27-37 Knox Street, Double Bay

14-18 Campbell Parade, Bondi Beach

Prominent Eastern Suburbs developer Eduard Litver is set to bring something to Double Bay it's never seen before.

Litver, who runs Capit.el Group and is best known for the redevelopment of the Bondi Pacific, has had Japanese architect Koichi Takada design a new mixed-use development in the heart of the suburb,&nbsp;just across the road from The Cosmopolitan Centre where Litver owns the retail component.

Takada's plans include two retail spaces at street level, as well as two food and beverage tenancies.

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Above will be parking, and then a level of commercial space.

The top two levels will be dedicated to just two two-level apartments. The downstairs will home the living, kitchen and dining area, with two terraces overlooking both Knox Street and Knox Lane.

Upstairs will be three ensuited bedrooms, with the master opening to a huge terrace, another overlooking Knox Street.

Litver has been patient with the project, his first site acquisition dating back to 2018 when he secured 31-37 Knox Street at auction for $12.5 million. A year later he spent $9.83 million on 27-29 Knox Street,

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Litver has gone on record previously saying he wants to transform the Cosmopolitan Centre into a world-class venue, having paid $40 million for the retail in 2018.

The Urban Design Report submitted by AE Design Partnership says the design of the proposal has been developed through detailed site and analysis to ensure a contextually harmonious development

"The proposal will enhance the streetscape by redeveloping the existing outdated buildings into a contemporary built form with vertical and horizontal articulation accentuated by sculpted timber look aluminium framing, light timber look aluminium timber batten screens, glazing and upper-level planting," the report read.

Litver has been involved in a number of luxury developments across the Eastern Suburbs over the years. He was a part of the redevelopment of The Bondi Pacific, as well as The Bondi further down on Campbell Parade, and the QT Pacific Bondi Beach on Beach Road.

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<h2>27-37 Knox Street at a glance</h2>

• 178.1m2 of retail floor space and 126.9m2 food and beverage space on the ground floor

• 1,001.6m2 of commercial floor space across levels 1-3

• two large double-storey apartments on levels 4 and 5

• parking located in one basement level and on level 1 comprising:

• 21 car spaces

• 2 motorcycle spaces

• 18 bicycle spaces

Takada's plans include two retail spaces at street level, as well as two food and beverage tenancies.

Joel Robinson

First look: Double Bay's Knox Street to get facelift with Koichi Takada development

The prolific Bondi Beach developers Eduard Litver and Allen Linz are back developing on the beachfront.

Litver, who runs Capit.el Group, and Linz, of Rebel Property Group, are teaming up with fellow eastern suburbs property developer Gil Baron to create a boutique project at 14-18 Campbell Parade, which runs all the way along the beach front.

The trio, under the development name Bondi Residence Pty Ltd, spent $15 million early last year on a commercial building at the south end of the beach opposite Notts Avenue, the exclusive street of Icebergs and some of Bondi's most expensive apartments. Currently the building is home to Bondi Beach Chemist and Kelp Hairdressing, and a handful of apartments.

The original building on the site was named the Cliff House Hotel, and was built around 1880. The Cliff House was demolished in the early 1920s and a new hotel (now Hotel Astra), was built by Jack Shaw around 1926. The remainder of the site was subdivided and sold, and the current building was constructed a few years later.

Litver, Linz and Baron are proposing the redevelopment of the block, creating seven apartments.&nbsp;

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Brian Meyerson's MHNDU note in their design statement that the&nbsp;proposed development aims to contextually `fit in’ with both its immediate neighbours and the wider suburb.

"The proposed new building had been designed to retain the form and understanding of the Inter-war Flat Building when viewed from the public domain," the design statement submitted to Waverley Council read.

They state the different apartment types and sizes are deemed suitable for the desired character of the area, aiming to attract a range of owners from families and downsizers to young professionals.

There will be six two-bedroom apartments on offer, each occupying half a floor and spanning 86 sqm. The whole top level is crowned by a whole floor, three-bedroom apartment, complete with a fireplace and a full-width, ocean-facing terrace.

"The building is designed generous apartment sizes and internal dimensions to create usable, functional and highly saleable apartments of excellent quality", MHNDU added.

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"The apartments facing Campbell Parade are furnished with generous private open spaces overlooking the street which will enjoy direct beach and water views and are considered highly amenable.

"As these apartments are generally East facing they will receive direct morning sunlight and the design aims to maximise this will full width sliding glazed doors to each apartment.

"Coupled with this are the enclosed bay windows which aim to be extensions of living rooms offering a truly inside/outside space and are designed to be habitable all throughout the year and even on cold, wet, windy days."

A focus on the design was to minimise energy use and maximise the efficient use of resources.

Each apartment has a 100 per cent rate of natural cross ventilation, while balcony projections help to control solar access and heat gain by limiting summer sun penetration&nbsp;whilst allowing the lower winter sun to penetrate deep in to the plan and private open spaces.

The ground floor is planned for a single retail tenancy.

Litver, Linz and Baron have all teamed up previously in Bondi. In&nbsp;2016 they spent $19.12 million on the former Bates milk bar at 124 Campbell Parade.

Litver and Linz are well known for their redevelopment of the Bondi Pacific building up the street.

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Brian Meyerson's MHNDU said that the proposed development aims to contextually `fit in’ with both its immediate neighbours and the wider suburb


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