Mont Albert's premier development site goes to market

Prospective buyers have the best part of February to secure a permitted development site on the edge of the Box Hill Activity Centre.

Savills are marketing 813-823 Whitehorse Road under an EOI campaign closing Wednesday 28 February. At stake is an approved 994 square metre site with approval for a Bruce Henderson architects-designed apartment tower spanning 16 levels.

Interestingly the site on the corner of Whitehorse Road and Elgar Road went through planning under Mont Albert, although selling brochures list the project in Box Hill; likely in order to boost buyer interest.

Approved within the tower are 89 apartments above retail and commercial spaces. Savills state the apartments are majority two and three bedrooms, with expansive view over the CBD. 

With a slim Box Hill TAFE site and Kingsley Gardens between 813-823 Whitehorse Road and the CBD, those uninterrupted views are likely to stay.

Applicant Doyen Tower Pty Ltd lodged plans for the project during December 2016, with the tower finding favour via VCAT.

In the interim City of Whitehorse rejected the proposal during April last year.

As is often the case, revised plans were submitted for the development during the approvals process. According to the Herald Sun, VCAT approved the tower at 813-823 Whitehorse Road during October despite the council’s decision to reject the application.

We are satisfied that the substituted plans have effected significant improvements and that the proposed building (with some tweaking via the permit conditions) will be a very positive addition to this streetscape/activity centre and sit in an appropriate manner alongside its nearest neighbours.

VCAT tribunal

Planning machinations aside, the eventual buyer of the site will be able to deliver the glazed tower which will effectively become a gateway project for those travelling north along Whitehorse Road.