Chiu Chi's wellness centre.
The family sold their Peppermint Grove home for $7.75 million late last year.
Chiu Chi's investment in Perth began over two decades ago when his family group Hawaiian acquired the Parmelia Hilton.
He also owns Broome's Cable Beach Club.
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The downsizing former Jacob’s Creek winemaker Philip Laffer and wife Beverley have sold Daybreak, their historic Hunters Hill home.
The five-bedroom sandstock cottage, in James Street, had been modernised since the Laffers paid $3.2 million in 2007.
It had previously traded for $1,805,000 in 2001 and at $1.21 million in 1997 when sold by the retired Saatchi executive Michael Rollins and wife Pauline.
The home featured in the 2000 Rachel Griffiths movie, Me, Myself &amp; I, and sits on 1550 square metre parklike grounds, which come with a solar-heated pool, spa and studio.
McGrath agent Tracey Dixon, who was offering a $4.35 million price guidance, secured a pre-auction sale to UK-based expatriate buyers.
The picturesque Victorian Gothic-style home was built in the early 1880s for the Lenehan family, who held it until the 1920s.
It was constructed of sandstock bricks, cement rendered and limed to simulate stonework.
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PNAU frontman Nick Littlemore, who performs next month at the Big Pineapple Music Festival on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, has sold his Bondi Beach apartment.
The home sold for $1.06 million ahead of its scheduled midweek auction.
The musician was initially seeking $1.2 million for the apartment that cost him $760,000 in 2010 when he bought it from his brother, Sam, who has since spent $2.35 million on a home in Avalon.
The family had picked up the 85 square metre, two-bedroom art deco unit for $659,000 in 2007.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.  
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The high profile sport and entertainment manager Ralph Carr is selling his Hawthorn home on the dress circle Shakespeare Grove.
Abercromby's agent Jock Langley and Simon Curtain have a $12 million to $13.2 million guide. 
Carr, who manages the likes of Richmond's AFL star Dustin Martin, paid $7.55 million for the Victorian home in the St James Park Estate subdivision in 2013.
When Martin signed an $8 million deal with the Tigers in 2017, The Footy Show filmed ­Martin playing billiards at the home.
Carr has renovated the 1890s, five bedroom home during his ownership.
It once belonged to Clinton Casey, the former Richmond president.
It has 12 rooms, including a formal dining space, media room with marble wet bar, library and a stately billiard room off the imposing arched reception hall entry.
The home sits in 1,320 square metres of landscaped gardens that feature a pool, spa and a pool house.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian.
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Sport and entertainment manager Ralph Carr lists Hawthorn home

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Peter Higgins, the recovering millionaire co-founder of Mortgage Choice, continues to search for buyers of several offerings within his property empire.
The polo playing Higgins has recently had his mind on health issues.
He’s telling friends he’s bouncing back well from open heart surgery and a triple heart bypass late last month.
Meanwhile there’s reduced $2.6 million aspirations for his Victorian Italianate-style property, the former Richmond Post Office which was scheduled for auction last weekend.
It initially sought $3 million to $3.3 million.
He is also seeking $75 million for his nearby polo fields.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
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Mortgage Choice co-founder Peter Higgins drops former Richmond Post Office price

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Sydney architecture firm Bates Smart director Brenton Smith has upsized in the inner city.
Having flipped his Woollahra unit for $2.8 million after a designer makeover, he’s spent $2.9 million on a modernised 1890s terrace in Paddington.
The Paddington Street home with a Euro-inspired renovation featuring sandstone elements has three bedrooms, a rooftop terrace and a private courtyard on 145 square metres.
BresicWhitney sold the home.
It’s a return to Paddington for Smith, who moved from an 1890s terrace to take on the Woollahra project in the 1930s Art Deco building Gainsborough in 2016.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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Property industry veteran Marina Vit is selling her contemporary New Farm townhouse.
Vit, who is the chief operating officer at Mosaic Property Group, paid $1.85 million for the newly built BVN Architect-designed terrace in 2009.
The home in The Ivy development of seven has four bedrooms and a swimming pool.
The entire top floor is dedicated solely to the master suite with walk-in-robe, marble ensuite and private deck.
Each of the three levels are accessed by a private internal lift. 
Belle Property New Farm agent Ivo Kornel has the listing. 
Vit stepped down as the chief executive at the Urban Development of Institute Australia Queensland last year having spent five years in the role.
This article was first published in the Weekend Australian. 
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Newly appointed AMP executive Alex Wade has spent $2.75 million on a three-bedroom apartment in a 1999-built block of six in Bellevue Hill.
Spanning 235 sqm across two levels, it has harbour views from its alfresco terrace. The master retreat occupies the top floor, featuring its own terrace, walk-in dressing area and ensuite. 
Sydney Sotheby’s agents Barry and Mark Goldman sold the apartment.
Wade, who left Credit Suisse after 12 years, paid $2.2 million in 2017 for a four bedroom investment in Woollahra which he promptly leased for $2000 a week.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph. 
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Channel 7 Sunrise news presenter Natalie Barr and husband, television commercial editor Andrew Thompson, have decided to stay in Mosman as renters, after selling their home late last year.
They’ve secured a five-bedroom home just 700m from their former $3.6 million abode. 
The rental home, a short stroll from Sirius Cove, was advertised for rent at $2500 a week through Richardson &amp; Wrench leasing agent Robert Simeon.
It last traded for $1.85 million in 2002. There’s an open-plan living area with fireplace and a veranda opens to a level garden in the no pets home.
The couple, along with their two children, have been on the Mosman merry-go-round for the past few years.
They sold for $3.6 million, having paid $3,235,000 just two years earlier for the unrenovated 1910 Federation home.
Take a look at one of the most picturesque streets in Sydney. 
Their first Mosman home, bought for $1.28 million in 2002 fetched $2,891,999 in 2016. 
Mosman is a hot spot for television personalities.
The former Today host Karl Stefanovic rents there, too.
Today’s co-host Georgie Gardner recently spent $6 million on a Beauty Point home. 
Barr’s long-time colleague Mark Berretta, who began presenting Seven Early News sport in 2008 alongside Barr, has also called Mosman home for many years.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
 
 
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The Bellevue Hill home that belonged to Lady Sonia McMahon and her husband, former prime minister William McMahon, seems set to be listed for sale.
It last traded for $9 million in 2011 when it was bought by Amber Richmond of the RPM Electrical family, and her husband Jamie Schwarz, a Yellow Brick Road executive.
They are set to emerge as the buyers of Mark and Anna Pasternak’s Vaucluse home for $15.1 million.
McMahon had paid $123,000 for the home in 1968, the year her son, actor Julian McMahon, was born.
She bought it from turf commission agent Harold Fay.
Julian and his two sisters executed the sale in 2011, a year after their mother's death, having grown up in the home.
The study of Sir William, who died in 1988, was intact until its listing in 2011.
The six bedroom, 1920s home on Drumalbyn Road (photographed mid-week by Property Observer without any indication of listing sign board out front) is whispered to be listed seeking $18 million after its full-scale renovation.
Amber Richmond, is the granddaughter of the late Peter and Ruth Simon, who established the electrical switch manufacturers HPM Industries. 
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