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Wyndham Vale's New Apartment Tower: What It Means for the Local Market
Council approval for a 25-storey tower on McGrath Road is set to reshape pricing and buyer options in the suburb's core.
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Wyndham Vale City Council granted planning permission on 7 July for a 25-storey apartment tower at the corner of McGrath Road and Ballan Road that will deliver 312 units when it opens in late 2028.
The approval arrives as Wyndham Vale records its fifth straight quarter of rising transaction volumes, driven by steady job growth at nearby industrial estates and limited supply of new stock inside the suburb boundary.
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The tower sits two blocks from the Wyndham Vale train station and 400 metres from the Black Forest Road shopping precinct, placing future residents within easy reach of both the daily commute and the weekly market that operates every Saturday at the community centre on Black Forest Road.
Residents in the Manor Lakes neighbourhood, which borders the site to the east, have already formed a working group with the Wyndham Vale Progress Association to monitor construction traffic and demand for additional parking along McGrath Road.
Median unit prices in Wyndham Vale reached $465,000 in the June quarter, according to CoreLogic data released last week, up 9 per cent from the same period last year, while detached houses averaged $612,000.
Market outlook and buyer steps
Agents at the Wyndham Vale branch of LJ Hooker report that 48 off-the-plan contracts have been signed in the first 48 hours after the announcement, mostly from local first-home buyers using the state’s shared-equity scheme.
Developers say one-bedroom apartments will start at $385,000 and two-bedroom units at $495,000, figures that sit 12 per cent below current new-build asking prices on the same street.
Buyers considering the tower should contact the council’s planning desk this week to review the final traffic management plan and confirm which units qualify for the first-home buyer stamp-duty concession before the September deadline.
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