Swing Property | University Hill, Melbourne
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University Hill, Melbourne

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Case Studies
The benchmark for mixed use developments

University Hill is a multi-award winning, mixed-use development visioned as a living, working community that strikes a balance between lifestyle, retail, community, business and the environment.

SECTOR
Mixed Use

SCALE
104 HA

COMMUNITY
4,000 JOBS & 3,000 RESIDENTS

RETAIL
27,000M2

OFFICE
25,000M2+

DWELLINGS
>1,500

LANDSCAPE
18HA

AWARDS
2005 Planning Institute of Australia awards for Planning Excellence

2005 – Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Victorian Awards – Planning in Landscape Architecture

2009 – UDIA Awards for Excellence – Water Sensitive Urban Design

2010 – UDIA Awards for Excellence – Masterplanned Development

2011 Property Council of Australia Innovation and Excellence Awards – Best Masterplanned Community

Insight

During the development of a critical central site at University Hill, there was a strong objective to drive place-making across the precinct in addition to individual project performance.  Coming from an office masterplan, the planning approval was successfully negotiated to deliver a mixed-use planning outcome comprising office, health and residential uses on the one site.  The combination of uses added to the fabric of University Hill and varied interaction between the business users and residents.

It also accelerated a 7-year development program to 4 years by targeting multiple occupier sectors simultaneously rather than a single sector sequentially.  In the process, it delivered the only suburban office pre-lease for that year in a 5-star green star design, 4 ½ star NABERS energy building.

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