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Attracting community

Attracting community
Sean Car

In addition to its range of public amenities, the new development at Melbourne Square is incorporating a new style of verdant apartments that connect residents to the community.

As more families and downsizers take up life in the city, developer OSK Property has emphasised an unprecedented level of amenity for its Kavanagh St development.

In addition to its 3700-sqm public park, a Woolworths supermarket, retail and childcare facilities, the developer has released to a market a range of expansive 125 sqm terraces that aim to connect residents with the leafy parkland below.

Large format terrace apartments with a garden vista are in demand, offering leafy, north-facing outlooks from their expansive outdoor balconies, large enough for residents to cultivate into a leafy paradise or entertainer’s delight.

Designed by Cox Architecture, with interiors by Carr Design, the terrace apartments have been incorporated into the first of Melbourne Square’s four residential tower’s podium levels.

“Terrace apartments are extremely popular due to the families moving back into CBD-style locations and downsizers wanting to maintain that relationship with the outdoors that you usually only get in a house,” Cox Architecture director Paul Curry said.

Nearly 20 per cent of Melbourne Square, which spans an entire city block in Southbank, has been allocated to the public realm to enhance the amenity of the local community.

The podium apartments are part of the first stage of the project, which includes two elliptical residential towers, the park and community facilities.

The mixed-use project provides for four residential towers, a commercial office space, a hotel and a retail offering built around the landscaped park.

The project is due for completion in 2020.

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