Sydney Eastern Suburbs Development - Progress Diary

Discussion in 'Development' started by Mel Morgan, 14th May, 2019.

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  1. Mel Morgan

    Mel Morgan Sydney Property Manager Business Member

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    This one is a JV effort with @Shahin_Afarin, its been a while in the making, but now that construction is progressing well, thought it would be a good time to share :)

    What is it?

    This is an approx 390sqm warehouse site that was purchased off-market thanks to one of Shahin's contacts.

    We spent a long time negotiating the terms to ensure that it was subject to DA approval as we didn't want the risk of waiting for DA. Its a challenging/contentious site as it was in a narrow street, built completely to boundary and a conversion from industrial to residential.

    We also had challenges around some metals contamination in the soil requiring numerous reports and consultants around remediation. We also had a challenging tenant on a fixed lease whom we had to wait to vacate first.

    The Development


    The approval is for 4 attached strata titled terrace-style townhouses. We had the benefit of utilising the existing footprint but this also presented a logistical challenge as we were building on essentially 100% of the site. We've had all sorts of 'fun' like facing the council's Traffic Committee to get approvals.

    Each dwelling will be 3 bedrooms, study, 2.5 bathrooms, garage, 3 balconies and courtyard.

    The Numbers

    Purchase price: $4,250,000
    Stamp duty, legals: $255,000
    CC & s73: $40,000
    Other consultants: $50,000
    S94 and LSL: $47,000
    Holding costs/interest (approx): $250,000
    Other costs/contingency: $100,000
    Construction: $2,000,000

    Total: approx $7,000,000

    Estimated value on completion: $8,800,000

    The Strategy

    The JV was conceived in 2017 when we realised we could combine funds/experience/skills and work on a larger project at a higher margin. In this case its very much a 50/50 JV and has worked fantastically to date (if I can say so from my POV).

    We put the properties on the market off-the-plan in early 2018 (when we could see weakness in the Sydney market) and that has assisting in selling 2 out of the 4 off the plan and hedging some of our risk.

    I'll let Shahin tell some more of the story, and also watch this space as are planning an event coming up!

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  2. Cheern

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    Thanks for sharing Mel. Great to see you making progress on this. Might pop over one day to have a look. :)
     
  3. Justin_Z

    Justin_Z Mortgage Broker Business Member

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    This is great, look forward to hearing how the development goes. A newbie question- total cost is $7m, so splitting 50/50 means $3.5m cost to each JV partner. Where does the bank come into this, assuming you're not outlaying $3.5m in your own cash? i.e. how much cash assets would you need to start and complete?
     
  4. Mel Morgan

    Mel Morgan Sydney Property Manager Business Member

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    We went 50/50 into the funds required after financing, from memory the bank financed 70% of the purchase and a bit more of the construction. Only about $2.5m was contributed as equity in total.
    @Shahin_Afarin can shed more light.

    We are also going to do hold an info session on this project as a case study and more around development/financing etc - will post the link shortly :)
     
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  5. Omnimaqq23

    Omnimaqq23 Well-Known Member

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    Would love to attend the info session / case study for this!
     
  6. Huy Le

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    hi Mel, could you please advise as to when the info session will be held? Love to attend.
    much appreciated
     
  7. Archaon

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    also interested in info session
     
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  9. Mel Morgan

    Mel Morgan Sydney Property Manager Business Member

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  10. Omnimaqq23

    Omnimaqq23 Well-Known Member

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    Looks like an awesome final product @Mel Morgan. How do the numbers stack up now that it's finished?
     
  11. Mel Morgan

    Mel Morgan Sydney Property Manager Business Member

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    The expenses are actually very close to feasibility with the end result currently on target - hopefully will even surpass slightly! Hard to find a project thats been totally on budget!
     
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