Plans for Geelong’s new civic precinct have been unveiled

  • By Peter Gordon
  • 17 Oct, 2019

Many of our clients who have purchased in the Armstrong Creek area will be happy to see updates on the new $200M Geelong Civic Precinct. This area has already seen steady capital growth and will continue to do so, with further infrastructure investment making  the region a desirable place to live and work. 

Plans for Geelong’s new civic precinct have been unveiled, as the city’s central project takes its next step appointing developer and fund manager Quintessential Equity on the city's new HQ.

The Cox Architecture-designed cross laminated timber building will be Geelong’s new central administrative office at 137 Mercer Street.

The new headquarters will consolidate the city’s nine offices into one central building, with construction expected to begin next year on the civic precinct.

City of Geelong said it is partnering with Quintessential in a $200 million investment on the project, with completion planned for mid-2022.

Quintessential were selected for the project from a shortlist of developers which included Geelong-based Raffles Chatter and Epc. Pacific.

Melbourne-based fund manager Quintessential has been busy in Geelong’s commercial market, with projects including the $120 million headquarters for WorkSafe at 1 Malop Street, completed in 2017. It’s currently completing health insurer GMHBAs new head office, an $85 million project at 60 Moorabool Street.

The precinct will comprise the council-occupied building and a second commercial building.

The second building will be developed and funded by Quintessential.

The new office precinct plans to achieve a 6 Star Green Star Design as well as a 6 Star NABERS Energy Rating with around 48 per cent of the site to have public space access as well as co-working spaces, retail, food tenancies.

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By Peter Gordon April 26, 2023

Quiet simply, the Palms is the place to buy!

The northern beaches of Cairns is the Nation's best location for property investors right now, and The Palms is the premier development in this boom region.

It has the best location being elevated and backing onto the rainforest. It will have amazing facilities with a shopping village, a primary school, parks and green open space, a water park and an expanse of wildlife corridors.

It has taken the developers three years to get planning approval for this unique development to be able to hit the market. There are only 300 lots spread across 85 acres of the best land in The Northern Beaches.  Residents will have an abundance of open space right at their doorstep.  The Palms is also the only Certified Enviro Development project in Far North Queensland.

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By Peter Gordon April 20, 2023

Sydneysiders and Melburnians, put aside your equally outstanding flat whites for a moment. Stop bickering about whether great beaches beat cool laneways (they do) and desist from debating whether all baristas require waxed moustaches (ideally).

Because Brisbane is closing in on the title of Australia’s best city, and we must join forces to keep this subtropical upstart in its place.

Time  magazine recently named Brisvegas on its “World’s Greatest Places” list, and omitted our cities. It’s a huge shock (and who knew they still published Time  magazine?). But they might be onto something.

Time  points to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be hosted in the maroon metropolis. Brisbane will do a fine job, even though it’ll baffle the world when rugby league is added to the schedule and Queensland is allowed to field its own team.

Time’s  most radical claim is that Brisbane is worth visiting now, but tourism is surging. Not only did Lin-Manuel Miranda recently drop in to catch Hamilton , but hundreds of Hamilfans flew up to watch his interview with Leigh Sales (presumably unaware that it would subsequently arrive on iView for free).


By Peter Gordon April 6, 2023
This small duplex development just a short drive from Hervey Bay on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast, offers an incredible lifestyle at an affordable price. With unprecedented demand and very limited supply, prices look set to skyrocket.

A leading local agent has appraised each side of these duplex's to be worth $665k on completion and rent for $495 per week. So that is massive potentail instant equity of up to $390K on completion, which is incredibly hard to find.
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