Omira Property Group bring luxe villas to Ballina as Mana launches
Property developer Omira Property Group has carved out a reputation as one of the most architecturally-focused villa developers in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales and the southern areas of the Gold Coast.
Now they're bringing their classic coastal-style to Ballina, following success in the likes of Byron Bay, Currumbin and Kingscliff.
They've brought the same team down from their most recently completed development, Asana, on Byron Bay's dress circle Marvell Street. Asana comprised just three luxury villas which sold with prices ranging from $4.4 million to $4.6 million.
The new Ballina project, Mana, comprises 14 luxury villas, each with over 220 sqm of internal space. They start from $1.95 million.
Omira Property Group Director Alasdair Baker says the villas will represent an opportunity for prospective purchasers to live in something Ballina hasn't seen before.
"Ballina has everything Byron Bay has and more at half the price tag," Baker says, calling the area a "sleeping giant of opportunity that's just about to wake up."
"The focus in this region has always been on Byron Bay, but when people travel north or south, they realise the same lifestyle opportunities, with multiple beachside precincts, exist up and down the coastline."
C2 Architecture, whose concept embodies an iconic coastal aesthetic with architecture inspired by Palm Springs, is working with designer Mon Palmer of Bare Cabo design studio who has developed an interior scheme that emanates calm.
Marble features predominantly throughout the three-bedroom villas, with stone cladding, timber-look panels and white render on the exterior to create a cool coastal effect.
Hit-and-miss brickwork serves to protect the home from the heat while welcoming summer breezes.
Baker says the project will suit the local downsizer market, those who have been on acreages in the region, as well as those from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane who are looking for the Byron Bay-style lifestyle.
Baker says a project of this calibre needs to have a location to match, which is why they settled on a prime site on Norton Street, a literal stone's throw from North Creek and just over a kilometre to Ballina Fair Shopping Centre.
Pacifico Property, who sold Omira's Asana Byron Bay, is marketing Mana, which is slated for completion in 2025.
One of the villas has already been snapped up pre-launch for $2.4 million, bought by a downsizer from Byron Bay.
