<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/sunland-group">Sunland Group</a> has officially lodged plans for its first Gold Coast apartment project since the departure of the Abedian family from the company three years ago, unveiling a new high-rise proposal for a prominent Broadbeach corner site on Old Burleigh Road.

The application was submitted by an entity directed by Tom Jamieson, stepson of longtime Sunland leader Soheil Abedian, and Riaz Rezvanipour, brother-in-law of Sahba Abedian, Soheil’s son.

Sunland acquired the 1,283 sqm site on the corner of Old Burleigh Road and Armrick Avenue for $9.5 million late last year and is now seeking approval for a <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/99-101-old-burleigh-road-broadbeach-qld-4218">42-storey tower with 81 apartments</a>.

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Designed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/contreras-earl-architecture">Contreras Earl Architecture</a>, the proposed tower at 99-101 Old Burleigh Road would deliver a predominantly larger-format apartment mix aimed at the owner-occupier market. Plans include 17 two-bedroom apartments, 55 three-bedroom apartments, and nine four-bedroom residences across 35 residential levels.

The development also incorporates three basement levels, four podium parking levels, two levels of communal recreation facilities, and rooftop plant and equipment. A total of 189 car spaces are proposed, significantly exceeding the 90 spaces required under the planning scheme.

The architecture adopts a sculpted, curvilinear form, with deep wraparound balconies and integrated landscaping intended to soften the tower’s vertical expression. The planning report states the building’s “slender footprint/form provides a complimentary yet varied built form within the local streetscape” and contributes to “a varied, yet ordered skyline.”

Contreras Earl noted in its Architectural Statement that from the early stages, the project addressed a fundamental challenge: how to accommodate the required residential yield while avoiding the conventional model of a tower sitting on a rigid, fully resolved parking podium.

“The most direct response would have been to consolidate parking into a singular, flat podium and extrude a repetitive tower above,” the statement said. “While efficient, this approach would result in a consolidated built form with limited engagement with the surrounding landscape and public realm.”

Instead, the conventional podium model was “deliberately rejected”. The architects described the base of the building as “a landscaped architectural condition where structure, planting and circulation are integrated”.

“Rather than presenting a continuous built mass, the base of the building is articulated through a series of concrete planter elements that organise the podium into a fragmented system,” the statement said. “This approach reduces the perceived bulk of the lower levels while establishing a more permeable interface with the streetscape and adjacent open space.”

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The site sits within the High Density Residential Zone and inside the City of Gold Coast’s unrestricted “HX” building height area, where the planning framework anticipates intensified residential development tied to the expanding light rail corridor. The planning report notes the area is undergoing “transition toward more intense development forms” given its proximity to Broadbeach, Surfers Paradise, and high-frequency public transport infrastructure.

Positioned directly opposite Broadbeach Park and within walking distance of Florida Gardens light rail station, the development would sit among a rapidly evolving stretch of Old Burleigh Road that has become one of the Gold Coast’s most active apartment development corridors.

The application joins a growing pipeline of luxury residential projects reshaping Broadbeach, including nearby developments by 5Point Projects, Polycell, and Graya.

The planning report argues the project contributes toward the Gold Coast’s long-term housing targets under the South East Queensland Regional Plan, which forecasts the need for more than 100,000 additional high-rise dwellings across the city by 2046.

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The Abedian family departed Sunland Group in late 2023, ending a four-decade association with the company, and subsequently established the private development firm Abedian &amp; Co. The group is currently delivering <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/greenmount-residences-cnr-hill-street-and-marine-parade-coolangatta-qld-4225">Greenmount Residences</a> at Rainbow Bay and recently launched <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/18-mary-avenue-14-18-mary-avenue-broadbeach-qld-4218">18 Mary Avenue</a> in Broadbeach.
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First look: Sunland Group returns to Broadbeach new apartment market with new Old Burleigh Road tower plans

The Minns Labor Government has established the new Bays West Delivery Authority to lead the development&nbsp;of the Bays West Precinct and Blackwattle Bay Precinct.&nbsp;

The Authority is charged with creating Sydney’s newest precinct, a thriving, connected, sustainable hub with White Bay Power Station as its cultural heart. Its vision is to build on the area’s natural, cultural and industrial history to shape a vibrant new neighbourhood.

The precinct will deliver up to 8,500 well-located homes, including a minimum of 10 per cent affordable and essential worker homes. Combine new housing with public open space, opening public access to the waterfront for the first time in more than 100 years, while retaining important deep-water facilities to support Sydney’s working harbour.

Located just minutes from the Sydney CBD and connected to a world-class metro, ferry, walking and cycling links, the Bays West precinct will rebalance housing growth towards well-serviced inner-city locations and help tackle the state’s housing crisis.

The Bays West Delivery Authority,&nbsp;an agency of the Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure, will report to the NSW Minister for Lands and Property who already has oversight of major precinct renewal projects including at Blackwattle Bay and Barangaroo.

As part of the broader Bays West transformation, the Minns Government recently announced that a proposal from Lendlease to redevelop part of the Bays West Precinct has progressed to Stage 2 of the NSW Government’s unsolicited proposals process.

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The Minns Labor Government has also confirmed the Bays West precinct will have a new suburb name. This will be the first major suburb built in close proximity to Sydney’s CBD in decades and will encompass the area currently being referred to as Bays West, including Glebe Island and the White Bay Power Station. Served by a new Metro station just five minutes from the CBD, it will become one of the most populous suburbs in the Inner West and one of Sydney’s premier cultural destinations.

An early works program is taking shape, which&nbsp;includes the first stages of an international design competition.&nbsp;

The aim of the Bays West&nbsp;International&nbsp;Design Competition is to&nbsp;ensure design excellence is embedded in the project from the start. The competition will deliver an&nbsp;urban framework that defines the character, ambition and long-term identity of&nbsp;this&nbsp;former industrial precinct as it transitions to a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable residential&nbsp;neighbourhood.

The competition will be led by the Bays West Delivery Authority in partnership with Government Architect NSW.&nbsp;

It will launch with an invitation for a global Expressions of Interest, before moving to an invitation-only stage that will be assessed by a panel that&nbsp;will provide advice to Cabinet who will select a winner.

Premier of NSW, Chris Minns said the establishment of the new Authority is the first step in transforming the Bays West precinct into a vibrant, livable suburb minutes from the Sydney CBD and two stops from Hunter St Station on the Metro West line.

“The Authority will deliver well-located homes close to the heart of the city and integrate the new precinct with Blackwattle Bay and the new Sydney Fish Market.

“This is a generational opportunity to build a new suburb on the city’s edge and open the harbour foreshore to the public for the first time in a century.”&nbsp;

Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper said the new Bays West Delivery Authority established by the Minns Government will turbocharge the development of Sydney’s newest suburb.

“The Authority is working at a record pace to deliver an international design competition, planning pathways and a financial model so that this development benefits Sydney with well-designed homes in a central location, close to public transport, jobs, entertainment and essential services.

“If we want Sydney to stay liveable and affordable, we need to be bold about using underutilised government-owned land to deliver homes for the future while making sure essential working harbour functions can be accommodated.”

Bays West Delivery Authority established to "turbocharge" Sydney’s newest suburb

Around 400 additional homes could be built at Southwark Grounds on Port Road, lifting total site capacity from 1300 to around 1700 dwellings.

A recently approved code amendment would allow apartment towers of up to 14 storeys in some areas of Renewal SA’s redevelopment of the former West End Brewery.

Renewal SA Acting Chief Executive Shane Wingard said he welcomed the code amendment, with the increase in heights and homes making a positive impact on the supply of high-quality, well-connected housing close to the city.

“By going higher across some parts of Southwark Grounds, we are adding a substantial number of very well-located homes with little impact on project delivery time or planned open space,” Mr Wingard said.

Since the project officially launched in 2025, Mr Wingard said more than 12,000 enquiries had been received about living at Southwark Grounds.

“The very strong early interest we’ve seen since homes were first released in the precinct reinforces our plans to create more housing opportunities,” he said.

The Southwark Grounds code amendment was launched in December last year, with community engagement undertaken over five weeks from January.

It proposed increasing maximum building heights from eight to 14 storeys on the eastern section of Southwark Grounds, and to 12 storeys across the remainder of the site, with minimum building heights ranging from two to four storeys.

The code amendment was implemented through an Early Commencement policy in late January, allowing developers to quickly explore the viability of increased height and housing yield while other planning processes continue.

One of the first developers delivering apartment sites have already finalised redesigns to increase the number of apartments following the code amendment.

Samaras’ development adjacent to the future Colonel Light Park is now planning to deliver 125 apartments across 11 storeys, significantly greater than original plans of around 50 apartments across four storeys.

The developer is also exploring the potential for additional affordable housing outcomes.

Most of the apartments at Southwark Grounds will be delivered within a master-planned precinct on a large parcel of land on the eastern portion of the site, covering around two-thirds of its 8.4 hectares.

Wingard said detailed precinct planning over the coming months may identify further opportunities to increase yield further that could see total apartment numbers at Southwark Grounds, exceed this number.

Affordable homes at Southwark Grounds will also see a net increase, with Renewal SA maintaining its commitment to a minimum of 20 per cent affordable housing across the development.

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Civil works have begun across the site, with construction under way on the first new roads surrounding a townhouse precinct in the south‑west corner of Southwark Grounds. This includes Renewal SA’s 17 Founder’s Row homes, which are on track for completion by Christmas.

“We expect to have people living at Southwark Grounds by the end of the year, so delivering roads and public spaces for those residents is among our highest priorities.”

Construction of 40 townhouses off Anderson Street, known as West Village and being delivered by Contour, is forecast to begin in mid‑2026. Kolabb’s Anderson Lane development will follow shortly after, delivering a further 26 townhouses.

Southwark Grounds is a state government‑led urban renewal project now set to deliver around 1,700 homes over the next decade.

Homes will be supported by a supermarket, a range of retail and hospitality offerings anchored by a revitalised Walkerville Brew Tower, a childcare centre, car parking and well‑connected public spaces.

400 new homes planned for Adelaide's former West End Brewery site

Brisbane developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/cavcorp">Cavcorp</a> has lodged plans for a new mixed-use residential development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/55-wyandra-street-teneriffe-qld-4005">55 Wyandra Street</a>, Teneriffe, anchored by an 85-metre public laneway designed to reconnect the suburb’s riverfront with the Gasworks precinct.

The buildings, known as Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane, would replace the existing Queensland Cotton head office site with a 15-storey residential tower transitioning to eight storeys toward Helen Street. The project has been designed by Plazibat Architects and lodged as a code assessable development application for 93 apartments across a 3,401 sqm mixed-use site within the Newstead and Teneriffe Waterfront neighbourhood plan.

Central to the scheme is the transformation of an existing service easement into a publicly accessible cross-block connection linking Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the new laneway will act as both a pedestrian shortcut and a landscaped civic space between the Teneriffe Riverwalk, ferry terminal, and Gasworks precinct.

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“The revised proposal delivers a legacy public-realm cross-block link, permanently secured for community use, transforming an existing private easement into a safe, high-quality pedestrian connection between the Teneriffe heritage riverwalk and the Gasworks–Long Island precinct,” the planning report states.

The laneway will sit beneath a large subtropical loggia integrated into the podium levels of the development. The design incorporates deep landscaping, water gardens, lobby spaces, business lounges, and ground-floor apartments to create what Cavcorp describes as a climate-responsive “urban verandah.”

The tower itself has been designed as a slender form with recessed floorplates and curved translucent corners inspired by contemporary Japanese architecture. The building height aligns with the Commercial Road precinct controls, which permit towers up to 15 storeys within proximity to Longland Street.

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The project will comprise a mix of larger-format apartments aimed at owner-occupiers, downsizers, and families. The proposed apartment mix includes 11 loggia apartments across the lower levels, 50 four-bedroom Sky-Terrace apartments from levels three to seven, and 32 Sky-Pool Homes occupying the upper tower levels. The Sky-Pool Homes will feature private thermal plunge pools integrated into oversized balconies.

According to the application, the apartments are intended to reinterpret the scale and character of Teneriffe’s woolstore conversions and Queensland homes within a vertical residential format.

“The sky-pool homes build on Cavcorp’s previous projects and introduce a distinct apartment typology to Teneriffe, informed by both local and international precedent and responding to an identified market demand for enhanced safety, space and amenity,” the planning submission notes.

A major focus of the proposal is its five-level wellness and lifestyle offering, extending from the basement through to the rooftop.

Amenities proposed include a rooftop Swim &amp; Racquet Club with a 25-metre Olympic lap pool and tennis court, coworking spaces and libraries, golf simulators, wine storage, concierge facilities, business lounges, pet wash areas, and rooftop longevity-focused wellness spaces with spas, outdoor fitness zones, and landscaped terraces.

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All parking will be concealed within basement levels accessed from Wyandra and Helen Streets. Cavcorp says the deep-basement engineering approach allows the entire ground plane to prioritise landscaping, pedestrian movement, and active frontage rather than vehicle infrastructure.

The development continues Cavcorp’s concentration in Newstead and Teneriffe, where the Brisbane developer has delivered a number of apartment projects including Lucent, Le Bain, and Luminare, as well as the Long Island Wellness Precinct nearby. Several of those projects have received national design and architecture awards, including recognition under Brisbane’s “Buildings that Breathe” program.

Cavcorp unveils wellness-focused Teneriffe House and Teneriffe Lane apartment buildings

Focus Group Investments has lodged plans for a new apartment development at <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/64-70-hanover-street-fitzroy-vic-3065">64–70 Hanover Street</a> in Fitzroy, seeking to utilise the Victorian Government’s recently introduced Great Design Fast Track pathway to accelerate approvals for the project.

The proposal is among the latest developments to emerge through the state-led initiative, which was established to fast-track well-designed residential projects in activity centres and transport-connected inner-city locations. The pathway allows qualifying developments that meet elevated design and housing benchmarks to bypass traditional council planning timeframes and instead be assessed directly by the Department of Transport and Planning.

Designed by SJB, the development will comprise a mix of apartments above activated lower levels, with a strong focus on architectural articulation, landscaping, and communal amenity. The design response seeks to balance the industrial character of Richmond’s former warehouse precincts with a more contemporary residential form.

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Proposed are 63 new dwellings, a wide ranging mix of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, and townhouses and duplexes. They will be spread across a part-three, part-eight storey building.

The Planning and Urban Context Report by Tract says the development is of an "exemplary architectural standard" and has been carefully crafted by SJB Architects.

"Dwellings&nbsp;will benefit from excellent access to natural light, cross-ventilation opportunities and extensive communal space," the report noted.

The architectural material highlights the project’s integration of landscaped elements and communal spaces throughout the building. The proposal also incorporates sustainability initiatives aligned with the Victorian Government’s push for higher-performing apartment developments under the fast-track program.

The Great Design Fast Track was unveiled by the Victorian Government in 2024 as part of a broader housing supply strategy aimed at accelerating the delivery of new homes. Projects assessed through the pathway must demonstrate high-quality architecture, sustainability outcomes, and housing diversity while being located close to public transport and existing infrastructure.

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Focus Group, founder and led by Paul De Lutiis, is increasingly active across Melbourne’s inner suburbs, targeting well-connected urban renewal locations suited to medium and higher-density residential development. The Fitzroy proposal continues that strategy, leveraging the area’s strong transport links, established retail amenity, and proximity to the CBD.

Fitzroy has been one of the most popular spots for developers and buyers in recent years. The likes of PACE Development Group, SMA Projects, Crema Group and Chapter Group, currently selling projects in the suburb.

First look: Focus Group Investments taps Victoria’s Great Design Fast Track for Fitzroy apartments

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A new complex in Sydney’s Hurstville offering apartments is set for official release this year.
Offering a total of 227 one, two and three bedroom apartments across 15 levels, <a href="https://www.imperialhurstville.com.au/" target="_blank">Imperial Hurstville</a> is being marketed through Colliers International from $560,000 plus.
Developed by PietyTHP and designed by award-winning Stanisic Architects, the complex will include two communal sky gardens, located on levels 7 and 10. Some of the apartments offering city skyline and Botany Bay.
A display suite is now open at 23-31 Treacy Street, Hurstville. Expressions of interest are currently open, but no official launch date has been released.
Imperial Hurstville is walking distance from Hurstville train station and the local Westfield shops, while a retail level is expected to be built on the ground floor.
PietyTHP is also the developer of Bay Pavilions in Lane Cove, Focus Parramatta, Brittany in Sutherland and a ‘coming soon’ Hercules Street, Ashfield development.
The site itself has not managed to completely avoid controversy.
Local paper The Leader reported in 2012 that Hurstville Council had given up its fight to stop development on the site, at the time 21-35 Treacy Street, from occurring after losing in the Land and Environment Court. Payce Consolidated was behind the planned development at the time.
The concept plan allowed for 16 storeys, where the council allows six storeys. It was looking to bring 257 dwellings at 55 metres in height.
The Leader notes that in 2012 the development of the site was being referred to as “Punch Towers” by locals. It seems the Metropolitan Plan for Sydney 2036 allowed for this higher use development.
The Australian reported that Payce began selling their three quarter stake in the site earlier this year.
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Imperial Hurstville set to officially launch

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Marketing is underway for one and two bedroom apartments in Lakemba's Avant development.
Located about 15 kilometres south-west of the Sydney CBD, Avant Apartments is at 2 Haldon Street in Lakemba.
The one bedroom apartments on offer start at $460,000, while the two bedroom apartments are priced from $540,000. Marketing materials from Colliers International describe the apartments as "oversized", with "spacious" balconies (pictured below). Some of the apartments, which come with secure basement parking, offer city views.
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The residences were designed by DesignInc and developed by Buildform. A Woolworths supermarket will be located on the ground floor.
According to SQM Research, the implied gross rental yield for two bedroom units in Lakemba sits just shy of 5%, with an asking rent of $350.60.
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Registration open for Avant Apartments in Lakemba, Sydney

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AMP Capital and Billbergia have begun marketing Brisbane’s tallest residential tower - an 88-storey tower at 222 ­Margaret Street.
Marketed as <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/project-brisbane+skytower-qld-brisbane+city-600006095" target="_blank">Brisbane Skytower</a> (pictured above), it will reach the city maximum height of 274 metres, potentially equalling Shayher Group’s proposed  82-storey residential tower on 300 George Street.
At 81 levels and 249 metres tall, <a href="/expert-insights/buying/a-sneak-peek-inside-brisbanes-highest-apartment">Meriton's Infinity</a> is currently the tallest residential tower in the Brisbane which topped Meriton's Soleil (243 metres), Riparian Plaza (250 metres) and the Queensland ­government’s under construction 1 William Street (258 metres).
With more than 1,100 apartments, the Brisbane Skytower will include 192 serviced apartments, 368 one and two bedroom lowrise apartments, 335 one and two bedroom midrise apartments and 238 one, two and three bedroom highrise apartments.
A deck on the 89th floor will have an infinity pool.
AMP Capital’s Select Property Portfolio No. 3 (SPP3) and Billbergia have prices starting from $425,000 for a one-bedroom apartment through CBRE.
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Brisbane Skytower joins race to be the city's highest residential tower

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Apartment development Bosco, from EG Funds Management, is a $130 million project with a Mediterranean style that borders on Italianate, but with a contemporary approach.
<a href="https://www.boscofivedock.com.au" target="_blank">Bosco</a>, which translates to ‘woodland’ in Italian, will include 152 one, two and three bedroom apartments and terraces with parking in Five Dock, nine kilometres from Sydney CBD.
Designed by Bates Smart, the apartments will include balcony rooms and views of Canada Bay, with striking sandstone, terracotta and chocolate Roman brick.
Apartment prices start from $600,000 for one bedroom offerings. There are 51 available, with one car space, ranging from 53 to 87 square metres.
The 74 two bedroom offerings, with one car space, will start from $760,000, spanning 70 to 90 square metres.
The largest apartments, 95 square metres to 107 square metres, are the 14 three bedroom two car park units from $1,100,000.
While those looking for the highest end offering could consider the three bedroom terraces, with two car parks, spanning 119 to 137 square metres. These range upwards of $1,350,000.
The VIP launch of the development will be later this month, on October 25. Completion of the development is expected in mid-2017.
Communal facilities include perimeter landscaping, with fig screen building canopies from the surrounding trees, pedestrian pathways and a central courtyard garden.
The development is being marketed through CBRE.
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Melbourne’s Deague family has launched its $260 million hotel and residential development at Box Hill, 14 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, through its Asian Pacific Group (APG).
The twin-tower project, which is designed by architect Peddle Thorpe, will have 650 apartments and hotel rooms. An Art Series Hotel in the complex will be named in honour of Chinese-Australian artist Zhong Chen. 
APG chief executive, William Deague, who has been joined by his brother Jonathan in the family firm as executive director, said the Box Hill concept was preferable to joining the rush for apartment towers in the CBD.
The group is also beaming its energy north to Brisbane where it has partnered with CorporateRealEstate’s Adam Flaskas to build a six star 140 riverside hotel.
The flagship hotel will be on more than four hectares of Brisbane’s historic Howard Smith Wharves, which is under the Story Bridge.
APG will also develop its Spring Hill site in inner Brisbane, which it paid $23 million for earlier this year. This development will be a $155 million complex that has the Art Series hotel called The Johnson – after Sydney artist Michael Johnson – plus 180 residential apartments. 
Recently the group opened three more Art series hotels, which are valued at $110 million. They are the Larwill in Parkville, The Schaller in Bendigo and The Watson in Adelaide, named after David Larwill, Michael Schaller and Tommy Watson, respectively.
Construction has also begun on another APG Adelaide project, the Vue, a 207-apartment tower on King William Street that will be the tallest residential tower in South Australia. Some 197 apartments in Vue valued at $100 million have been sold.
The group now has six Art Series properties including the established hotels: The Olsen, The Cullen and The Blackman in Melbourne’s inner areas.
The Art Series Hotels, where guests can stay from $100 a night and take dedicated art tours, have been a hit in Australia’s cultural climes.
The group’s only foray into Sydney was The Storrier, in a restored Art Deco Hotel in Potts Point that lasted less than a year despite being profiled in The New York Times as the “ultimate cocoon in which to chill..."
That property was promptly taken over by Quest Apartments, which has traded from the Springfield Avenue building since 2009.
Main image: APG's Olsen Hotel.
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Deague family launch Box Hill two tower project

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Meriton’s Epping Park, their biggest northern district project, has now launched with 800 apartments in a precinct of 17 buildings. Around 600 apartments have already sold with residents moving in.
The 17 apartment blocks range from three storeys to six storeys and will include a retail store, childcare centre, tennis courts, gymnasiums, lap pools, playgrounds and barbeque areas.
The plaque for the masterplanned community, previously the site of Channel Seven studios, was unveiled by John Alexander, federal Member for Bennelong.
The precinct is within Meriton’s $1.2 million bushland reserve.
Meriton’s managing director Harry Triguboff said that they always celebrate when they are near to the completion of the building, rather than the beginning or end of the process.
“We are immensely proud of Epping Park and believe that these apartments will continue to bring prosperity to what is now a top-tier suburb,” said Triguboff.
Mainly two bedroom open plan apartments are available in <a href="https://www.meriton.com.au/eppingpark" target="_blank">Epping Park</a>, as well as some one bedroom, three bedroom and a few four bedroom apartment offerings.
All apartments have six-star thermal ratings.
Completion is expected in early 2015, with stage three currently selling off the plan.
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Triguboff’s biggest northern district project, Epping Park, launched

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Set to bring 419 apartments to market, Sovereign Square, at 545 Station Street, Box Hill is expected to be Box Hill's tallest residential building on completion.
Spanning 34 storeys tall, <a href="https://www.sosq.com.au/" target="_blank">Sovereign Square</a> is being developed by <a href="/news/vic/chinese-developer-asx-property-selling-imperial-the-crown-of-doncaster">AXF Property.</a>
It will include 2,677 square metres of podium commercial restaurant space, 715 square metres of ground floor food premises and 2,263 square metres of serviced office space.
Anita Bell, an interior designer from Buchan Architects, is behind the design, which looks to incorporate the five Feng Shui concepts in an “East meets West” style.
The development will include a rooftop garden, with a yoga area, while level six will include a wellbeing retreat with a swimming pool, spa, sauna and steam room.
A residents lounge, catering facilities, dining lounge, library and outdoor barbeque will also be included.
Harvey Male, principal of Buchan Architects, said that the development will make a visible impact.
“We have designed Sovereign Square to ensure a diverse mixed-use of facilities to encourage a connected sense of living to support a new vision for the community,” said Male.
It is expected to be completed in 2017.
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The longtime Graham Geddes Antiques store site on High Street, Armadale could become a seven-level shop top residential tower.
Savills sold the sites near Armadale railway station, known as<a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-land+development-vic-armadale-501134371" target="_blank"> 875-881 High Street and 19-21 Osment Street</a>, in June for $7.5 million.
The application seeks a seven-level tower with 67 flats configured with between one and five bedrooms. 
The complex will include 187 square metres of retail space. 
There was heritage consideration briefly given in 2009 to 19 Osment, a modest timber villa of the late nineteenth century, but with its size suggests standards of amenity above the typical worker’s ‘Struggletown’, Stonnington Council records reveal it was not pursued.
Armadale's tallest proposed apartment block is the proposed 12 levels at the nearby former State Rivers &amp; Water Supply Commission office holding at 590 Orrong Road and 4 Osment Street.
The man regarded as <a href="https://www.grahamgeddesantiques.com" target="_blank">Melbourne's antique king</a> previously owned the property.
He had also traded elsewhere in Armadale's High Street which was where he consulted to Robert Holmes a Court, Alan Bond and Christopher Skase during the high-flying 1980s. Now in his 80s, Now aged 72, graham Geddes started his business life in the 1960s as a second hand dealer.
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Residential approval sought for Graham Geddes High Street, Armadale site

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AVJennings’ new Masterplanned community, Arcadian Hills at Cobbitty, was launched on the weekend with Steve Waugh at the opening ceremony with fundraising for the Steve Waugh Foundation. 
Face painting, a mini market, balloon artistry and a baby animal farm were all put on for the launch, explained executive general manager for AVJennings NSW, Alan Soutar.
“The official opening of Arcadian Hills yesterday was a great success and we were thrilled to celebrate this significant milestone with so many members of the local community. The Sales and Information Centre is now open and we look forward to assisting purchasers to find their perfect home at Arcadian Hills,” said Soutar.
The first stage is now selling with homes under construction.
“We are very happy to have raised much-needed funds for the Steve Waugh Foundation and thank everyone who donated to this worthy cause. AVJennings has shared a long partnership with the Steve Waugh Foundation and we are proud to help support the important work the Foundation does with young Australians,” he said.
Arcadian Hills offers a range of living options to suit a variety of needs, along with sought-after community amenities such as manicured open spaces with cycle paths and walkways, a ‘Village Green’ with a dedicated outdoor fitness circuit and playground facilities.
Despite this being the official opening, the<a href="/expert-insights/building/masterplanned-estate-with-homestead-allotments-for-cobbitty-new-south-wales"> first stage has been available for purchase for some time</a>. The release includes 457 residences, and land only sales in later stages.
The first stage, of six homes, were priced from $595,000, including single and double storey options.
<a href="/news">Cobbitty</a> is the location of many amazing homes, including <a href="/news/amanpuri-one-of-the-great-estates-of-west-sydney-sells-for-5-6-million">Amanpuri that sold for $5.6 million earlier this year</a>.
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Arcadian Hills launched by Steve Waugh

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Colliers International is now taking VIP appointment bookings for Ryde’s Crowle Estate, located in Ryde’s Meadowbank at 74-78 Belmore Street.
In total, 416 apartments will be offered in <a href="https://campaigns.colliers.com.au/s/513b152f14843816c33cebd8b684542b3f877e56/h=ff005bfa6b7332ff86f20fe7084d9f6700403a1b" target="_blank">Crowle Estate</a> with a selection of one bedroom apartments from $555,000 and two bedroom apartments from “high $600,000”. They will span five buildings of seven storeys with an additional two levels of underground basement car parking. This will include 450 car spaces.
Developed by DEIcorp, the designs are by Nordan Jago. Currently, DEIcorp are also working on a number of projects including The Charles Apartments in Canterbury, Moss Wood Apartments in Kogarah, Urba Apartments in Sydney CBD, Alpha Apartments in Lewisham and Bankstown’s Little Saigon Plaza.
Many of the apartments in this project will include balconies with views of Parramatta River.
Meadowbank's <a href="/news">median unit price currently sits at $495,000</a>, according to RP Data.
 
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