Collingwood – a vibrant locale that provides easy access to so many of Melbourne’s best attractions.
Otter Street, developed by Cranecorp and ICON, will set the standard for luxury apartment living. Combining cutting-edge architectural and interior design, inner city living is elevated to a new height. Otter Street reflects the new Collingwood.
OTTER STREET. BY DESIGN.
HASSELL’s architectural response for Otter Street is unmistakably Collingwood, but with a distinctive twist. The project takes the contextual materials of bricks and mortar and reinvents them. A podium of shimmering white glazed brick, framing heritage-style recessed windows, coupled with a glazed upper section creates a beautiful impact on the Otter streetscape. Each apartment offers dual aspects, allowing plenty of natural light and cross ventilation for ideal living conditions.
LUXURY. BY THE BEST.
Otter Street showcases a high level of interior detail. Interiors partner, Rogerseller, and HASSELL’s expert teams have worked together to design each apartment’s interior specifically, ensuring an exceptional level of attention to detail. Every apartment features Valcucine kitchens, designed and produced in Italy to exacting standards, Italian designed and crafted Lema wardrobe systems, and beautiful Italian Fantini tapware.
Otter Street will set the benchmark for luxury apartment living.
COLLINGWOOD. BY LIFESTYLE.
Cafes, restaurants, galleries, specialist retail and artisan traders abound, with secret haunts down every street. A short stroll can reveal new and exciting places to enliven the senses.
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE. BY SPECIFICATION.
All bathrooms at Otter Street feature Fantini I Balocchi tapware. Fantini has pledged that profits from this range will be donated to the 100 Fontane Foundation, a charity established to bring 100 water fountains to one of Africa’s poorest nations, Burundi.
Amazing cafes and restaurants are only a stone’s throw away.
EXECUTIVE. BY PROPORTIONS.
With an average residence size of more than 130 square metres across the 21 apartments, Otter Street offers apartment proportions more akin to a home. Highly considered architecture ensures common areas are minimised, with many apartments featuring direct elevator access.
For further information, contact Ben Khong of Knight Frank on 0400 882 439 www.otterst.com
The ‘new’ Collingwood- a place of luxury and lifestyle
The gentrification of Collingwood has, interestingly, been a little slower than that of neighbouring Fitzroy and Carlton.
But its ideal location, just 1.5km from the CBD and nestled between Kew, Fitzroy and East Melbourne, combined with the arrival of an array of high-end restaurants, cafes and artisan traders, and considerable development activity, sees Collingwood now a highly desirable place to call home.
No longer playing catch up with its luxury postcode neighbours, Collingwood has arrived as a genuine high-end address, offering an eclectic alternative to other typical inner-city areas. With exceptional access to a myriad of lifestyle amenities and direct proximity to the Melbourne CBD, it’s no wonder this once industrial postcode is now being favoured by professionals, and more recently, downsizers.
The Smith and Gertrude Street areas too are now catering to a more high-end clientele, with many of Melbourne’s revered chefs opening acclaimed restaurants. Celebrated Melbourne chef, Andrew McConnell, has an obvious passion for the area, reinforced by his three Gertrude restaurants: Cutler & Co., Marion and Ricky & Pinky, and his retail butcher store, Meatsmith, on nearby Smith Street. Smith Street is also home to renowned venues Saint Crispin and Ides, along with a bevy of Melbourne’s best cafés and nightspots.
Multi-residential development in Collingwood has, in recent times, focussed on apartments targeted at young buyers, but a ground-breaking new development is proving that Collingwood is a highly attractive postcode for Melbourne downsizers also.
Cranecorp’s new project, “Otter Street”, nestled just off Smith between Gertrude and Johnson is the first project of its kind, presenting Melbourne buyers with a new concept in apartment living. Offering just 21 executive sized apartments, of two and three bedroom configuration only, and starting at $995k, Otter Street provides an exclusive inner city address for those seeking to reside in a project with other owner-occupiers.
Otter Street is the first project of its kind.
Founder and Managing Director of Cranecorp, John Crane, says that Melbourne’s high-end buyers have been seeking a specialist product such as this for some time.
“The Cranecorp brand is built around a specific product offering, that is, low rise developments, housing a small number of large, luxury apartments. Our buyers have specific requirements, they want significant space, but they also don’t want to reside in a project of tens, or hundreds, of apartments. They want to be with like-minded people, in a small project, in an absolute A-grade location.”
“True larger format, owner-occupier developments can be found in limited supply in the suburbs, but historically, inner-city postcodes have been the domain of small apartments, set in high-rise developments. We recognise that many of Melbourne’s downsizers especially want to leave the suburbs and move to a location close to the CBD where they can frequent Melbourne’s best cafes and restaurants. They want to be where the action is.”
Apartment size is an area where Otter Street truly excels, offering expansive residences of between 97sqm and 232sqm, a feature John Crane says is of critical importance to buyers.
“It’s been well documented that Melbourne’s downsizers seek sizeable apartments. They’re leaving large suburban homes and don’t want to sacrifice space in their new residence. We were seeing buyers in other projects combining smaller apartments to get the space they desire. But in doing so, layouts are compromised. Otter Street has been designed by architect HASSELL to ensure apartments are genuinely spacious and living spaces are maximised. All apartments feature dual aspects, with most also featuring direct lift access meaning shared floor lobbies are deleted, resulting in greater apartment space.”
But location and apartment size is only part of the allure of Otter Street. Cranecorp has set out to create a benchmark for luxury, partnering with Rogerseller to create residences boasting arguably the finest apartment specification in Melbourne. More than just a supplier to the development, Rogerseller was engaged by Cranecorp as an interiors partner for all of its projects.
The development is providing a new benchmark for luxury.
The partnership has resulted in Otter Street boasting a suite of appointments from Rogerseller’s exclusive brands. As the leader in luxury home fittings, Rogerseller is the only Australian retailer of three key Italian luxury brands, Valcucine kitchens, Lema wardrobe systems and Fantini tapware, all of which are featured in every apartment at Otter Street. Each of these brands is regarded as being at the pinnacle of their respective fields, showcasing design, innovation and craftsmanship beyond any other.
“The Rogerseller name is synonymous with luxury. When we were looking to take the specification of Otter Street above all others, Rogerseller was obviously the partner of choice. In working closely with them, and architects and interiors teams from HASSELL, we have lifted Otter Street to the highest level, both in specification and liveability.” John Crane said.
“Otter Street represents the brand Cranecorp has worked hard to establish in recent years. This project is like no other in Melbourne, offering a select few the opportunity to own an expansive residence in a small format project, with the ultimate in interior detailing and specification, in an inner-city lifestyle location. It is a project we are extremely proud of.” Mr Crane added.
To enquire, visit www.otterst.com or contact Ben Khong, Knight Frank on 0400 882 439