Lend Lease's Toorak Park project coming to Armadale

Lend Lease's Toorak Park development set to launch in Armadale

A luxury residential apartment development named Toorak Park is coming to Melbourne's Armadale.

The 2.5 hectare site beside Toorak Park will hold 448 apartments and 18 townhouses, designed by Denton Corker Marshall and Carr Design Group. The 16 building project, developed by Lend Lease, will feature landscape architecture by Tract, with open space making up a third of the project.

According to Denton Corker Marshall director John Denton, the practice took its cues from its local surroundings.

"We looked at the Beatty Avenue shops on one side of the lines and saw we could create a place with its own character on the other side," Denton said.

"We wanted to build a village within a village.

"We sought to open up access to the railway station and Beatty Avenue from Orrong Road by creating a central boulevard that is, in effect, a new leafy road in Armadale. The newest area in the neighbourhood will connect with one of the oldest."

The Toorak Park project will include a publicly accessible boulevard with direct access to Toorak railway station.

Lend Lease's national head of Apartments Ben Christie said the site was one of the best qualities of the project.

"Toorak Park is in a fantastic location, where residents can enjoy the local amenities, transport or proximity to the city," said Christie.

"It's also one of the few blue-chip inner-city suburbs in Melbourne where people can live in the heart of a vibrant community but still enjoy a relaxed suburban lifestyle where locals know their name."

One, two and three bedroom apartments are available. One bedroom apartments will range from 55 square metres to 88 square metres, two bedroom apartments are sized from 75 square metres to 107 square metres, and three bedroom apartments range from 115 square metres to 148 square metres.

Toorak Park will have a bluestoned plaza with a convenience store and cafe, as well as communal gardens.

The $500 million project has reportedly faced opposition from the local council and community since the site was purchased in 2009, with a legal battle in the Supreme Court of Victoria, reports the Australian Financial Review.

The project is expected to be completed in 2018, with a display suite opening in late March.