<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 Hooters restaurant chain outlet in Surfers paradise has sold to a local investor for $2 million on a yield of around 7.5 percent.
The property, Lot 11 2893-2903 Gold Coast Highway, has a 10 and 5 and 5 year lease and generates net rental income of approximately $156,825 per annum with 4 percent annual increases on gross income.
Steven King of Ray White Commercial Gold Coast said six registered bidders made up the audience, with a late bidder entering the fray after we had paused at $1.75 million and offering a successful bid of $2 million.
“Hooters is situated in a high profile iconic location between Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise fronting the Gold Coast Highway and the light rail network,” he said.
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Surfers Paradise Hooters site sold for $2 million

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A tenanted pharmacy in Melbourne's Diamond Village Shopping Centre in Watsonia has sold to a local investor for $635,000. 
The 108 sqm pharmacy at 9/78-92 Nepean Street Watsonia was sold by Brett Diston of Ray White Commercial Victoria. 
He said there was keen interest in the investment opportunity, which is returning net rental income of approximately $34,466 per annum on a long term lease 
A tenanted retail investment in the growing suburb of Watsonia in Melbourne’s north-east has been sold by Ray White Commercial for $635,000.
The retail property was sold behalf of a private owner for a yield of 5.4 percent.
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Tenanted pharmacy in Melbourne's Watsonia sold

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The St Kilda boarding house The Gatwick is set to become an upmarket hotel, as the kennest buyers enter the final stages of negotiation.
Listing agent Jonathan Walls, from Lemon Baxter, says a sale is imminent of the infamous Fitzroy St building.
“Surveyors have been appointed to go through the property to make sure it’s going to configure the way they want to it to be configured,” Walls told Realcommercial.com.au which last year reported the property was expected to fetch between $12 million and $14 million.
The hotel’s sale comes with vacant possession but an extended settlement of period of 12 months, to allow its many permanent residents to find alternative accommodation.
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LYZ Property Group, a subsidiary of Chinese developer Hengmao Group, has bought in Melbourne's Hawthorn for $17 million.
The office property on <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-retail-vic-hawthorn-501846306" target="_blank">283-285 Burwood Road</a> sold on a 4 percent yield.
LYZ is known for the Chiara and Lucia apartments in South Yarra.
It plans to hold the 4500 sqm building, which has redevelopment potential, as a long-term investment.
The building also comes with 28 car spaces sit on a 2655 sqm site.
It is leased to Snooze for 10 years and National Storage for 15 years, earning total net annual rent of $682,000.
Teska Carson's Tom Maule and Michael Taylor brokered the deal.
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A Greenwich guesthouse in Sydney’s lower North Shore has sold at a yield of about 5 percent, underpinning the demand for boarding houses.
The 12-room Shore Inn Guesthouse at <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-hotel+leisure-nsw-greenwich-501824366" target="_blank">314a Pacific Highway</a> was purchased by a private Sydney-based investor for $1.82 million. 
Located on a 411 sqm landholding, the Shore Inn Guesthouse provides short, medium and long-term stay options over two levels, with four of the rooms including ensuites. 
There is also development potential, with a draft scheme in place to add an additional level with a further four rooms and balcony. If materialised, it is expected to boost the income by up to 50 percent. 
The property, which had been previously listed with four agents for four months, was sold by CBRE’s Toby Silk within four days.
“Investors are drawn to boarding houses due to the flexibility and control they offer on investment. By running the operation’s side, they have control over the property and can maximise the income generated," Silk said. 
The Shore Inn Guesthouse is close to the St Leonards train station, and offers signage exposure to six lanes of traffic on Pacific Highway. 
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Guesthouse in Sydney's North Shore sells for $1.82 million

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Mowbray College in Caroline Springs Victoria has been put on the market, with expectations of around $11 million.
The site, 183-191 Caroline Springs Boulevard site, one of three campuses of the former Mowbray College that went into liquidation in mid-2012. It has been listed by Savills Australia agents Julian Heatherich, James Lockwood and Nick Peden.
The site has three street frontages it and is diagonally opposite Lake Caroline and retail precinct.
The 12,500 square metre property has frontages totalling 295 metres with educational buildings total around 3370 square metres.
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Mowbray College site on market with $11m expectations

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A freestanding property in southern Sydney's Kingsgrove occupied by the Salvation Army went under the hammer for $3.25 million at auctionWorks' commercial property auction in Sydney on April 19.
The order of sale had four properties listed, but one was sold prior while the world class winery Sweetwater in the rolling hills of the Hunter Valley was withdrawn. The fourth was passed.
The one at 61-65 Kingsway Road property was well bid, with offers quickly rising from $1 million to $2.6 million, but auctioneer Jesse Davidson said it was still below the reserve price.
Finally, the last two bidders pushed the price past $3 million.
The selling agents were JLL's Edward Washer and Blair Peterken.
The total building area is 678.1 sqm and the flexible zoning allows for a child care centre, commercial owner occupiers, medical centres and more subject to council approval.
The property is close to Beverly Hills Train Station and 14 km from Sydney CBD.
In contrast to the competitive bidding for the Kingsgrove property, the one in Liverpool was passed after the sole bid of $375,000 fell short of the vendor bid of $395,000.
Suite 107, 161 Bigge Street is a medical suite with an internal space of 104 sqm and annual income of $33,119.52 + GST net. It is leased until October this year.
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DEXUS Property Group (DEXUS) and DEXUS Wholesale Property Fund (DWPF) announced on Friday the settlement of the acquisition of 90 and 100 Mount Street in North Sydney for an initial price of $41 million.
DEXUS and DWPF will develop 100 Mount Street, North Sydney as a 34-level office tower spanning 41,163 square metres, said a release on the ASX.
The site is on the corner of Mount and Walker Streets with a third street frontage to Spring Street. It has retail exposure and is close to transport.
Th tower will have Harbour views from its eastern and southern aspects.
Development on the site has already started and completion is expected in 2018.
The developer has already secured a long-term lease across 6,229 square metres with Laing O’Rourke Australia from completion in 2018.
Recently, DEXUS Property Group had a high-profile departure when Craig Mitchell quit as chief operating officer for the CEO’s role at Grocon Pty Ltd.
 
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Competition for scarce assets is compressing yields in Melbourne’s inner east, with a Chinese group subsidiary paying $17 million on a tight four percent yield for a property in Hawthorn.
The sale was through an expressions of interest campaign managed by Teska Carson and attracted more than 200 enquiries from local and off-shore investors. Ultimately, it was snapped up by LYZ Property Group.
The 283-285 Burwood Road property comprises 4,509 square metres of building area over two levels on a 2,655 square metre site with Commercial 1 zoning. 
The property is securely leased to Snooze on a 10-year term with seven years remaining, and National Storage on a 15-year term with four years remaining, at a total current net return of $682,660 per annum.
LYZ, known for its high-end apartment projects, including the Elenberg Fraser designed Chiara and Lucia projects in Daly Street, South Yarra, would hold the property as a long-term investment with potential for redevelopment, according to selling agents Tom Maule and Michael Taylor. 
Maule said the property attracted enormous attention from a market starved of opportunities in the early part of the year.
"We had enquiry from more than 200 parties including privates, developers, high net-worths, local and off-shore. Given the lease profile, this was a pure investment play and as such has sold on a sharp yield which is in record territory for this type of property in Hawthorn,’’ Maule said.
"We have plenty of enquiry but while the investors are still out there owners have not been out there in the same numbers."
LYZ Property Group parent, Hengmao Group, has been involved in several developments in China totalling more than two million square meters of residential property and mixed-use projects including Hengmao Metropolis a 500,000 square metre community living complex including a 100,000 square metre shopping mall.
The vendor was a local private investor.
 
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Melbourne's Hawthorn site sells for $17 million on a tight 4% yield 

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A property leased to Bendigo Bank in Canberra CBD sold at a yield of 6.7 percent at Burgess Rawson's 103 portfolio auction earlier this month.
The building at <a href="https://www.burgessrawson.com.au/buying/ACT/Inner-North/City/Retail/2P1160#.Vwx0aGR95-U" target="_blank">2/161 London Circuit, City</a> sold under the hammer for $2.55 million. 
It is a single-tenant investment, hence easily managed and the tenant renewed a six-year lease from November 2015 with options until 2027.
The bank branch has been at this location for more than a decade.
Net income from the property is $171,910 pa plus GST and there is an annual rent increase of 3 percent.
<div>Canberra is Australia's capital and largest inland city with a population of 381,488.</div>
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