Melrose Park

Prominent Sydney developer Deicorp has revealed its plans for the new Melrose Town Centre, turning the 55 hectare patch of dirt just outside of Parramatta into a fully mixed-use community.

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Deicorp, who are teaming up with fellow developer PAYCE on the huge $700 million project, engaged Turner Architects to draw up the plans, which will see 494 apartments built across six buildings, as well as commercial, retail, child care centre, and medical premises in the podiums.

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Stage one will see the five-level podium constructed, as well as three of the buildings. They will rise six, 15, and 24 levels, with the same heights planned for the other three buildings.

Two-bedroom apartments were the preferred configuration, making up around 70 per cent of the apartments on offer. There will be 346 two-beds, 94 one-bed apartments, and 54 three-bedroom units.&nbsp;

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Transport links will be prominent, with the Town Centre set to have its own station as part of the Parramatta Light Rail link.

The precinct is divided into northern and southern parts, with Hope Street dividing the two. The northern part is bound by Victoria Road to the north, Wharf Road to the east, Hope Street to the south and Hughes Avenue to the west.&nbsp;

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The southern part is approximately 20 ha in size and is bound by Hope Street to the north, Wharf Road to the east, Parramatta River to the south, and Atkins Road to the west.

Planning for Melrose Town Centre has been six years in the making, with initial planning discussions kicking off back in 2016.

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Deicorp, who are teaming up with fellow developer PAYCE on the huge $700 million project, engaged Turner Architects to draw up the plans

Joel Robinson

Deicorp and PAYCE's Melrose Town Centre plans revealed

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The auction of a Melrose Park home in the Sydney city of Ryde won’t be any ordinary sale with the late owner bequeathing the proceeds to the Ovarian Cancer Australia charity.
When owner Ian Hemming passed away, he left the sale of his five bedroom home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-melrose+park-134226270">120 Lancaster Avenue</a> to neighbour and good friend Ros Scott, with strict instructions for the charity donation.
The charity chose Ray White Gladesville Agent Neil Robson as they thought he was the best person to handle the uncommon sale.
“It’s a very big responsibility and I’m conscious of ensuring that we do the right thing and make sure we can get as much as we can for the charity,” Ms Scott said about the sale of her neighbour's home.
“There are only a few symptoms of ovarian cancer and it’s hard to detect and people don’t realise how deadly it can be."
“Ovarian cancer doesn't get much in the way of donations or attention so they’re over the moon about it. The more research they can do the better”, she said.
Ms Scott said she knew Mr Hemming was planning to donate the proceeds of the house sale to charity, but didn’t realise he had committed the money to Ovarian Cancer Australia, until after his passing.
“When Mr Hemming’s dad passed away some years ago, Ian started talking about what he might do with the house and said he wanted to do something positive,” she said.
“He knew the daughter of a close friend of mine was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and that’s where he got the idea from.
“I didn’t know for sure if he would donate the whole amount but I thought it was likely as they don’t get a lot of publicity and he was a really humble, kind-hearted man, and wanted to make a difference.”
Mr Robson said Ovarian cancer research is very close to his heart after losing his mother in law to the disease several years ago.
“This is a great opportunity for me to honour her and do something to give back that raises awareness and funds for ovarian cancer,” Mr Robson.
The Melrose Park home has a price guide of $1.5 million and is going to auction on September 26.
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Melrose Park home goes under the hammer for the Ovarian Cancer Australia charity

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Sydney-based developer PAYCE Consolidated is pushing to realiase a greater number of apartments within their expansive Melrose Park renewal project.

City of Parramatta has released planning details on PAYCE Consolidated's second stage of the Melrose Park development which the developer describes as "the new Australian dream, a welcoming neighbourhood with a sense of place."

Amended plans submitted call for 27 apartments to be added to the already approved concept plan, 42 additional car parking spaces and an augmented building form. The second stage is expected to cost in excess of $76 million to build.

The sprawling site is addressed 657-661 Victoria Road and 4-6 Wharf Road. It fell under the control of Payce Consolidated and project partner Sekisui House Australia during 2016, when a $160 million transaction for the 4.5 hectare site was executed with fellow developer Aqualand.

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<figcaption>Melrose Park Stage 2. Image: PAYCE Consolidated</figcaption></figure>The revised Stage 2 plans which landed at planning during June see Allen Jack+Cottier Architects charged with the project's design. A U-shaped building on an island site within the larger development will accommodate 234 apartments.

The living mix sees 20 studio, 71 single, 130 double and 13 triple bedroom apartments in play.

A large communal open space is central to the apartment block, as are rooftop terraces which account for approximately a third of all roof space. 3 basement levels are expected to accommodate 281 car parking spaces.

The former Aqualand site has been segregated into superlot development plots, with Stage 2 noted as being superlot AD. It is set back from Victoria Road and Wharf Road, with another stage dubbed superlot AC to straddle both major frontages. 

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<figcaption>Stage 2 siting within a wider context. Planning image: AJ+C</figcaption></figure>The rejigging of stage 2 is but one portion of the overall Melrose Park precinct controlled by PAYCE Consolidated; it stands to become one of Australia's larger stand-alone urban renewal developments, spanning approximately 30 hectares.

The targeted apartment output for the project sits at approximately 5,000, with 1,500 new jobs also expected. Additionally, a host of communal inclusions are expected within Melrose Park, such as public parks, an amphitheatre and a childcare centre.

Marketing for the initial stage of the precinct has begun in earnest, with Melrose Park's development timeline stretched out to beyond a decade.

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