Mirvac Building Wall That Will Block Waverley Park Eyesore From Melburnians

SYDNEY-based developer Mirvac is building a giant freeway wall which will block Melburnian’s travelling on the Monash Freeway from seeing one of the south-eastern suburb’s most familiar eyesores.

As part of its Waverley Park stadium townhouse redevelopment, which is nearing completion, Mirvac is required to build a freeway wall to mitigate traffic nose for new residents.

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Mirvac Signs STA Travel to Southbank Office

FOR the moment, residents in Southbank’s most exclusive skyscrapers can relax knowing their million dollar city views are preserved.

Sydney-based property giant Mirvac has signed tour enterprise STA Travel to a nine-year lease at a low rise office within a riverfront compound at Riverside Quay.

The Mirvac offices are on blue ribbon parcels of land abutting the Yarra River. At the moment the buildings are limited by a height restriction, however several long standing zonings have been removed, in the pro-development era that has ensued since the problematic Melbourne 2030 policy.

Inevitable high rise redevelopment of these Mirvac sites down the track will block postcard views currently enjoyed by residents at Eureka, Freshwater Place and other skyscrapers nearby.

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Mirvac Gets Ready to market Sixth Docklands Skyscraper

SYDNEY-based developer Mirvac will launch its sixth Docklands skyscraper, Yarra Point, in October.

Mirvac will adopt a design strategy used at its Tower 5 complex nearby, and the Melburnian, in St Kilda Road, by targeting top-end buyers with a high quality product.

This is reflected in the sale price, where one-bedroom flats are expected to be priced from $500,000.

The distinctive $200 million tower, 31-level tower will include 201 apartments in one, two and three bedroom configurations.

Yarra Point will include a rooftop garden, communal barbecue facilities and a gym atop a fifth level podium.

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Mirvac Starts Planning its Biggest Victorian Masterplanned Community

RockbankMIRVAC was one of many land owners celebrating the State Government’s decision last month to substantially extend Melbourne’s Urban Growth Boundary.

The announcement paves the way for Mirvac, with Malaysia based joint venture partner Jayaland, to develop its largest master planned Victorian community in the western suburb of Rockbank, near Melton, about 28 kilometres from town.

Mirvac chief executive officer Victoria John Carfi said the company was delighted with the government’s decision, and that it will now work with the Growth Areas Authority and the Melton City Council to work through a new planning process.

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Mirvac Sebel Deep Blue Resort, Warrnambool, For Sale

WARRNAMBOOL based developer Graeme Schultz can expect to make about $12 million from the sale of a 75-room resort on Victoria’s Great Ocean Road.

The Sebel Deep Blue resort at Warrnambool, about 270 kilometres west of the CBD, will be sold with a lease to Mirvac Hotels.

The 4.5 star resort includes a restaurant, bath house, therapy pool, swimming pool, private bathing rooms and function rooms catering for up to 300 people.

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Mirvac to Start Marketing Homes at Former Austral Bricks Site by October 2010

TWO years after Mirvac paid Brickworks Limited a staggering $100 million for its Austral Bricks site, in Melbourne’s south-east, the Sydney-based developer is ready to start marketing the first homes.

Mirvac Victoria CEO John Carfi says the first blocks at the site, known as 525 Stud Road, in Scoresby, should be put to the market in October.

The Austral Bricks site spreads 56 hectares, and spills into the neighbouring suburb of Wantirna South.

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Mirvac Makes $29.5 Million From Chester Square Shopping Centre Sale

MIRVAC Group has made $29.5 million from the sale of its Chester Square shopping centre in Sydney’s west.

The Chester Hill sale follows that last month of the Moonee Beach Shopping Centre, on the NSW north coast to the listed Gowing Brothers for $12.5 million.

The company has also sold its Kwinana Hub shopping centre in Perth for $25 million.

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Mirvac Reaps $13 Million From Port Melbourne Site Once Owned by GM Holden

MIRVAC is believed to have made about $13 million from the sale of a 4.4 hectare Port Melbourne development site, once owned by General Motors Holden.

The Sydney-based developer this week exchanged contracts to sell the cleared block of land, to a private investment company.

Mirvac’s Victorian development manager Christian Graham confirmed the sale but declined to comment on the details including buyer or price.

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Mirvac Reaps $13 Million From Port Melbourne Site Once Owned by GM Holden

MIRVAC is believed to have made about $13 million from the sale of a 4.4 hectare Port Melbourne development site, once owned by General Motors Holden.

The Sydney-based developer this week exchanged contracts to sell the cleared block of land, to a private investment company.

Mirvac’s Victorian development manager Christian Graham confirmed the sale but declined to comment on the details including buyer or price.

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Ex Stockland and Mirvac Exec Announces West Footscray Townhouse Project

THE man who bought high rise living to South Yarra ten years ago, and helped develop Beacon Cove in Port Melbourne, has turned his hand to another development, on West Footscray’s Stony Creek.
 
Former Mirvac and Stockland executive Cameron Alderson’s latest development proposal, Canopi, aims to solve housing affordability issues by offering efficiently designed townhouses on small “inner-city” size blocks of around 175 square metres.
 
Canopi, at the end of Lae Street, will include 43 townhouses each including three bedrooms, two bathrooms, two car spots and a rear courtyard. Kingsford Property is marketing the townhouses, which range in price from $479,000 to $550,000.

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Caydon Pays Mirvac $12 Million For Hawthorn Super Site Overlooking Glenferrie Oval

COLLINGWOOD-based developer Caydon is the mystery buyer to pay more than $12 million for a major Hawthorn development site, overlooking the Glenferrie Oval.
 
The collection of properties was offloaded by Mirvac, which had quietly spent several years amalgamating adjoining warehouses and offices between 291 and 311 Burwood Road, to create the 5,000 square metre super site.
 
Soon before listing the property for sale in August, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal granted Mirvac a permit to build a $120 million, 5-level office which at 18,800 square metres, would have been one of the biggest in the suburb. 

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Mirvac Sells Assets in Doncaster, Maitland, For $27.4 Million

MIRVAC Real Estate Investment Trust has sold two investments for a combined total of $27.4 million.

In Melbourne, the group offloaded the Doncaster Corporate Centre at 591 – 609 Doncaster Road for $17.3 million. The sale includes a purpose built Silverstone Jaguar showroom and three office buildings. CB Richard Ellis was marketing agent for this property.

Mirvac also sold the Pender Place Shopping Centre in the NSW Hunter Valley town of Maitland for $10.1 million – about the same price it was purchased for in 2007.

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Mirvac Sells 180 Queen Street, Brisbane CBD, For $22 Million

QUEENSLAND developer Kevin Seymour has paid $22 million for Brisbane’s Country Road building, at 180 Queen Street.

The heritage listed building was offloaded by the Mirvac PFA Diversified Property Trust, which purchased the asset in October 2005. It was last valued on Mirvac’s website in June 2007, at $25.5 million.

The 9-level building once accommodated a banking chamber. The property is on the northern end of the Queen Street Mall between David Jones and the Broadway on the Mall shopping centre. It is also opposite the Wintergarden and Hilton Complex.

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Mirvac to Sell Former National Foods Headquarters, Mulgrave

MIRVAC is understood to be close to selling a suburban office building for about $7.75 million.
 
Sources say the Sydney-based developer, which last week announced a $1.08 billion loss for the year to June, is in negotiations to sell the former National Foods headquarters in Mulgrave to an investor.
 
The 2,600 square metre A-grade office at 30 – 32 Compark Circuit, near the busy intersection of Springvale and Wellington roads, has only recently been re-let to biotechnology tools company Life Technologies which formed last year when Mt Waverley-based Invitrogen Corporation and Scoresby-based Applied Biosystems amalgamated.

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Mirvac Posts $1.08 Billion Net Loss

SYDNEY-based property giant Mirvac has posted a statutory $1.08 billion net loss after tax for the 12 months ended 30 June 2009.

The company said it was impacted by property revaluations of $487.2 million, and the net loss in a range of joint ventures, which attributed $158 million to the company’s bottom line. Goodwill, management rights and other intangible assets were reduced by $273.6 million.

But net operating profit after tax was $200.8 million, down 43 per cent on the previous corresponding period. Revenue for the year was $1.79 billion, down down 16 per cent. Mirvac’s full distribution was 8 cents.

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Mirvac Abandons Plans to Build $120 Million Office in Hawthorn, Puts Site on the Market

MIRVAC has abandoned plans to build a $120 million office building in Burwood Road, Hawthorn, in Melbourne’s leafy eastern suburbs.
 
The Sydney-based developer has decided to sell the 5,000 square metre development site, months after obtaining VCAT approval to build a 5-level, 18,800 square metre office, with 557 car parks.
 
Mirvac can expect to make about $12 million for the 291 – 311 Burwood Road site. 

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Mirvac on Track to Redevelop Scoresby Austral Bricks Site into 1000 Lot Estate

PLANS to redevelop the 56 hectare Austral Bricks quarry in Scoresby, and part of Wantirna South, are “well progressed”.
 
Sydney-based developer Mirvac said it has applied to subdivide the massive property into about 1,000 housing lots, which will eventually accommodate a mix of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom terrace and freestanding homes. A new mixed use shopping centre will also be developed on the site, about 25 kilometres south-east of town.

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