One of the primary characteristics of a university campus is its location in high-amenity, well-connected suburbs, as it caters to the thousands of students who walk through its doors every day.

It’s this enviable central location that makes Hamton’s newest neighbourhood so appealing to discerning buyers. The 1.6-hectare site was formerly home to a University of Melbourne campus.

This relocation paved the way for <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/hamton">Hamton</a>, best known for their $3 billion joint venture development Moonee Valley Park, a vibrant new residential community emerging around the Moonee Valley Racecourse.

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<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/scotch-hill-gardens-hawthorn-147-robinson-road-hawthorn-vic-3122">Scotch Hill Gardens</a> benefits from excellent transport connections and local amenities, further enhanced by the revitalisation of Bills Street delivered as part of the development. Thanks to its history as a university campus, the site is within five minutes of Glenferrie and Auburn Villages and 10 minutes to Kooyong Station.

In addition, the site lies within the prestigious Scotch Hill catchment, which includes highly sought-after educational institutions such as Scotch College, Bialik, and Auburn Primary and Auburn High. This makes it an attractive location for both young families and working professionals.

Understanding that the location would appeal to owner-occupiers, particularly rightsizers and downsizers, Hamton focused on creating a collection of residences tailored to this demographic. The design prioritised community over density, with a series of low-rise buildings nestled within nature.

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The development retains 77 established trees on the site and will add a further 151, creating a unique topography visible from the upper levels of the building. A collaboration between placemaking specialists Woods Bagot and landscape architect Tract, the design dedicates over 40 percent of the 1.6-hectare site to landscaped green open space, seamlessly woven between the low-rise buildings.

Landscaping subtly defines boundaries between public and private zones, ensuring a harmonious blend of spaces.

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Inspired by nature, the masterplan reflects the organic formations of lily pads on a pond, discreet yet interconnected, sitting lightly within their context. Following the principles of “nature-based cities,” the site integrates nature, amenity, wellness, and community.

This commitment to nature complements the already well-established landscape nearby. Adjacent to Gardiners Creek, the site offers both recreational and ecological benefits, while the Yarra River trails, Patterson Reserve, and Hawthorn Velodrome, further enhance the area’s outdoor amenities.

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Residents will have access to a range of facilities, including a bathhouse with wellness amenities, a gym, co-working spaces, and communal dining and lounge areas.

Hamton will announce a builder in the coming months. Demolition of the old Campus is underway with construction on the first stage, anticipated to commence early 2026.&nbsp;

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Scotch Hill Gardens, a new life for the former University of Melbourne Hawthorn Campus

Brisbane-based developer Red &amp; Co. is venturing into the Gold Coast apartment market, spending $8 million on a vacant site in Varsity Lake.

The plan is to developer 156 apartments on the 2,857sqm, 22 Lake Street site, near Varsity Central Park.

Colliers Queensland Residential Development Sites Director Troy Linnane said Colliers had been &nbsp;working closely with Red &amp; Co. to help them secure their first Gold Coast site, with this site offering a great opportunity due to its location and existing approval.&nbsp;

“This off-market transaction highlights the value of strong market knowledge and relationships, we were able to align the right buyer with the right site given the relationships we have with many active &nbsp;developers seeking sites across the SEQ market,” Linnane said.&nbsp;

“Those groups with in-house construction capability or strong builder alliances are leading market activity as they are best positioned to deliver projects in the current market."

Linnane said with&nbsp;confidence strengthening in 2025, they are seeing increased competition for prime development sites.

“Developers are actively seeking well-located sites, to take advantage of the under supply of &nbsp;apartment stock and the significant uplift in revenues due to strong buyer demand."

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Colliers Queensland Residential Site Sales Executive Jackson Robinson said the transaction reflected confidence in the market and increasing demand for well-located, DA-approved sites to develop into &nbsp;housing.&nbsp;

“Red &amp; Co. recognised the depth of unmet demand for well-priced apartment stock on the Gold &nbsp;Coast, particularly in sought-after suburbs like Varsity Lakes, which offers excellent connectivity, expansive views and close proximity to major employment and education hubs,” Robinson said.&nbsp;

There will be a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments, with views over&nbsp;Lake Orr and out to Burleigh Headland and the Hinterland, with additional outlooks north towards the Broadbeach skyline.&nbsp;

Red &amp; Co., led by co-founders Keiran Foster and David Laverty, have previously completed several developments across Brisbane.

Red & Co.’s first acquisition on the Gold Coast demonstrates increasing  confidence in the Gold Coast market

Red & Co. plots new Varsity Lake apartments

There’s no slowing down Gold Coast builder-developer&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/immerse-projects">Immerse Projects</a>.

Led by construction industry veteran John Kearney, the developer has made its move into the Brisbane apartment market, securing a prime site on Sylvan Road in Toowong.

It’s a location filled with nostalgia for Kearney, who studied at the nearby University of Queensland.

"It feels like a full circle moment," Kearney told Apartments.com.au.&nbsp;

“I spent many nights at the Regatta Hotel just down the road — as have most people in Brisbane. It’s one of the city’s most well-known hotels, and with several cafes, restaurants, and a CityCat stop nearby, it’s become an even more attractive place to live.”

Kearney describes Toowong as a suburb with real depth.

"The suburb attracts everyone, from students to retirees, and that's what makes it interesting."

He also noted the opportunity to take advantage of significant view corridors from the new development site: across Toowong Memorial Park, north to the city, and east along the Brisbane River.

CBRE’s Will Carman and John Nucifora brokered the sale of the 1,760 sqm site, citing strong demand for strategically located development opportunities in Brisbane’s inner suburbs.

"Its proximity to transport, retail, and educational facilities made it an opportunity of strong interest to the broader development community," Carman said.

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Nucifora said the acquisition reflects confidence in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/toowong-qld-4066">Toowong</a>, and more broadly Brisbane, as a market of strength for integrated builder developer groups.

"Those with an integrated model, or with strong existing relationships with builders have continued to be at the forefront of development acquisitions over the past two-year period."

Kearney has long operated Greyburn Constructions, and recently expanded into multi-residential development, with great success. They've delivered a new project in Kirra, and they're currently working towards completion at&nbsp;Ombre Robina. Then they have a new project in Kirra, on Haig Street.

They will submit a development application for Toowong later this year.&nbsp;

It’s a location filled with nostalgia for Kearney, who studied at the nearby University of Queensland.



First look: Immerse Projects moves into Brisbane apartment market with Toowong site acquisition

A track record of delivering new projects not just across the Sunshine Coast, but in <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developments/bokarina-qld-4575">Bokarina</a> specifically, gave builder-developer <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/gardner-vaughan-group">Gardner Vaughan Group</a> (GVG) all the IP needed to make Bask even more refined.&nbsp;

After completing Zinc Bokarina last year - positioned directly adjacent to Bask - GVG leveraged years of feedback from original purchasers and current residents, enabled by its community-focused approach and ongoing engagement.

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The feedback pointed to two clear themes: larger apartments with more bedrooms, and amenity suited to the active downsizer.

GVG then designed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/bask-bokarina-38-bokarina-boulevard-bokarina-qld-4575">Bask</a> - a collection of one to four-bedroom apartments - tailored to the end user: local downsizers or those seeking more spacious holiday homes than a compact getaway by the beach.

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A pool was essential, but a lap pool wasn’t. Instead, GVG designed a heated plunge pool, ideal for a refreshing dip. Key to the amenity offering were shared spaces designed to foster community connection. These include shaded garden areas with barbecue facilities, a firepit zone, and a communal herb and vegetable garden.&nbsp;

There’s also a fully equipped gym, designed specifically for the lifestyle exerciser.&nbsp;

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Another key insight was the desire not just for pet-friendly living - but for a development that embraces it. GVG listened and installed a dedicated dog wash bay, perfect for rinsing off after a trip to the dog-friendly Bokarina Beach, just 250 metres from Bask's front door.

Having already helped establish a vibrant lifestyle precinct with retail and amenity at Zinc, GVG is now expanding the offering with more street-level retail, set to complement the existing restaurants, wine bars, convenience, and specialty stores in the precinct.

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Bask represents the final new residential offering in the Bokarina Beach precinct. The two buildings, Mydas and Caretta, have been cleverly designed so that every apartment captures glimpses of either the Pacific Ocean, Lake Kawana, or the Glass House Mountains.&nbsp;

Construction is already underway, with GVG expecting residents to move in by summer 2026/27.

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How GVG is designing for the active downsizer at Bask Bokarina

With completion now on the horizon, <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/new-apartments/the-queensbridge-building-southbank-90-queensbridge-street-southbank-vic-3006">The Queensbridge Building</a> in Southbank is beginning to reveal the depth of its amenity and residential design offering ahead of a planned move-in from late 2025.

Developed by <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/developers/time-place">Time &amp; Place</a> in partnership with MaxCap Group and construction giant&nbsp;<a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/builders/hickory">Hickory</a>, the 65-level tower recently topped out at 208 metres, marking a major milestone for the precinct-shaping project.&nbsp;

Once complete, the development will deliver 350 apartments and a 188-room boutique hotel as part of the Collection by TFE Hotels.

We recently visited The Queensbridge display suite, and a recently completed display apartment within the building, and spoke to Time &amp; Place Sales Director, James Herbert, to find out more about the project.

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Herbert says there are two key points of difference with The Queensbridge.

"The first we call 'modern nostalgia', or the feeling of home. It is one of the reasons we appointed <a href="https://www.apartments.com.au/architects/flack-studio">Flack Studio</a> to handle the interiors. We studied some of Flack's most famous residential homes, and we've created a series of design moments, from the edge of the island bench to the door hardware and the materiality of the homes."

Apartments range from one to three bedrooms, with current pricing starting from $632,000. Most one-bedroom layouts include integrated study nooks, while select two and three-bedroom configurations feature dual bathrooms and generous storage solutions.

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Herbert says the second key point of difference is their&nbsp;commitment to community and experience.

"That's one of the reasons why we took our common amenity spaces and we've brought them together in a concept we call Queensbridge Clubhouse.

"We have all of the typical common amenity facilities you would see in any luxury hotel or building throughout the world like a swimming pool, steam room, gym, and outdoor spaces, but we've also got an amazing co-working space,&nbsp;a private izakaya, and a ground-floor dining space."

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Herbert says the community experience was about bringing&nbsp;people together, so Time &amp; Place has built a bespoke app, and they're appointing an experienced director, to manage the spaces.

"We believe living in the urban environment in a building like this, is about an idea of togetherness, and accessing the very best that Melbourne has to offer."

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Positioned at 90 Queens Bridge Street, The Queensbridge Building benefits from its location at the confluence of Melbourne CBD, South Melbourne, the Yarra River, and the city’s Arts Precinct.&nbsp;

Residents will be within a 15-minute walk of over a dozen green spaces, world-class sports and cultural venues, and South Melbourne Market

The inclusion of the Hannah St. Hotel adjacent to the residential lobby also introduces a unique layer of amenity, providing additional hospitality experiences that extend the lifestyle value of the precinct.

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A $3.15 million Walsh Bay sale topped weekend auction results for apartments across the capital cities.

The 136 sqm two bedroom Mirvac-built apartment was set in the Parbury building in the Walsh Bay precinct.&nbsp;

It was among the 333 apartments put to weekend auction across Sydney which saw a 77 percent success rate.

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The 401/1 Pottinger St apartment came with Harbour Bridge views.

It has access to an indoor pool, gymnasium plus a 13sqm security parking space and 4sqm storage cage.

Selling agent Adrian Wilson said it was a tightly held complex. although there was a sale of another two bedroom apartment three floors higher on the day before.

The $3.15 million apartment had last sold at $2.125 million in 2017.

It first sold off the plan at $915,000 in 2002.

The Parbury at Walsh Bay won the NSW Heritage Office Heritage award in 2004.

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There were 594 auctions of apartments on the weekend, according to CoreLogic, with a 69 percent success rate.

There was an $860,000 median.

Melbourne&#39;s top result was a newly built, four bedroom townhouse at 1/60 Relowe Crescent, Mont Albert North which fetched $1,602,000.

The price guide had been $1.4 million to 41.54 million based on a late 2020 sale at $1.46 million at 47 Boondara Road, Mont Albert North.

Melbourne vendors secured a 57 percent clearance rate from the 208 apartments and townhouse offerings.

The two bedroom apartment was set in the tightly held Parbury building in the renowned Walsh Bay precinct

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Mirvac-built Walsh Bay apartment tops weekend apartment auction sales

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The recent government funding to Sydney’s Walsh Bay has piqued interest in the area, causing demand for commercial property in the area to increase. 
The Berejiklian government has recently approved $100 million worth of funding for the redevelopment of Pier 2/3 at the Walsh Bay precinct.
Funding for the Pier will create some of the country’s most significant art organisations including the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Australian Theatre for Young People and Bell Shakespeare.
Colliers International have sold two office investments in Walsh Bay over the past six months; Suite 7 and Suite 8, both at 24 Hickson Road, for over $3.3 million combined.
Suite 7 (pictured below) was sold to the Done Group for a rate of $11,638 per square metre, a record rate for Walsh Bay in 2019. 
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“The recent government funding for Sydney’s newest art precinct has piqued interest in Walsh Bay and subsequently we are seeing an influx in demand for commercial space,” said Nick Lumley, Investment Services at Colliers International. 
“Investors and creative businesses are recognising the benefit of being close to this precinct and this is reflected in the activity we are seeing in the area.”
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Government funding boosts Walsh Bay investment: Colliers International

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Nine Entertainment investigative reporter Kate McClymont has written that John McGrath has quietly sold his last remaining property asset.
She wrote McGrath had offloaded his harbourside penthouse for a reputed $8.5 million. The off-market sale was done through Tasman Fallshaw from City Living. When asked about the sale by McClymont, Mr Fallshaw said because of a confidentiality agreement, “I can’t really talk about it.” McGrath bought the split-level penthouse at the northern end of The Pier at Walsh Bay for $6.95 million in 2011. The three-bedroom, four bathroom apartment which has views of the Harbour Bridge, comes with a 18.5 metre marina berth. It has since emerged John McGrath is reputedly seeking a home so he can get a couple of dogs. He consulted his local Millers Point agent on the unsolicited offer and was advised it was worth taking.
“After living in the Walsh Bay region for well over a decade, I have decided my next venture in property will be to have a house where I can enjoy having a couple of dogs, particularly near parklands," McGrath, 55, told the Wentworth Courier exclusively this morning.
“I had an approach from an agent who had heard that I’d asked body corporate several times for approval to have pets and had been knocked back.
“So a proactive agent called and said they had a buyer.”
 
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Rio Tinto boss Jean-Sebastien Jacques and wife Muriel Demarcus have bought in Sydney.
The couple have spent $3,025,000 on a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/sold/property-apartment-nsw-walsh+bay-125776266" target="_blank">Walsh Bay apartment</a> bolthole for when they are not in London.
Spanning 110 sqm, the fifth level apartment has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a full-length terrace.
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Jacques, who was made CEO in 2016, joined the company in 2011.
In a recent interview Muriel, who runs frenchyummymummy.com, writing about the cultural differences between the French and the British, said Sydney feels like home.
Muriel said the flat she had rented in Sydney was twice as big as her London home, and cost a fraction of the price.
This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph. 
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The former Solicitor-General of Australia Justin Gleeson SC and wife, academic author Dr Bernadette Brennan, have sold their terrace in Walsh Bay.
They bought the three bedroom Pottinger Street terrace new in 2002 for $2,395,000. 
It came with $4.8 million hopes through Belle Property Pyrmont agents Chervonne Papworth and Caroline Selka had the listing.
An internal lift provides access to each level which includes a whole-floor penthouse master suite with a bathroom, walk in wardrobe and an atrium garden.
Last year Gleeson resigned as Solicitor-General of Australia, the Commonwealth's second-ranking law officer, due to a breakdown of relationship with the Federal Attorney-General George Brandis after three years in the job.
The couple are set for a sea change to the eastern suburbs beaches.
This article first appeared in the Sunday Telegraph.
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High profile lawyer and former Solicitor-General of Australia Justin Gleeson and wife, academic author Dr Bernadette Brennan, have listed their designer terrace in Walsh Bay.
An internal lift provides access to each level which includes a <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-terrace-nsw-walsh+bay-125064594" target="_blank">whole-floor penthouse master suite</a> with a bathroom, walk in wardrobe and an atrium garden.
There are three bedrooms in total and a private courtyard, while the contemporary home has integrated technology throughout.
Belle Property Pyrmont agents Chervonne Papworth and Caroline Selka have the listing.
Gleeson resigned as Solicitor-General of Australia last year, the Commonwealth's second-ranking law officer, due to a breakdown of relationship with Attorney-General George Brandis.
He spent three years in the post. Justin and Bernadette, who have two daughters, are reportedly heading closer to the beach.
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