Byron Bay

Prominent luxury property developer Luxcon Group are set to break into two new markets.

The Sydney-based developer, who has a string of high-end projects across Sydney's eastern suburbs and Melbourne, is set to launch two new high-end projects in Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay.

The two projects, Escape in Surfers Paradise on Garfield Terrace and Bohemian in Byron Bay on Jonson Street, located on the popular tourist spots most sought-after streets, will be part of Luxcon's new Coastal Collection.

Escape, Luxcon's first project in Queensland, will comprise 28 full floor and dual level penthouse-style residences, each with four bedrooms. There will be two floors of amenities including a pool, gym, sauna and spa.

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Sydney architecture firm PBD Architects suggested in their design statement submitted as part of the development application process back in July that Escape&nbsp;will be an iconic tower overlooking the ocean from the coast of Surfers Paradise, towering out amongst the Gold Coast cityscape as a new destination for those looking for resort-style luxury living.

"Its uniqueness is comparably contemporary and "edgy" amongst a sea of beachfront architecture incorporating coastal curvature and sleek ripple effects in their designs. It also creates a highly sophisticated urban design," PBD noted.

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"Inspired by the natural transition or movement from the coast to the air by the cooling coastal breeze, Japanese art of paper folding, origami, a simple rectangular paper begins to articulately transform into a sculptural object."

PBD were also in charge of the designs for&nbsp;Bohemian at 96 Jonson Street Byron Bay. That will home 44 two and three-bedroom apartments, at the heart of Byron Bay’s main strip and just moments to the beach.

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The Byron Bay project will sit above a 1,750sqm retail shopping and international food plaza and will also include a rooftop terrace with infinity edge pool, gym and spa.

Both developments will feature VZUG Swiss appliances and interiors by Coco Republic.

The Bohemian and Escape developments will see prices start from $2.2 million.

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Highland Project Marketing CEO David Highland, who secured quick-fire sales at the Sydney-based Sammut's Coast development down the road, said&nbsp;it is a pleasure working alongside such a highly credentialed developer to bring the exclusive range of apartments to market.

“It is incredibly rewarding to be collaborating with Luxcon to deliver these projects and doing the unveiling at Margaret was phenomenal,” Mr. Highland said.

“We never expected anything less from Neil Perry, but with Margaret he raised the stakes and having him there on the night was just wonderful.”

Luxcon Director Ilya Melnikoff said the team are excited to have launched the projects to market and look forward to what is to come.

“We have worked closely with PBD Architects to evolve a design that is both sophisticated and functional, capturing the essence of true coastal luxury living,” Melnikoff said.

Luxcon Director Ilya Melnikoff said the team are excited to have launched the projects to market and look forward to what is to come

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Luxcon launch new Coastal Collection apartments in Surfers Paradise and Byron Bay

Byron Bay's only beachfront backpacker hostel is set to make way for a new luxury off the plan apartment project.

Vitale Property Group are behind the plans for the luxury development which will comprise just 26 three-bedroom apartments across three separate three-level buildings on an amalgamated site incorporating Cavvanbah, Milton, and Shirley Street's.

Hayball has designed the project with apartments starting from 130 sqm internally and ranging in size to as large at 170 sqm internally. Each apartment will have large outdoor areas, with balcony space starting from 50 sqm and ground floor terraces from 71 sqm, the latter each with their own private lap pool.

The eight apartments that will sit on the third level of the project will have two levels, the upper level featuring 125 sqm plus roof terraces. Every apartment will also have parking for three cars.

There will be extensive central landscaping on the ground floor, nearly 1,400 sqm, which will incorporate a resort-style pool set beside an established Moreton Bay Fig.

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The rooftop will also have resident amenity in the shape of more landscape gardens.

Development site amalgamation specialists GV Property Group put together the site.

The Brisbane-based Vitale Property Group led by husband and wife team Chris and Letitia Vitale, are behind the Burleigh Heads hotel and apartment development The Mondrian. That will home Australia's first Ritz Carlton hotel as well as 84 luxury apartments.&nbsp;

The new Byron project is a rare opportunity to buy an off the plan apartment in the tourist mecca.

Earlier this year Sydney developers Podia launched The Barbotine, a collection of hotel-style apartments which operate in a similar vein to Airbnb, but will be managed more like a hotel when the apartment owner isn't in residence.

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Podia had The Calile Hotel, Brisbane designers, Richards &amp; Spence, create the project at 116-118 Jonson Street, next to Mercato on Byron, the most used gateway into town. There will be just 41 apartments on offer across three low-rise levels, anchored by a landscaped central courtyard which will meet a mix of public retail, wellness and dining venues.

Vitale Property Group are behind the plans for the luxury development which will comprise just 26 three-bedroom apartments

Byron Bay's Backpackers Inn to become new luxury apartment development

Most known for where Chris Hemsworth lives, Byron Bay is set for a rare apartment development which will benefit the part-time investor, part-time holiday maker.

The Sydney developed Podia has launched The Barbotine, a collection of hotel-style apartments which operate in a similar vein to Airbnb, but will be managed more like a hotel when the apartment owner isn't in residence.

Podia had The Calile Hotel, Brisbane designers, Richards &amp; Spence, create the project at 116-118 Jonson Street, next to Mercato on Byron, the most used gateway into town. There will be just 41 apartments on offer across three low-rise levels, anchored by a landscaped central courtyard which will meet a mix of public retail, wellness and dining venues.

There are two, three and four-bedroom hotel-apartments, which offer an alternative to Airbnb ownership. Buyers will be able to own their own hotel residence to use as both a part-time personal Byron retreat and also use as an income stream when not using the property.

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Podia director Michael Grassi said The Barbotine intentionally redefines the hotel experience and curates an unforgettable destination in Byron Bay that can be enjoyed by everyone.

“The Barbotine is a new concept catering for guests who want the intimacy and home away from home feel of an Airbnb, but with the service of a boutique luxury hotel; and for investors who want the returns of an incredible holiday property but without the hassle of upkeep and security," Grassi said.

The dual key apartments allow apartments to be divided into two completely separate apartments, while also cater for larger groups.

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The hotel will be managed by Jeremy &amp; Jones, purveyors and operators of independent luxury hotels and deliver a guest experience unlike any other that is expected to make it a premier accommodation choice in a town where hotel-style tourism accommodation is scarce.

Jeremy &amp; Jones Director Jeremy Holmes said this is apartment living delivered through the lens of a hotelier.

"Not only will guests enjoy the kind of luxury personalisation you’d expect of a hotel, but owners visiting for the weekend benefit from a concierge they can instruct from afar to have a surfboard tucked away in their room ready for their arrival,” Holmes said.

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A communal rooftop crowns the building and features a central swimming pool set amid landscaped surrounds, with private rooftop terraces adding further amenity.

Construction is expected to commence mid-2022, targeting a completion in late 2023.

The Sydney developed Podia has launched The Barbotine, a collection of hotel-style apartments which operate in a similar vein to Airbnb, but will be managed more like a hotel when the apartment owner isn't in residence.



Rare Byron Bay off the plan apartment development an alternative to Airbnb management

Byron Bay has enjoyed a COVID-induced boom, with capital city holiday makers and investors driving the housing market&nbsp;in the small northern New South Wales town.&nbsp;

But the area is set to welcome a new breed of holiday maker. There&#39;s rare plans for new apartments on Jonson Street, the main street on the way in to town.

Low-key Melbourne investor Adam Garrison&nbsp;and Singaporean real estate tycoon Dr Stanley Quek are behind&nbsp;$52 million proposal for the&nbsp;mixed-use precinct at 90-96 Jonson Street, with local architect Harley Graham Architects designing the three-level building.

That&nbsp;includes ground level&nbsp;retail, some 1,750 sqm which will&nbsp;incorporate&nbsp;a spice alley. There will also be a cascading pool in the landscaped piazza by Daniel Baffsky at 360 Degrees.

Baffsky was&nbsp;given an extensive brief to green the structure in keeping with local subtropical climate and the buildings orientation.

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The plans submitted to the Byron Shire Council. Source: Harley Graham Architects

Levels one and two will be a mix&nbsp;two and three-bedroom apartments, ranging from 90 sqm to 120 sqm. Each will have a front terrace and a rear balcony, and most will have an internal lush lightwell.

Crowning the development will be a resident only rooftop, with swimming pool, pool deck, residential lawn, solar farm, yoga deck and native walking gardens.

There was a pre-lodgement meeting in March where it was revealed that when the notification to local Byron residents was distributed, there were three&nbsp;individuals expressing interest in the residential apartments, with two further sales enquiries received after the consultation closed.

They wanted to be kept updated on the proposal, however, were advised that a number of assessments and plans were yet to be finalised and that their interest was premature.&nbsp;

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The plans submitted to the Byron Shire Council. Source: Harley Graham Architects

There&#39;s concerns from locals the apartments will just become lucrative holiday lets and not address the chronic shortage or housing in the area. There are some 3,500 properties listed on Airbnb in the Byron Shire,&nbsp;

It&#39;s the second plans lodged on Jonson Street this year.&nbsp;

Developer Podia has <a href="https://www.urban.com.au/news/nsw/27-million-byron-bay-serviced-apartment-project-lodged-by-podia">proposed a $27 million development including serviced apartments</a> at the Holiday Village Backpackers site in Byron Bay.

The project is proposed for 116 and 118 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, currently the Holiday Village Backpackers.

DESIGN SUMMARY

The overall design aims for an environmentally and socially sustainable development. Delivering an integrated experience between the architecture, landscape and varied public and private activates of the site, creating a vibrant precinct to live and visit. This is achieved through multiple devices, including;

&bull; Improved pedestrian connection 
&bull; Activated public frontage 
&bull; Inclusion of fine grain retail spaces 
&bull; Contemporary residential amenity 
&bull; Connection to public amenity including greenspace and transport 
 
The landscape is conceived as a holistic urban garden. The landscape is a counterpoint to the modern architecture and a complement to the district &rsquo;s vernacular. It is a juxtaposition of a wild oasis and a familiar domestic courtyard. It is both elevated and vertical, and being integral to the architecture, demonstrates a progressive whole-of-building approach to the urban landscape that breaks free of the typology of peripheral and interstitial boundary treatments and singular ground floor or podium landscape. The whole of building landscape approach seeks to create a cohesive environmental and socially sustainable landscape and living building.

The sequence of landscape components (streetscape and piazza, retail lane, podium gardens, and residential amenity) combine to create an integrated, verdant and diverse sequence of spaces that contributes to both the private domain of the building&rsquo;s residents and the public domain of the broader Byron precinct.

The overall design aims for an environmental and socially sustainable landscape and an integrated landscape experience with the buildings architecture and function, activating the site and creating a vibrant precinct and place to live. The podium gardens have been designed with the intention to form a focus on the development and provide complete site cover of landscape. These spaces also provide social and recreational opportunities for residents, while contributing to the urban character, visual quality and biodiversity of the area.

This development demonstrates a progressive approach to landscape integration with residential development. In this project, the garden contributes as much to the character of the street and broader precinct as it does to the enjoyment of the buildings tenants. The studied integration of landscape and architecture also provides environmental benefits including reduction of the heat island effect, stormwater absorption and creation of urban habitat.

Fundamentally the Landscape Architectural design sets out to provide a stimulating environment responsive to the scale of the development that adheres to the local planning controls, including ESD initiatives and native planting requirements. Environmentally, the diversity of landscape expressions and significant site coverage will help reclaim a site that is predominantly carparking into a habitat for local flora and fauna.

Levels one and two will be a mix two and three-bedroom apartments, ranging from 90 sqm to 120 sqm

Byron Bay set for new apartments as plans for $52 million mixed-use Jonson Street precinct lodged

Developer Podia has proposed a $27 million development including serviced apartments at the Holiday Village Backpackers site in Byron Bay.

The project is proposed for 116 and 118 Jonson Street, Byron Bay, currently the Holiday Village Backpackers.

Byron Shire Council has placed the proposal on public exhibition.

It&nbsp;involves 41 serviced apartments, ground-floor retail and dining spaces, plus a communal garden.

The proposed three-storey building has been designed by Richards &amp; Spence Architects lead by architect Ingrid Richards.

There will be a rooftop pool and basement carparking.

The application notes the process of urban renewal presented the town with an opportunity to address the major environmental challenges including climate change; health and wellbeing and resource depletion.

&quot;These sustainability principles give effect to this broad agenda for a more sustainable, attractive and competitive town,&quot; the application advises.

Katie Wilson, the proprietor of Byron Bay Backpackers, wrote a letter of &ldquo;unwavering support&rdquo; for the proposed development, according to the Byron Shire News.

&ldquo;Our family have owned and operated at this site for 38 years and it is quite emotional letting go, however, we are so pleased with the architectural design and overall vision for the site that we are very seriously considering our association with the property by purchasing one of the apartments within the development,&rdquo; Ms Wilson wrote.

The Sydney developer Podia paid $18.55 million in February to buy the 4287 sqm site after 150 buyer inquiries.

Head of development at Podia, Michael Grassi, said the firm was &quot;passionate&quot; about Byron and want to contribute positively to the Byron Bay town centre.

&ldquo;We wanted to open up the site, maximising solar access to the internal public park so locals, guests and visitors have more green space in the centre of town to lie under a tree and take a break,&rdquo; architect Ingrid Richards told the local paper.

&ldquo;Merging private and public spaces, the courtyard is pivotal.&rdquo;

Richards &amp; Spence are best known for their Brisbane project, Calile Hotel.

Podia is currently constructing 25 apartments in the Premier Place development at 14-20 Premier Street, Neutral Bay.

It has been designed by architect ess lifestyle, with interiors by Richard Stanisich, and landscaping by Dangar Barin Smith.

Premier Place comprises a mix of two and three-bedroom apartments, including garden homes and a spectacular penthouse with city, skyline and Harbour Bridge views.

The last four three-bedroom apartments were priced from $3,700,000-$3,900,000, with two two-bedders priced from $2 million through Atlas by LJ Hooker.

Last July Podia took a put and call option over 18 strata lots at 45 McLaren Street, North Sydney with plans to build a larger mixed-use development.

The structured deal was worth more than $55 million, according to market sources, with the Australian Financial Review reporting it was contingent upon the site being rezoned to allow for higher density development.

The 1792sqm site is located 100m from the future Victoria Cross Metro station.

The $27 million development at 116 and 118 Jonson Street proposes 41 serviced apartments, plus retail and dining spaces and a communal garden

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$27 million Byron Bay serviced apartment project lodged by Podia

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Piccadilly Hill, a Byron Bay hinterland retreat, has been sold for $4.8 million.

It was offered by a company directed by Jon Adgemis, the high-profile KMPG executive.

The sale was more than $2 million higher for the Coopers Shoot acreage, which cost $2.65 million in 2015.

The near 30 hectare estate with jasmine-lined verandas came with approval for a guest cottage.

The homestead with a wet edge pool has views to Broken and Lennox Heads.

Six paddocks, four with spring dams, are cleared pastures for cattle.

Adgemis, KPMG’s head of mergers and acquisitions, has done well in property.

Last year he sold his 1910 Rose Bay home for $4.25 million, $1.4 million more than the $2.85 million he paid for it in 2015.

He upgraded to a nearby $4.5 million home just before Christmas.

He split with the Sutherland Shire-born model Cheyenne Tozzi in 2017.

This article was first published in the Sunday Telegraph.

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KPMG executive Jon Adgemis sells at Byron Bay

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The London-based chartered surveyor Charles Lee visited Byron Bay when visiting during the 2003 Rugby World Cup and decided to purchase at Wategos Beach.
The Lees are selling their home at <a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-byron+bay-123519782" target="_blank">5 Marine Parade</a>.
Comprising a main residence and an adjoining villa – which, combined, generated nearly $200,000 in gross holiday letting fees last financial year – the property is a two minute stroll to family-friendly Wategos Beach and the Cape Byron Nature Walk.
The main residence boasts three bedrooms, including an expansive 8.2m x 5.1m master with double walk-in robes. Two bedrooms in the main residence both have ensuites while the third bedroom jointly accesses the main bathroom.
The Marine Parade property has a price guide of $6 million to $6.5 million through Tony Farrell and Liam Annesley at LJ Hooker Byron Bay.
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Marine Parade, Wategos Beach trophy home with $200,000 annual rental income

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Suffolk Park, the Byron Bay's fringe hamlet, is set to become far more fashionable.
International model Gemma Ward and her photographer partner, David Letts are rumoured recent buyers at the beachside locaility.
<a href="https://www.realestateofdistinction.com.au/properties.php?id=12861493" target="_blank">The $1.6 million outlay</a> by the boho couple has been pinpointed as a nondescript two storey property which only has dense trees between it and the patrolled Tallow Beach via a sandy track.
It is tipped to be an occasional retreat for the couple and their two year old Hawaiin born daughter Naia.
The pair's appreciation for the far north coast emerged when they were attendees at Byron's Bay's popular Easter jazz festival Bluesfest last year, attending with her model friend, Nicole Trunfio.
They were back again last August with Gemma posting three instragram photos of their extended holiday saying "love Byron." 
In 2009 Ward, who divides her time between Australia, Los Angeles and New York, spent weeks renting a beachside mansion at Suffolk Park with Nicole Trunfio.
Gemma made her Australian Fashion Week debut at only 15 years old from Perth and went on to become the youngest model to appear on the American edition of Vogue. 
In 2007, Ward earned $3 million from her doll-face looks, to be ranked by Forbes magazine as the 11th most highly paid model in the world.
After a six year hiatus from modelling, she returned in 2014 with a busy time since including work for Prada, Country Road and Ellery.
Showing off her androgynous side, Gemma made a surprise appearance in Milan earlier this month where she walked in the Calvin Klein autumn 2016 menswear show.
While I was sipping on my yellow flower mango lassi at their local Suffolk Park cafe this week, there was no sign of the beach loving couple who were instead being papped on a hot day at Bondi Beach.
Suffolk Park has long been the poor cousin to Byron's big name locaities, Belongil and Wategos.
Suffolk Park's top price stands at $3.2 million while $10 million was paid last year at Belongil. Wategos hit the highs of $15 million for a colonial style house in 2009.
Bookended by the Tallows and Tuckeroo Beach gated communities, Suffolk Park has attracted the likes of Harvey Norman CEO Katie Page and coal tycoon David Knappick, who recently secured the beachfront record late last year from a Dubai-based expatriate. 
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Gemma Ward makes Byron Bay's Suffolk Park fashionable

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Composer Guntis Sics and his journalist partner Lucy Clark are selling their hinterland Coopers Shoot retreat.
Guntis, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his sound engineering on Moulin Rouge!, has more recently worked on the upcoming Martin Scorsese directed, Silence.
Located between Byron Bay and Bangalow, the solid four bedroom home sits on a one hectare estate with entertaining decks looking over the rolling hills. There is also a self contained studio.
The pair bought the property in 2003 for $891,000. 
<a href="https://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-nsw-coopers+shoot-120568333" target="_blank">Michael Gudgeon of Ray White Byron Bay</a> has the Great Granny Waterhouse Drive property with a $1.95 million price guide.
This article was first published in the Saturday Daily Telegraph.
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Composer Guntis Sics looking to sell Coopers Shoot retreat

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The popular ARIA-award winner Tones and I has returned to her roots where she made her name as a singer.

The pop singer, whose real name is Toni Watson, has spent $3.3 million on two holiday rentals on the same block just out of town. The homes, known as Starr Cottage and Skye Lodge, share the 1010 sqm parcel.

She's understood to be honouring rental bookings for the properties, with Starr Cottage still available to book at $880 a night. However, despite bookings coming up, Skye Lodge is no longer available for further bookings.

Skye Lodge (pictured top and below) is the grander of the two homes, comprising six bedrooms and three bathrooms, a media room, games room and its own pool. 

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Starr Cottage has four bedrooms and two bathrooms, including a private parents retreat upstairs with ensuite. The lounge opens to private backyard with a swimming pool set in established gardens.

On the property is a separate self-contained one bedroom managers quarters with its own private courtyard and entry. 

Marketed as ticking all the boxes for an investor, owner occupier or holiday maker, both homes have been renovated in keeping with their heritage features including tongue and groove VJ walls, double hung timber windows, ceiling roses and hardwood timber floors.

Watson bought the property in a company name, Johnny Run Away, the name of her debut single released last year. The music video depicts her time busking in Byron, with her CD’s available at $10.

Last year Tones spent $5.1 million on a five bedroom mansion in Melbourne Mt Eliza, the suburb where she was born.
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The pop singer, whose real name is Toni Watson, has spent $3.3 million on two holiday rentals on the same block just out of town



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