Victoria Grand, Sydney: Second stage of Chatswood Place development goes on sale

The first stage of Chatswood Place sold out within three hours, leading to high hopes for Victoria Grand, the second – and final – stage of the development on the Chatswood CBD fringe.

Launching on Saturday (May 7), the building comprises 71 apartments on seven floors, above a ground-floor convenience food centre and a first-floor fine-dining precinct. There are also plans for a childcare centre.

Platino Properties development director Jonathan Leib said prospective buyers wanted developments that offered a combination of privacy and amenities such as pools and gyms but were only a stone’s throw from restaurants, shops and cafes.

“Chatswood Place is located right on the edge of the Chatswood CBD but when you’re sitting in your apartment, you’re not sitting in the CBD environment, you have a beautiful suburban outlook,” he said.

Victoria Grand is the tallest building in the development, occupying the north-west corner of the site.

“It’s got the best views, the largest apartments and the best aspect. 

We’ve saved the best for last,” Leib says.

Inside, the apartments will have Miele appliances, stone benchtops, marble splashbacks and oak floors.

As part of the precinct, a boarded-up heritage home is to be refurbished for use as a boutique bar. Residents will have access to a gym, outdoor pool, barbecue area and sheltered pavilion for entertaining. Residents-only gardens will include trees, waterfalls and fountains.

The area is well serviced by buses and trains, and the building is about 400 metres from Chatswood Chase shopping centre.

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Chatswood Place
260 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood

Studios, 44 square metres, $730,000 to $770,000; one bed, 49-67 square metres, $790,000 to $999,000; two beds, 70-96 square metres, $1.35 million to $1.875 million; three beds, 97-144 square metres, $1.95 million to $3.8 million; four beds, 118-173 square metres, $2.975 million to $4.5 million. Strata levies from $600 a quarter. Due for completion 2018. Agent CBRE, 1800 986 286; chatswoodplace.com.au

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