<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.

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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 announcement by NSW Minister for Social Housing, Pru Goward that a build to rent project will be located in Redfern demonstrates a positive approach to providing a diverse supply of housing.
The Redfern site will accommodate social, affordable and market rental housing thereby generating a diverse community on a large campus.
The new community will be close to the proposed Metro rail station, to Redfern oval and to the Redfern shops. Clearly the site will need to have strong densities and reasonable height to capitalise on its unique location and to ensure that the private housing is able to subsidise the social and affordable housing.
Similar government projects have required around 70 percent of homes to be market housing and this is likely for the Redfern site. As the project will only be for rental accommodation it will provide much needed housing for those that prefer long term leasing.
American examples of Build to Rent housing have developed a resort like character to the precinct with a range of facilities and amenities that all tenants can share. This pilot project should also look at the sharing of cars within a pool and ensure that child care and play facilities are incorporated.
The Urban Taskforce will be keen to encourage our members to look at the Request for Proposals when it is released. 
We assume that the NSW Government will de-risk the project by supporting a planning approval that provides the amount of floor space that will be required to make the project financially viable.
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A Redfern apartment block is set to be converted into student accomodation, with a proposed $52 million purchase by Singaporean company Wee Hur Holdings.
Wee Hur, also known as The Group, have lodged a put and call option deed on the Gibbons Street block near Redfern Station.
They're intention is to redeveloper the property to be a purpose-built student accomodation (PBSA) with more than 500 beds (below).
The Group, a SGX mainboard-listed property developer, has proposed an 18-storey building with two podium levels and 16 levels of student accommodation.  
The proposal will consist of studios and cluster bedrooms, indoor and outdoor communal spaces for students and a small retail tenancy on the ground level.  
Designed with students in mind, the proposed student accommodation complex will provide facilities and amenities such as kitchen, laundry, bicycle parking, study rooms and games rooms etc.  
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The current freehold residential block comprises 32 apartments (top).
The 1,365 sqm site is a 10 to 20 minute walk from the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney respectively
If the proposed acquisition is successful and the PBSA redevelopment plan is approved, the total number of PBSA beds under the Wee Hur PBSA Master Trust can reach approximately 3,765.
The Group’s first PBSA with 1578 beds in Buranda, Brisbane is ready to take in students in July 2018. 
Its second PBSA with 772 beds along Gray Street, Adelaide is expected to complete by early 2019 for 2019 first semester student intake. 
Construction of the Group’s third PBSA with 900 beds along A'Beckett Street, Melbourne is expected to commence by end-2018 and to complete by 2020.
The Group executive chairman Goh Yeow Lian said they have wanted a PBSA in Sydney.
“We are very pleased to find this acquisition opportunity in Sydney as we wanted very much to have a PBSA in this city. 
"We find this site attractive as it is close to two universities, the University of Sydney and University of Technology Sydney, and also close to railway train and metro stations.”
 
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Four commercial premises in Redfern's popular dining hub The Alchemy have been listed for sale.
The <a href="https://www.realcommercial.com.au/property-retail-nsw-redfern-502818198" target="_blank">properties on the corner of Pitt and Redfern Streets</a> are currently home to restaurants Bart Jr, Fern St, Isaacs and the recently opened Juan.
Isaacs restaurant takes up two shop spaces.
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The net income range from $54,000 per annum to $143,000. Each premises has new five to eight year leases.
The properties in the recently completed development are being offered for sale individually or all together.
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The ground floor offerings sit beneath apartments. 
Ray White Commercial agents Scott Stephens, Justin Rose, Samuel Hadgelias and Jeff Moxham are marketing the property for a June 13 auction.
Each space was bought in 2016 and 2017, with the purchase prices totalling just over $3.5 million.
 
 
 
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A home that hit the headlines earlier this year when it sold under the hammer but actually didn't sell, has now sold four months on.
The hammer fell on a run down Redfern home when builders Sean Piper and Martin Allen outbid everyone to land the property for $1.36 million at its July auction.
After the price passed $1.35 million, Cooley Auctions auctioneer Jake Moore had indicated the reserve had been reached. It hadn't. He slammed the gavel down and shouted "sold" at $1.36 million.
But then the perplexed listing agent Cheryle Lanthois from Carrington Real Estate belatedly intervened. The house apparently had not been “sold” at all.
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“I’m sorry, I’ve made a mistake. The written reserve was $1.4 million — I had it as $1.3 million. Come inside and we’ll negotiate with the vendor,” Moore told the top bidders.
“We’re not negotiating — that’s it,” Piper said, the Sunday Telegraph noted.
Mr Moore: “I sold it under the written reserve — it’s my fault. It’s not the owner’s fault, it’s not Cheryl’s fault, it’s my fault.”
Lanthois confirmed that the vendor wasn’t selling at $1.36 million, but holding out for $1.4 million.
Discussions went on after the Boronia Street auction, with the eventual line from Carrington Real Estate agent Cheryle Lanthois saying the property had passed in because the reserve hadn't been met.
Piper and Allen understandably weren't best pleased and didn't want to go as far as the $1.4 million reserve.
After all the toing and froing, the home went on to sell late last month through different against BresicWhitney for $1.34 million, marginally less that the price the hammer fell at.
The Boronia Street home was a run-down three-bedroom terrace with peeling paint, squeaky floorboards, mouldy walls and outdoor dunny. 
 
 
 
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2GB Radio broadcaster Ben Fordham and his construction manager mate, Steve Fadel pulled their small-scale development in Redfern from its weekend scheduled auction.
They're now seeking a tenant at $1,800 a week.
The Turner Street property might get re-listed for auction when the auction season returns in February.
The almost identical home at 19b sold pre-construction 18 months ago for $2.65 million, with the now complete 19a having $2.4 million price guidance through the BresicWhitney agent Charles Touma.
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The three bedroom property features an industrial warehouse aesthetic including a front door fashioned from a decommissioned Sydney Ferry.
Fadel and Fordham’s business relationship formed when they were next-door neighbours.
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2GB Radio broadctaser Ben Fordham and his construction manager mate, Steve Fadel have listed their small-scale development in Redfern for December 2 auction.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-redfern-126857602" target="_blank">19a Turner Street</a> is a newly built abode developed by Steve Fadel and Fordham. 
The almost identical homes at 19b sold pre-construction 18 months ago for $2.65 million, with 19a having $2.4 million price guidance through the BresicWhitney agent Charles Touma.
The three bedroom, three-bathroom property features an industrial warehouse aesthetic including a front door fashioned from a decommissioned Sydney Ferry.
<div>Fadel and Fordham’s business relationship formed when they were next-door neighbours as Fordham had just bought from Fadel in Wells Street, Redfern.</div>
That industrial Redfern residential terrace sold for $3.2 million recently through Cobden &amp; Hayson when the 2GB drive time host who had paid $1.7 million in 2010 moved across the harbour with his TV presenter wife Jodie Speers with their two children, Pearl and Freddie.
Turner Street is their first joint project,  with the duo going on to acquire a former mechanics workshop in Alexandria with 17 apartments planned and a motel in Strathfield approved for 65 units.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph. 
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A Newtown estate agent outbid several religious groups to secure the 145-year-old church in Redfern at auction yesterday.
Jim Markakis, the principal of Richardson and Wrench Newtown, bid $3,725,000 for the former church as an investment for his family.
The price was $725,000 more than the reserve price for the 360-square-metre property, which came with heritage listing.
He will put it to tender to work out who’s the best tenant and the best use for the building.
There were nine groups seeking the 1872 Victorian, Gothic-style church that was offered by the Uniting Church.
The property at 118 Regent Street, Redfern has been used by the Tongan Parish for more than 20 years.
The congregation had moved to a new church in Marrickville.
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A heritage-listed church in Sydney’s inner suburb of Redfern has been listed for auction with expectations of between $2.5 and $3 million.
The Uniting Church is selling the Tongan Parish church at <a href="https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/property/118-regent-street-redfern-nsw-2016-2013759335" target="_blank">118 Regent Street, Redfern</a>, as maintenance is becoming expensive.
The Gothic-style church, built in 1872, will go to auction on September 6 through CBRE.
The site is zoned B4 mixed use and the zoning allows for education, commercial or residential use.
The listing agents are Peter Vines and Stephen Grant of CBRE.
“This Victorian Gothic Church is an extremely unique opportunity within South Sydney, as it’s zoned B4 mixed use, so it will suit savvy owner occupiers, investors and developers,” Grant was quoted as saying by Fairfax Media.
Vines said the ”striking architecture and the proximity to the city” made it ”unique”.
“It would be an unbelievable creative office space for the right person,” he said.
The floor area is 360 sqm.
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The site also had rare ‘place of worship’ rights which was expected to draw interest from other church groups, he said.
The Regent Street church has Local Heritage listing, meaning that its facade, wooden staircase up to the tower and wooden altar would all have to be maintained as part of new designs.
According to the heritage listing, the church took four years to build and cost £1000, which was paid for by the congregation.
It has 360 square metres of floor space, two street frontages and is 300 metres from Redfern train station. 
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Radio 2GB drive time broadcaster Ben Fordham has listed his redundant industrial Redfern terrace.
Fordham called the contemporary terrace home with TV presenter wife Jodie Speers until they bought last year on Sydney's lower north shore.
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He paid $1.7 million in 2010 for the three level Redfern home designed by BKA with oversight by the developer, Paramount Property Group's Steve Fadel.
It was completed in 2011, the year it received an MBA housing award for design and construction.
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All very bespoke across the 175 square metre internal space, the Wells Street minimalist design apparently references the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando.
The home was briefly available for rent at $1,500 a week, but Cobden &amp; Hayson agent Matthew Hayson has set a June 2 auction date with a guide of $2.8 million.
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With a lifetime mixing in media circles, Fordham has been his own fixture in the media for nearly two decades.
He began his career on Sydney's 2UE radio station, for which he won a Walkley Award for his coverage of the tragic 1997 Thredbo snow landslide.
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A year later Fordham moved to television with Sky News Australia before soon joining the Nine Network, working on programs including 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Nine News and Today.
In 2011, the year he married Seven News presenter Jodie Speers, he joined 2GB replacing Jason Morrison to present Sydney Live.
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Ben and Jodie took to suburbia around the time of their first daughter Pearl, the sister of Freddie.
The award winning home is constructed from concrete and recycled materials including timber floors from a bowling alley and hand rails from a local hospital.
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The whole upper floor main bedroom retreat opens to a north facing terrace with leafy outlook and city views.
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The designer kitchen, living and dining space on the ground floor open to a courtyard while a built-in home office and two further bedrooms with balconies sit on the middle floor.
This article first appeared in The Sunday Telegraph.
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Media star Ben Fordham lists Redfern terrace

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Singer Mahalia Barnes and musician husband Ben Rodgers have sold their Redfern Watertower factory conversion after it was pulled from auction last month.
The Berrima-bound musical couple reduced their asking price from $1,475,000 to $1,425,000, prompting the sale through BresicWhitney agent Charles Touma.
Renovated since their $665,000 purchase in 2010, the <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-redfern-124625294" target="_blank">three bedroom, two bathroom apartment</a> comes with a space that Barnes converted into a studio for musos to work in.
The split level apartment has 115 sqm inside space.
The couple have bought in Berrima to be closer to her rock legend father Jimmy Barnes, who lives in Bowral.
This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph.
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