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News Article (2015)

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Quarry Rehabilitation Provides Housing (2009)

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Heritage

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Knox Council Agenda (2014)

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Harcrest Display Home with Josh & Jenna - Full Version

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See what Josh & Jenna from the Block can do in 48 hours, with a beautiful Mirvac Terrace and $15,000 from IKEA. Visit harcrest.com.au

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Harcrest episode featuring residents, Coco Republic and the Harcrest estate.

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Knox Community Demographics - Knox City Council

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View recent Knox demographics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' Census data and statistics about Knox suburbs and the community profile.

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Mirvac's Harcrest an Early Sellout (2016) 

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Mirvac's Harcrest an Early Sellout (2016) 

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"This provision of early services that connect neighbours sits at the heart of every Mirvac community alongside great design, and we believe, are key factors that drive success.

"The flow on impact of these facilities at Harcrest has been strong demand and also price appreciation for residents. "We're proud to have created a strong sense of community, which will continue grow over the coming year as our final residents settle at Harcrest," he said.

There have been more than 650 settlements to date, of the 899 lots including 622 land lots and 277 house and land packaged lots, ranging from two to five bedroom homes. Many purchasers at Harcrest are repeat buyers who have recognised the quality of Mirvac design, having previously purchased at other Mirvac estates or bought multiple homes within the Harcrest community.

Almost a mini suburb in Wantirna South, Harcrest has been a significant project, with some notable statistics around its construction. More than 37,000 square metres of concrete paving has been completed on site - enough to pave the surface of the MCG 1.5 times. In addition, around 10 kilometres of roads have been laid - the equivalent of two laps of the Melbourne Grand Prix track.

Within Harcrest, residents have access to 6.8 hectares of public open space, including a large lake and wetlands, to be completed late 2016, neighbourhood parks, barbeques, picnic facilities, playgrounds, community gardens and an orchard.

In addition, residents can access the Harcrest Shopping Village, which opened in February 2013 and comprises a local IGA and variety of specialty stores, as well as quality food and beverage establishments.

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"This provision of early services that connect neighbours sits at the heart of every Mirvac community alongside great design, and we believe, are key factors that drive success. "The flow on impact of these facilities at Harcrest has been strong demand and also price appreciation for residents.

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Download the Harcrest Master Stage Plan | Harcrest Mirvac

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Download our latest master stage plan for the Harcrest community in Wantirna South, VIC.

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Brick Rivalry Paves Way for New Deal (2007)

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Brick Rivalry Paves Way for New Deal (2007)

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MIRVAC has outmuscled rival Stockland for a 56-hectare residential development site owned by listed company Brickworks in Melbourne's outer-eastern suburbs.

The sale comes amid rumours that Brickworks chose Mirvac over Stockland because of its patronage of a rival brick company.

Mirvac has an exclusive arrangement with Brickworks subsidiary Austral Bricks to finalise the acquisition of its disused quarry at 525 Stud Road. The price has not been disclosed, but at the time it came to the market it was expected to sell for more than $80 million.

The site spans Scoresby and Wantirna South and is near the High Street and Ferntree Gully Road exits of EastLink, due for completion next year.

It was the last pocket of land in the area zoned Industrial before Knox Council rezoned it for residential use in May. It is surrounded by established houses, most of which were built after the 1960s.

Illustrations used in the marketing campaign suggest Mirvac could yield about 800 lots, pending council approval.

The purchase would be strategic for Mirvac, which is running out of land at its successful Waverley Park redevelopment in Mulgrave. That $1 billion project includes townhouses and low-rise apartment towers on land surrounding the former VFL Park football ground. It has been one of the developer's most successful suburban redevelopments.

Sources have speculated that Stockland made a higher bid for the site than Mirvac, but was rejected because it used a competitor's bricks in an interstate residential development. Stockland representatives and CB Richard Ellis senior agents Justin Clarkson and Andrew Dawkins declined to comment.

Brickworks has been on a selling spree since the start of the year after identifying 521 hectares of land suitable for development, which it valued at almost $230 million. It is expected the overall price Brickworks will get for these assets will now be much higher. The biggest deal outside the Stud Road sale was in Sydney, when AV Jennings bought a disused industrial site in the north-western suburb of Eastwood for $70 million in 2005. Brickworks also sold a 19-hectare site in Hallam for $16 million this year.
http://www.mirvac.com.au

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MIRVAC has outmuscled rival Stockland for a 56-hectare residential development site owned by listed company Brickworks in Melbourne's outer-eastern suburbs. The sale comes amid rumours that Brickworks chose Mirvac over Stockland because of its patronage of a rival brick company.

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Mirvac pays more than $100 million for former Austral Bricks quarry at Scoresby, where it will build high-density housing.

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Former Austral Bricks Site, Stud Road. Collie (2010)

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Former Austral Bricks Site, Stud Road. Collie (2010)

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Collie has been working on an exciting project to provide around 1,000 dwellings and a local activity centre on the former Austral Bricks quarry and brickworks site on Stud Road, Scoresby.

Background
Collie has provided planning advice to Mirvac Victoria since it was chosen as the preferred purchaser of the former Austral Bricks quarry and brickworks on Stud Road, Scoresby.

Prior to the sale of the site, Austral Bricks in conjunction with the City of Knox prepared and exhibited a planning scheme amendment to locate the majority of the site in the Residential 1 Zone, apart from an area of Mixed Use Zone intended for use as a local shopping centre. The amendment also proposed to apply an Environmental Audit Overlay and a Development Plan Overlay to the site, as well as incorporate into the Scheme an 'urban planning guidelines' document to guide the future development of the site. In preparing this amendment, Austral Bricks and the City of Knox had undertaken community consultation, including presentation of the 'urban planning guidelines' document.

Initially, the Collie role focused on providing strategic advice as to how best negotiate the planning system and to have the amendment appropriately restructured to suit the preferred Mirvac development model. This resulted in changes to the prosposed amendment and in particular, the status of the 'urban planning guidelines' and content of the schedule to the Development Plan Overlay.

Following gazettal of the amendment, Collie has assisted Mirvac in obtaining a planning permit for bulk earthworks on the site, and prepared an amendment to relocate the Mixed Use Zone and increase the amount of shop floor space permissible. This amendment has also now been gazetted.

More recently, Collie has worked with Mirvac to prepare a development plan for the site. The preparation of the development plan included public consultation sessions to present the new development approach, as well as extensive liaison with the City of Knox planning department representatives and Councillors.

The development plan indicates an exciting new development for the site, including up to around 1,000 dwellings and a local shopping centre with up to 1,000 square metres of shop floor space. The development is proposed to be located around a landscape and public open space 'spine' created by a horseshoe shaped access road which runs through the site. Key issues addressed in the development plan include:

addressing through a built form approach traffic noise from Stud Road;

residential interfaces along some boundaries of the site;

utilising potential views to the Dandenong Ranges;

the appropriate distribution of public open space;

appropriate management of storm water.

We are happy to announce that the development plan for the site was approved in early 2010. This is an important event in the progress of the development and we look forward to the issue of planning permits for the early stages of the development.

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FORMER AUSTRAL BRICKS SITE, STUD ROAD - Collie PTY LTD, Melbourne Australia

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Collie has been working on an exciting project to provide around 1,000 dwellings and a local activity centre on the former Austral Bricks quarry and brickworks site on Stud Road, Scoresby. Background Collie has provided planning advice to Mirvac Victoria since it was chosen as the preferred purchaser of the former Austral Bricks quarry and...

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Harcrest Land Release forces buyers to camp out

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Harcrest Land Release forces buyers to camp out