The final 12 townhouses in stage 4 of the Balmoral Quay development are on the market. The former Rippleside shipyard redevelopment has reached a new milestone with the rejuvenated St Helens Beach open and the final Balmoral Quay townhouses completed. More than 7500 cubic metres of sand was trucked in to transform the beachfront as part of an $8m overhaul of the Rippleside foreshore.
The project was a key plank of the Balmoral Quay residential development and follows the earlier renewal of Rippleside Beach at the southern end of the site. RELATED: Sly change adds $25k to building a home overnight What critics have wrong about Albo’s housing scheme New aerial photos reveal the extent of the transformation of the abandoned shipyard over the past nine years since construction started. A new waterfront promenade now links the two beaches and the development’s floating marina anchored by the restored Rippleside Pier.
As part of the plan to make St Helens Beach ready for swimming, a stormwater drain that previously discharged into the area where people may have otherwise swum has been replaced with a new underground line that discharges further out to sea. Balmoral Quay development director Theo Axarlis said it was fulfilling to realise a long-term vision to revitalise Rippleside’s waterfront. BEFORE: A look at the Balmoral Quay development site.
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and after. “When we commenced in 2015, the site had sat barren for decades and our plans for luxury waterfront living were ca.