This article is from the Australian Property Journal archive
AS it goes about planning Australia’s tallest tower, developer Beulah has picked up a site in the popular inner north Melbourne suburb of Brunswick where it will deliver 25 low-rise homes.
Beulah will go against the grain as other developers in the area such as Mirvac, Stockland and Hines all deliver high-density build-to-sell and build-to-rent projects, with Beulah plotting the townhouses on an expansive 3,700 sqm site at 17-23 Hodgson Street.
The site has two street frontages totalling over 120 metres and is between Sydney Road’s retail precinct, including Barkly Square Shopping Centre, and Union Square Shopping Centre, and is within walking distance to Royal Park, Princes Park and the Melbourne Zoo.
Beulah has hired Six Degrees Architects to deliver a collection of eco-sustainable, carbon-neutral townhouses that will seek to retain the existing heritage facade on-site and feature “community-focused, biophilic design and ecologically sustainable materials”.
“Brunswick is a thriving creative and environmentally-conscious pocket of Melbourne and we look forward to working with the local people and community to do the site justice,” Beulah managing director, Jiaheng Chan said.
“We are excited to work with Six Degrees Architects to deliver a raw, heritage warehouse-style, ecologically sustainable townhome collection that is designed to be low-density, unique and kind on the environment.”
Six Degrees director Peter Malatt said the firm’s completion of the Heller Street park and townhouses, which one its directors lives in, as well as the Spanish Cellars apartments in adjacent streets, gives it an “opportunity to leverage this local knowledge and play off the rich history of the site”.
Also in the region, Beulah is developing The Wilds in Northcote, which is set to become the first carbon-neutral detached housing development in inner Melbourne. All houses will incorporate a solar panel array and be 100% electric, including induction cooktops, enabling the houses to operate fossil-fuel free.
Meanwhile, Beulah has chalked up $600 million in apartment sales in just a few months at its STH BNK by Beulah project, on the southern edge of Melbourne’s CBD, which will become Australia’s tallest building. The dual-tower Southbank project will rise 356 metres from a former BMW site with a distinctive “Green Spine” design and include 789 apartments, 50,000 sqm of A-grade office space, a six-star resort with 210 keys, a Four Seasons Hotel, a conference and entertainment centre, and 30,000 sqm of experiential retail.
