<p>The residential transformation of St Kilda Road is set to continue into with more new apartment plans for the sought-after boulevard.</p>

<p>Wing Tai Asia has lodged plans for a major residential tower at 464-466 St Kilda Road, replacing the former VACC House with an 18-storey mixed-use development designed around a retained heritage podium and a sculpted contemporary tower.</p>

<p>The proposal, prepared under Victoria’s Significant Residential Development with Affordable Housing pathway, would deliver 325 apartments and ground-floor retail across the prominent 4,653 sqm boulevard site in Melbourne’s St Kilda Road North Precinct.</p>

<p>The project centres on the adaptive reuse of the site’s heritage-listed VACC Building, an eight-storey office designed by Bernard Evans that has occupied the address for decades. Planning documents state the development would involve “carefully dismantling and conserving off-site the original metal fabric of the podium visible from St Kilda Road,” before reinstating it as the defining frontage of the new scheme.</p>

<p>Above the restored podium, Wing Tai is proposing a curvilinear residential tower. The scheme includes 172 one-bedroom apartments, 63 two-bedroom apartments, 66 three-bedroom apartments, and 24 four-bedroom apartments, alongside two ground-floor food and beverage tenancies fronting St Kilda Road.</p>

<p>The tower has been designed with substantial articulation and variable setbacks to minimise perceived bulk and maintain view corridors along the boulevard. Urbis, which prepared the planning report, said the design “has been significantly articulated through a curvilinear design” with “an interplay with materials, façade expression and depth” to create visual separation and visual interest.</p>

<p>The proposal also includes 254 basement car spaces, landscaped pedestrian links connecting St Kilda Road and Queens Lane, and a biophilic landscape strategy featuring canopy trees, raised planters, cascading greenery and a glass oculus pool overlooking the eastern frontage.</p>

<p>Planning documents confirm the $270.1 million development will contribute 3 per cent of project costs to the Social Housing Growth Fund as part of the application process.</p>

<p>Wing Tai acquired the St Kilda Road property in 2018 alongside Abacus Property Group for $95.38 million, before later consolidating ownership of the site. The property previously served as the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce headquarters for around 60 years.</p>

<p data-end="345" data-start="110">The transformation of the St Kilda Rd boulevard is already beginning to materialise, with a number of high-profile projects recently completed, launched, or approaching launch as developers continue to back the long-term appeal of the precinct.</p>

<p data-end="689" data-start="347">Among the most notable recent completions is Louise by Samuel Property Group, just off the strip on Queens Lane, the same pocket Hirsch &amp; Faigen recently launched The Queensbury. Mirvac is too on the same street with The Albertine, which is approaching completion.</p>

<p data-end="689" data-start="347">Dexus recently secured approval for its slice of St Kilda Road, while Gurner also has approved plans for the precinct.</p>


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Wing Tai unveils 325-apartment St Kilda Road tower on former VACC House site

<p>Malaysian developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/s-p-setia">SP Setia</a> is the latest to jump into St Leonards booming Transport Oriented Development precinct.</p>

<p>The developer, which has previously delivered Sapphire by the Gardens apartment development in Melbourne, identified the Atchison Street site in 2023. It filed a Scoping Report around 12 months ago, and now has revealed the designs for the new&nbsp;40-storey mixed-use tower.</p>

<p>The State Significant Development Application covers <a href="https://next-portal.urban.com.au/projects/14650/summary">20-22 Atchison Street</a>, a 1,374 sqm site positioned between St Leonards Station and the new Crows Nest Metro station.</p>

<p>Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/cox-architecture">COX Architecture</a>, the project would deliver 181 apartments, above a four-storey commercial podium, five basement levels, and new public domain works along Mitchell Street. The apartment mix comprises 35 one-bedroom apartments, 39 one-bedroom-plus-study apartments, 85 two-bedroom apartments, and 22 three-bedroom residences.</p>

<p>The proposal has been lodged as a shop-top housing development under the NSW Government’s TOD planning pathway, which allows increased density around key transport infrastructure. The site sits within the recently rezoned Crows Nest Accelerated TOD Precinct.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b799673d-48e2-46b0-801a-0e33a9330100" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/atchinson%20site.png?VersionId=dPh0UfwfaHpbFL1R7H1cbZNbIW0CHbCC" /></p>

<p>SP Setia acquired the Atchison Street site as part of its continued expansion into the Australian apartment market. In comments made to City &amp; Country (The Edge Malaysia) in 2023, SP Setia President and CEO Datuk Choong Kai Wai described the acquisition as “a strategic move” aligned with the group’s post-pandemic market recovery strategy.</p>

<p>“Our target for this exceptional development is local and overseas buyers, including first-home buyers, downsizers and investors,” Choong said.</p>

<p>The tower has been designed as a slender vertical form rising from a mixed-use podium, with COX Architecture positioning the development as a response to the evolving St Leonards and Crows Nest skyline.</p>

<p>“The purpose of the project is to facilitate the delivery of high-quality housing at a strategically located site and deliver a built tower outcome that is consistent with the desired future character of St Leonards and aligns with the TOD controls,” the design report stated.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b1a85eee-76f7-436c-a6da-73ba827b9b13" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/atchinson%20entry.png?VersionId=dA9jHGPMcm.dDbwk4QfxqWiY5bfh3UVt" /></p>

<p>The podium would incorporate retail uses fronting Atchison Street, commercial tenancies, landscaped communal areas, and pedestrian improvements along Mitchell Street. Vehicle access and loading would be consolidated via Atchison Lane.</p>

<p>Residents would have access to more than 665 sqm of communal indoor and outdoor spaces, while the development proposes 96 parking spaces across five basement levels.</p>

<p>The proposal also includes a commitment for 10 per cent of residential floor space to be allocated toward affordable housing through a monetary contribution.</p>

<p>COX said the tower form responds directly to the emerging high-density character of the precinct while seeking to maximise solar access, cross ventilation, and outlook from apartments.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2163f85c-f63b-4be3-aafa-f8763976cec5" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/Article%20Feature%20Image%20%28Grid%29_5.png?VersionId=WiAmtIKJ6.ZQ41EtYEQ1fol7AeorKBlL" /></p>

<p>“The building is orientated towards north,” the Apartment Design Guide compliance report noted, adding that the tower’s slim form was driven by the constrained inner-urban site dimensions.</p>

<p>The design also incorporates landscaped setbacks and communal open space at podium level, intended to soften the interface with surrounding streets and improve pedestrian amenity.</p>

<p>The project adds to a growing wave of redevelopment proposals reshaping St Leonards and Crows Nest following the opening of the Sydney Metro City line and the NSW Government’s push for higher-density housing around major transport nodes.</p>

<p>Last week Stockland filed plans just down the road. They want to build a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/601-pacific-highway-st-leonards-nsw-2065">52-storey tower on Pacific Highway</a>.</p>

<p><em>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/news/nsw/first-look-stockland-plans-52-storey-538-apartment-st-leonards-tower">First look: Stockland plans 52-storey, 538-apartment St Leonards tower&nbsp;</a></em></p>


First look: SP Setia targets St Leonards skyline with 40-storey TOD tower

<p><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/urban-property-group">Urban Property Group</a> has revealed plans for a new mixed-use tower at 10 Dangar Street, Wickham, advancing a proposal that would reshape the southern gateway to Newcastle’s city centre with one of the city’s tallest residential buildings.</p>

<p>The State Significant Development proposal, now on exhibition, seeks approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bowline-10-dangar-street-wickham-nsw-2293">43-storey tower</a> immediately adjacent to the Newcastle Interchange. The project would deliver around 200 apartments, including 42 affordable housing dwellings, alongside 99 co-living units, a 171-room hotel, retail space, and new public domain integrated through the site.</p>

<p>The scheme marks a significant escalation of plans previously approved for the site. Urban Property Group took over the prominent 2,904 sqm parcel, where excavation and demolition had already commenced under an earlier consent for a 14-storey mixed-use development.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s next supertower at Wickham interchange" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="58a96dd9-407f-4d20-86b4-94e4bfeef74b" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/wickham%20podium.png?VersionId=LGlf08pdFGAZDzvx_CXC4XakHNZRuEE0" /></p>

<p>Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/sjb-architects">SJB</a>, the tower has been conceived as a landmark transit-oriented development anchored to the Newcastle Interchange precinct. The proposal includes 245 build-to-sell apartments across a mix of one, two, and three-bedroom residences, as well as two penthouses. Fifteen apartments and one operational unit are earmarked for NDIS housing. The co-living component would add a further 99 units, while the podium would accommodate retail uses and hotel facilities.</p>

<p>SJB said the site presents “a valuable opportunity to anchor the precinct by setting the standard for design, active ground planes and character at the key southern gateway.”</p>

<p>The architecture responds directly to the site’s position beside major transport infrastructure and within one of Newcastle’s fastest-evolving urban renewal precincts. The tower form sits above a sculpted podium designed to frame new public spaces, including a through-site pedestrian link connecting Station Street to Hannell Street, landscaped plazas, and activated retail edges.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s next supertower at Wickham interchange" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a7bd6ff0-f7db-4ce8-a6dc-ea56e72c6149" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/wickham%20lanne.png?VersionId=xzf39VADyhj7zBQY2I9fx9vI62u2tuSb" /></p>

<p>The design report describes the project as part of the broader transition of Wickham into “a vibrant, high-quality mixed-use urban precinct” that leverages proximity to the station, open space, and regional connectivity.</p>

<p>A detailed public art strategy has also been prepared for the development. The strategy positions the project as “a transit-oriented development of state significance at the gateway to Newcastle’s city centre” and outlines a series of integrated artworks responding to Newcastle’s industrial and transport heritage.</p>

<p>Creative Road’s curatorial framework for the project, titled Unveil, draws on “stratified surfaces, carved volumes, and light-filled apertures” while referencing Newcastle’s transformation from an industrial city into a contemporary education and technology hub.</p>

<p><img alt="First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s next supertower at Wickham interchange" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="77a882bb-14b1-4d28-99ff-9438e39508c0" src="https://s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/www.urban.com.au/s3fs-public/inline-images/wickham%20site.png?VersionId=cevgo_vN0eKPK78P8YcEu3mKPLkpFqE7" /></p>

<p>The proposal is being advanced through the NSW Housing Delivery Authority pathway after being declared State Significant Development in June 2025. The accompanying scoping report states the development aims to “maximise the site’s proximity to the Newcastle Interchange by delivering transit-oriented development” while increasing housing supply and affordable housing provision within the Newcastle LGA.</p>

<p>Urban Property Group’s plans align with the long-term strategic vision established under the Wickham Master Plan, which identified the interchange precinct as suitable for substantial uplift in height and density. The current proposal would significantly intensify that vision, positioning the tower among the tallest developments proposed for Newcastle.</p>

<p>The site sits immediately north of the Newcastle Interchange, bounded by Dangar Street, Hannell Street, and Charles Street. It is surrounded by a rapidly growing cluster of residential towers and mixed-use projects that have emerged following the completion of the light rail and transport interchange.</p>


First look: Urban Property Group unveils Newcastle’s latest tower at Wickham interchange

<p>Bottega House has completed settlement of a landmark riverfront site in Macquarie Street, St Lucia, representing its first major Brisbane development.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Positioned on the banks of the Brisbane River, the <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/180-macquarie-street-st-lucia-qld-4067">premium site at 180 Macquarie Street</a> features uninterrupted river frontage in one of Brisbane’s most tightly held residential precincts.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The proposed development, currently under assessment with Brisbane City Council, has been designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/plus-studio">Plus Studio</a> with interiors by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/interior-designers/mim-design">Mim Design</a> and will deliver a boutique collection of premium residences positioned specifically for owner occupiers and downsizers.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The residences are set to redefine luxury apartment living in the area, with a focus on architectural quality, refined finishes, landscape integration and elevated amenities including curated wellness facilities, resort-style pools and recreation spaces rarely seen in the local market.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Exclusive sales for the project will be led by Keenan &amp; Byrne, ahead of an anticipated launch later this year.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bottega House Managing Director Nick Malloch said the project reflects the group’s ambition to deliver a highly curated residential offering within one of Brisbane’s most tightly held precincts.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“This is an incredibly rare riverfront opportunity and one we have approached with a long-term perspective,” Malloch said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Our vision from the outset was to create a boutique collection of residences that feel more like private homes than traditional apartments, with generous proportions, refined finishes and exceptional amenity throughout."</p>

<p>Malloch says there is a&nbsp;lack of premium owner-occupier stock of this quality in the market, particularly for downsizers wanting space, privacy and a true lifestyle offering without compromise.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Demand is expected to be strong given the scarcity of premium riverfront opportunities of this nature within Brisbane’s inner-west."&nbsp;</p>


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<p data-end="157" data-start="0">The arrival of the first piling rig officially marks the commencement of construction at SIERA’s new beachside apartment development, Exhale, in Northcliffe.</p>

<p data-end="459" data-start="159"><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/exhale-surfers-paradise-8-enderley-avenue-surfers-paradise-qld-4217">Exhale</a>, a glass-encased tower featuring 54 large-scale apartments at 8 Enderley Avenue, is SIERA’s third Gold Coast development. It follows the recently completed PIPIS Bilinga beachfront project, which achieved suburb-record prices, and the soon-to-be-completed Chevron Island development, Tapestry.</p>

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<p data-end="651" data-start="461"><a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/siera">SIERA</a> Founder and Managing Director Brent Thompson said the arrival of the piling rig represented a significant milestone for the development, which is scheduled for completion in late 2028.</p>

<p data-end="950" data-start="653">Over the next month, around 260 piles are expected to be installed as work progresses on the basement structure. The building is anticipated to rise above ground level early next year, before unveiling its sculptural glass curtain wall, developed in collaboration with specialist façade engineers.</p>

<p data-end="1081" data-start="952">“The façade was designed to maximise panoramic coastal views while creating a distinctive architectural identity,” Thompson said.</p>

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<p data-end="1307" data-start="1083">Designed by BDA Architecture, Exhale will comprise just 54 two- and three-bedroom residences across 26 levels, a level of low-density living rarely delivered in this beachside pocket between Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach.</p>

<p data-end="1522" data-start="1309">The project has been conceived as a resident-only building, with no short-stay accommodation permitted. SIERA says the model is intended to appeal to long-term owner-occupiers rather than transient holiday demand.</p>

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<p data-end="1714" data-start="1524">Residences have been designed with large-format layouts and expansive glazing, with most apartments featuring more than 30 metres of glass frontage to maximise natural light and ocean views.</p>

<p data-end="1945" data-start="1716">The amenity offering spans two levels and centres on wellness and lifestyle, including a heated magnesium pool, sauna, yoga and Pilates studio, gymnasium, private dining facilities, cinema lounge, and dedicated surfcraft storage.</p>

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<p data-end="2220" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="" data-start="1947">More than half of the apartments have already sold. SIERA has also opened a sales gallery for Exhale at its Chevron Island commercial premises, near its Tapestry tower and the site of its second Chevron Island apartment development, which is slated to launch in early 2027.</p>
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<p>A Brighton local turned up to summer's first bathing box auction as a “tyre kicker”, but then spent $305,000 to buy it. </p>
<p>Michael Abell was the only bidder for bathing box 76D.</p>
<p>He'd almost bought one 25 years ago for $15,000. </p>
<p>Nick Johnstone Real Estate auctioneer Nick Johnstone wore boardshorts, thongs and a Santa hat for the occasion.</p>
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<p>Johnstone made a $300,000 vendor bid before Abell's $305,000 offer.</p>
<p>The sale was negotiated after the property passed in. </p>
<p>The bathing box was finished last month as part of a Bayside Council masterplan for the beachfront. </p>
<p>The<em> Herald Sun</em> reported council’s corporate services director Jill Colson said there are no further plans for any more bathing boxes. </p>
<p>A bathing box at 76C sold for $337,000 about 18 months ago close to the peak of the market, and 76B sold for $318,000 the same day. </p>
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<p>The Easter break's special Victorian auction treat - a bathing box on the Rosebud foreshore - went wanting, when it failed to sell with just the one bidder at its onsite weekend auction.</p>
<p>"You could start with a bid of $1 million if you like, but I won't move it to Sorrento," the Mornington Peninsula auctioneer Stephen Wilson told the crowd.</p>
<p>There was a $200,000 opening bid.</p>
<p>"It's the best boatshed and position in Rosebud," Wilson said.</p>
<p>Then the auctioneer placed a $225,000 vendor bid.</p>
<p>"You can go fishing ..you can go swimming, but here you don't need to even get sand in your feet," he said.</p>
<p>Just the one higher offer took the top bid to $230,000 when <a id="LPlnk30240" href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rosebud-129412790" target="_blank">boatshed 82A</a> was put to auction on Saturday afternoon.</p>
<p>Post-auction the top bidder was told there was a $280,000 reserve price.</p>
<p>Some years ago it had a $345,000 asking price.</p>
<p>Located at the beach end of Rosebud Parade, not far from the busy cafes on Point Nepean Highway, <a id="LPlnk250717" href="https://www.norrisre.com.au/index.cfm?pagecall=property&amp;propertyID=3311136" target="_blank">boatshed 82a</a> is the closest bathing box to the pier.</p>
<p>With the leasehold holding is a 8m x 4m boat shed constructed of brick and a colourbond roof that dates back at least 70 years.</p>
<p>The smaller Rosebud boat sheds for sale start from $85,000.</p>
<p><img src="https://www.urban.com.au/images/2019/4/18/Boat%20shed%202.JPG" alt=""></p>
<p>It was the quietest Easter since 2012 with just 378 homes taken to auction across the combined capitals, according to CoreLogic.</p>
<p>There were limited city auctions over Easter, but coastal agents across the country endeavoured to find buyers ahead of the upcoming winter hibernation.</p>
<p>A newly constructed four bedroom Blairgowrie home didn't find its weekend buyer either on Melbourne's Mornington Peninsula.</p>
<div>It was passed in on a $2 million vendor bid with the marketing having sought $2.2 million.</div>
<div>Set on a 688 sqm, the residence at <a id="LPlnk878221" href="https://www.melbournesothebysrealty.com/property/blairgowrie-34-charles-street" target="_blank">34 Charles Street</a> with 61 squares of space has views across Port Philip Bay.</div>
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<p>It was designed by siblings, architect Elise Ross and construction by local luxury builder Simon Ross with plenty of use of timber, American Oak flooring, Silvertop Ash panelling and Blackbutt decking.</p>
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<p>"It is a family passion-project by the Ross family," Peninsula Sotheby's International Realty listing agent Hamish Opray said, noting there was a "sophisticated Scandinavian-inspired aesthetic throughout."</p>
<p>The three level floorplan incorporates distinct, self-contained living zones serviced by an Italian imported hydraulic lift.</p>
<p>There is a solar-heated glass tiled pool.</p>
<p>Sydney had the priciest weekend auction offering which was a vacant block at <a id="LPlnk949594" href="https://djwproperty.com.au/property/20-macintyre-crescent-sylvania-waters-nsw-2224/" target="_blank">20 Macintyre Crescent, Sylvania Waters</a>, billed as having the potential to be a holiday home.</p>
<p>It was an 808 sqm building block with approved plans for a luxury residence with an extra wide 30m water frontage with deep water mooring facility to accommodate vessels up to 28mertes in length plus dry dock and jet ski facilities.</p>
<p>The house plans have been designed by Rabi Moussawel of RM Designers.</p>
<p>“The vision was to design a house which made the owner feel like he was on holidays every day of the year," Moussawel said in the marketing.</p>
<p>"From the moment you enter the house you experience the luxurious double height ceiling space like a hotel foyer.</p>
<p>"This luxury home is alive with ocean drama, swaying palm trees, quiet sunrises, and flamboyant sunsets.</p>
<p>"It is a rare architectural masterpiece, connecting outside with inside and enjoying spectacular, unobstructed views of the water.</p>
<p>"Fish in the morning, swim during the day and jet ski in the afternoon.... why travel when you are already on holidays.”</p>
<p>DJW Property agent John Basa said it was it was passed in at $3,965,000, below its reserve price of $4.1 million.</p>
<p>Its last sale was in 2009 when the 1965 home was bought for $2,315,000, having sold pre GFC at $2.9 million in 2004.</p>
<p>Realestate.com.au advised the NSW clearance rate, based on 97 auction results over the past week, sat at 59 percent.</p>
<p>South Australia also secured a 59 percent success rate over the past week from 29 results.</p>
<p>Queensland had a 33 perecent clearance rate from 39 results.</p>
<p>There were two offerings at 1770, the small town promoted as the gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef, near Gladstone where explorer Captain James Cook briefly landed in May 1770.</p>
<p>A detached architect-designed duplex at <a id="LPlnk616864" href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-qld-seventeen+seventy-130810014" target="_blank">4a/4b Orton Court </a>failed to sell.</p>
<p>With ocean views over Bustard Bay, the duplex offering was the winner of 2014 Queensland Master Builders Association award after being constructed in 2014 by Gibson Homes.</p>
<p>"No expense was spared in construction using corrosion resistant materials to ensure low maintenance," its PRDnationwide marketing advised.</p>
<p>"The properties were passed in," PRD agent James White said. They have been $3000 a week peak season asking rentals.</p>
<p>Orton Court is named after Captain Cook's clerk Richard Orton whose earlobes were slashed during the drunken night when Cook's crew anchored in Bustard Bay. </p>
<p>A 1770 entry level home set amid tropical gardens also did not sell at <a id="LPlnk45130" href="https://www.realestateview.com.au/real-estate/628-captain-cook-drive-seventeen-seventy-qld/property-details-buy-residential-11083832/" target="_blank">628 Captain Cook Drive</a> though PRD. </p>
<p>The classic holiday home comprised two bedrooms, open plan kitchen and living room with a large sunroom and balcony area, to capture the views. </p>
<p>It last sold at $210,000 in 1991.</p>
<p>Victoria's success rate was put at 58 percent with just 26 results.</p>
<p>Rosebud was among the busiest auction locations.</p>
<p>A three bedroom one bathroom house, listed through Paul Cunnington and Tullie Roberts of Barry Plant, was sold at an undisclosed price.</p>
<p>Situated at <a id="LPlnk852269" href="https://www.barryplant.com.au/property/599338/79-first-avenue-rosebud/" target="_blank">79 First Avenue</a>, the home had come with a price guide of $520,000 to $570,000.</p>
<p>Set on 385 sqm, the renovated home last sold in 2008 for $290,000.</p>
<p>Another Rosebud property, marketed as a "grand weatherboard ready for a makeover" was pulled from auction.</p>
<p>The four bedroom one bathroom house set on 760 sqm, had a price guide of $520,000 to $550,000 through Barry Plant.</p>
<p>Situated at <a id="LPlnk782957" href="https://www.barryplant.com.au/property/599619/14-hayes-avenue-rosebud/" target="_blank">14 Hayes Avenue</a>, the listing noted the property had the potential to be subdivided or become a two unit site.</p>
<p>The median price for a home in Rosebud is $605,000, according to CoreLogic, with the median days on market before a sale at 32 days. </p>
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Rosebud bathing box fails to sell at Easter auction

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<p>A beach box on Mount Martha's South Beach has sold for $342,500.</p>
<p>Recently painted, <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+martha-129536402" target="_blank">box 90</a> is located in prime position, directly across from the village shops and restaurants.</p>
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<p>The nearby <a href="/news/vic/recently-restored-mount-martha-beach-box-listed">beach box 98</a> has been listed with a guide of $310,000 to $340,000.</p>
<p><span>It's been restored since trading for $215,000 in 2014.</span></p>
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<p>A bathing box built in the early 1960s on Point King Beach at Portsea has hit the market.</p>
<p>The box, with a small deck and steps leading to its entrance, maintains its original wooden features, including a rear bench and shelving.</p>
<p>It has been <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-vic-portsea-130147850" target="_blank">offered publicly for the first time</a> by Ilze Moran and Warwick Anderson from RT Edgar Portsea. </p>
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<p>They have a set a potential guide of $300,000 to $330,000 for bathing box 1 Point King Road at its Australia Day auction.</p>
<p>The most recent sale on the bay was in April last year when <a href="/news/brighton-bathing-box-plus-cranbourne-north-sales-among-weekend-auction-records">one of Brighton's newest beach boxes</a> sold for $337,000.</p>
<p>Another offering further down the Portsea beach is where <a href="/expert-insights/buying/boatshed-8-point-king-beach-portsea-listed-with-high-hopes-for-january-auction">bathing box number 8</a> has been listed with a $450,000 to $495,000 guide for its January 20 auction.</p>
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<p>Portsea sales have neared $1 million.</p>
<p>The Portsea boatshed was sold for close to $1 million <a href="/news/portsea-boatshed-sells-for-just-shy-of-1-million">by the Boykett family</a>.</p>
<p>Changing hands for the first time in almost 70 years, boatshed 17 Fisherman’s Bend Foreshore had been listed with an asking range of $910,000 and $1 million in mid-2018.</p>
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<p>Kay &amp; Burton secured <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-portsea-129683114" target="_blank">the sale of the boatshed</a>, which is not connected to power or water.</p>
<p>The buyers were local holidaymakers.</p>
<p>The last Fisherman’s Beach sale by Kay &amp; Burton was in 1991.</p>
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<p>The last confirmed record price was when Portsea boat shed 23 fetched a record $615,000 in late 2015.</p>
<p>Set at the foot of the track to Shelley Beach it had been tightly held for over four decades.</p>
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<p>A Portsea boatshed has been sold for close to $1 million by the Boykett family.</p>
<p>Changing hands for the first time in almost 70 years, boatshed 17 Fisherman’s Bend Foreshore had been listed with an asking range of $910,000 and $1 million.</p>
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<p>Kay &amp; Burton secured <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-portsea-129683114" target="_blank">the sale of the boatshed</a>, which is not connected to power or water.</p>
<p>The buyers were local holidaymakers.</p>
<p>The last Fisherman’s Beach sale by Kay &amp; Burton was in 1991.</p>
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<p>The last confirmed record price was when Portsea boat shed 23 fetched a record $615,000 in late 2015.</p>
<p>Set at the foot of the track to Shelley Beach it had been tightly held for over four decades.</p>
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Portsea boatshed sells for just shy of $1 million

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<p>Melbourne secured the nation's strongest weekend auction success rate which included a record $337,000 auction price for a Brighton beach bathing box.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-128010046" target="_blank">Bathing box 76B</a> was a “surprise” purchase for his family by a grandfather of 10.</p>
<p>The red and white striped bathing box sold along with the neighbouring box, another recently built by the Bayside council, No. 76C, which sold for $320,000.</p>
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<p>“(This is for) my children and 10 grandchildren. We’ll spend weekends here.</p>
<p>“There’s no better place than this," he told the Herald Sun.</p>
<p>Both offerings, about 6mx4m in size, had reserves of $290,000. </p>
<p>Auctioneer Nick Johnstone said both required to pay GST on top of the purchase prices.</p>
<p>The previous highest reported price for Dendy Street beach was $326,000, achieved by box 85, which Johnstone sold just before Christmas in 2016.</p>
<p>Box 60 sold for an undisclosed figure above $330,000 in 2017. </p>
<p>The council has built and auctioned one or two boxes a year since 2013 as part of a project to fill in gaps between the existing ones and raise money to better the beach.</p>
<p>Only Bayside residents and ratepayers can purchase the Brighton sand shacks.</p>
<p>Melbourne's top notified sale was at Mount Eliza at $3.59 million.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-127979866" target="_blank">four bedroom 1928 bungalow,</a> set on 1250sqm, above the Moondah Beach bathing boxes , had been held for three generations.</p>
<p>Its stately lounge room came with intact period details that include decorative timber panelling and rarely encountered ceiling molds depicting native wildlife.</p>
<p>The home at 6 Kunyung Road was listed with $2.5 million to $2.75 million price guidance through Vicki Sayers at RT Edgar.</p>
<p>Its price guidance was based on three 2018 sales on the clifftop location. </p>
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<p>It did not come with a bathing box.</p>
<p>Melbourne saw an increase in clearance rate and volumes with a total of 1,326 Melbourne homes taken to weekend auction returning a preliminary clearance rate of 65.5 per cent, up on the 63.6 per cent last week when a lower 914 auctions were held.<br><br>The sales included a record price at Cranbourne North.</p>
<div>Tulliallan, the Georgian-style mansion at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-cranbourne+north-127922766" target="_blank">160 Wheelers Park Drive</a> fetched $2.35 million when sold to a Narre Warren South family.</div>
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<div>There had been $1.8 million to $1.98 million price guidance for the six-bedroom, five-bathroom residence on 3200sq m of parklike grounds.</div>
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<div>Melbourne's cheapest result was <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-vic-essendon+north-127980890" target="_blank">11/3 Royal Av, Essendon North</a> which fetched $215,000.</div>
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<div>The price guide had been $200,000 to $220,000 for the recent $210 a week studio rental.</div>
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<div>It last sold at $150,000 in 2006.</div>
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<div>It was not the cheapest across the nation as there was a $185,000 sale in Adelaide.</div>
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<div>The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/1-desmond-rd-hackham-sa-5163" target="_blank">1 Desmond Rd, Hackham</a> offering has previously traded at $215,000 in 2009.</div>
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<p>The double brick Hackham home was marketed as being in very average condition, so there was opportunity to either renovate or knock the house over and build two properties.</p>
<p>Nationally the number of homes taken to auction across the combined capital cities rose this week, with a total of 2,539 held, according to Corelogic.</p>
<p>The higher volumes returned a preliminary clearance rate of 62.5 per cent. Last week, there were 1,799 capital city auctions returning a 62.2 per cent final clearance rate.</p>
<p>More homes in Sydney went to auction this week at 805 compared to 551 last week.</p>
<p>Sydney's cheapest sale was $366,000 at Lakemba.</p>
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<p>The two bedroom <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-nsw-lakemba-128009818" target="_blank">2/61 Colin Street </a><a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-unit-nsw-lakemba-128009818" target="_blank">ground floor unit</a> had traded at $299,000 in 2005.</p>
<div>As volumes rose across Sydney this week, the preliminary clearance rate dropped below 60 per cent for the first time since the first week of February.</div>
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<div>The preliminary clearance rate showed 59.8 per cent, however this will likely revise lower as unreported results are finalised.</div>
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<div>Some 74 offerings were withdrawn from Sydney auction.</div>
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<div>They included a Canada Bay property associated with the family of the bankrupted property developer Salim Mehajer which was pulled from weekend auction.
<p>The family’s Canada Bay investment property site has a rundown 1970s home at <a href="http://www.timerealty.com.au/1P0567" target="_blank">555 Lyons Road West.</a></p>
<p>The auction sign had “withdrawn” slapped across the sign.</p>
<p>Canada Bay Council had rejected Mehajer’s plans.</p>
<p>Channel 7 reported the inner-west plot was bought in 2015 for $1.4million but revised plans to build a multi-storey home with views over the Parramatta River failed to proceed after 22 neighbours in total objected to the development application.<br><br>“We’ve had an offer, but it wouldn’t be accepted,” Century 21s Fay Petrou told The Sunday Telegraph.</p>
<p>The property developer and former deputy mayor of defunct Auburn council rose to prominence in 2015 for his lavish wedding to now ex-wife Aysha.</p>
<p>The weakest Sydney region was Blacktown at 22 percent.</p>
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<div>Canberra's top sale was secured pre-auction when $2.2 million was paid for <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-act-narrabundah-128039250" target="_blank">58 Sprent Street, Narrabundah</a>
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<div>Canberra returned a lower 64 percent clearance rate.</div>
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<div>Brisbane's top sale was also a pre-auction result.</div>
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<div>The renovated and extended 1900 Queenslander style home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property/115-elizabeth-st-toowong-qld-4066" target="_blank">115 Elizabeth Street, Toowong</a> sold at $1,715,000 through Adcock Prestige.</div>
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<p>Brighton had its first beach box auction of the year yesterday when the baby-blue and white Bathing Box 26 had $340,000 hopes.</p>
<p>The listing came soon after No. 60 (above and below) fetched $340,000 late last year. </p>
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<p>Buyers must live in the City of Bayside to be eligible to purchase one of the 80 or so Brighton’s bathing boxes.</p>
<p>No. 60 had come with a price guide of $270,000 to $297,000 late last year, and sold before its December 2 scheduled auction through Marshall White.</p>
<p>It topped the previous record, set in 2016 when a newly-built hut sold for $326,000.</p>
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Record hopes sunk as Brighton bathing box sale kicks off 2018 Melbourne auctions

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<p><span>Bathing boxes have a rich history in Melbourne. </span></p>
<p><span>Built in the 1890s to preserve bathers modesty, they have become increasingly valuable due to their scarcity, with fewer than 2,000 boxes in Victoria.</span></p>
<p>They are a tightly held asset with many bathing boxes retained by families and handed down over generations.</p>
<p>And with no additional bathing boxes likely to be ever built on the Mornington Peninsula, this ensures exclusivity.</p>
<p>Bathing box - sometimes known as boat sheds or beach boxes - values rarely go backwards. In the 1970's, the price of a Melbourne bathing box might have set you back $1,000. In the 90's they averaged $30,000. Currently they average $150,000 with the highest sale price in Portsea recently selling for over $600,000.</p>
<p>The record stands at $615,000 when a 20 sqm timber shed on Shelley Beach at Portsea sold at auction in 2015.</p>
<p>Sotheby's Peninsula's Rob Curtain is marketing another box on Shelley Beach with $600,000 price aspirations (below). Despite the price, it is being marketed by Curtain as the most affordable foreshore investment on the golden sands of Shelley Beach. It is 100 metres from the bottom steps of the car park at Hemston Ave. It is "ideal for families and friends to enjoy summer days and sunset dinners on the sand," though there is no power or water connected.</p>
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<p>2017 has certainly been another strong year for the beach box.</p>
<p>Records have fallen at Brighton, where earlier this month Box 60 sold for over $330,000, having expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000.</p>
<p>The yellow and blue striped box topped the record set late last year when a newly built box sold for $326,000.</p>
<p>There's a box at 76E which is hoping to take the record price. It has a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-126970182" target="_blank">price tag of $340,000.</a></p>
<p>There are more than just the boxes at the popular Dendy Beach in Brighton however.</p>
<p>Property Observer has listed 10 - five sales of bathing boxes across this year and five for sale.</p>
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<p>1. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-residential+land-vic-mornington-201305317" target="_blank">34 Shire Hall Beach</a>, Mornington - Sold price undisclosed</p>
<p>One of the most attractive bathing boxes (to an Aussie eye), sold at the beginning of the year (top and below)</p>
<p>The Shire Hall Beach box at Mornington, ablaze with the Australian stars and stripes, had been professionally painted.</p>
<p>Complete with skylight, the newly built box sits at the end of a row of just five boxes. It had been for sale at $85,000 plus for several years.</p>
<p>It comes complete with skylight.</p>
<p>It is positioned just steps from the car park that leads to Shire Hall Beach and walking distance to Mornington’s Main Street.</p>
<p>Fish and chips and shops are just a stroll away to take back to the beach box and enjoy the view.</p>
<p>It was next to the coral reef themed box which was auctioned off with the bidding hitting $150,000 last January.</p>
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<p>2. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-124770578" target="_blank">100 Earimil Beach South</a>, Mount Eliza - Sold $110,000</p>
<p>A box on Earimil Beach South in Mount Eliza comes with postcard views of the water from its quaint looking deck.</p>
<p>Meters from the waters edge, box 100 featured fully lined walls, selated timber floor boards and dual access, with double doors and the front and a single door on the side.</p>
<p>It was freshly painted before its sale.</p>
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<p>3. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-125513626" target="_blank">34 Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> - Sold $155,000</p>
<p>A completely renovated bathing box on Mount Eliza's Ranelagh Beach is as private as they come.</p>
<p>With no neighbour within 80 metres either side of the box, it feels like its set on its own private part of the beach.</p>
<p>Sold with a vast 35 sqm space over two levels, (almost as big as my Sydney apartment), the box has an upper level bedroom.</p>
<p>It was sold fully furnished and complete with fixtures, fittings decorations and extensive water sports equipment.</p>
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<p>4. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rye-126854538" target="_blank">6 Boat Shed, Rye</a> Sold $120,000. It was listed with price hopes of $100,000 to $110,000, but fetched $120,000 when sold pre-Christmas.</p>
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<p>It stands alone on a grassy part of the foreshore near Daly Avenue nestled amid trees.</p>
<p>It was recently renovated.</p>
<p>It was marketed as "a bright investment offering a lifestyle of family fun in the sun." </p>
<p>5. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-vic-chelsea-124716538" target="_blank">Beach Box 1010 Chelsea foreshore </a>Sold $67,500</p>
<p><span class="property-price property-info__price">Selling agent Luke Howard advised you had to be <span>a rate payer in the city of Kingston to buy on the Chelsea Foreshore. "For the lucky purchaser, gone are the days of carting chairs, umbrellas, boards, inflatables and everything else back and forward to the beach," he said.</span></span></p>
<p>FOR SALE </p>
<p>6. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-other-vic-rosebud-122723310" target="_blank">97 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $34,950 This was the cheapest on offer. It was listed this time last year at $39,500. It sold at $20,000 in 2009. It is set <span>in the middle of the Rosebud foreshore opposite the Rosebud Hotel.</span></p>
<p>7 <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/79-boatshed-rosebud-foreshore-rosebud-vic-3939-2012977539" target="_blank">79 Rosebud foreshore, Rosebud</a> $55,000 This was the next cheapest found. It needs a bit of work.</p>
<p>8. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-rosebud-127192426" target="_blank">176 Beach Box, Rosebud</a> $120,000 to $130,000 Agent Craig Leo will auction it Sunday 28 January. </p>
<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">9. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-studio-vic-mount+eliza-126409082" target="_blank">48 Beach Box, Moondah Beach, Mount Eliza</a>, $85,000-$93,000 </div>
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<div class="listingInfo rui-clearfix">10. <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-mount+eliza-126525766" target="_blank">64 Beach Box Ranelagh Beach, Mount Eliza</a> $145,000. Beach Box 64 on Ranelagh Beach comes with a view of the city lights over the bay and the bonus of space for car parking directly behind. The iconic Ranelagh Club is just a moments walk away. </div>
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The 10 best beach bathing boxes of 2017

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<p>A Brighton Beach bathing box on the popular Dendy's Beach has sold for a record $330,000 plus.</p>
<p>It topped the previous record, set last year when a newly-built hut sold for $326,000.</p>
<p>Marshall White agent Barb Gregory secured the pre-auction sale of <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-house-vic-brighton-126914706" target="_blank">Bathing Box 60</a>. It was expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000.</p>
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<p>On top of purchasing and maintenance costs, owners have to pay about $1650 each year in licensing fees and council rates.</p>
<p>The first box that traded at auction was in 1999 at $58,000.</p>
<p>Brighton houses have sold up to $22 million.</p>
<p>Listing agent Barb Gregory, once a proud owner of a $3200 beach box, regrets when she and her friends sold it a few years later.</p>
<p>There will no doubt be high hopes for <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-126970182" target="_blank">Bathing Box 76E</a> now, which goes to auction this weekend (below).</p>
<p>Its the second time the box has been listed in less than two years. It has $300,000 hopes for its weekend auction having last traded for $285,000 in January last year.</p>
<p>It was built by Bayside City Council in 2015.</p>
<p>Julian Augustini at Hodges Brighton has the listing.</p>
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Brighton bathing box edges record price

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<p>To own one of the Brighton Beach bathing boxes, you have to own a home in the Melbourne bayside suburb.</p>
<p>The 82 bathing boxes that line the beach surged in price last year, with a newly-built hut selling for $326,000 record.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-vic-brighton-126914706" target="_blank">latest box 60 listing</a> (above and below) is expected to fetch between $270,000 and $297,000 at its December 3 auction with Marshall White agent Barb Gregory.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12.16px;"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dz9xllyip/image/fetch/c_scale,w_580,q_auto:good/https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/po.images/2017/11/27/BBox60.jpg" alt=""></span></p>
<p>On top of purchasing and maintenance costs, owners have to pay about $1650 each year in licensing fees and council rates.</p>
<p>The first box that traded at auction was in 1999 at $58,000.</p>
<p>Brighton houses have sold up to $22 million.</p>
<p>Listing agent Barb Gregory, once a proud owner of a $3200 beach box, regrets when she and her friends sold it a few years later.</p>
<p>This article was first published in The Weekend Australian.</p>
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