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Gifford Hill near Murray Bridge earmarked for $7.5bn new city project
Developers have unveiled a bold plan for a $7.5bn satellite city near Murray Bridge, and are hopeful the area could become home to Adelaide’s second airport.
A bold $7.5bn plan to create a satellite city near Murray Bridge, southeast of Adelaide, has been unveiled by developers, in what’s being billed as the largest residential housing project in South Australia since the 1950s.
Grange Development and Costa Property Group joined forces to acquire more than 900ha of farmland within the 1860ha Gifford Hill precinct, where they have developed a masterplan comprising 17,100 new homes for 44,000 residents, along with a new town centre, six “neighbourhood activity centres”, seven schools and 404ha of conservation and open green space.
Gifford Hill – an hour east of Adelaide and just south of the Murray Bridge township – has been earmarked for residential development since 2009, when housing group Burke Urban, the Murray Bridge Racing Club and Thoroughbred Racing SA acquired more than 800ha of land in the precinct.
Backed by investors, including the Hurley Hotel Group, former AFL footballer Mark Ricciuto and the Wicks winery family, the consortium developed a new racecourse as the first stage of a wider plan to deliver thousands of new homes in the area.
Since taking over the consortium’s landholding last year, Grange Development and Costa Property Group accumulated 909ha at Gifford Hill. Their plans for a 30-40-year housing project at the site is described as the largest since the development of Elizabeth as a satellite city in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
It is slightly larger in area but lower in density than Walker Corporation’s Riverlea project in Buckland Park. The joint-venture partners are also hopeful that Gifford Hill could one day become home to Adelaide’s second airport.
Grange Development founder James Dibble said the project represented “the most significant residential development in history for South Australia and Adelaide”.
“We are looking forward to delivering an exceptional residential community that sets new standards for sustainable living, connectivity and amenity, while creating a second major city for the state,” Mr Dibble said.
“Gifford Hill will be future-proofed in its urban design, technology, built form and materiality to deploy forward-focused principles, celebrating the existing beauty and amenity of Murray Bridge and the Adelaide Hills region, while offering residents the opportunity to live, work, and play amidst a peri-urban lifestyle.”
Ballarat-based Grange Development previously teamed up with Costa Property Group – the residential development company founded by the late Frank Costa that is now overseen by wife, Shirley – on several projects, including a $400m apartment development in Nedlands, near Perth, and a 1100-home residential project near Ballarat.
The joint venture’s landholding at Gifford Hill is expected to accommodate 9969 of the 17,100 new homes included in the masterplan, with the rest of the land controlled by several private owners.
Mr Dibble said the masterplan comprised of 13,100 detached houses and 4000 townhouses and apartments.
The development is centred around the new $110m Murray Bridge Racing Club, and aligns with the local council’s Murray Bridge Structure Plan, which was released earlier this month and estimates that the region’s population will grow to almost 40,000 residents by 2041.
Rural City of Murray Bridge mayor Wayne Thorley said Gifford Hill had been identified as a suitable location to boost housing supply amid a shortage of residential accommodation across South Australia.
“Murray Bridge already has everything people need,” he told The Advertiser.
“There’s a hospital, there are high schools and elementary schools, there are shops. There are also employment opportunities, I think Thomas Foods employs more than 400 people and Costa Adelaide Mushrooms employs another 400.
“Aside from that, this is just really convenient, it’s not too far from Adelaide if people need to make the trip down.”
On completion, the Gifford Hill precinct is expected to generate $750m of retail spending a year in the Murray Bridge region, while creating 7210 onsite jobs and 5240 indirect jobs during construction.
Construction of the first homes is expected to start by the end of next year. The first stage of 1405 allotments is to be built west of Brinkley Road, between the racecourse and the South Eastern Freeway.
Developers have unveiled a bold plan for a $7.5bn satellite city near Murray Bridge, and are hopeful the area could become home to Adelaide’s second airport.
A bold $7.5bn plan to create a satellite city near Murray Bridge, southeast of Adelaide, has been unveiled by developers, in what’s being billed as the largest residential housing project in South Australia since the 1950s.
Grange Development and Costa Property Group joined forces to acquire more than 900ha of farmland within the 1860ha Gifford Hill precinct, where they have developed a masterplan comprising 17,100 new homes for 44,000 residents, along with a new town centre, six “neighbourhood activity centres”, seven schools and 404ha of conservation and open green space.
Gifford Hill – an hour east of Adelaide and just south of the Murray Bridge township – has been earmarked for residential development since 2009, when housing group Burke Urban, the Murray Bridge Racing Club and Thoroughbred Racing SA acquired more than 800ha of land in the precinct.
Backed by investors, including the Hurley Hotel Group, former AFL footballer Mark Ricciuto and the Wicks winery family, the consortium developed a new racecourse as the first stage of a wider plan to deliver thousands of new homes in the area.
Since taking over the consortium’s landholding last year, Grange Development and Costa Property Group accumulated 909ha at Gifford Hill. Their plans for a 30-40-year housing project at the site is described as the largest since the development of Elizabeth as a satellite city in Adelaide’s northern suburbs.
It is slightly larger in area but lower in density than Walker Corporation’s Riverlea project in Buckland Park. The joint-venture partners are also hopeful that Gifford Hill could one day become home to Adelaide’s second airport.
Grange Development founder James Dibble said the project represented “the most significant residential development in history for South Australia and Adelaide”.
“We are looking forward to delivering an exceptional residential community that sets new standards for sustainable living, connectivity and amenity, while creating a second major city for the state,” Mr Dibble said.
“Gifford Hill will be future-proofed in its urban design, technology, built form and materiality to deploy forward-focused principles, celebrating the existing beauty and amenity of Murray Bridge and the Adelaide Hills region, while offering residents the opportunity to live, work, and play amidst a peri-urban lifestyle.”
Ballarat-based Grange Development previously teamed up with Costa Property Group – the residential development company founded by the late Frank Costa that is now overseen by wife, Shirley – on several projects, including a $400m apartment development in Nedlands, near Perth, and a 1100-home residential project near Ballarat.
The joint venture’s landholding at Gifford Hill is expected to accommodate 9969 of the 17,100 new homes included in the masterplan, with the rest of the land controlled by several private owners.
Mr Dibble said the masterplan comprised of 13,100 detached houses and 4000 townhouses and apartments.
The development is centred around the new $110m Murray Bridge Racing Club, and aligns with the local council’s Murray Bridge Structure Plan, which was released earlier this month and estimates that the region’s population will grow to almost 40,000 residents by 2041.
Rural City of Murray Bridge mayor Wayne Thorley said Gifford Hill had been identified as a suitable location to boost housing supply amid a shortage of residential accommodation across South Australia.
“Murray Bridge already has everything people need,” he told The Advertiser.
“There’s a hospital, there are high schools and elementary schools, there are shops. There are also employment opportunities, I think Thomas Foods employs more than 400 people and Costa Adelaide Mushrooms employs another 400.
“Aside from that, this is just really convenient, it’s not too far from Adelaide if people need to make the trip down.”
On completion, the Gifford Hill precinct is expected to generate $750m of retail spending a year in the Murray Bridge region, while creating 7210 onsite jobs and 5240 indirect jobs during construction.
Construction of the first homes is expected to start by the end of next year. The first stage of 1405 allotments is to be built west of Brinkley Road, between the racecourse and the South Eastern Freeway.
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[VIS] Re: Gifford Hill City ($7.5bn)
not this shit again
first it was Monarto then there was the Multi Function Polis, then the Marshall government tried it with GlobeLink... now Mali's having a pop
the more things change the more they stay the same
first it was Monarto then there was the Multi Function Polis, then the Marshall government tried it with GlobeLink... now Mali's having a pop
the more things change the more they stay the same
tired of low IQ hacks
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[VIS] Re: Gifford Hill City ($7.5bn)
Calling it a satellite city is a bit of a stretch, considering it butts right up to Murray Bridge. Surely in reality this is just an extension of Murray Bridge?
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Hopefully it happens this time
Perhaps this could help the push for a high-speed rail connection
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It's just an expansion of Murray Bridge with a 'fancy' name.
17,000 new homes, at the average of 2.5 people per home, 42,500.
30-40 years though is a long time.
17,000 new homes, at the average of 2.5 people per home, 42,500.
30-40 years though is a long time.
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If this proposal gets up, at maturity it will have a population of over 65,000 (including Murray Bridge). Combine that with Mount Barker and its nearby townships and you'll have well over 100,000 residents living in these cities.VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:27 pmHopefully it happens this time
Perhaps this could help the push for a high-speed rail connection
Surely that will be enough to force the government's hand to invest in rail services in the region.
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Should we pull a Melbourne, and do a big loop systemA-Town wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:56 pmIf this proposal gets up, at maturity it will have a population of over 65,000 (including Murray Bridge). Combine that with Mount Barker and its nearby townships and you'll have well over 100,000 residents living in these cities.VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:27 pmHopefully it happens this time
Perhaps this could help the push for a high-speed rail connection
Surely that will be enough to force the government's hand to invest in rail services in the region.
I'd be interested to see whether they go over or under the Hills. I'd assume over if they're going to include Mt Barker and put a station there.
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This proposal should not even be approved without a rail component, the cost of which should be partly funded by the consortium. If a transport levy has to be added to land sales, then so be it.
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This is the best take, especially considering it will be 'bigger but less dense than Buckland Park'.claybro wrote:This proposal should not even be approved without a rail component, the cost of which should be partly funded by the consortium. If a transport levy has to be added to land sales, then so be it.
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In an ideal world, but we all know it will happen either in full or partly, without any rail line. Just like Riverlea.
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Depends where the jobs in the area will be. Ideally the people that live in this new area will work in Murray Bridge and surrounding areas. If doesn't always have to be about Adelaide.
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It would help with inter-city economic activity.
Personally I don't think we do that enough or well enough in this state, given the distances between Adelaide and regional centres.
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What do you mean by inter-city economic activity? Tourism? Living in one city and working in another?
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Nah, I think they're pushing the idea of a new airport so they can avoid a new expensive rail link.
Would be much cheaper. Sooooooo much cheaper
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VinyTapestry849 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 31, 2024 7:47 pmNah, I think they're pushing the idea of a new airport so they can avoid a new expensive rail link.
Would be much cheaper. Sooooooo much cheaper
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Surely you don’t mean the proposed airport is to fly people between Murray Bridge and Adelaide?? If anything, development of a second airport in this location would increase the need for a rail link, not remove the need entirely. I imagine any second airport would be freight based, but as a lot of manufactured goods come out of Adelaide, the road link alone will not suffice, let alone workers commuting from Adelaide to new distribution centres.
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