Heritage awards for massive restoration of Fremantle's iconic Dalgety Wool Stores

Development firm Match won two awards at the 2017 Western Australian Heritage Awards for work rebuilding Fremantle’s iconic Dalgety Wool Stores into residential industrial warehouse apartments.

The heritage restoration project, worth $130 million, won the  ‘Conservation or Adaptive Reuse of a State Registered Place’, and the prestigious Gerry Gauntlett Award.

The development, named Heirloom, kept over 85 percent of heritage fabric across 183 apartments and included the rebuild of the saw tooth roof.

The site had been unused for 20 years.

Managing Director of parent company M/Group, Mr Lloyd Clark, said to be honoured so significantly at the Western Australian Heritage Awards is a credit to the tireless work of the entire project team, who left no stone unturned to make this building as special as it now is. 

“Match is in the business of developing signature properties," he said.

"It is our firm belief that people want more from their homes, and today new apartment owners are creating their own space amidst 100 year old Jarrah beams and original heritage features. 

“Drawing on our experience with heritage renewals, we knew from the outset that this project would present challenges, however we also saw it as an extremely important opportunity.

“Heirloom is unquestionably Match’s most significant development project in the company’s 16 year history.

"Its location close to Fremantle’s café strip and between the river and the beach is ideal, and it has helped to activate the City of Fremantle’s plans to extend Fremantle’s activity centre into its eastern corridor gateway."

Mayor Brad Pettitt said the Fremantle Council said t’s hard to imagine a better result than what we now see at Heirloom. 

"After being tired and run down for decades, the east end of Fremantle has become a very attractive place to live and work," he said.

"The Heirloom development has been a major driver in this ongoing transformation."

The project was developed in collaboration with capital joint venture partner, Sirona Capital. 

Heirloom features apartments from $450,000 and two-bedroom apartments from $650,000, with a limited number of harbour facing Lofts available from $950,000. 

The Heirloom display apartments are open by appointment. For more information visit www.heirloombymatch.com.au.