Jaques, Richmond

• Address

  1 Dyer Street, Richmond
  

• Type

  Residential
  377 Apartments and Townhouses
  5 Retail Tenancies
  Total Site Area 1 Hectare
  

• Location

  Richmond, Victoria
  

• Collaborators

  Fender Katsalidis Architects
  Hecker Guthrie
  Samantha Eades
  Macquarie Real Estate Equity Funds
  Hacer Group
  Merkon Constructions
  Tract Landscape Architects
  Aurecon
  WSP Group
  

Jaques Richmond is a residential precinct in Richmond that contains 377 expertly crafted apartments and townhouses designed by Fender Katsalidis that tell a remarkable story of urban regeneration. Formally the Jaques Bros Foundry, an engineering business that produced rock crushing machinery from 1885 – 1997, this residential development has transformed an industrial relic into a contemporary piece of architecture that is sympathetic to its surrounding streetscape and provides the community with much needed inner city urban living. In 1997, Clement Lee purchased the historic site and nurtured it for 12 years while the Richmond precinct matured from industry and manufacturing into a cultural and vibrant inner-city suburb. After working closely with the local community and Council for a number of years, the foundry has been reborn into high quality inner city residences that responded to the significant demand for large format owner occupier housing.

Stage 1 comprises 109 apartments and townhouses, completed in 2013.
Stage 2 comprises 213 apartments and 4 retail tenancies, completed in 2016.
Stage 3 comprises 55 apartments and 1 retail tenancy, completed in 2017.

2017 Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) Victoria Urban Renewal Award for Excellence – Winner
2018 International Property Awards (IPA) Best Residential Australia – Winner
2018 Property Council of Australia Awards for Development Innovation – Finalist
2018 The Urban Developer Awards Development of the Year Urban Regeneration – Finalist