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Huge demand for unpermitted landholding in Melbourne’s north

4 November 2015
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​Melbourne, 4 November 2015 – A locally based Chinese buyer has snapped up a landmark Brunswick development site for circa $30 million following a highly competitive international Expressions of Interest campaign.

The sale of the 6,320sqm development offering at 699 Park Street, Brunswick was negotiated by CBRE’s Victorian Development Sites team of Mark Wizel, Julian White and Sandro Peluso, in conjunction with Colliers International’s Trent Hobart and Bryson Cameron.

The property is subject to the C134 Brunswick Activity Centre planning amendment, which is currently in front of the Victorian Planning Minister Richard Wynne.

With the relevant approvals this would provide for a median density mixed use development, along with a rezoning of the site – allowing for views over Princes Park and the Melbourne CBD.

Local and offshore developers fiercely contested the offering, given the site’s development potential and potential views over the Melbourne CBD. 

“18 Expressions of Interest were received, following aggressive bidding from a range of local and offshore buyers,” CBRE Senior Director, Mark Wizel, said.

“We are continuing to witness strong demand from Chinese buyers, keen to secure a foothold in the Melbourne market.  Whilst government measures, including additional taxation for offshore buyers and erratic planning measures, have the potential to deter offshore buyers, we are still fielding strong demand for well-located development sites and investments.”

Julian White, Associate Director of CBRE’s Victorian Development Sites team, said that was extremely encouraging, particularly for Melbourne’s accommodation sector.

“Apartment living is the way of the future.  The continued high absorption rates of CBD and inner city apartments are a clear sign that the market needs to continue to build more apartments, not slow down development,” Mr White said.

He added that the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne were seeing exponential demand for well location apartment projects.

CBRE recently completed the sale of 111 Canning Street, North Melbourne, which was transacted on behalf of Woolworths for in excess of $30 million.

This will be one of the biggest developments in the inner northern suburbs, with the site having a permit for more than 300 apartments, a full line Woolworths supermarket and 15 specialty shops.

A number of major development site sales have also been completed in West Melbourne in 2015.

“We are witnessing a trend for developers to target the northern suburbs of Melbourne, where sites are unaffected by the new planning changes in the Capital City Zone, and there is the added benefit of proximity to the University of Melbourne and other amenity,” Mr Wizel said.

“This is particularly the case when it comes to Chinese developers who are continuing to demonstrate they are not wedded to the CBD for large projects – unlike the majority of Malaysian and Singaporean developers.”

Mr Wizel believes the Chinese are demonstrating significant confidence in Melbourne “These deals clearly represent that Chinese developers do not buy in to the mooted oversupply and that many are commenting that they see Melbourne as more consistence and stable than those apartment markets in Queensland and New South Wales.”

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