Living in an apartment doesn’t mean you can’t have the perks of the suburbs too — think tree-lined streets, peaceful surroundings and room to move — and all with the conveniences and amenities of a prestigious inner city address.
Magnolia Apartments, St Lucia
It’s one of Brisbane’s oldest and prettiest suburbs, situated on a bend in the Brisbane River and home to tree-lined streets, heritage homes and plentiful green spaces.
St Lucia is also the site of JonBuild developer’s latest enterprise, Magnolia Apartments.
Touted as a “boutique project”, this complex of 38 two-and-three bedroom apartments overlook the small but delightful Guyatt Park, with its shaded benches and Brisbane City Council-maintained BBQs.
The market? It’s not often that brand new apartments become available in this suburb so owner/occupiers and investors will be checking out the potential of Magnolia Apartments.
The apartments feature stone bench tops and ducted air-conditioning throughout; spacious storage options both in the apartment and in the basement; plus a pool, BBQ area and entertainment deck for residents. Some feature spacious courtyards.
This development screams “location, location, location” and many of the apartments come with study nooks — handy considering it is just minutes away from the tertiary education precinct of the prestigious University of Queensland, with its on-campus amenities, including dining options, a cinema and theatre.
There is also quick and easy access to several well-regarded primary and secondary schools.
The gods of shopping can be appeased at the many retail precincts within a ten-minute car trip, including Indooroopilly Shopping Centre and Toowong Village.
Just four kilometres from the CBD, St Lucia is also serviced by regular public transport, including buses, the Toowong railway station and BCC ferries.
Prices start at $585,000 and for more information visit Magnolia Apartments at domain.com.au
La Vida Apartments, Newstead
La Vida. The Life. With parklands and walks along the Brisbane River just a stone’s throw away, the Bekaa Group’s La Vida Newstead development is perfectly located for morning jogs and evening promenades after exploring the many dining options that have made Newstead a foodie’s haunt.
These 187 one, two and three-bedroom residences have been designed by Ellivo Architects and the interiors are by Marion Lam – and it’s this latter touch that is a powerful point of difference at La Vida.
The developers have worked with Lam to ensure the complex is luxuriously consistent but buyers are able to individualise their properties with a choice of two colour palettes.
Glass feature panels not only give way to expansive views but also means that natural light infuses the interiors.
Home entertainers will be able to take advantage of the open-plan designs, with the living area flowing onto the balcony.
The development is made up of two residential towers and all occupants will have access to the two roof-top swimming pools, BBQs, saunas and lounge retreats.
In the past few years, Newstead has grown from being a dingy, dockside expanse of wasteland to a vibrant social and recreational hub just two kilometres from the CBD and the pulsating eclecticism of the nightlife in Fortitude Valley.
This article was first published by Domain on 17 October 2017.
