Coogee

Sydney property developer Central Element has secured development approval for the restoration of Coogee's historic 1860’s landmark, Ballamac House.

Ballamac House, at 39 Arcadia Street, will be redeveloped into eight luxury apartments designed by&nbsp;Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (TZG), a long-standing partner of Central Element and expert in heritage projects. They've previously collaborated with Central Element on 25Hours Paddington and The Minerva Potts Point.

Nathan Chivas, Managing Director of Central Element, said Ballamac House&nbsp;has been a permanent fixture on Coogee’s north headland for over a century, so it was crucial to honour its great legacy and restore the property.

"We are thrilled to partner with TZG Architects and Jane Irwin Landscape&nbsp;Architecture to bring the 1860s icon back to its original excellence," Chivas said.

"The conservation of the original house will see us retain the external and internal walls, fireplaces, mantel pieces, and decorative ceilings, while reconstructing the wrap around verandah, as an ode the&nbsp;luxury of estate living."

Established by Charles Moore in 1860, the estate has lived many lives; as a private residence, hotel and infirmary. It has also been home to many prominent Australian figures and seen the likes of British Royalty roam its halls over the years.

Central Element’s vision of fusing old and new will bring the Ballamac House estate into a new era of luxury as it is transformed into eight oceanfront residences across two buildings.

The heritage Victorian house will undergo a restoration to reinstate it to its original grandeur. That will home two of the eight apartments, while the further six will sit in a new building to the east which will have ocean views.

The development occupies close to 1,500 sqm, with its eight residences spread out over four-stories that stand at almost 15 metres tall.

Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nsw/central-element-to-redevelop-coogees-1860-s-ballamac-house-into-luxury-apartments">Central Element to redevelop Coogee's 1860’s Ballamac House into luxury apartments</a>

<a id="m_-1527994245956362592__Hlk143764131" name="m_-1527994245956362592__Hlk143764131"></a>All residences feature three-bedrooms, with the rooftop and penthouse apartments boasting two expansive levels of living. Each residence will enjoy the oceanfront location on Coogee’s northern headland, with uninterrupted views out to Wedding Cake Island.

The penthouse will feature extravagant interiors, configured to maximise its north facing aspect with panoramic views spanning past Gordons Bay to Wylie's Baths. All three bedrooms feature ensuites, with the master occupying the whole top level, with a study and flexible use second living room that can be shut off.

It will seamlessly open up to the wrap around entertaining terrace boasting the best view in the building. The 231 sqm residence will also feature its own internal lift, a second entertaining terrace on the first level, butler’s pantry, powder room and expansive floor-to-ceiling glazing ensuring the views are enjoyed from all the living areas. &nbsp;

Along with the conservation and restoration of the historic elements of Ballamac House, the property will receive an extensive landscaping makeover by award-winning Jane Irwin Landscape&nbsp;Architecture.

The landscaping vision is in response to the views and the heritage house, with all original sandstone utilised throughout the build so as to retain the buildings character, and only local native species selected where possible.

Future residents will also benefit from a communal outdoor area, complete with lush green gardens and a magnesium pool.&nbsp;

Construction on Ballamac House is expected to commence towards the end of 2023.

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Ballamac House has stood proud on Coogee’s north headland for many years as one of the city’s most coveted addresses, having been converted to a strata title in the 1970’s.

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Central Element green lit for Coogee's Ballamac House apartment redevelopment

Revised plans by&nbsp;Fender Katsalidis for the $111 million redevelopment of the Coogee Bay Hotel have been submitted.

The original plans to demolish significant parts of the hotel and build a new six-storey apartment building were met with significant opposition from both Randwick City Council and local residents.

The applicant took the matter to the Land &amp; Environment Court in November 2021, and since then, the case has been ongoing. However, on March 23, 2023, the LEC granted permission for the applicant to lodge amended plans.

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Under the new proposal, several existing buildings and structures on site will be demolished. However, the hotel and most of the Coogee Bay Road facade and beer garden will remain. The internal areas of the hotel will also be reconfigured, and 16 new and 15 refurbished rooms will be added.

To the west of the site a four and five-storey shop top residential building will be constructed, comprising 58 apartments, with seven one-bedroom, 25 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom apartments, in addition to two four-bedroom penthouses.

A new three-storey southern hotel wing, south of the beer garden, will be constructed, including 15 new hotel rooms. The existing beer garden area will also be upgraded, with the construction of new dining pavilions.

Additionally, 11 new retail tenancies, including cafes, shops, and restaurants, will be created in a ground-floor eat street precinct and Coogee Bay Road. A new public laneway will also be established, running from Coogee Bay Road to Arden Street, creating a through link.

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Two levels of car parking will service the development, one at ground level and one basement carpark level, with around 159 spaces planned.&nbsp;

Currently, Randwick Council's external planning consultants are undertaking a detailed assessment of the amended plans, and community feedback will be carefully considered as part of the court proceedings.

Key amendments to the proposal:

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	<li>Building heights reduced from a maximum of 23.33m to 21.35m.</li>
	<li>Amendments to the building mass to retain view lines to key landforms including Wedding Cake Island, Dolphin Point and the northern headland of Coogee Beach.</li>
	<li>Reduction in basement excavation by two levels.</li>
	<li>Increased building setback to the southern boundary and accommodation of deep soil planting and additional communal open space.</li>
	<li>Removal of the ground level supermarket tenancy and provision of residential apartments to the street frontage of Vicar Street.</li>
	<li>Increased retention to four heritage building facades along Coogee Bay Road.</li>
	<li>Internal reconfiguration of pub building, hotel and all residential apartments.</li>
	<li>Inclusion of a three-storey building to the southern side of the beer garden. Provision of the car park entry from Arden Street only and removing the car park entrance from Vicar Street.</li>
	<li>Changes to the colour and materials used on the retail tenancies fronting Coogee Bay Road to respond to the character of this streetscape.</li>
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Under the new proposal, several existing buildings and structures on site will be demolished

Revised plans submitted for $111m Coogee Bay Hotel redevelopment

The landmark Coogee mansion, Ballamac House, is set to undergo a redevelopment into luxury apartments.

Sydney developer Central Element are seeking to transform the historic house, which has been flats for the last six decades. The building at 39 Arcadia Street, just 350 metres from the beach, will be restored and revived to its original glory, creating a collection of just eight apartments&nbsp;to be added to the east of the house.&nbsp;

The group’s vision of fusing old and new will bring the Ballamac House estate into a new era, with the restoration and new build designed by acclaimed architects, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer (TZG), who have collaborated with Central Element on a number of previous projects, including 25Hours Paddington and The Metro-Minerva Potts Point.&nbsp;

TZG’s Director, Tim Greer said their approach was to design both spectacular but also comfortable residences, which spoke to the site’s coastal location and embraced the natural elements of the surrounding environment.&nbsp;

“With Ballamac’s rich Coogee history and Central Element’s expertise, TZG Architects are making a new story. The things we chase in our stories as we craft them are timeless, rational and beautiful but the things that you remember are the small moments of wonder and delight that stay with you long after you have departed” Greer said.

All eight residences will feature three-bedrooms, with the rooftop and penthouse apartments to be split across two levels of living.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Two of the residences will sit within the original 1860’s house with the remaining six situated in the added apartment building, which will feature a communal outdoor entertaining area and garden.

Each of the residences will enjoy the locale of the waterfront location with uninterrupted views out to Wedding Cake Island.

The two apartments within the original house are set to be an ode to old-worldly living, with the retention of the external and internal walls of the original house, along with original fireplaces, mantel pieces, and decorative ceilings.&nbsp;

The residences will also see the reconstruction of the wrap-around verandah with the original rectangular cast iron columns, allowing for indoor to outdoor living.

The repair and conservation of the sandstone walls of the original house will be continued in the new apartment building, blending old and new.

There will be new landscaping by&nbsp;award-winning landscape architecture practice JILA, which will also see a communal plunge pool added.

Central Element’s Managing Director, Nathan Chivas said Ballamac House is a hallmark project for the group, designed to make a lasting impact on the celebrated beach lifestyle in one of Sydney’s most sought-after addresses.&nbsp;

“The legacy and famous history of the building will be preserved as we transform the former residence and add further luxury living spaces that will deliver an elevated lifestyle dimension to the landmark site,” he said.&nbsp;

Completion of the redevelopment is slated for 2024.&nbsp;

The building at 39 Arcadia Street, just 350 metres from the beach, will be restored and revived to its original glory

Central Element to redevelop Coogee's 1860’s Ballamac House into luxury apartments

The Sydney-based IPM has secured approval&nbsp;for their new Coogee project.

Randwick Council gave the green light to IPM to create a three-level, 20-apartment building at&nbsp;201-207 Carrington Road, halfway between Coogee Beach and Randwick.

The privately owned development and investment group will add to their already impressive portfolio which includes in excess of $2.5 billion worth of real estate projects.&nbsp;

There will be a mix of one, two and three-bedroom apartments in the block across the 2268 sqm site, which currently homes four single dwellings.

Paul Buljevic Design (PBD) designed the building, which will connect to its surrounding context through landscaping and&nbsp;a three-pod approach, allowing for full breaks between buildings, as well as giving relief to the bulk of the built form.&nbsp;

"The interplay of planes and introduction of finer vertical grains to the front facade breaks down the bulk further, along with creating a defined entry point to the building," the design statement read.

Each apartment is orientated toward the north, enhancing cross flow ventilation, solar access, and views.&nbsp;

"The design of the proposal responds to the current market demands, in relation to typologies and living patterns currently established in the local area, with apartments generously sized, following an open-plan layout, that maximises the use of the north-facing layout," the statement noted.

IPM has made themselves at home amongst the affluent suburbs over the years, with a portfolio featuring some of the most sought-after addresses.&nbsp;

Developing in some of Sydney's best beachside pockets, the group has taken up a number of projects from Sydney's east to as far north as Palm Beach.

Their latest is in Mona Vale, in the heart of the Mona Vale Town Centre on the Northern Beaches. They'll be delivering apartments above retail at&nbsp;19 Bungan Street. Their Palm Beach project on Barrenjoey Road will&nbsp;comprise just eight&nbsp;apartments, each with panoramic views across the waters of Pittwater.

The group will also build on a Newport site at&nbsp;11-17 Ocean Avenue which will home "coastal-inspired residences."

The privately owned development and investment group will add to their already impressive portfolio which includes in excess of $2.5 billion worth of real estate projects


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IPM secure approval for Coogee apartments 

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Stylist to the stars Anna Bingemann has bought a Coogee bolthole.

Bingemann, who is from the Boans department store family, left Perth in the 1980s when she was 19, and never moved back.

She lives in New York with her producer and director husband Griffin Dunne, the son of the late writer Dominick Dunne.

She’s settled on an apartment in the Pinnacle Complex, paying $1.71 million for a two-bedroom garden unit in the Arden Street block of 12.

She’s currently seeking $1250-a-week tenants, reflecting a 4% yield.

Bingemann bought the apartment from fellow expat, the LA-based film producer Bruna Papandrea, who bought two units off the plan in 2017.

She made a tiny loss on selling the apartment to Bingemann having paid $1,795,000. She’s retained the other apartment, which cost $2.1 million.

Bingemann married Dunne in 2009 at their 40 hectare property at Rhinebeck in upstate New York.

They first met at a birthday party for the Hollywood actor Uma Thurman.

She reportedly oversaw fittings for Nicole Kidman’s Balenciaga wedding gown for Kidman’s 2006 wedding to Keith Urban, and has worked with the likes of Sienna Miller, Naomi Watts and Rachel Weisz.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 

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Stylist to the stars Anna Bingemann buys new Coogee apartment

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Rocker Suze DeMarchi, who fronts the popular band Baby Animals, has secured the sale of her Coogee house. It came 10 days after after its recent auction.
The Arden Street home, which had a guide of $2.1 million, was passed in on a $2.18 million vendor bid.
The Perth born musician then popped on a $2.2 million asking price through The Agency's Bethwyn Richards and Monica Smit having bought the home for $1,265,000 in 2011.
It was secured when returning from the US.
The two level home has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a living area on each level.
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 This article was first published in The Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Rocker Suze DeMarchi sells her Coogee house

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A detached terrace-style home, less than a kilometre from the beach, has come onto the market in Coogee.
Located at 327 Alison Road, the residence features six bedrooms, three bathrooms, a lawn, and a lock up garage.
The block comprises 470 square metres.
It also has a gas fireplace, video intercom system, 5.5KW solar panels, and an underground water tank.
The home previously traded in in 2008, when it sold for $1.4 million.
The median house price in Coogee is $2.62 million.
Martin Farah and Stephanie Farah, from N G Farah Pty Ltd, have the listing.
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Coogee six-bedroom terrace listed for sale

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GWS star midfielder Josh Kelly has listed his three-bedroom Coogee house.
It was bought for $3.45 million in early April with its settlement occurring earlier this month.
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-coogee-133837834" target="_blank">The Division Street home</a> returned it to the market last week with a $3.2 million guide.
The two-storey house's marketing in early April saw a guide of $3.25 million.
The ANZ price predictor website REALAS recently suggested its value at <a href="https://realas.com/property/14-DIVISION-STREET-COOGEE-NSW-2034-1929126" target="_blank">around $3.405 million</a>.
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<div id="adspot-1x1_300x250-pos-2" class="ad">Its listing agent Alexander Phillips, of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley, advised Nine Entertainment he “doesn’t need to sell, but has just had a change of circumstances”.</div>
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<div class="ad">“If it doesn’t sell, he’ll rent it,” he said.</div>
The <a href="https://www.domain.com.au/14-division-street-coogee-nsw-2034-2016329409">three-bedroom house on 530 square metres</a> goes to on July 25 auction.
The agency predicted <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/114813-architect-buys-clovelly-home-featured-on-grand-designs" target="_blank">a collapse was emerging in Clovelly</a>.
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Coastal price collapse forecast for GWS star Josh Kelly in Coogee 

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GWS midfielder Josh Kelly pulled his Coogee house from its auction yesterday.
The two-storey, three-bedroom house (pictured above) was listed due to “a change of circumstances.”
It was bought for $3.45m in April, but estate agent Alexander Phillips, of Phillips Pantzer Donnelley, struggled this month to find enough buyer interest, despite marketing the Division Street home with a reduced $3.2m guide.
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Elsewhere in Coogee, the horse trainer David Hayes and wife Prue pulled their bolthole from yesterday’s scheduled auction too (pictured below).
The three-bedroom Fernside garden apartment, bought for $2.3m in 2017, was listed through NG Farah agent Theo Karangis after their shift to Hong Kong.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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Giants star Josh Kelly and horse trainer David Hayes pull Coogee auctions

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Thoroughbred racing enthu­siast Victoria Samba is selling in Coogee.
It’s been a rental since Samba relocated to Melbourne.
It was most recently offered as a $1850-a-weeker last year, but is being offered with vacant possession through Jason Pantzer at Phillips Pantzer Donnelley for its September 26 auction.
Samba had paid $2.91 million in 2017 for the Dolphin St home when briefly moving from the Randwick home that she and then-husband, recruitment firm boss Mitch Hoare, sold for $3,575,000.
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The Coogee home, on 220sqm, spans two levels ­designed to take advantage of its northerly aspect.
Thoroughly modern, the home has four bedrooms, a custom-fitted study, and an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area that spills on to a rear garden with built-in barbecue.
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Samba, the daughter of the late Melbourne racing identity Les Samba, moved to the Mornington Peninsula late last year to live with her horse-veterinarian partner.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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