Development

Rowan Pollard’s Emblem Group building new land lease neighbourhood in Benalla, VIC

Aug 19 2024 Updated August 20, 2024

Ian Horswill

1 min read

With finance from CIX Capital, Emblem Group Director Rowan Pollard has opened sales for its 168-home community.

“I think at the moment we’ve got nine purchasers, and a few more looking at it,” he said.

A group of people standing in front of a building

Description automatically generated The display homes would be finished by September, with building work ongoing at the site in Benalla, a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, about 212km northeast of the state capital Melbourne.

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