A builder has been selected to construct the $300 million Greater Curtin Stage One Student Accommodation Project in Perth, Western Australia.
A consortium led by InfraRed Capital Partners has selected Probuild to develop the project, which is made up of two student accommodation buildings with around 1000 new student beds, with a third building will also include 38 apartments and 60 hotel rooms.
The buildings will be situated on a mixed-use precinct of retail, commercial and recreational spaces with a combined gross floor area of 57,400 square metres.
It is part of Curtin University’s new Exchange precinct, which aims to become a hub for mixed-use development and inspire innovation in students and industry.
Probuild’s WA Managing Director, Sam Delmenico said the company is excited to be ramping up its presence in WA’s University market.
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“This is the first time we’ve worked with Infrared Capital Partners and we are pleased to have formed such a strong partnership right off the bat,” Delmenico said.
“This is Probuild’s second construction project on Curtin University’s Perth Campus, building on the relationship initiated by the University’s TL Robertson Library development.
“We’re really looking forward to working with these organisations to help realise the Greater Curtin vision.”
Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Deborah Terry said Exchange was a unique higher education development because it is a genuine mixed-use development that brings many industry sectors into a community destination.
“Exchange has been designed to transform Curtin’s main Perth Campus into a major innovation hub where research, industry and the wider community will be able to come together to drive real-world solutions to tomorrow’s challenges in one convenient location, so I am absolutely delighted that this important milestone has been achieved,” Terry said.
“Our new student accommodation will be located in the heart of our main Perth Campus, and has been designed to complement our current 1150 student accommodation beds. The new development will target a 5-Star Green Star Design and As Built which includes water recycling, energy minimisation initiatives and is situated close to Curtin’s bus interchange.”
Site establishment is anticipated to begin in July 2019, with construction expected to be completed in 2021.