Tall & Urban News

Private developer Stockwell is defying headwinds in the housing market, submitting a development application for a twin tower apartment project in South Brisbane's Fish Lane precinct.

Stockwell—the family property company founded by Bill and Necia Stockwell and now run by their son, former Olympian Mark—has long been associated with apartment projects in Brisbane’s inner south.

Its latest application, an 18,000-square-meter Mode-designed residential project, will comprise 124 apartments across two 27 and 23 story buildings set above a five-level brick podium that features 800 square meters of ground level retail and dining.

The project, located at 30 Merivale Street, sits on a narrow 1,822-square-meter site currently occupied by an industrial warehouse.

The development fronts both Merivale and Cordelia Streets while running the length of the popular Fish Lane dining precinct.

The taller of the two towers will feature larger four and five bedroom apartments with views of the Brisbane CBD and river, while the smaller of the towers will mainly be comprised of two and three bedroom apartments overlooking Mount Cootha and the South Brisbane and West End district.

The application comes as Brisbane’s apartment market continues to digest several years of record unit supply.

According to valuation firm m3property, more than 15 percent of completed inner-Brisbane residential units remain unsold and in the ownership of developers, an increase from 12.4 percent recorded in December 2019.

Despite this, buyers in search of high-end offerings have seen Brisbane’s prime property price growth increase 2.5 percent over the year to June 2020, and up 0.3 percent over the past quarter.

For more on this story, go to The Urban Developer.