Grand Pacific goes for gold with $200 million Victorian village and 25 level Queensland tower

Nov 25 2007 Updated July 4, 2023

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Catering to the top end of the market, Grand Pacific has released its plans for its Mount Martha development of 409 ILUs priced at an average of $500,000. The village will consist of 15 buildings, each of 3 stories and range from studios to 3 bedroom apartments. They have just released the neighbouring waterfront townhouses and are achieving sales at $3.5 million each.
In Queensalnd their 25 level retirement tower at Marine Parade, Southport has delivered 40 sales with 9 months of construction still to go. Sales have been priced from $395,000 to $2.6 million.

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