ANGLE secure green light for $80 million Kew development, Fernhurst
High-end, architecturally-led developer ANGLE is set to launch its Kew apartment development, Fernhurst, early next year, after receiving planning approval for the 20-residence project this week.
The $80 million development on a 4,000 sqm site on the corner of Stawell Street and Fernhurst Grove in Studley Park will comprise 17 apartments and three homes, ranging in price between $2 million and $7 million.
The site has around 113 metres of frontage to Fernhurst Grove and Stawell Street. Every ground-floor apartment will have an average garden area of over 150 sqm, ANGLE’s most extensively landscaped project to date.
Having successfully developed the award-winning Fenwick project together just over 500 metres away, ANGLE is once again partnering with architecture practice Edition Office and landscape designer Eckersley Garden Architecture to deliver Fernhurst.
Director Lachie Gibson says Fernhurst will follow in the footsteps of ANGLE’s nearby projects, representing another opportunity for the team to demonstrate its industry-leading focus on design, landscaping and architecture.
"Historically, Boroondara hasn’t had the same level of development that you see in comparable municipalities, so we do feel a responsibility to go above and beyond to deliver architectural projects that respond well to the area and resonate with locals," Gibson says.
“Our portfolio is first and foremost centred on good design – we work with the best architects, interior designers and landscapers to deliver high-end projects that are still in highly sought-after locations."
The project represents the seventh for the design-led developer, which has exclusively focused on sought-after suburbs in Melbourne’s inner-east and south-east, with a portfolio encompassing projects in Camberwell, Elwood, Hawthorn, Kew and South Yarra.
ANGLE’s own data suggests that only a very low percentage of the land in Boroondara is suitable for multi-residential development – making it one of the more challenging areas of Melbourne to develop in, alongside its heritage overlays, existing neighbourhood zones and community attitudes towards higher density projects.