Sydney’s Emerging Aerotropolis Suburbs 

  • By Peter Gordon
  • •
  • 01 Oct, 2019

What a great article for our Gregory Hills & Oran Park investors.  The article talks about the infrastructure coming over the next 25 years with major rail and airport projects and the solid rental returns investors are experiencing. We still have some fabulous investment opportunities in Gregory Hills so contact the team to find out more.

Sydney's emerging greenfield suburbs such as Gledswood Hills, Oran Park, Gregory Hills and Leppington are benefiting from future infrastructure hotspots such as the Aerotropolis, Western Sydney International Airport and Sydney Science Park.

The aerotropolis has attracted some significant residential names, including Mirvac and Boyuan, looking to tap into the massive funding boost and newly-localised infrastructure and amenity development.

Over the next 10 years, the state government has also agreed to invest over $3.6 billion into the Western Sydney Infrastructure Plan.

Yet the housing market downturn has injected higher risk into greenfield development blueprints, potentially curtailing the willingness of investors to commit to big residential projects.

For global property developer Sekisui House, the housing downturn has provided opportunities, rather than hindering, the city's emerging suburbs, due in part to central Sydney remaining one of the most unaffordable locations in the world.

Sekisui House, one of the world's largest residential development companies, has invested more than $2 billion in projects since expanding into the Australian market in 2009.

The developer's masterplanned community in Sydney’s south-west, The Hermitage at Gledswood Hills, a 307-hectare masterplanned community, will eventually comprise more than 2,200 new dwellings.

It boasts over 40 hectares of parklands and a 120-hectare golf precinct, including the future premiere nine-hole course designed and constructed by Greg Norman.

By 2031 the Western Sydney Airport will create up to 28,000 jobs, needed at the airport and in the surrounding area.

“The South West is igniting Sydney’s future growth,” Sekisui House sales and marketing manager Craig Barnes said.

“Investment dollars being poured into the region solidifies its future growth, particularly in suburbs located within close proximity to key infrastructure hot spots.

“It is anticipated that much of Sydney’s growth activity within the next ten years will be concentrated in the Western Sydney region, particularly greenfield developments with land availability.”

Currently, Gledswood Hills has a median dwelling price of $800,000 and an annual growth rate of 9.4 per cent, according to the REA.

It is also expected to see high levels of population growth with an additional 300,000 new residents by 2031, according to NSW government data.


“Investors are coming into the region from all parts of Sydney for the solid rental returns,” Narrellan property manager Michelle Nash

“Return on investment as a percentage and lower house prices to move into the market makes this region very appealing to knowledgeable investors.

“More infrastructure is coming over the next 25 years with major rail and airport projects and available land is increasing in developing suburbs.”

Greenfield housing lot supplies fall

The supply of greenfield housing lots on Australia's east coast in 2018 has fallen to five-year lows with Sydney posting fall at 43 per cent.

The outlook for Sydney’s greenfield production doesn’t bode well in particular, with a forecast of an average 7,700 lots a year for the next few years, down from about 8,920 a year in the preceding five years.

If this is to continue, Sydney won’t be able to meet the target of about 12,400 greenfield lots a year—based on the historical development split of 70/30 between infill and greenfield dwelling production—for 1.7 million new people in Sydney by 2036, according to the UDIA.

Lot sizes also continue to fall, putting a squeeze on affordability and value for buyers.

Yet, median prices remain high with Sydney having the most expensive lots, at a median 2018 year-end lot price of $489,125 and a 3 per cent increase from 2017.

Article Courtesy The Urban Developer Sept 10th 2019


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Introducing The Palms Estate, Cairns - The Northern Beach's Premier Address

By Peter Gordon • 26 Apr, 2023

Quiet simply, the Palms is the place to buy!

The northern beaches of Cairns is the Nation's best location for property investors right now, and The Palms is the premier development in this boom region.

It has the best location being elevated and backing onto the rainforest. It will have amazing facilities with a shopping village, a primary school, parks and green open space, a water park and an expanse of wildlife corridors.

It has taken the developers three years to get planning approval for this unique development to be able to hit the market. There are only 300 lots spread across 85 acres of the best land in The Northern Beaches.  Residents will have an abundance of open space right at their doorstep.  The Palms is also the only Certified Enviro Development project in Far North Queensland.

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In the rivalry between Sydney and Melbourne, the winner is ... Brisbane

By Peter Gordon • 20 Apr, 2023

Sydneysiders and Melburnians, put aside your equally outstanding flat whites for a moment. Stop bickering about whether great beaches beat cool laneways (they do) and desist from debating whether all baristas require waxed moustaches (ideally).

Because Brisbane is closing in on the title of Australia’s best city, and we must join forces to keep this subtropical upstart in its place.

Time  magazine recently named Brisvegas on its “World’s Greatest Places” list, and omitted our cities. It’s a huge shock (and who knew they still published Time  magazine?). But they might be onto something.

Time  points to the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be hosted in the maroon metropolis. Brisbane will do a fine job, even though it’ll baffle the world when rugby league is added to the schedule and Queensland is allowed to field its own team.

Time’s  most radical claim is that Brisbane is worth visiting now, but tourism is surging. Not only did Lin-Manuel Miranda recently drop in to catch Hamilton , but hundreds of Hamilfans flew up to watch his interview with Leigh Sales (presumably unaware that it would subsequently arrive on iView for free).

Incredible Lifestyle At An Affordable Price  Equity of approx $390K on completion

By Peter Gordon • 06 Apr, 2023
This small duplex development just a short drive from Hervey Bay on Queensland’s beautiful Fraser Coast, offers an incredible lifestyle at an affordable price. With unprecedented demand and very limited supply, prices look set to skyrocket.

A leading local agent has appraised each side of these duplex's to be worth $665k on completion and rent for $495 per week. So that is massive potentail instant equity of up to $390K on completion, which is incredibly hard to find.
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