Stockland Highlands Shopping Centre Opens, Craigieburn

SYDNEY based developer has opened its Stockland Highlands Shopping Centre in the outer northern Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn.

A copy of Stockland’s announcement re: the opening is below:

November 23:

Craigieburn residents will benefit from a convenient new neighbourhood shopping experience, following the opening of the Stockland Highlands Shopping Centre on Thursday 17 November 2011.

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Stockland Starts Building Craigieburn Shopping Centre

Stockland ToorongaHAVING opened the Stockland Tooronga Shopping Centre in Glen Iris on Thursday, Sydney-based developer Stockland has bought forward plans to build a $40 million, 7087 square metre complex in Melbourne’s outer north.

Preparatory construction work has started for two Craigieburn developments: the Stockland Highlands Shopping Centre at Bridgehaven Village, and another complex, The Corner Store, off Waterview Boulevard.

Stockland Highlands will open in the middle of next year and include 22 speciality shops and a piazza style town square.

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Peter Thomson and Ross Perrett Team to Build Course at Beveridge Housing Estate, North of Melbourne

FIVE time British Open champ, and Australian golfing legend Peter Thomson will practice his swing on the first fairway, of an 18-hole golf course he is overseeing the construction of, in Beveridge, north of Melbourne.

The Thompson Perrett designed course is a major part of the Mandalay at Beveridge housing estate, about 45 kilometres from the CBD, between Craigieburn and Wallan.

Mr Thomson is designing the course with landscape architect Ross Perrett.

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Stockland, ID, Prepare to Develop in Melbourne’s Outer North

IT has been another busy week in Melbourne’s outer north, with one company announcing a major $45.8 million acquisition of a residential development site in Craigieburn, and another launching a $60 million housing estate in nearby Mernda.

In the biggest deal, Sydney-based developer Stockland has acquired a 100 hectare development site abutting its hugely successful Highlands development, about 35 kilometres north of town.

The acquisition is the latest in a string for Stockland, which in February paid $58 million for two sites totalling 117.4 hectares in Wollert, not far from Craigieburn.

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Stockland Pays $58 Million For Two Major Development Sites, Melbourne

Stockland chief Matthew QuinnSYDNEY-based developer Stockland has paid about $58 million for two major residential development sites in Melbourne’s outer north.

In the same week the company announced it would focus less on developing apartments, and more on providing low density housing, the group announced two separate land purchases, of 52.4 hectares, and 65 hectares, in Wollert, about 25 kilometres from town.

Stockland is expected to yield 1100 housing lots from the sites, giving it exposure to Melbourne’s burgeoning Epping growth corridor for some years.

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